Plants vs. Zombies: Battle for Neighborville

 Xbox One
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5.6

Mixed or average reviews- based on 112 Ratings

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  1. Positive: 46 out of 112
  2. Mixed: 24 out of 112
  3. Negative: 42 out of 112
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  1. Elgamerbot99
    May 24, 2023
    8
    Unos de mid shooters favoritos, tiene la mejor jugabilidad de los tres juegos. También es mi saga favorita de Videojuegos, talvez sea el peor de los 3 shooters de PVZ pero es el más divertido.
  2. TomKing13
    Jul 17, 2022
    6
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  3. jakebayne2002
    Dec 23, 2021
    10
    my favorite plants vs zombies game !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! good good good good good good good good good good good good good good good good good good good good good good good good good good good good good good good good
  4. JACOBJORDANBA
    Jun 24, 2021
    10
  5. Robloxcraft_YM
    May 11, 2021
    10
    Muy Bueno esta completo, es divertido, los gráficos son increíbles, es muy colorido, Aunque yo lo jugué en Xbox Series X.
  6. freedy22
    Mar 28, 2021
    7
    So much new plants and zombies.
    A fun brain-teasing shooter without tryharding.
  7. RapidSpeed
    Mar 24, 2021
    7
    I like to call this game "very meh". It lacks game modes and maps and that's one of the main reasons why. The game design is astonishing though, it is truly one of the best game designs I've seen. I play the game from time to time when I got nothing else to do or when a PVP event is going on. Also important to point out that the singleplayer is pretty good and the maps are detailed.
  8. Panchogul
    Mar 15, 2021
    8
    El juego es buenísimo por donde quiera que se le mire, el modo de un solo jugador está bien entretenido, nada de que quejarme al respecto, el modo multijugador en línea es MUY divertido, muy variado y loco, pero por otro lado es exageradamente injusto y se bugea bastante pero creo que se debe a mi conexión a Internet.
  9. 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
  10. Playmaker1622
    Nov 15, 2020
    10
    Pvz: bfn, es un buen juego con actualizaciones constantes de 1 a 2 meses, con un buen balanceo de personajes, y un multijugador muy estable.

    Recomendable si eres fan de pvz, o buscas un juego de disparos para toda la familia
  11. FuntimeGamer383
    Oct 14, 2020
    10
    Eu não entendo porque teve gente que não gostou do jogo, ele tem potencial! Eu estou jogando mesmo que o jogo acabou, e estou amando! É porque tem aqueles fãs de PvZ mimadinhos que falam mal do jogo, porque ele não é o Garden Warfare 3! E daí? O joogo é exelente! Melhorias legais, mapas muito bonitos, história e diálogos bem humorados, e modelos extremamente bonitos! Comprem. Só porque nãoEu não entendo porque teve gente que não gostou do jogo, ele tem potencial! Eu estou jogando mesmo que o jogo acabou, e estou amando! É porque tem aqueles fãs de PvZ mimadinhos que falam mal do jogo, porque ele não é o Garden Warfare 3! E daí? O joogo é exelente! Melhorias legais, mapas muito bonitos, história e diálogos bem humorados, e modelos extremamente bonitos! Comprem. Só porque não tem variantes, não quer dizer que não seje divertido!… Expand
  12. ANormalPlayer
    Sep 19, 2020
    10
    A mí sí me gustó he jugado más de 120 horas y no me aburre y lo que estoy poniendo aqui es relleno para 75 letras
  13. CringeNugget
    Aug 7, 2020
    2
    this game is just bad. there are a few good things about it but its mostly just a crash grab. there are no more sticker packs (from the first 2 games) and you have this god awful system where you spend 30k just for one stupid bad looks item. its super unfair and unbalanced too. some of the good things are that instead of only having 2 gestures/taunts you can click right on the depad andthis game is just bad. there are a few good things about it but its mostly just a crash grab. there are no more sticker packs (from the first 2 games) and you have this god awful system where you spend 30k just for one stupid bad looks item. its super unfair and unbalanced too. some of the good things are that instead of only having 2 gestures/taunts you can click right on the depad and pick what emote you can do, or ask question and just say stuff. the single player is also really great in this game. you have actual bosses now and cool missions that are actually different. but thats only the really good stuff about it. you should just buy garden warfare 2 instead, has alot more replayebillity, and alot more fun in general.… Expand
  14. matheusltp
    Jun 26, 2020
    2
    They ruined a game that was impossible to ruined it taking off variants. That's it.
  15. AJMickey
    Jun 9, 2020
    6
    To get straight to the point: Do I think it's a bad game? No. Do I think it's a good game? No. Although it has charming aspects such as the character design, the PvE missions, and has fun tools to mess around with such as the Chomper's Grody Goop, the game can also be a massive chore to play sometimes, whether it be because a Chomper decided to burrow right into a crowd of 10 zombies andTo get straight to the point: Do I think it's a bad game? No. Do I think it's a good game? No. Although it has charming aspects such as the character design, the PvE missions, and has fun tools to mess around with such as the Chomper's Grody Goop, the game can also be a massive chore to play sometimes, whether it be because a Chomper decided to burrow right into a crowd of 10 zombies and you were the one it killed, the Kernel Corn husk hop spammed you for the 5th time, or your death just didn't feel right. I want to like the game, I REALLY want to, but it's quite hard honestly. I don't believe it's actually the games fault its such a chore in most cases, it's more of the communities fault for being as annoying as they are, whether it be the GM5 rapid fire zpg spamming soldier using the oh so funny poop emoji upon killing you, or... well. The fact that everyone will spam abilities the instant you so much as look at them. Again, although I believe it to be mostly the fault of the community, the game isn't completely let off the hook. Bugs such as melee hit registration, ghost bullets, etc can become very consistent and annoying when playing. Basically, if you can tolerate a lot, you should be able to... play it. I guess. I hope in the future I can give this a higher rating, but as of now, don't expect much enjoyability out of it, most will be setting themselves up for disappointment. If you truly want to try the game out and believe you won't be annoyed much, then go ahead, see if the games for you, I won't lie and say its the worst game in the world, but do make sure you check up on your own emotions.

