by hypehypehypeahhah » Mon May 16, 2016 3:44 pm
Plants vs. Zombies 2: It's about time
The spiritual successor to the popular PvZ 1 (I'm looking at you, Garden Warfare). It has the exact same mechanics as PvZ 1, with some added tweaks here and there.
However, i'm sure many people knew about this game, because i see it get a lot of hate for being a "pay to win" game.
I have been playing it for years and i can safely say that's NOT true. It's a free mobile app (for some reason; PvZ 1 came out in PC first, and EA never had any trouble releasing games in PC) with paid microtransactions that allow you to get more coins (wich is the worst deal ever, since coins are extremely easy to get) that are used to buy panic-powerups to destroy zombies instantly (you can easily get those powerups for free by playing the endless zones a lot), gems (wich are again, a horrible deal since gems are decently easy to get by just playing the daily events) wich are used to boost plants for one level (wich is a horrible idea because you won't need them if you know what you're doing) and certain plants (wich are ironically, better than the paid plants 90% of the time), boosters (wich give you a slight permanent boost, like extra starting sun) and most importantly, premium plants (wich 70% of them are awful anyways).
However, one topic that i really like is the difficulty; It took a HUGE boost from the first game. (In short, it's hard as balls). And i really like that.
The game has 11 worlds (wich i don't think will be increased, sadly) related to time periods, wich each one having a different mechanic, and every world featuring 5-6 plants and 2 premium plants marketed with said world, with the exeption of the first 4 worlds, wich feature more free plants and have no premium plants marketed with them.
But the biggest selling point (I know it's free, you get my point) of them all is the huge variety of plants to choose from, allowing for different strategies, wich was almost impossible to do in PvZ1 (The strategy in that game was just: Plant sunflowers, use potato mines, plant melonpults, victory). Even choosing a sun producing plant is up to your likings, as the game has 5 of them! (And other 4 that produce sun by other means!)
TL;DR: Ignore any critizism PvZ2 has before playing it yourself. It's free, you have nothing to lose.