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Plants vs. Zombies 3 has been announced by EA and PopCap
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I don't think anyone is surprised op, those comments seem to be full of disappointment.
I enjoyed the first game a ton. They can keep this trash.
Widescreen PvZ on Switch please. The original will suffice. Such a tightly designed, constantly engaging and hilarious game. Great soundtrack too.
PvZ2 was exactly what I was afraid would happen when PopCap sold itself to EA. =/
PvZ2 was exactly what I was afraid would happen when PopCap sold itself to EA. =/
OK but when the heck are they going to announce Garden Warfare 3 and Need for Speed? Didn't EA say both of those were coming this year?
I wish EA would leave companies like Popcap alone. We got a lot of great games when they were on their own. They weren't filled with microtransactions. They were well priced.
Since EA bought them, the only games they've really produced have been the garden warfare games. Oh, and adding microtransactions into games where they don't belong. Because that's all EA knows anymore.
Maybe someday Popcap can go back on its own and they'll be allowed to make the games they used to make.
Since EA bought them, the only games they've really produced have been the garden warfare games. Oh, and adding microtransactions into games where they don't belong. Because that's all EA knows anymore.
Maybe someday Popcap can go back on its own and they'll be allowed to make the games they used to make.
I would love this. I don't have faith in these new games anymore.
Holy crap, really? This is the most cynical shit I've ever read. It's like charging to refill ammo in CoD. What the fuck EA.
They butchered the hell out of PvZ2. That's only the start of the garbage that game did.
Will def get in on this. I've gotten back into GW2 and will support this franchise wherever it goes. Hopefully less microtransaction crap than 2.
I guess I thought that it was leaked that they were working on Garden Warfare 3, am I wrong and this is what was leaked?
I guess I thought that it was leaked that they were working on Garden Warfare 3, am I wrong and this is what was leaked?
If you vehemently dislike this, the original creator, artists, and other original team members of the Plants vs Zombies team released Octogeddon on Steam (and Switch) a while ago. It is only $8.88, and worth a go. It plays like an evolved version of the original game - but the lane are now octopus limbs
Octogeddon on Steam
You ARE Octogeddon, a massive mutant octopus with one mission: DESTROY the world! Grow more tentacles and evolve each of them into deadlier and deadlier weapons until you become the ultimate eight-legged killing machine!store.steampowered.com
How did I not know this existed? Thanks for bringing it up in this thread!
"Will there be microtransactions?
There are no microtransactions during Pre-Alpha. "
Alpha though? Yeah Alpha will be fucking riddled with them. What a franchise this could have been, what a disaster it has become.
There are no microtransactions during Pre-Alpha. "
Alpha though? Yeah Alpha will be fucking riddled with them. What a franchise this could have been, what a disaster it has become.
It's always nice to hear someone mention Insaniquarium. That was my favorite of all the Popcap games. It is probably for the best that it's dead.
If you vehemently dislike this, the original creator, artists, and other original team members of the Plants vs Zombies team released Octogeddon on Steam (and Switch) a while ago. It is only $8.88, and worth a go. It plays like an evolved version of the original game - but the lane are now octopus limbs
Octogeddon on Steam
You ARE Octogeddon, a massive mutant octopus with one mission: DESTROY the world! Grow more tentacles and evolve each of them into deadlier and deadlier weapons until you become the ultimate eight-legged killing machine!
Can't believe I never heard of this before. The trailer tone alone feels more like PvZ than PvZ2 ever did
Make a true sequel to the first one with its progression and challenges and sell it to me for $30. I ain't touching another microtransaction-laden F2P grinder like PvZ 2.
Man they really supported PvZ2 for a long time, its been like...6 years now.
Now I hope they double down on Garden Warfare 3 and make it more like GW1 and less like 2
Now I hope they double down on Garden Warfare 3 and make it more like GW1 and less like 2
Still happening AFAIK. Not sure when we'll hear about it though.
PvZ2 was 'okay' when it came out. The overworld was at least a bit interesting with unlockable and branching paths. Then they ruined it by making it fully linear.