    Just, make sure if you get angry at it you take a break, ok? You never want to play this game much if it deeply angers you, trust me on that.    … Expand
  16. 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
  17. Adailson
    Apr 9, 2020
    10
    an incredible game, i have immensely fun with the game, great graphics, good mechanics, charismatic characters, basically one of the best games i have ever played
  18. Dartix
    Apr 1, 2020
    4
    Alright game, aiming and controls aren’t perfect, there are no variants like previous PVZ shooters, the characters aren’t balanced well, the sprinting mechanic is an awful edition, the PvE mode is decent, but PvP is a mess and not fun at all, gets very boring quickly, character costumes are great but there aren’t enough characters without the variants. Game itself was fun at the startAlright game, aiming and controls aren’t perfect, there are no variants like previous PVZ shooters, the characters aren’t balanced well, the sprinting mechanic is an awful edition, the PvE mode is decent, but PvP is a mess and not fun at all, gets very boring quickly, character costumes are great but there aren’t enough characters without the variants. Game itself was fun at the start when it released but after a month it got quite boring and not as fun as it was before. The game is no where near as good as Garden Warfare and Garden Warfare 2.… Expand
  19. OscarAdcock
    Mar 31, 2020
    5
    Throws out the combat and class variant system from GW and GW2 which where the two best things about the PvZ shooter series.
    I also heavily dislike the art changes to this game, even though the graphics are super crispy compared too its predecessors.
    Would still recommend GW2 over this game and its still my go to PvZ game in 2020, the unnessacry changes to BFN where ultimately why it    Throws out the combat and class variant system from GW and GW2 which where the two best things about the PvZ shooter series.
    I also heavily dislike the art changes to this game, even though the graphics are super crispy compared too its predecessors.
    Would still recommend GW2 over this game and its still my go to PvZ game in 2020, the unnessacry changes to BFN where ultimately why it hasn't got my full support and the rest of the community behind it because its just not as fun...    … Expand
  20. Bam-Shambles
    Mar 28, 2020
    9
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. This game is great,the multiplayer could use crossplay to not match up with the same people each round.The story mode is good it is just a bit too easy i finished it in less than a day.zombies also have a story mode but i would suggest the plants story mode due to it being mo finished and more polished… Expand
  21. Fairbadger
    Mar 4, 2020
    3
    Just don’t buy this. It is not a sequel to the first two garden warfares, but just another EA cash grab.
  22. Stukapooka
    Feb 28, 2020
    3
    Honestly very dissapointed in this game it took the fun and life out of the previous two and crushed it for an overwatch clone. The launch was utter garbage, downgrading modes and removing custom matches with bots, removal of over a hundred sub class variants for a broken upgrade system (it's a clear downgrade). Tired of the yes men who say they will fix it with updates-really is that whatHonestly very dissapointed in this game it took the fun and life out of the previous two and crushed it for an overwatch clone. The launch was utter garbage, downgrading modes and removing custom matches with bots, removal of over a hundred sub class variants for a broken upgrade system (it's a clear downgrade). Tired of the yes men who say they will fix it with updates-really is that what we've come to-releasing games unfinished and fixing them later, I mean the last games launch wasnt perfect but it came out with new modes and alongside a new pve hub(bfn main strength is its new pve areas which are an improvement but get boring once you beat them). No microtransactions besides cosmetics(the fact that this is a positive is kinda sad). Alot of the maps are boring to look and play at and are a downgrade in sense of scale from the previous and feel so empty and are smaller than their previous incarnations. The spawnable ai allies you have in gamemodes have been reduced to SEVEN per side on offense and only about 8 on defense and the defense is underpowered. I dont understand how Popcap could look at their previoss format that worked amazingly well and decide toabsolutely shred and rebuild it . Honestly if you want a good and respectable plants vs zombies game worth your time and money just go play garden warfare2, heck just go play garden warfare one atleast it was fun.… Expand
