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Good but greedyThe original Plants vs zombies game is a classic. You had the core game and didn’t really need micro transactions for anything. Now cut to this one where after every level is an Angry Birds ad and pop up ads for the “premium” plants that should’ve been included in the base game. This is another example of EA taking a wonderful franchise and ruining it. I played this game when it first came out, I only got back into it because I remembered that PvZ turned 10 to find it not as I remember. Instead of awarding keys to levels after you got a challenger of a level done, now you get all of them after Egypt level 8 I believe. I wanted to love this game now but I can’t. It was amazing when it first came out but now I end up stop playing at times because of the ads. And I refuse to buy anything because I don’t to sell my soul to EA for one plant. Please if you ever make Plants vs Zombies 3, don’t do this again. Update! After playing this game for more time and thinking about how this games state is I have come to a finale conclusion, EA did right for a bit. Going by other games this company has made its good. Sure it has a lot of ads and it’s almost a necessity to eventually get a premium Plants it runs smooth, and it’s fun that’s the rest thank you for reading if you do..Version: 7.3.1

Crashes, micro transactions and greed.I decided to write a review after sending in a bug report because the arena matches have been crashing and closing the app just seconds before the clock runs out multiple times for the past few days. After the 5th time today I decided that I’ve had enough. The matches cost gauntlets to play and you receive no points if it crashes, which is frustrating. So you have to use gems to buy more gauntlets. If you don’t have enough gems you can buy some with real money or watch multiple ads for 3 gems a piece…. Someone has already alluded to the fact that it’s highly suspicious and nearly impossible to reach the full reward for a win streak also. But you can spend more gems to keep the streak alive even tho you lost…. Tell me the game isn’t rigged without telling me the game is rigged. The amount of micro transactions in this game is disgusting. Half the plants cost $5 EACH. The constant ads are annoying. What happened to paying to not see ads any more? That I would gladly do. But it’s all about the money so sit there and suffer through 30 seconds of “gameplay” in ads that look nothing like the real games. The first PvZ game was fun for my daughter and I to play on the kiosk at Olive Garden one day waiting for our food. This game is one big money grab and I’ve had enough of it..Version: 9.2.2

Why did it get worse?It’s good but there’s obviously a few problems with it. For starters why is there so many ads after every single level? I get it, it had to make money but it already does with how many people buy the premium plants and other things in the game. Also if you need ads make it once every 5 or 6 levels not after every single one it’s annoying and it’s what’s stopping me from buying or playing. If there was a remove ads payment I would buy it but there currently is none. Secondly when the ads play, the game gets confused and play a soundtrack on top of the already playing one making it sound very terrible. Thirdly i don’t know how this even managed to happen or if it’s on purpose but when I play my music and play the game at the same time, my music gets turned down and almost unlistenable while the games soundtrack and sounds are on full blast. Other than that the game is just the same but ofcourse EA just decided to make it terrible and plaster ads everywhere and not to mention how it’s stupid that you have to buy plants and not earn them through play through..Version: 10.4.2

Ruined by Micro-transaction modelThis is a potentially great sequel to an already excellent game in the first PvZ. However, an exceptionally greedy micro-transaction model (especially with the latest update) and new power creep upgrade system ruins any potential for a well balanced game. Nearly half the plants are locked behind a premium $5 paywall (per plant!) including several classics such as the snow pea. There is no way that a game that should cost no more than $20 total should have hundreds of dollars worth of micro-transaction offers in every corner of the game. And the new upgrade system is no less heinous. If you wish to level up your plants, you must grind for random loot-crate like piñatas to slowly collect enough cards. In the first game, I loved the fact that the design of the levels often made them challenging, but I knew I could figure out a strategy and combination of plants to overcome the challenge. When I face a challenging level in this game, I simply wonder if my plants aren’t high enough level or if that particular level is in fact winnable with base-level plants. It saps almost all of the fun and satisfaction out of game with so much potential for those qualities. I feel like the developers and publishers have put much more time and effort into developing ways to get into customers’ wallets than they have into creating a fair and fun experience. If that’s not enough to leave a terrible taste in your mouth, the endless ads should be. What a shame....Version: 6.5.1

