Plants vs. Zombies: Battle for Neighborville

 PlayStation 4
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5.6

Mixed or average reviews- based on 191 Ratings

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  1. Positive: 82 out of 191
  2. Mixed: 38 out of 191
  3. Negative: 71 out of 191
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  1. Jorgetrepadas
    Aug 4, 2021
    10
    The game is insanely good after 2300 hours I can say it's the best video game experience I've ever had.
  2. yoki76
    Oct 22, 2019
    9
    Really enjoying this game, it plays great and looks fantastic, probably one of the best looking games this generation (PS4 Pro here), we are having lots of fun in co-op beating the bosses and multiplayer modes. This one kind of feels more polished than the past GW games. Launch price was good too.
  3. aetorres555
    Oct 22, 2019
    10
    The game is great overall, and yes the community seems harsh on their end, probably cause it’s an EA game, however most people complaints on balancing is a bit inferior since the next update drops in a week with some balance, unfortunately it seems like the community just doesn’t have the patience :/

    Overall though, this game has great potential and is sure to overcome its errors fairly    The game is great overall, and yes the community seems harsh on their end, probably cause it’s an EA game, however most people complaints on balancing is a bit inferior since the next update drops in a week with some balance, unfortunately it seems like the community just doesn’t have the patience :/

    Overall though, this game has great potential and is sure to overcome its errors fairly quickly, for the community, they just need to actually wait before the first update drops before they review on it like “nerfs or buffs” about a week away, complaining if the game is bad

    It’s a great game, and I love it! Give it a try definitely!    … Expand
  4. Crocmaster
    Oct 18, 2019
    10
    Easily the best game in the series. PVE is such a leap from the previous games with epic bosses and hilarious quests. The new characters are great additions especially the combiner characters (acorn and space cadet). Battle Arena rocks and scratches that competitive itch.

