Board Thread:General discussion/@comment-26239911-20160123125711/@comment-24024415-20160123134049

Best Overall: Frostbite Caves

The slider tiles is one of my favorite gimmicks in PvZ2, allowing for excellent strategies seen previously by using Garlic in PvZ1. Though the plant roster is not the best, it certainly does not fall in the "worst" roster list. Chard Guard, Stunion and even Rotobaga in some cases are all excellent plants that are balanced.

A majority of the zombies are also balanced. Some counter the protection of the slider tiles, some provide cover for other zombies. All can be counter reasonably well. Only complaints I have is the endless zone, where Insta-freeze winds and lane three frozen zombies run rampant, and Weasel Hoarder. In a world based on odd plants and a neat gimmick, why have a zombie in this world where not a single plant can counter the Weasels Properly!?

Best Plants: Jurassic Marsh

Most of the plants here are greatly OP. Infinite knock-back, speedy defenses, AoE at a third of the cost of Cherry Bomb and a faster recharge? Yup. Direct upgrades.

Only PSF is balanced, and that's only in relation to the other plants. Does the fast recharge and 1:1 produce/cost ratio make it a better sun factory than Twin Sunflower? In short to medium-sized levels, yes. Is Sunflower completely superseded? Yes. Sun-shroom? Well, in low sun situations like Dark Ages or "Don't spend x amount of sun", then no. When full freedom of sun production and expenditure is allowed, then the early stages of SS allow PSF to race on by.

Best difficulty: Modern Day

Is it difficult? Yes. Is it manageable? Yes. What this world does that BWB fails to accomplish is balanced zombie difficulty and gimmicks. For the most part, the zombie loadouts have a general counter and the player must adjust their strategy accordingly.

Only one level left me completely unprepared and unfit to fight the zombie hoard, that being Day 10. But I can say the same for at least a dozen or so of BWB's levels. Plus the Beghouled mini-game is excellent and fun to play over and over, like Far Future - Day 24.