

The green warriors branch out into the realm of fruit with Citron, a cool orange who sports black shades and a vitamin-C fueled laser. One of the plants’ new heroes is Kernel Corn, a tall corn stalk that shoots kernels and can call down buttery airstrikes. Unlike the playable characters of the first game, these new characters seem unbalanced and overpowered. Zombies: Garden Warfare 2 introduces new characters to the scene. Instead, we’re given fetch quest after fetch quest.

It’s disappointing because Pop Cap games could create a short, creative and fun narrative.

Unfortunately, the actual quests are rather lackluster with most boiling down to kill this, collect that or defend “x” location.

Plants and zombies alike rise through the ranks of their respective factions by completing various quests. While some of the animations are cool, the addition is hardly worthwhile when contrasted a boring yet clear and streamlined menu screen.Īnother big change to the series is the inclusion of a single-player story mode apart from just running multiplayer matches with bots. To access the game’s garden and graveyard ops, players have to walk to the corresponding icon in each base. The problem is that the setup lacks clarity. As gamers near the zombie fortress, the surrounding area is more dilapidated yet bizarrely futuristic. As the player nears the plant base, things look more like a normal neighborhood. Plants and zombies are holed up in their respective bases on either side of Zomburbia. My first big gripe with the game is the inclusion of the backyard battleground as a main menu of sorts. And in some of the areas in which the game attempts to improve upon what it has built, it falls short of the original. Garden Warfare 2, while still funny and fun, is far too similar to its predecessor. Plants and Zombies: Garden Warfare 2 places players back in the goofy, hilarious shooter that pits foliage against the undead. And it’s up to the plants to take it back. Zombies: Garden Warfare 2 review: Too similar to original – The Denver Post Close Menu