    I hope they add new characters or variants down the road
  5. AmethystVenom
    Oct 18, 2019
    8
    I've been playing since the founders edition was available and I absolutely love it. Its quirky PvZ. It has fun PVE areas and lots to do with some really fun boss battles. It also has a coop mode for wave survival. The PVP is just a blast with tons of different modes. It's a very humorous and bright game and all in all is just a blast to play. My biggest issue is I hope they can figureI've been playing since the founders edition was available and I absolutely love it. Its quirky PvZ. It has fun PVE areas and lots to do with some really fun boss battles. It also has a coop mode for wave survival. The PVP is just a blast with tons of different modes. It's a very humorous and bright game and all in all is just a blast to play. My biggest issue is I hope they can figure out the balancing in PVP. Otherwise my rating would be a 9.… Expand
  6. SoulSeekerUSA
    Oct 25, 2019
    10
    Game is fun, my kids and I are having a great time playing. Graphics are top notch and you don't have to have a beast of a computer to run it and get a good frame rate. Not sure why the score is so low because it really is a great game.
  7. MaxRates
    Oct 21, 2019
    10
    Very good game! I believe that this game will improove after every update to come. I have high hopes for this game and it is refreshing seeing a new PvZ Shooter. The last one was GW2 that launched back in 2016. This one is much more colourful, much less confusing and a lot more fun. The story mode is greatly improoved. And the game in general feels like an every day game to play in myVery good game! I believe that this game will improove after every update to come. I have high hopes for this game and it is refreshing seeing a new PvZ Shooter. The last one was GW2 that launched back in 2016. This one is much more colourful, much less confusing and a lot more fun. The story mode is greatly improoved. And the game in general feels like an every day game to play in my free time. This game needs time and it will improove. Future 10/10… Expand
  8. Grimsanity
    Oct 21, 2019
    10
    I'm addicted it's great for pop and pve players alike and continues to improve itself and listen to players.
  9. Sandyj
    Oct 22, 2019
    9
    Still needs some balancing but overall love the details and solo play available to players. Sad they took out character variations.
  10. AFilmSmith
    Oct 22, 2019
    10
    This game is by far the best of the PvZ 3rd person shooters I have played. Build variety is better, progression is easier to understand, the starting lobby is a fantastic and dynamic area and the game modes are the same fun and wacky adventures that we're used to. I'm not usually someone who jumps into games early or buy on launch but this is a purchase I don't think I will ever regret.
  11. Hispanoct
    Oct 18, 2019
    9
    Plants vs Zombies: battle for neighborville is a very good game! Hace issues but that can chango very easy :)
  12. Lushen1212
    Oct 25, 2019
    8
    Videojuego muy entretenido, enfocado al multijugador en juegos como overwatch.
    Dos facciones con diferentes heroes y habilidades.
  13. kyatcyan
    Oct 20, 2019
    9
    I've been playing since the founders edition was available. I love playing this game a lot. It has some issues but can be easily fixed.
  14. Mushroom1804
    Oct 18, 2019
    8
    Eu adorei o jogo ,muito bom mesmo
    Apesar das microtransações Eu gostei do jogo
  15. Pablocruzaley
    Oct 27, 2019
    9
    El juego no permite pantalla dividida con una sola cuenta, y no contiene el solo mode
  16. Duranir
    Dec 23, 2019
    8
    Ich habe den ersten Teil geliebt. Keinen anderen Shooter, habe ich so lange, oft und intensiv gespielt wie Plants vs Zombies: Garden Warfare. Den zweiten Teil mochte ich auch, aber hinkte dem Vorgänger etwas nach bei mir. Doch dieser Teil... Es fehlt zu 80% an Musik. Damit fängt es schon an. Im Gartenkommando hätte die durchgängige Musik wirklich dabei sein müssen. Es ist einfach nur nochIch habe den ersten Teil geliebt. Keinen anderen Shooter, habe ich so lange, oft und intensiv gespielt wie Plants vs Zombies: Garden Warfare. Den zweiten Teil mochte ich auch, aber hinkte dem Vorgänger etwas nach bei mir. Doch dieser Teil... Es fehlt zu 80% an Musik. Damit fängt es schon an. Im Gartenkommando hätte die durchgängige Musik wirklich dabei sein müssen. Es ist einfach nur noch langweilig, ohne der genialen Musik der beiden Vorgänger. Die ersten beiden Teile hatten einen enormen Suchtfaktor, wegen den extrem vielen anpassbaren Sammelgegenständen. Gerade die vielen irrwitzigen verschiedenen Charaktere wie der Turboschnapper zb. Und nun... Nichts mehr. Nur noch kosmetische Anpassungen, die lieblos über nen riesigen Kaugummiautomaten rausgerotzt werden... Optisch ist der Teil den anderen weit voraus, auch die neuen Klassen geben was her. Ich hoffe dennoch, es wird nachträglich was verbessert. Keine verschiedenen Schwierigkeitsstufen im Kommendo Modus, selbige haben auch keine direkte Kartenanwahl mehr und nur noch 5 Runden, statt 10. Na gut, bei der kaum vorhandenen Musik, ist es wohl besser so. Da es nur noch 5 Wellen sind, gibt es auch nur noch einmal pro Runde den "Zufallsgenerator für die 5te Welle. Dieser ist leider nicht mehr so gut gemacht, wie noch beim Vorgänger der Fall war. Keine 3 Rollen mehr, die so tun, als ob es Zufall ist was kommt. Es rollt nur noch eine Walze. Ist zwar nur optisch und verkürzt es etwas (darum ging es wohl auch), aber nimmt halt auch etwas von der Atmosphäre weg. Bonuswellen gibt es nach wie vor. Aber halt begrenzt durch die 5 Wellen. Pflanzen oder Bots, werden mit Abklingzeit gesetzt. Gibt weit weniger Auswahl, als noch bei GW2. Dafür muss man sie aber halt nicht mehr sammeln. Selbiges gilt auch für NPCs beim Revierkampf. Man hat sie endlos, aber halt mit Abklingzeit. Bis auf den ersten Standart NPC. Der braucht keine Abklingzeit. So und was passiert nun, wenn man die 5te Welle geschafft hat? Der Bildschirm dunkel kurz ab, es kommt die Zusammenfassung. Fertig. Leider wurde die Flucht rausgenommen und es wird einfach beendet. Sieht bisschen billiger aus, ohne eben dieses Entkommen. Und entweder gibt es das nicht mehr, oder ich finde es einfach nicht. Da ich keine Spieler für den Kommando Modus finde, stehen wir nur zu Zweit drin. Da kann man es auch gleich alleine machen. Doch bisher fand ich nur die Möglichkeit, sich über den Multiplayer anzumelden. Und wenn mN nix findet, dauert es ewig... Somit auch keine Möglichkeit, NPCs zu "beschwören", die die Spieler ersetzen, die es so rar gibt -_-
    Nun gut. Die PvE Zonen sind größer und stimmungsvoller. Sie laden dazu ein, etwas zu sammeln, erkunden und zu Leveln. Ja man levelt und sammelt auch im Multiplayer fleißig, doch zu meinen online Zeiten, werden die 24 Spieler Maps, mit gerade mal 4-6 Leuten besucht. Oder wie gestern passiert: 2 Leute. Einer davon war ich. Im Revierkampf. Es stand da, auf weitere Spieler warten, nur nach 15 Minuten, verlor ich die Lust zu warten. Logge ich bei GW2 zur selben Zeit ein, geht immer sofort was auf und die Maps sind voll. Es mangelt definitiv an Spielern. Also bleibt einem nur das PvE zu manchen Zeiten. Selbst wenn man den Server wechselt, sieht es nicht ganz so rosig aus. Viele Leute die ich seit GW1 kenne, haben nach paar Tagen leider schon die Lust auf das neue Spiel verloren und sind zu GW2 zurück.
    Dennoch. Es macht Spaß. Warum auch immer. Bin heute 2 Stunden im Schwindel Park gewesen und hab als Eichel mit anderen Eicheln nur rumgealbert. Dazu lädt der neue Hub definitiv ein. Das gefällt. Da macht auch das Sammeln von kosmetischen Items wieder mehr Spaß. Man merkt auch, dass die Entwickler viel Liebe ins Spiel gesteckt haben, so detailverliebt, wie einem alles erscheint. Vom Umfang her, ist es bisher aber leider nur eine größere Demo. Ich hoffe, es kommen noch eine Menge Inhalte und Verbesserungen. Der anfängliche Frust hat sich schnell gelegt und nun verfliegt im Spiel die Zeit in nu. Wenn auch nur mit Blödsinn machen :)
    Hoffe, es sind nicht all zu viele Fehler im Text. Schreib vom Smartphone aus und seh den unteren Teil vom Text irgendwie nicht. Also das, was ich grad schreibe -_-