I mean, they ruined it with the bullshit microtransactions and P2W before that, but at least it had some redeeming qualities at launch.
I mean, they ruined it with the bullshit microtransactions and P2W before that, but at least it had some redeeming qualities at launch.
So what about Garden Warfare then? Wasn't it said earlier this year that there would be a new one this year along with a new NFS?
I don't know wtf EA is doing.
I don't know wtf EA is doing.
The first one was amazing.....The second one was a steaming piling of dog shit.
PvZ 2 started out horribly, but it eventually grew to one of my favorite phone games.
Has a huge amount of content even without paying a cent, and it might be hard, but every level is still completely doable without using a single power or premium plant.
Based on the screenshots of this game...
It looks way worse than 1 or 2 sadly.
Vertical screen orientation, and looks like it might have gacha style plant unlocks based on the plant screen menu.
Has a huge amount of content even without paying a cent, and it might be hard, but every level is still completely doable without using a single power or premium plant.
Based on the screenshots of this game...
It looks way worse than 1 or 2 sadly.
Vertical screen orientation, and looks like it might have gacha style plant unlocks based on the plant screen menu.
I'm always terribly confused about all the microtransaction hostility towards PvZ2. Compared to other big microtransaction-heavy games like Fire Emblem Heroes, there's not much push to spend money; the game drops oodles of its coin currency and the gem currency is only particularly useful for purchasing optional plants.
The game is genuinely challenging and fairly balanced (in most worlds; Big Wave Beach pulls some nonsense in its later levels) when playing without microtransactions. I refused to spend a cent on the game until completing it three times over, and after doing so I felt I enjoyed my time enough to warrant buying some of the premium plants to fool around with.
It is a drastically changed game from PvZ1, but that's hardly limited to microtransactions; PvZ1 is a very relaxing, simple game and a smooth ride, but it rarely asks one to think about what plants one's deploying or requires particularly quick interaction with the screen. PvZ2 is vastly faster-paced and gives the player vastly more creativity in how they approach each level, but the difficulty's done similarly to a NES or Arcade game.
Given the recent history of the franchise, it is likely that this one's going to be trash.
The game is genuinely challenging and fairly balanced (in most worlds; Big Wave Beach pulls some nonsense in its later levels) when playing without microtransactions. I refused to spend a cent on the game until completing it three times over, and after doing so I felt I enjoyed my time enough to warrant buying some of the premium plants to fool around with.
It is a drastically changed game from PvZ1, but that's hardly limited to microtransactions; PvZ1 is a very relaxing, simple game and a smooth ride, but it rarely asks one to think about what plants one's deploying or requires particularly quick interaction with the screen. PvZ2 is vastly faster-paced and gives the player vastly more creativity in how they approach each level, but the difficulty's done similarly to a NES or Arcade game.
Given the recent history of the franchise, it is likely that this one's going to be trash.
Yeah, PvZ 2 is definitely challenging, but even that they've improved with updates. You can (slowly) level up your plants over time with random upgrade drops during play. Amazingly, they didn't patch the game to be WAY harder to compensate for this, they just added extra-hard challenge levels to the end of some of the worlds.
I think most people (understandably) bounced on PvZ 2 early on when it still only had 3 worlds, so the "premium" plants were actually a large chunk of the plants available. Either that or they bounced when EA made occasional stupid decisions like making the lawnmowers a "pay coins to regenerate" kind of thing, but that led to a LOT of hate directly to EA and they reversed that like a week or two later.
They almost quadrupled the number worlds in the game 3 to 11, adjust world order to make the difficulty curve better (looking at you Big Wave Beach, which is now the second to last level), and each new world adds new plants (I've bought like 2-3 premium plants, but I have over 80 plants to choose from).
They even added a multiplayer mode, but I think I've only tried it once.
I actually liked PvZ2 just fine. Felt a lot like the first game and I never felt especially hassled to spend money (and I never did in my playthrough).
So I'm pretty hyped for this!
But also, release Peggle Blast 2, you cowards!
So I'm pretty hyped for this!
But also, release Peggle Blast 2, you cowards!