robo-zombie head!), but one is a sniper and the other favors demolitions. Both factions have a class capable of deploying an attack drone (garlic vs. Plant and Zombie healers leans toward rearguard and front line duty, respectively. This asymmetric structure carries across all four of each faction’s classes. Both have an explosive to shake things up with, but the Zombie’s Rocket Jump leans more toward vertical play, whereas the Plant’s Hyper ability is all about speed. The Foot Soldier carries a lower-damage machine gun as its primary weapon. The Peashooter makes up for a slow rate of fire with explosive peapod bullets that do splash damage. Even each faction’s basic infantry units – Peashooter for the Plants, Foot Soldier for the Zombies – don’t really match up. No two classes are the same in Garden Warfare. PopCap goes a step further when it comes to soldier classes though, with an asymmetrical class layout that establishes a stronger factional identity than most shooters typically possess. It’s easiest to look at Garden Warfare as a family-friendly alternative to Battlefield, as both the scope of the action and the emphasis on multi-class team play falls right in line with the DICE shooter. The individual pieces are at least promising. Given PopCap’s proximity to the Battlefield developer, you’d expect the third-person shooting action in Plants Vs. There’s competitive and cooperative content, but this isn’t something to pick up if you’re looking for a robust single player experience. And yes, let’s be clear up front: this game is a multiplayer-only proposition. The game does have its share of standout elements, but uneven design too often works against the competitive team vs. PopCap is also a member of the Electronic Arts family, meaning it can carve out kid-friendly shooty shooty in the mold of Battlefield, relying on DICE both for input and for its increasingly ubiquitous Frostbite 3 engine. PopCap Games’ colorful fictional universe already boasts a diverse cast from the series’ mobile appearances, and the contentious struggle between smiling plants and their natural enemy, the groaning zombie, makes as much sense in a shooter as it does in a lane-based strategy game.
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Zombies is a fascinating proposition as a shooter.