Board Thread:Plants vs. Zombies 2/@comment-5760976-20170122210100/@comment-24275721-20170124154547

The Determined Mine wrote:

TheGollddMAN wrote:

The Determined Mine wrote:

TheGollddMAN wrote:

Rororoxor wrote: I actually am hyped for this update for once...if only they added I zombie or maybe even online pvp (not the chinese kind) The Chinese kind is the actual type of PvP you can implement in PvZ 2. I mean how else are you gonna do it? This complicated shiz.

http://create-game.wikia.com/wiki/Plants_vs_Zombies_Online:_Brain_Battle_Arena_(Name_may_change_later)

(RIP game though) I read it and well, if I am not mistaken, the Chinese system is somewhat like this (minus the dialogue which I cannot understand). I see similarities. Well. The difference is that it's a real PvP when both players have to be online. They both grow their defense and send zombies to each other WHILE doing that - not pre planting crap like China. PvP are of two types and most games follow this suit:

1. Synchronous PvP where both players can be active at the same time and battle each other. But this requires a hefty powerful server with proper infrastructure which I doubt Popcap Shanghai has.

2. The mode in Chinese is Asynchronous where you can fight with other players but the opponent does not need to be active at the same time thus reducing server load. It saves cost and is profit effective. When you fight the other player, your data is saved and when that player gets online his game downloads your data and the match continues. A lot of games opt for this method.

Plus the biggest advantage this mode has in terms to synchronous is that there is no chance for you or your opponent to be randomly disconnected in the middle of a match (which happens in Heroes a lot since it is synchronous) and even if that happens the data is stored locally. You can still play properly in this mode even with a crappy internet connection. That does not happen in the other mode. You and your partner need a good connection for that and the server needs to be capable as well.