I'm suffering from shooter fatigue. I abandoned the genre once the video-game industry became oversaturated with drab, pseudo-realistic military skirmishes that I could only differentiate by the name on the game's packaging. Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon's '80s-tastic neon and synth love letter to classic action movies brought me back to the category in 2013 after a several-year hiatus, but I thought that would be the extent of my FPS playing for the next few years. Wrong. I'll be shooting well into 2014—and possibly beyond—thanks to PopCap's Plants vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare.($19.99 at GameStop) The game takes the popular tower-defense game and merges it third-person shooter gameplay—and the combination works extremely well. Garden Warfare, despite being an action-centric shooter, retains the charm and humor associated with the Plants vs. Zombies brand. Fans of the series and the shooter genre as a whole should give Garden Warfare a go, despite some annoying gotchas. Online Requirem...

Garden Warfare is a remarkably refreshing shooter that retains the Plants vs. Zombies charm while upping the action.

Incredibly fun shooting action; Surprisingly deep strategy; Addictive sticker system; Charming graphics and animation

Environments not very interactive; Local split-screen co-op requires Xbox Live Gold

Plants vs. Zombies Garden Warfare is a bright, beautiful and extremely well made multiplayer shooter from PopCap and EA.

Title: Plants vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare Developer: Pop Cap Publisher: EA Platforms: Xbox One, Xbox 360 (reviewed), Windows, Playstation 3 (TBA), Playstation 4 (TBA) Genre: Third Person [...]

Popcap created a truly wonderful world in Plants Vs. Zombies and turning the game now more popularly known as a piece of mobile software into an explosive third-person shooter only further endeared me to the brand earlier this year.

24 player multiplayer, Tight third-person shooter controls, Tons of different abilities, Challenge-based progression, Free DLC Maps and Modes, Zombies... get the brains..; Crazy number of unlocks, Seriously, Crazy Dave's Campaign DLC

Tight third-person shooter controls; Crazy number of unlocks; Seriously; Crazy Dave's Campaign DLC

So many plant puns I want to do…

The least brown shooter ever made, with the colourful graphics and accessible controls supported by an imaginative and surprisingly well-crafted online experience.

Varied and generally well balanced character classes; Well-crafted maps and a great sense of humour; Garden Ops is great

Imprecise weapons and often vague impact animation; No single-player and very limited split-screen options; Microtransactions will annoy some

Fast action paced shooters have a defined genre, we see a lot of them out there and they are hugely popular. So when a company comes along with a whimsical weird concoction that is actually appealing and somehow addictively fun… it's all hands on deck for Plants vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare.

Fantastic game, having hours of fun battling away. A must buy Just remember to have a live psn account

Loads of online fun; looks great in 1080p

Online only; requires psn online account

Plants vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare is a team based, multiplayer shooter set in the Plants vs. Zombies universe. If you choose to do so you can play some of the modes solo as well, however, this game was really designed around playing with other people.

I've always been a fan of Plants vs. Zombies but was in two minds when I heard about Garden Warfare, turning a tower defence game into a third-person online multiplayer one is not exactly a small change for fans and one that I didn't think would work out, how wrong I was.