Plants vs. Zombies: Battle for Neighborville

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4.7

Generally unfavorable reviews- based on 116 Ratings

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  1. Positive: 42 out of 116
  2. Mixed: 16 out of 116
  3. Negative: 58 out of 116
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  1. bot_keith
    Oct 19, 2019
    3
    The game biggest issue is from the fundamental game structure, which is the "character's ability".
    As the character ability can manipulates other players action directly and so easily, it was spam all the time on the multiplayer gameplay. Plus the refresh rate is so high, player gets instant kill all the time over and over again. And most of the ability is so easy to use and so    The game biggest issue is from the fundamental game structure, which is the "character's ability".
    As the character ability can manipulates other players action directly and so easily, it was spam all the time on the multiplayer gameplay. Plus the refresh rate is so high, player gets instant kill all the time over and over again. And most of the ability is so easy to use and so unavoidable, the whole game play don't involve skill play, and makes most of the skillful player to bail this game. If EA decide to drop the idea of character variant for them to better balance and provide a better gameplay, I am said to say the failed badly and I already want to get a refund on this game day 1.    … Expand
  2. Peakid65276
    Oct 18, 2019
    1
    This game is hilariously pathetic. My friend and I are avid fans of PvZ, and we absolutely despised this game. It is almost unplayable on PC because we managed to get a terrible 3 fps with a **good** computer. The community team is also pretty ass overall and unfriendly, they do not allow you to criticize the game, the changes only make characters worse, and the game is padded out forThis game is hilariously pathetic. My friend and I are avid fans of PvZ, and we absolutely despised this game. It is almost unplayable on PC because we managed to get a terrible 3 fps with a **good** computer. The community team is also pretty ass overall and unfriendly, they do not allow you to criticize the game, the changes only make characters worse, and the game is padded out for decades for a game with almost no content.… Expand
  3. CummyPop
    Oct 19, 2019
    2
    Bought my wife a copy of the game and she was disappointed with how it looked and played. I don't really like the new characters myself but the maps look gorgeous. (although they are terrible to play on) After that, I played a few rounds and felt the exact same way; clunky controls and aiming sensitivity problems.
  4. SpishSplashBash
    Oct 19, 2019
    0
    Why is sprinting so terrible to fight against? And why can't we aim at all?
  5. LokiMaki
    Oct 19, 2019
    0
    Very disappointed! They cancelled the Picnic Alpha that was scheduled to come out on PC to rush this game to its absolute limit. If you bought this game in the last 72 hours, please refund it!
  6. TheRealJT
    Oct 19, 2019
    4
    It could be worse, but Battle for Neighborville has many flaws, including stuttering issues even for the best PCs, aiming problems, lack of variants, and the fact that almost every returning character has been nerfed to the ground.
  7. Marioeluigi24
    Nov 24, 2019
    0
    I played the first and second garden warfare and they was fantastic, i bought this new game because i trusted in EA, they ruin all.
    No variants for classes, boring perk mechanics and terrible controls.
    In my opinion if you wnat to play a REAL garden warfare take the first or the second one.
  8. SunnyDays
    Oct 18, 2019
    1
    It is a shame that the game is rushed, and awful and I really wanted to play this with my younger sister! I bought us two copies because the Origin game service does not allow you to use the same account on two computers. We were both unfortunately met with unplayable frame-rates, and other issues. They even forced one of our computers to be upgraded to Windows 10 because it does notIt is a shame that the game is rushed, and awful and I really wanted to play this with my younger sister! I bought us two copies because the Origin game service does not allow you to use the same account on two computers. We were both unfortunately met with unplayable frame-rates, and other issues. They even forced one of our computers to be upgraded to Windows 10 because it does not support non Windows 10 systems. : (… Expand
  9. LukaZer
    Oct 19, 2019
    2
    I was super hyped for the game, but in the end, I was very disappointed. The new perk system is really not that great it doesn't really make much difference than playing without them and they are not unique, I hate that they removed elemental stuff. Tho my biggest point is that the movement is really clumsy and slow. Also, a really big problem is that you can't really hit anything and youI was super hyped for the game, but in the end, I was very disappointed. The new perk system is really not that great it doesn't really make much difference than playing without them and they are not unique, I hate that they removed elemental stuff. Tho my biggest point is that the movement is really clumsy and slow. Also, a really big problem is that you can't really hit anything and you don't make much damage either. For example is GW and GW2 I often had games where I made 40+ kills, now I cant even hit 10 kills.… Expand
  10. Naiade
    Oct 25, 2019
    4
    So I bought this game during the founders phase of it, having absuletly loved the first Garden Warfare and let me tell you I've never experienced motion sickness in any game I've ever played,
    and I played a few. Ffs I even mained Tracer on Overwatch, played every competitive FPS/battle royale game there is, I LOVE immersive sims like Prey and Dishonored but this game made me dizzy in a    So I bought this game during the founders phase of it, having absuletly loved the first Garden Warfare and let me tell you I've never experienced motion sickness in any game I've ever played,
    and I played a few. Ffs I even mained Tracer on Overwatch, played every competitive FPS/battle royale game there is, I LOVE immersive sims like Prey and Dishonored but this game made me dizzy in a couple of matches.