    Hab den Text und die Bewertung nachträglich nochmal geändert, da ich ziemlich gefrustet war am Anfang. Bin ich teilweise noch immer, aber im großen und ganzen ein gutes Spiel :)    … Expand
  17. Lbrunker21
    Dec 23, 2019
    9
    Really fun game and gameplay is extremely smooth and well done.
    Need a couple more modes and maybe more engaging single player things to do
  18. Manno00
    Dec 31, 2019
    8
    Terzo TPS della saga Plants vs Zombies che va a sublimare il sistema di gioco congeniato nei precedenti capitoli. Campagna principale vasta e varia,ricca di collezionabili,giocabile sempre anche in coop locale. Multiplayer ben strutturato e bario grazie alla presenza di 20 personaggi disponibili,dieci per parte(piante e zombies). Grafica davvero buona. Grande pecca sono i dialoghi un po'Terzo TPS della saga Plants vs Zombies che va a sublimare il sistema di gioco congeniato nei precedenti capitoli. Campagna principale vasta e varia,ricca di collezionabili,giocabile sempre anche in coop locale. Multiplayer ben strutturato e bario grazie alla presenza di 20 personaggi disponibili,dieci per parte(piante e zombies). Grafica davvero buona. Grande pecca sono i dialoghi un po' infantili e morbosamente ironici.… Expand
  19. jtpduffe
    Sep 3, 2020
    10
    I'd honestly give the game a real 20. This series, as a whole, is one of the best of all time. Neighborville is no exception. I've played so many shooters, from the earliest CODs and Battlefields through Fortnite, Splatoon, Overwatch... This, and Garden Warfare 2 are 2 of the best shooters of all time. The only problem is that there aren't enough maps. Incredible team play, characterI'd honestly give the game a real 20. This series, as a whole, is one of the best of all time. Neighborville is no exception. I've played so many shooters, from the earliest CODs and Battlefields through Fortnite, Splatoon, Overwatch... This, and Garden Warfare 2 are 2 of the best shooters of all time. The only problem is that there aren't enough maps. Incredible team play, character classes, Disney level modelling. Just great. So much fun.… Expand
  20. Daniel_N
    Aug 6, 2021
    8
    An excellent game with perfect visuals filled with cute characters and locations!
  21. ZoniX
    Apr 12, 2020
    10
    I know some people didn't like this game, but come on, there's so much possibility by eliminating the subclasses, now we can have more characters than before and it will be more fun!
    And on my own opinion, this game it's very nice and fun! And this is different than the previous games, that makes it better! Because it's not the same thing over and over

