Board Thread:Plants vs. Zombies 2/@comment-25546049-20150930022951/@comment-24275721-20151001193618

Master3530 wrote:

Even though this is not that type of game, once in a while some plant comes along as more powerful than an existing one and no one notices. Example being:

Banana Launcher- 500 sun, ~ massive damage and fast recharge with reload times

Strawburst- 400 sun, actually massive damage and 3 x 3 explosion radius

By your reasoning, Strawburst is overpowered compared to BL because less sun cost, more damage and overall more practical use combined with other plants. Speaking of which, Cherry Bomb. A lesser cost plant that does the exact same thing. Even the recharge is Slow, combine it with other plants like Imitater and it can make mince meat out of any zombie. Somewhat same ability but costs less and even more practical than Strawburst as the total recharge time for a large berry is more or less than that of a regular seed recharge of CB.

Point is, you just cannot balance EVERYTHING in a game. See it from one point and it'll seem balanced. See it from another and it will seem unbalanced.