Board Thread:Plants vs. Zombies 2/@comment-27053902-20180529023301/@comment-35692230-20180721114605

Idc about other games having it, it sucks and shouldn't be in PvZ series.

Pwople who had trouble with levels and couldn't bother already had option of using power ups or zen garden boosts (which are pretty much free and sprouts are very common).

Leveling systen is just clutter and PopCap doesn't want it to be optional. They force you to level up Peashooter, spam you with ads to use it and introduced poorly made expansion levels they don't even need to test because they want you to use leveling anyway,  when that wasn't enough they  introduced Battlez: replay same shitty level for a week and see who grinded/paid for leveled up plants and premiums more.

In PvZ 2 Chinese leveling isn't optional because you are required to level up plants so you can beat hard mode levels which give you stars to unlock Zomboss battles and worlds. PvZ 2 international would probably do sth like that or even worse if PopCap wasn't lazy but maybe they will even do that.

It doesn't feel like PvZ. There is no strategy, fun or satisfaction. Just grind the shit outta lootboxes so you can spam op plants and make every level into effortless joke.