Well, this was a surprise. Not just the fact that it’s a new PvZ game, but that it appears to be a shooter of some kind. To be honest, when I first saw the trailer I thought it was some sort of elaborate joke. I mean the name is a pun on the Modern Warfare series, and the trailer itself looks like a half-light-hearted/half gritty shooter-type game. But after doing some more digging and checking out a gameplay video, it turns out that it actually belongs to a sub-genre of tower-defense games. It’s a more action-oriented TD game you take a more active role in the “defense” part. For comparison, similar games would be “Orcs Must Die” (which I’ve played and quite enjoy) and “Dungeon Defenders” (which I have not actually played).
Popcap under EA has yet to prove that they can still pull off great games, and turning PvZ into such an obvious cash cow so quickly combined with the news about the “free to play” iOS exclusive PvZ 2 have me a bit worried. However, I do admit that I am intrigued by Garden Warfare. I’m not sold yet, but I’ll settle for “cautiously optimistic.”
Garden Warfare is slated for Spring 2014 and will be coming to Xbox 360, Xbox One, and PC.