MICROTRANSACTIONS.Let’s look at PvZ 1. You don’t have to use money to unlock characters. But PvZ 2... oh my god. Why. And also, PvZ 1 might not be free on some devices, but the game costs less than one of the “unlockable plants”. I can’t even..Version: 7.9.3

Basically unplayable for me. Such a shameI possibly need to give this more time… but after the first game which was such a fun tight experience, I can barely go 2 minutes without hitting streams of dialogue and loading screens and so on here. The old one was so straight forward this game seems to have just layers and layers of loot box style crap heaped into it. I’d rather just pay for something closer to the first game. I dropped this ages ago and just came back to it and was honestly so frustrated by all the menus and pop ups I just closed it after one level. Not impressed as this looks like a great game design with a load of terrible bits lumped on top.Version: 9.9.2

Why I did 1 starAfter beating zomboss I had to update the game to go to pirate seas only to get the black screen issue and there is no video of to fix it on apple iPod so plz apple send this to EA or at least help me fix it by sending instructions.Version: 10.8.1

Very disappointed hope somebody to helpI used to play this game ages ago. Then just started again maybe a month ago. And only just i was playing and then the phone restart and when it back the game restart as well from the very beginning. I was using a Samsung maybe to old for the game. But I have log it in on my iPad and when I checked there it restart too but still email is registered. I can still see my achievements if i open the trophy on the game. Still received a notification to collect my free daily thing in the store. I just updated the app on the iPad and its still the same. I love playing the Arena Tournament I am on the Gold League at the moment. I don’t know what to do, who to contact to get me back to my game track. I still got my player info on the iPad in the settings. Please somebody help me. I will change my star rate as soon as this is sorted..Version: 8.9.2

Ads - Keeps Going to App StoreWish I could give 0 stars. Multiple times I’ve pressed the X to exit an ad, and it opens the App Store. I switch back to the game, wait for the ad to finish and tap the X again. And it goes to the App Store again….Version: 10.9.1

:((When I finish a level it doesn’t give me the option to continue...it just sits on the same screen with a little thing about ungraded plants popping up ? I have to fully exit the app and open it every time and I’m getting really sick of it , please fix.Version: 6.5.1

Unplayable and Unenjoyable.I like the PVZ games but the latest patch makes it unplayable and forces me to delete my game and reinstall it to play because every time I try to install the patch it changes to a black screen and doesn’t change back. Plus not to mention the absurd amount of play to win. It feels like every time I look away one the plants that should be free is instead $6.99. So, I’m gonna keep my review at 2 stars until EA fixes this glitch, until then imma stick to garden warfare and PVZ1..Version: 9.2.2

The game is fun...The game is fun, don’t get me wrong, but when looking back at the original game, it’s easy to see the heart and inspiration that went into it. When I open pvz, I’m greeted with a calm, memorable menu, it’s the opposite with pvz2, you get a boring background with new, recycled events, and plants you can buy for around 5 dollars, and that’s just the beginning. The original game was never supposed to be hard in my opinion, i mean, if I could beat it as a 7 year old, it seems fairly reasonable that it’s not supposed to be difficult and I think the reason for that is because most people want to get levels over with so they can get the next new plant. With the games accelerating difficulty, the process of gaining new plants becomes slow. You can buy plants for 5 dollars, most of them are pretty trashy cards designed to appear interesting. Some of the purchasable plants can also be won for free in the first game. Another complaint is the music, obviously I can’t expect this game to be perfect, but it seems very far from that on the wide scale. the game lacks the same relaxing music as the original and adds in an amazingly annoying attempt at an ost. Once again the gameplay is great, the same as the first game, I like the plant good idea and the changes in the maps. I like the battlez idea but EA milked money with that idea also..Version: 7.4.2