    Camera did stupid things when dead, FOV... well non existant, the only time i see somthing other than my character on the screen is when I sprinted, absolutely awful to aim, and this is not something like "git good" or some other BS. Like I could not aim properly at anything because of FPS drops and terrible no good movement. At lest the EA refund system is good, which was a surprise because I've never used it before.    … Expand
  11. Hlothere
    Mar 19, 2020
    0
    This game is now flat out p2w, legendary upgrades are locked behind the premium currency and the prize maps keeps becoming more and more Grundy every single update forcing you to spend real money to progress through
  12. PooMonster6969
    Oct 19, 2019
    0
    This makes horrible games look like good games. I'd rather be playing Ride to Hell: Retribution instead of this game. Terrible controls.
  13. Demonlord50000
    Oct 19, 2019
    0
    The sensitivity issues in this game make me cringe along with the visuals. The abilities fall flat massively along with the upgrades.
  14. Supay
    Oct 22, 2019
    1
    Das Spiel ist extrem verbuggt, die Hitboxen unter aller Sau und vom Balancing wollen wir garnicht erst anfangen. Man muss das Spiel gefühlt alle 10 Minuten neustarten, weil es im Ladebalken steckenbleibt, Gegner sprinten und hüpfen davon wenn man versucht sie zu finishen, was auch noch klappt, da die Hitboxen extrem schlecht programmiert sind.
  15. AnfisKatechkin
    Nov 28, 2019
    4
    I regret I've bought this game. I'm fully disappointed. I wouldn't be advised it to anyone. The only thing I liked is Night Cap. It's really a great addition to PvZ, it could be even played in GW2 (the game that I still play and will), that's how Night Cap is good.
  16. Fairbadger
    Mar 4, 2020
    3
    Nothing like the original two. Controls feel clunky, and it doesn’t have that charm that the others do. Feels like another cash grab from EA. Would not recommend.
  17. Sushis
    Jun 1, 2020
    2
    Alright, this is going to be a review that picks apart every flaw of this train wreck of a game, so buckle your seatbelts.

    So let me start off by saying I've sunk hundreds of hours into the previous PvZ GW titles, with that out of the way, let's get onto the review. On the surface, this game seems to be a clear upgrade from the previous two, better graphics, more classes, a revamped    Alright, this is going to be a review that picks apart every flaw of this train wreck of a game, so buckle your seatbelts.

    So let me start off by saying I've sunk hundreds of hours into the previous PvZ GW titles, with that out of the way, let's get onto the review.

    On the surface, this game seems to be a clear upgrade from the previous two, better graphics, more classes, a revamped upgrade system... and that dreamy expectation holds up for about the first 10 seconds after you get into the main game. The only thing I legitimately enjoyed about this new game was the improvement in graphics, which was the reason I am giving this game a 2/10 instead of a flat zero.

    The other mechanics are a complete disaster to say the least, with some of the new classes being unplayable and the ability revamps rendering others useless. The balance at launch was so ####ing bad that I took a break from the game for several months before even attempting to come back to it for round two, desperately wanting a big balance patch to make the zombie side support and utility characters goddamn playable. The balance patch eventually came in the form of a wizard character, which is locked behind either a paywall or several hours of grinding. But this is not the 'fun' type of grind that was required to get the 2 secret characters in the previous in GW2, this is monotonous collection of coins for an absolutely broken character that was a last-minute effort to please the fanbase. You can probably already see how bad the balance is, so let's move on to some other failed promises and problems.

