Talk:Plants vs. Zombies 2/@comment-26330618-20181227124133/@comment-27385163-20190903052429

i think pvz2 is a good game for the most part. the gimmicks may not be inspired from an artistic standpoint but from a game design standpoint, theyre fine.

the main issue with pvz2 is its heavy, and i mean HEAVY monetization. the levelling system absolutely destroys the balance of the game, but keeps battlez intact which just goes to show how their priorities are sorted.

with the levelling system came lootboxes and the game has a gross, and i mean GROSS amount of premium/MTX plants. nowadays a chunk of them are 'gemium' but gems are just another hard-to-collect version of the main currency in every mobile game which doesnt fix this issue but replace it.

the game's just a total mess of good design, a thoughtful campaign, and atrocious balancing, a lack of care for any of the previous work on the game and microtransactions. it's such a mixed bag these days and thats why 2 is just sort of garbage these days.