    10/10 Nice game
  22. NoveyTP
    Jun 30, 2020
    10
    I liked the first GW graphics a bit more and I didn't liked that they removed the variants but overall, great game. everything else is an improvement to it's predecessor in my opinion.
  23. vicenteeherrera
    Jul 9, 2020
    10
    es un buen juego
    los gráficos esta muy buenos aunque me hubiera gustado que hubiera estado mas conectado con los juegos anteriores
  24. EliasOtaku
    Jul 18, 2020
    10
    El juego es bastante divertido si es cierto que secaron las clases de poderes de los personajes y cambiaron el diseño de los personajes pero después de un tiempo te vas acostumbrando y también hay que recordar que esto no es un Garden Warfare 3 si no un juego totalmente nuevo y adictivo
  25. EJP07
    Mar 3, 2021
    8
    I've sank around 30 hours in this game, and I've throughly enjoyed it! I went into it not really playing the previous entries, so I didnt really get to mess with the variants of the characters much, but overall this games systems and visuals are nice. I would say this game is for people looking to just have something dumb fun to play with people online, mainly freinds! The biggest negativeI've sank around 30 hours in this game, and I've throughly enjoyed it! I went into it not really playing the previous entries, so I didnt really get to mess with the variants of the characters much, but overall this games systems and visuals are nice. I would say this game is for people looking to just have something dumb fun to play with people online, mainly freinds! The biggest negative for me would have to be the lack of crossplay! I would've given a 9 if it had cross play but alas it's not in the game unfortunately. I will say that you should definitely check this game out, I love what popcap did and I hope future games contain some of the charm from this game. As well maybe bringing back the variations because from the way people make it sound it would be a great addition to have back in!… Expand
  26. Greenlanter167
    Aug 27, 2021
    10
    Отличная игра. Одна из самых лучших игра в серии plants vs zombies. Видно как игра развивается в лучшую сторону.
  27. Eduard0X
    Jan 6, 2023
    8
    Es un juego muy divertido me encanta el diseño y me gusta los modos de juegos que hay lo único malo es que está muy enfocado en el multijugador
  28. Kosty
    Jun 16, 2022
    9
    Хорошая игра для совместной дрочки. Багов нет, динамика всегда, но не хватает побольше частных игр
  29. NinjaPro52
    Nov 26, 2022
    9
    Para una persona que ha jugado desde niño a esta franquicia es un deleite volverlo a jugar una vez mas con contenido novedosos y esperando actualizaciones futuras para sacarle el maximo provecho a la saga y logras exprimir lo qur se merece este gran juego.
  30. Gok58
    Feb 25, 2023
    8
    En lo personal me pareció un buen juego tal vez no sea igual que guarden warfare pero si es muy bueno

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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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