    A lot of people have been talking about the removal of the character variants in a negative tone and I completely agree, the reason being that the variants were some of the best parts about the previous games, and removing them in choice of a poorly fleshed-out point-based system of upgrades was a downright terrible idea. The variants are what made Garden Warfare FUN, and that little boost of enjoyment every time a new character was added to your arsenal was one of the best feelings I've had in a game in basically forever. Another terrible mistake EA and Popcap made was breaking all the characters instead of keeping them where they were, examples being citron and scientist, as well as a slew of others. All these ability and utility changes completely ruined the gameplay with these characters as they are no longer fun to play, it's just repetitive fighting, over and over.

    Another huge mistake that was made during production of this game was the change in multiplayer maps and the lobby/waiting area. I feel like restricting players to fewer game modes and removing fun modifiers and bot-filled matches for practice was a mistake because, once again, it didn't need to be changed. People liked old features and they have changed anyway, for no good reason once again. another point I would like to bring up is the 'Giddy Park' section of the game, which ruins the fun completionist and secret-hunter side of things for me. In the original game (GW2 SPOILERS AHEAD) finding all the gnomes, finding goat and torchwood, finding the secret fish hat and finishing most of the snowglobes were all great experiences, which I feel like are missing in the new game, and while they make an appearance in the PvE aspects of the game, it's just not the same, you're not getting any PvP bonuses or just cool stuff to use in other parts of the game from the wonderful PvE side of the game.

    The last thing I'm gonna talk about is the woefully bad PvP in this game. The maps, while I have not played many of them, all are extremely repetitive and prioritize a much more overwatch type of gameplay, rather than the wacky, chaotic styles of the old games, with interactive elements being everywhere. These maps just are not fun, and the game is sometimes extremely buggy as well.

