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Plants vs Zombies: Garden Warfare

Electronic Arts, PopCap
Feb 25, 2014 - PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PC, Xbox Series X/S, PlayStation 5
Strong

OpenCritic Rating

78

Top Critic Average

62%

Critics Recommend

IGN
7.8 / 10
Eurogamer
8 / 10
Game Rant
3 / 5
PC Gamer
79 / 100
GamesRadar+
3.5 / 5
Metro GameCentral
7 / 10
Game Informer
6.5 / 10
Polygon
8.5 / 10

Plants vs Zombies: Garden Warfare Review Summary

StrongCritic Consensus

Plants vs Zombies: Garden Warfare is a fantastic and fresh new take on the online shooter genre with its wacky humour and impressive gameplay. Critics agree that this a fantastic addition to the Plants VS Zombies franchise


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Critic Reviews for Plants vs Zombies: Garden Warfare

IGN

7.8 / 10.0
IGN

Plants Vs Zombies: Garden Warfare does right by its namesake, putting the characters and charm to good use.

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It never hits the heights of Battlefield in its pomp, Call of Duty at its slickest or Titanfall in its explosive beta, but at its best Garden Warfare stirs the same emotions; the panic, the triumph, the tension and the elation. Whether anyone will stick with it once the Titans Are Ready is unsure, but PopCap has overachieved and delivered one of the most likeable games on next-generation hardware anywhere. Quite simply, I dig it.

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Players looking for a co-op experience will find something worth playing with friends casually in Plants vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare, and it offers polished, harmless and simple gameplay that works for all ages but at a stiff price. The game as its currently designed however, seems to lend itself well to the free-to-play model, supported by microtransactions and we wouldn't be surprised to see it go that path in the future. Right now, there's only one barrier to entry and it's the price.

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The freshest shooter to sprout in recent memory, PvZ is shackled by asinine DRM.

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Garden Warfare is a fun, polished shooter, and what it lacks in gameplay depth it more than makes up for with fun cosmetic gear you'll actually want to unlock.

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Metro GameCentral

GameCentral
7 / 10
Metro GameCentral

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

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Already-limited offerings are diminished by a quasi-free-to-play monetization scheme

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Plants vs. Zombies is an elevating factor in a tired genre

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