  23. Loggamer777
    Feb 27, 2020
    8
    I've loved this franchise for 10 years and yes this game isn't the best in the series but it's just EA trying to make up there mistakes and people just won't understand that. yeah variants are gone and i miss them too but just give it a shot and EA is trying to make a good game but they missed some key things and it gets some sorry reviews. Please give this game a chance. Whatever is wrongI've loved this franchise for 10 years and yes this game isn't the best in the series but it's just EA trying to make up there mistakes and people just won't understand that. yeah variants are gone and i miss them too but just give it a shot and EA is trying to make a good game but they missed some key things and it gets some sorry reviews. Please give this game a chance. Whatever is wrong with the game they will fix it I promise.This review has 0 offensiveness.… Expand
  24. TPF1770
    Feb 7, 2020
    9
    Everyone seems to be hating this game because they removed many amazing features that were in garden warfare 2 and honestly, I don’t blame them for being upset, I myself am quite disappointed. But this isn’t garden warfare 3, it’s battle for neighbourville, it’s a completely different game. We can’t expect it to be the same. Yes the changes are quite strange and some are just poorly madeEveryone seems to be hating this game because they removed many amazing features that were in garden warfare 2 and honestly, I don’t blame them for being upset, I myself am quite disappointed. But this isn’t garden warfare 3, it’s battle for neighbourville, it’s a completely different game. We can’t expect it to be the same. Yes the changes are quite strange and some are just poorly made but we all will get used to them. In fact, after playing battle for neighbourville, I started to have more fun with it than I had for garden warfare 2. Look, garden warfare had many more features but just because battle for neighbourville doesn’t have the same features and introduced new ones (the new upgrade system) doesn’t mean that it’s bad. I mean to be fair it’s less interesting than character variants. However, the game has been a fun experience for me and the new content they add every month keeps the game entertaining. All you need to really do is enter this game with an open mind. Garden warfare is definitely better, but just because it’s better doesn’t mean battle for neighbourville is bad...… Expand
  25. L3oAd4m
    Nov 10, 2019
    0
    O jogo está uma merda, EA conseguiu destruir o jogo, é um absurdo o que conseguiram fazer de tão ruim que ficou. Quem defende uma porcaria dessa tem que levar no rabo mesmo, é ser muito baba ovo de uma porcaria. Infelizmente é assim, a EA consegue acabar com tudo de bom.
  26. SwissPatrick
    Nov 5, 2019
    7
    This PvZ game is not as good as its predecessor, however it is fun to play with satisfying rewards, I would wait until the price decreases but otherwise it is definitely a fun game!
  27. Retro47
    Nov 1, 2019
    7
    The controls and mechanics are extremely different than other games in the series which can make it hard to figure for people who are used to the previous games controls but all and all its still has the same personality and flair which still makes it fun experience
  28. Lushen1212
    Oct 25, 2019
    9
    Muy entretenido, enfocado al multijugador y con un aire a overwatch. Las dos facciones tienen heroes de diferentes clases con diferentes habilidades.
  29. Fruticose45
    Oct 22, 2019
    7
    Jogo divertido com personagem carismáticos,modos bem legais e uma campanha muito mais elaborada do que os outros jogos da série, porém com servidores horríveis (chegando ao ponto das as habilidades dos personagens não saírem ou acabta tendo um delei de 2 SEGUNDOS!!!),bem desbalanceado e possui loot box.


