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I would attack the flying shrimp robot with my shoulder-mounted freeze ray, but a pirate just set me on fire and now I need to find a sunflower so I don't die before my team destroys the giant boot battering our castle gate. In other words, Plants vs.

Incredible mechanical diversity and creativity; New characters make both teams feel more balanced and complete; Hub world adds narrative context and fun hidden extras

Single-player missions feel empty and repetitive; Earning upgrades and unlocking characters takes far too long

Since Plants vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare (2014 ) was a shooter with no single-player mode, it was a game I had zero interest in. Now that the follow-up has the feature, and I've played it, I'm still not sure it's for me, but maybe my twelve-year-old self would have dug it.

Crisp; richly-detailed visuals; A lot of options

No memorable characters or levels; Tags

I purchased this for my sons birthday to go with his new console, he likes it, we all enjoy playing plants v zombies on our phones anyway, I hoped it would be more like the app, in the garden format, but its quite different. My son enjoys it anyway, so i.m not dissapointed.

Under the cheery looks is a surprisingly gripping shooter; one that, second time round, offers a healthier spread of modes and an addictive breadcrumb trail of hero progression.

Visual design fizzes with wit and warmth; Addictive drip-feed of heroes and unlocks; New classes open up fun tactical options; Added modes give both armies more to do

Lacks the satisfying precision of most shooters; Story mode is more of a glorified tutorial

The wacky Plants vs Zombie themed shooter is back with a sequel that introduces new characters and plenty of single player content for those that don't want to solely focus on the multiplayer scene. Game design wise most of the core features have remained the same with the game set just a...

New plants and game modes – More single player

Too much grinding to level up your variants

Few people could have predicted the track that the Plants vs Zombies series has taken. Starting out as a simple tower defense game, the series has expanded

This oddball shooter sequel piles on more of everything from the first game, which is exactly what that game needed.

Plants vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare 2 is a sequel to a game I didn't expect to like in the first place. When it was announced back in 2013, the original Garden Warfare seemed like a monstrosity, taking the accessible, goofy charm of casual-friendly developer PopCap's overhead strategy game Plants vs.

I have not planned the game, it was a gift for my grandson. He was very excited. It arrived a couple of days early to my surprise.