Plants vs. Zombies: Battle for Neighborville

 PlayStation 4
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5.6

Mixed or average reviews- based on 191 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 82 out of 191
  2. Mixed: 38 out of 191
  3. Negative: 71 out of 191
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  1. Ayyt
    Nov 27, 2019
    6
    This game would be great if there wasn't such horrible optimization on PC, the consoles versions seem to work fine in this department. The PC version of this game sucks a lot, random crashes textures, not loading in, not to mention the program which you must download (Origin) sucks aswell, it also has randomly crashed on me and takes for ever to download a game; for example, I have a 250This game would be great if there wasn't such horrible optimization on PC, the consoles versions seem to work fine in this department. The PC version of this game sucks a lot, random crashes textures, not loading in, not to mention the program which you must download (Origin) sucks aswell, it also has randomly crashed on me and takes for ever to download a game; for example, I have a 250 mpbs download plan and the program for somereason downloads the game at between 10-15 MBs which is no where near my 250 mpbs plan. If you're thinking my internet is just busted I checked online and other programs like steam and they seemed to be working fine giving me around 35-45 MBs. The FPS on this game is horrible don't get me wrong I can get over 144 FPS on this game is just very hard to get above that this game is very demanding even with low settings also random FPS drops. There is also a lot of limitations in the settings at least of PC like the game can only cap the FPS at 30 and 60, I've never seen anybody play at a 30 FPS cap don't even know why that's there. The game itself is very fun I have to admit but the optimzation is what ruins it aswell as the origin app.… Expand
  2. Opinionpts
    Dec 3, 2019
    6
    O jogo tem alguns pontos ótimos em relação aos anteriores como os mundos abertos e atualizações no mundo. Porém, o gameplay é muito mal feito, mapas "meh" e bugs constantes. Da a sensação que o jogo foi totalmente rushado.
    No geral, um jogo mediano que não diverte como os outros Plants vs Zombies
  3. SuperkenGaming
    Mar 2, 2021
    7
    Plants vs. Zombies: Battle for Neighborville
    Showing some promise
    Battle for neighborville isnot what I expected it to be at all.. both in good ways andbad woods.. the good.. theres a whole campaign here that I wasn’t expecting, you can play through as any of the plants or zombies youd like.. each side having 2 mini open worlds to complete tasks in, it starts out so charming, cute, and    Plants vs. Zombies: Battle for Neighborville
    Showing some promise
    Battle for neighborville isnot what I expected it to be at all.. both in good ways andbad woods.. the good.. theres a whole campaign here that I wasn’t expecting, you can play through as any of the plants or zombies youd like.. each side having 2 mini open worlds to complete tasks in, it starts out so charming, cute, and fun.. I loved being a lttle pod shooter, hunting down a yeti, fighting a vampire… I loved this campaign.. untili didn’t anymore.. the campaign here feels more like a demo of what could be rather than a full fledged single player campaign, I mean each of the 4 sections main missions can be completed in an hr each.. its really a joke, as after you complete the 5 main quests its really just map cleaning and in game trophy list clearing… but I loved what could be and what should be done in the future.. theres potential with an actual open world dead island rpg like quest system with a dash of some Mario.. there is a great vaiety of character and polish here. So I would love to see the team go all in on something like this, it could be really special… but for what it is now, its repetive boring tower defense stuff once the game exhausts its charm… and then its onto online, capture the flag, team tower defense, hoard mode, and the family friendly version of a call of duty team death match..andfor me personally, the death match is where all of the fun is outside of the first hour of this games campaign,
    youre on team plants or zombies, each chratcer has unique abilities and trates to make no 2 matches the same if you don’t want them to be… and you have even gain experience and level these characters up… but again the charm just evaporates… theres so much character depth here in battle for neighborville, theres so much potential.. theres just no great game to go with the grear mechanics and variety… I say scrap this cod wanna be and become a Mario wanna be.. this 3d world of plants vs zombies has so much potential, and right now its being wasted in the bargain bin… battle for neighborville offers about 4 hours of fun, it has everything in it to be amazing.. but its potential just isn’t fully realized and that breaks my heart.
    I give Plants vs Zombies Battle for Neighborville
    a 7/10    … Expand
  4. NazgulzLegacy
    Aug 12, 2021
    5
    Characters are very unbalanced, not enough content to use all characters or level all characters to max.
  5. Bloodnes
    Oct 30, 2021
    6
    В целом увлекательная песочница, затянула на пару дней, но потом однообразность приелась и уже как-то начал видеть слабые стороны игры. В целом побегать пойдет, онлайн всегда активный. 6/10
  6. valcriston
    May 23, 2020
    6
    Very fun games to play that doesn’t take itself too serious. Not a lot of content but frequent update makes me and my brother keep coming back to play either online battle or the doing quest. though it lack of depth and get repetitive quiet quickly. worth a shot though.
  7. Kuyamorayota
    Jan 4, 2021
    6
    It is a fine game on its own but it is a HUGE downgrade from garden warfare 1/2 the most notable one being replayability
  8. VladReviews
    May 21, 2021
    7
    As a fan of pvz ever since launch i have to say this game is nowhere near as good as gw2 or even gw1(in some aspects) . With all this said i'm still having a lot of fun playing this game and really like it. But it surely could have been better.
  9. doutoramentos
    May 28, 2023
    6
    A game that I needed but I found out that I didn't, absurd downgrade compared to Garden Warfare 2, they took out incredible systems to put new **** systems, gameplay is almost the same and still good, they removed the variants, the worst decision without a doubt, unbalanced characters and bugs on release.
    One of the biggest disappointments, it had great potential but unfortunately they    A game that I needed but I found out that I didn't, absurd downgrade compared to Garden Warfare 2, they took out incredible systems to put new **** systems, gameplay is almost the same and still good, they removed the variants, the worst decision without a doubt, unbalanced characters and bugs on release.
    One of the biggest disappointments, it had great potential but unfortunately they killed a franchise because of this game.
    It's not horrible but it's not good, it's mediocre, you can have fun but only with friends, disappointment.    … Expand
  10. Daviwaru
    Mar 19, 2023
    6
    Esse jogo por mais que aceitável, N chega ao pés dos 3 primeiros e acaba ficando para trás

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Metascore
77

Generally favorable reviews - based on 25 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 20 out of 25
  2. Mixed: 5 out of 25
  3. Negative: 0 out of 25
  1. PLAY! Zine
    Dec 30, 2019
    85
    Plants vs. Zombies: Battle for Neighbourville is a stellar dive into hero shooter waters for PopCap. With its great level design, great multiplayer and ton of content, it overcomes some of its flaws like lack of campaign and is sure to give tons of hours of PvE and PvP fun.
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  2. Worth Playing
    Dec 6, 2019
    55
    While the art, gameplay and music are fine, it feels like EA made a game so exclusively for children that their parents won't want to play it with them, leaving them to be influenced alone. Even if you can tolerate the tone and have the wherewithal to not spend too much money on DLC, Neighborville is fine. It just won't be your best purchase EVAR.
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  3. Playstation Official Magazine UK
    Nov 18, 2019
    80
    Oozing with things to do and inventive classes to do them with, it elevates the act of shooting plants and zombies to fresh heights. [Issue#169, p.97]
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