Review Plants vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare (PC)

Here, we test the PC version and also refer to the XBOX test (s. Comment) as the content and game mechanics are identical. Below is a list of differences or Auffällifkeiten.

The gameplay remains known simple, it comes to defend itself by means of the plants against hordes of zombies.
But this will of course grown much larger than we know it from smart phones and tablets in her game. There is not the pure tower defense expiration, no, the player is transported into the garden world and runs itself ^^ midst of them around.

But here is a link to the EA servers throughout obligation in this pure MMO title, otherwise you can not even go through the character lists or look in the sticker album.

As game modes there is a Team Deathmatch (Who will first retract 50 kills), a true Plants vs. Zombies slaughter (gardens and cemeteries mode, where a group of plants must guard gardens that are trying to destroy the zombie player ) and the garden command, in which plants defend himself against players up to 10 waves ever nastier acting zombies and keep the garden must. All modes are in classic Marnier (ie without unlockable extras) and in a new way (incl. ^^ Especially) to play.

In the third mode, as an example times, the player chooses a standing available from four plants as a game character, since there is the pea cannon (soldier), the snapper (slow but strong), the Sunflower (healer) and the cactus (Sniper) all it comes with the series known optical gimmicks and after selection and a small presentation video of the selected type of plant already next to the lobby.
The characters can then be optically completely remodel in the course of games, may be subtly influenced by eyeglasses, tattoos, hats, etc. and also the skills, for example through stronger versions of chili bomb at the peashooters.

In the lobby, we are waiting for up to 3 other players and land on a random map.
Here, it is now the first to reach the garden, which will be equal to the mercy of the invading zombies. Trappings and some other strategic places on the map, there are flower pots, which can be equipped with self-operating plants colleagues and so the incoming zombies automatically attack all known from the App tower defense variant ^^ as tactical additive.
The garden is found, all players post accordingly and await the akommenden waves also announced nice and their running paths are indicated by arrows on the screen. Now it is time to face these and fight them off, so that the zombies do not nibble at our garden, whose life bar can not cure!
In between come boss zombies, presented by a playful gaming machine animation, in which rotate three discs and gradually stop with a specific Zombiekonterfei and thus show, is expected to whom.

For launches and passed Verteidgungsaktionen there are coins and collected enough of them, they allow in games shop to buy cards pack. These include in sticker form ^^ new plants for populating flowerpots, optical gimmicks unlocks certain characters by collecting some pieces of the puzzle, and much more. To access all exciting and fun stickers, much has already be geballert, but of course this can be ingame in a known manner to pay with real money (eg 200,000 coins = 9.99).

Graphics, sound and network do a very good job, everything runs smoothly, looks nice and sounds good. The recognition factor in the game is very high and the atmosphere is awesome classic transported in the 3D shooter genre. Only annoying the non-defeatable in game voice chat in the lobby you can still all present (or Individual) mute, but when the game added new players not and because so many bad strange in the background has run with an open mic and of course totally loud, so you have to turn down their own boxes, because the voice chats act independently from the game sound.

In zombie side feel the same delightfully chaotic from, like the plants and the balance is quite sophisticated and works well, there were no significant inequities in the team games observe.
The control can be managed well with a nimble mouse, but woe to those who must release the mouse rumeiern repeatedly to turn around ^^, this is usually synonymous with a death in the deathmatch variants ^^.
The card selection is currently dignified, but that will certainly continue to change through DLC, patches, etc. in the long run. Until then, the game just makes so fun, and should be seen as welcome change to the known shooter series!

Rating:
Fun: 5 out of 6 points.

Data:
PC
USK 12
2-24 players (2 fractions, each 4 characters)
3 game modes
pure MMO (online connection mandatory)