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Plants Vs. Zombies (2019) Garden Warfare is a series of third-person shooting games about the battle for supremacy between weaponised plants and attacking zombies. It's good for families because the comedic zombies and funny plant powers keep things away from pure violence.

*Plants vs Zombies (2009) available on PC, Mac, iOS, Android and consoles. It was a static screen battle where you placed plants to fend off zombies.
  • Plants vs Zombies Garden Warfare (2014) is available on PC, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Xbox 360, and Xbox One. This took the game into a 3D world battle. A little like Call of Duty or Battlefield but without the blood and with a lot more humour (and plants).
  • Plants vs Zombies Garden Warfare 2 (2016) is available on PC, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One. This adds split-screen multiplayer, new maps and characters.
  • Plants vs. Zombies: Battle for Neighborville (2019) is available on PC, PlayStation 4 Xbox One. Taking a cue from games like Overwatch, this adds more refined classes of characters: attackers, defenders, or supporters. It also adds objective-based Turf Takeover mode and the team deathmatch variant Team Vanquish.

Our examiner, Andy Robertson, first checked Plants Vs. Zombies 4 years ago. It was re-examined by Ben Kendall and updated 8 months ago.
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Play StylePlay Style

This is a Shooting game with Action, Fighting and Strategy elements. You can play with 1 to 2 players in the same room or as a 24-player online game. The first game doesn't have a local split-screen mode although later games do.

 
You can play this game in the following styles:

DurationDuration

Play Time: This game will take between 7 hours and 10 hours to complete. It takes over 7 hours to finish Plants vs Zombies Garden Warfare 2, but that's without the time on the multiplayer mode that will extend this considerably.

Age RatingsAge Ratings

Content Rating

Plants vs. Zombies: Battle for Neighborville is rated PEGI 7 for violence that lacks any apparent harm or injury to fantasy or mythical beings and creatures and non-realistic violence in a child-friendly setting or context. The violence is unrealistic. You must shoot zombies with peas, needles, lasers, rockets etc. Depending on the unit and weapons used, the number of hits needed to kill an enemy differs greatly. When a zombie is killed, it falls over and ‘plops’ away. There is no blood or gore. It’s all cartoony (plants die in the same way as the zombies). The sound effects strengthen this cartoony vibe, as do the graphics and models used in the game. There are loads of oversized objects, a bright colour scheme, loads of goofy sound effects and there’s never a real sense of danger.
 
Users Interact: The game enables players to interact and communicate with each other, so may expose players to language usually associated with older rated games.

Skill Level

8+ year-olds usually have the required skill to enjoy this game. Still, it’s important for parents and guardians to ensure they understand in-game purchases and have spending limits set-up.

CostsCosts

Plants Vs. Zombies usually costs £4.25 to £44.99. 

Plants Vs. Zombies

XBox Store Xbox One £9.99

Plants Vs. Zombies Garden Warfare

XBox Store Xbox One £17.99 Free

EA Play

PlayStation Store PS4 £17.99 Free

EA Play

Steam Store PC Free Free

EA Play

Plants Vs. Zombies Garden Warfare 2

XBox Store Xbox One £17.99 Free

EA Play

PlayStation Store PS4 £15.99 Free

EA Play

Steam Store PC Free Free

EA Play

Plants Vs. Zombies Garden Warfare 2: Deluxe Edition

XBox Store Xbox One £24.99
PlayStation Store PS4 £24.99

Plants Vs. Zombies: Battle For Neighborville

XBox Store Xbox One £24.99 Free

EA Play

PlayStation Store PS4 £24.99 Free

EA Play

Steam Store PC Free Free

EA Play

Plants Vs. Zombies: Battle For Neighborville Complete Edition

Switch Store Switch £34.99

Plants Vs. Zombies: Battle For Neighborville Deluxe Edition

XBox Store Xbox One £34.99
PlayStation Store PS4 £34.99

Plants Vs. Zombies: Battle For Neighborville Founder's Edition

XBox Store Xbox One £24.99

Plants Vs. Zombies: Battle For Neighborville Season's Eatingz Edition

XBox Store Xbox One £44.99

Plants vs. Zombies Garden Warfare 2: Deluxe Edition

Steam StoreSALE PC £24.99 £3.74 until 21/03/2024

Plants vs. Zombies: Battle for Neighborville

Steam StoreSALE PC £34.99 £5.24 until 21/03/2024

Plants vs. Zombies: Game of the Year

Steam Store PC £4.25
Steam Store Mac £4.25
There are the following additional costs associated with this game:
  • In-Game Loot Boxes: Additional in-game purchases are offered for items that enhance the experience. These include in-game purchases of random items (known as 'loot boxes') that offer a chance of getting rare/higher-value items although common/lower-value items are more frequent.
 
Plants vs. Zombies: Battle for Neighborville you can purchase Rainbow Stars and Bulbs that unlock customizations and upgrades from the in-game store. There is a chance-based reward-a-tron machine in the game but you can only use it with currency earned by playing the game. 
 
It's important to set up your accounts and devices appropriately. More information is on our Financial Resources page.
 

DetailsGame Details

Release Date: 04/09/2019

Price: 85% off

Out Now: PC, PS3, PS4, Switch, Xbox 360 and Xbox One

Skill Rating: 8+ year-olds

Players: 1-2 (24 online)

Genres: Shooting (Action, Fighting and Strategy)

Accessibility: 28 features

Components: 3D Third-Person

Developer: Pop Cap (@PopCap)


Taming Gaming Book Written by parents for parents, the database complements the in-depth discussion about video game addiction, violence, spending and online safety in the Taming Gaming book. We are an editorially independent, free resource without adverts that is supported by partnerships.

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