    Thanks for listening to my rant about this disaster of a game :)    … Expand
  18. Vitrest_Space
    Jun 15, 2020
    3
    The worst game in series!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
  19. Tristuu
    Aug 3, 2020
    0
    Game not worth buying, with unbalenced characters, toxic community, lazy developers and a lot of bugs
  20. elitedata
    Apr 9, 2021
    2
    The PvP is too hardcore. Time to kill can be less than one second. Is it cartoony game for casual relaxation or Counter Strike or something?
  21. draco199
    Dec 23, 2020
    0
    After playing about 2 matches for this game, I can tell you that this game is just the biggest cash grab I've ever seen. Upgrades and skins are locked behind a paywall and micro transactions, and there's no new players so every time you spawn in there's going to be one dude who spent about 100$ on the game to get all the skins, upgrades, and the character that (In my opinion) is a littleAfter playing about 2 matches for this game, I can tell you that this game is just the biggest cash grab I've ever seen. Upgrades and skins are locked behind a paywall and micro transactions, and there's no new players so every time you spawn in there's going to be one dude who spent about 100$ on the game to get all the skins, upgrades, and the character that (In my opinion) is a little too overpowered. I have played GW1 and GW2 and they were both amazing. Can't believe Popcap tried to scam their consumers.… Expand
  22. dxfgtrdcfgvbhnb
    Aug 16, 2020
    1
    Plants Vs Zombies Battle For Neighborville is the biggest let down ever.I got this game for Christmas and I was so exited to play it.I put the disc in my X box and I did not enjoy my time.This not a Garden Warfare game this is a totally different game. Every thing that was good about Garden Warfare 2 is gone.No character variants,no old maps,no xp boosts,no Town Hall,No changeablePlants Vs Zombies Battle For Neighborville is the biggest let down ever.I got this game for Christmas and I was so exited to play it.I put the disc in my X box and I did not enjoy my time.This not a Garden Warfare game this is a totally different game. Every thing that was good about Garden Warfare 2 is gone.No character variants,no old maps,no xp boosts,no Town Hall,No changeable abilities,and no packs to buy.You can't even transfer all your data from Garden Warfare 2.So if you aren't 4 then don't wast your money on this bad game.… Expand
  23. dima365
    Sep 9, 2020
    0
    I think people underestimate this game,it's not bad,a lot of new characters, the same modes.Given the ability to change the coffin that appears after death.But in principle, there is nothing to say about the game the same game as garden warfare or garden warfare 2.
  24. Szabron
    Dec 23, 2020
    3
    Its worse than Pvz GW2. The graphics are beatiful, but gameplay is weak. They tried to do something like overwatch by removing some great mechanics from the game.
  25. Mines51
    Jun 13, 2021
    0
    Don't waste your time, pay to win garbage with the paid classes being vastly superior to the low level, entry classes. Pure trash.
  26. Drpizza21
    Oct 11, 2021
    3
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I remember when I got exited for the new pvz shooter game thinking it was going to be a gw3 what we got instead is a crappy overwatch clown with no variants and a trash gameplay this is the one of the most disappointing games if not the most disappointing game that came out in 2019 the only good parts about this piece of crap game is the story mode with the town center and weirding woods and that giant night cap boss fight was also pretty cool but other then that the game is trash the multiplayer is garbage the gameplay is trash the AI bots in the multiplayer mode that replace missing players have aim bot and are so stupid the game has no variants like gw1 and gw2 which makes the game repetitive and the events in this game oh boy the events as bad as some of the events where in gw2 this games takes the cake they have the lamest events in the history of events i can’t think of another game that has lamer events then this game one of the examples is rando ops the only difference in that event compared to the original garden ops and graveyard ops modes in the game is instead of you choosing the character the game randomly chooses you the character that’s it that’s basically the event and other lame events too like Satellite takeover which is also pretty lame so curse be upon to the ones who are in the charges of the events in this piece of trash game and some of the characters look really ugly in this crap game like the rose looks really ugly the scientist also doesn’t look right so the art style is also something I don’t like in this game and to be honest what PopCap should’ve did instead is a proper gw3 game that takes everything in gw2 and keeps it and takes what needs improvement and makes it better like better maps better events better graphics a improved backyard more classes more variants ect that’s what they should’ve did but no what instead PopCap did is made something that pvz isn’t suppose to be and that’s trying to be like overwatch clown and be a Esport which is stupid and dumb you can’t make a pvz game into a Esport it’s plants vs zombies PopCap you can’t make a plants vs zombies game popular like overwatch plants vs zombies shooter is suppose to be a game that anyone can pick up and play that’s what it should be why in the world did they think that making a pvz overwatch clown could be a success how delusional can they be? There are theories on why this piece of trash game was made one of those theories is that some people got High and played overwatch and wanted to make a pvz shooter that is a clown of overwatch and because the people who made the gw series didn’t like that idea they left the company and got other people working on this piece of trash game the second theory is that they where making a gw3 but because battlefield 5 failed Ea came to PopCap and said look battlefield 5 failed and we want you guys to cancel making gw3 make something much quicker put micro transactions in it so we can have that money sooner so PopCap said ok let’s cancel making gw3 let’s make a something that would take much less time and remove the variants make the game different in a smaller way and let’s make it 40 dollars because let’s be honest who’s gonna but the game if it’s 60 dollars so that’s theory number 2 theory number 3 that is similar to number 1 and theory is coming from me is that There where jealous of the success of overwatch and and have seen how overwatch got goty made alot of sales and they wanted that they wanted to make a game like overwatch where it’s very popular and possibly win goty since overwatch won goty unfortunately we will probably never find out why this piece of crap game was made but there is a good chance that the reason is that it’s one of those theories I will give the game 3/10 the reason I give the game a 3/10 because like I said the town center and weirding woods and the giant nightcap boss fight was pretty cool but other then that the game is trash and should’ve have not been made.… Expand
  27. kweyz
    Apr 11, 2022
    1
    I bought the standard edition for 2 thousand rubles, and was very disappointed, the game simply does not start, my hope for this game was the last, only gw2 and gw1 pleases me to this day and decided to try to play bfn. I got my money back without even playing it and the reason why the game didn't launch I tried to fix it but in the end I gave up
  28. Dark_Bread1234
    May 8, 2022
    3
    I was playing PvZ GW. In PvZ GW The characters had good skills and those skills worked well, but not in this game. Bean bomb flies for a short distance, imp too. There are no other versions of the same characters. Sounds are buggy and sometimes you cannot hear them. Play gw or gw 2

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Generally favorable reviews - based on 8 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 6 out of 8
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 8
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  1. GamingTrend
    Oct 25, 2019
    85
    Plants vs. Zombies: Battle for Neighborville is an amazing next chapter in the series. Its story campaign alone is enough to warrant a buy. It’s not just the graphics, the characters, or the amazing multiplayer that makes it a must buy, it’s the charm that the developers have dialed into this game. Every minute playing feels like you’re on track to discover something ridiculously funny and over the top. Though there are a few key tweaks needed to make the battles spot on, it’s the culmination of other things that make this a great game.
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  2. Vandal
    Oct 24, 2019
    80
    Battle for Neighborville is a really solid shooter, deeper and more complex than what you might think. It doesn’t do anything new or very exciting, but everything it does it does it well.
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  3. IGN
    Oct 23, 2019
    74
    PVZ: Battle for Neighborville’s messy maps and repetitive solo campaigns are rescued by an exciting and cute roster and varied multiplayer modes.
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