    Obs: tem chance desse jogo ainda ter microtransação
  30. dman7335
    Oct 22, 2019
    8
    Plants Vs. Zombies Battle for Neighborville is a fantastic game, from the PvE to the PvP, the whole game, just oozes greatness even if the game has some notable issues. The PvE areas are a HUGE step up from the previous title, PvZ Garden Warfare 2, and each area will put you through several missions leading up to some really creative boss fights. The only "problem" in PvE is that eachPlants Vs. Zombies Battle for Neighborville is a fantastic game, from the PvE to the PvP, the whole game, just oozes greatness even if the game has some notable issues. The PvE areas are a HUGE step up from the previous title, PvZ Garden Warfare 2, and each area will put you through several missions leading up to some really creative boss fights. The only "problem" in PvE is that each region plays out the same, get three items to make larger item that opens up boss area, kill boss, rinse and repeat. The collectibles are what make the PvE areas truly shine, with hunting down golden/diamond gnomes, chests, and other oddities that just sort of fit in the PvZ universe.

    The PvP is also incredible but also is where a majority of my issues come up. I love the design of the characters, new and old, but the balance is still out of whack after four weeks of founders. Those that just picked up the game might think that Nightcap is annoying but if you saw how she was a few weeks ago...let's just say you dodged a bullet there (her Fung-fu ability could kill any zombie from full health down to zero). I love the feeling of the abilities and most characters feel usable to some degree but some more balancing needs to be done (zombies are currently way stronger than plants). The main issue in PvP is the new sprint mechanic. While sprinting does allow you to get back into the fight faster after spawning, it also makes confirming kills extremely hard because once someone takes damage, they just sprint away to regenerate health. I have seen that they are making adjustments to sprinting (hope they make it so when you take damage you can't sprint for a short time) so hopefully that will be addressed sooner rather than later.

    The last small aspect I want to address is the monetization of the game currently. As of the time writing this, there is no MTX in the game but they are coming in the form of rainbow stars. The stars can be used to further the Prize Map (essentially a battle pass for free each month) or to buy items from Rux, but they have said that they will be earnable in game so we will have to see how intrusive they might be down the line once their implemented.

    I love this game and want to see it get better, and only time will tell if the community sticks with it or abandons ship, but I can fully say I'm in it for the long haul.    … Expand
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Metascore
76

Generally favorable reviews - based on 14 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 9 out of 14
  2. Mixed: 5 out of 14
  3. Negative: 0 out of 14
  1. Gamers' Temple
    Dec 31, 2019
    80
    Battle for Neighborville's goofy, cartoonish world makes it a shooter appropriate for younger gamers, but don't dismiss it as a kids' game. The gameplay will please most shooter fans, and it's good to have an option that doesn't take itself too seriously and in which the players are focused on having a fun time. It's a great change of pace for when you want a more laid-back but still fun shooter experience.
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  2. Official Xbox Magazine UK
    Nov 18, 2019
    80
    An endearing shooter that builds on strong roots to excellent and often hilarious effect. [Issue#184, p.70]
  3. Game Informer
    Nov 6, 2019
    78
    Battle for Neighborville delivers exciting competitive and cooperative multiplayer, but an overly complicated economy and inconsistent PvE elements take away from the experience.
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