What were they THINKING?!The first game was a masterpiece. A defense game combining strategy of your arsenal and how you use it. Then... EA came. Even at the beginning of the second one, this game was great! A few premium transactions, but nothing that bad. I come back now, and more than half are premium! Not only that, but it gives you all the keys while you're in the tutorial! Beat the 8th level, and you unlock all of it. Where's the challenge in that? I liked it when you had to beat the gargan-something-or-other of each world to get another key. Why did they make it so you get them all immediately? Not only that, but the regular plants are even mostly premium! You need to level them up, but after level 2 or 3 the seed packets you need to get to the next one are at astronomical levels! Why would they do that? In all, if you want to listen to half of your fan base, give us the option to go back to the old version of this game(with the addition of the new worlds) although, I was thinking. The premium plants appear in a special type of space that doesn't exist anywhere else. After you beat the game, maybe that could unlock a super hard world, but if you beat it, you unlock all the freemium plants, in that blue matrix style..Version: 6.5.1

Its not a gameJust commercials with a long loading time between them.Version: 8.4.2

Keeps crashing, no response to emailsI was enjoying this game, buying premium plants, spending money & playing every day. BUT it keeps crashing in arena & penny's pursuit, losing progress, have tried to contact support & just useless replies about connectivity issues, which definitely isn’t the problem. Don’t waste time or money 👎🏼.Version: 9.2.2

Pay to WinThe latest update to the rewards system means that it will now take you 29 years to level up some plants if you play every day AND win every game you play. Updated 1 May 2019. I thought it was a grind before. Next section is the original review. Another good game ruined by a blatant and over the top cash grab. You will be able to make some progress without spending any real money, then you will hit a bottleneck, where progress grinds to a halt. The cost of leveling up plants beyond the first few levels increases exponentially, in some cases 291,000 coins and 7,185 seed packet to get just one plant to max level. To put that in perspective you get 100 coins for playing one of the world levels and if you are willing to watch ads you can get 2,000 coins a day from the piñata party. Basically, 145 days of play to level up one plant. You can get more coins from playing Battlez, but good luck winning many matches if you don't have high level of premium (can only be purchased with real money) plants. Seed packets are similarly choked beyond the first couple of levels. Requiring either real money or a ridiculous time investment to progress..Version: 7.3.1

Long adsReally fun to play however the amount of 30-45 second ads really ruins the game. If you don’t mind the same long running ad every 3-4 levels then it’s a 5 star. I feel the combination of dlc and long ads it to much..Version: 9.4.1

Ruined by GreedI’ve been playing this game since it first came out. It was one of my favourite mobile games to play and the art style is incredible and definitely an upgrade from the original. As expected a lot of new features have been implemented like the new plant food power ups which are an awesome addition. One of my least favourite new features in the power ups that require coins to use. This means that the difficulty can spiral out of control which it does a lot and the way to balance it is to use power ups. However if you run out of coins then using power ups is non existent unless you earn more coins through the slowish grind or watch ads. This game is littered with ads which is the most annoying experience this game could ever have. Every time you beat a level or do almost anything you get a 30 second ad. Rarely are they short! And I’ve spent money on this game so the fact that I’m getting ridiculed with ads is disgraceful and has forced me to uninstall. This game has become tainted with filth and greed which is a huge shame because the actual game itself is great but hollow compared to what it once was. I’ve clung onto this game for too long. It’s time I let go and move onto something better. If you feel the same way I urge you to do the same..Version: 7.9.3

What has happened to this great game?I played this game when it came out and it was amazing. Only reason I didn't keep playing it was because of storage on my old devices. I've been looking for a new game recently and thought I would get this again because it was great. My god give ea a prize for being able turn an amazing game into absolute crap in a matter of 2 years since I've last checked on it. The standard well made progression system that was originally in place has been ruined. Now you can open lootboxes to get plants earlier rather than progress through the game and feel rewarded. ALONG WITH THIS THEY ADDED A LEVEL SYSTEM TO THE PLANTS WHICH YOU EARN POINTS FOR IN THE LOOTBOXES. DOWNRIGHT AWFUL IDEA. It ruins what made plants vs zombies, plants vs zombies. Rather than beating levels with strategy and bringing the proper set of plants, it's now about the level of your plants that deciding whether you win or not. The stages were adjusted towards this as well. The stages seem much harder than I remember them and using plant food is way too common now rather than before where you could play pvz normally and plant food as a last resort. IF IT AINT BROKEN DONT FIX IT EA and the pvz formula was sure as hell not broken, why did you think adding the problems of most mobile games nowadays was a good idea. Idiots..Version: 9.7.2

The EA ProblemThis game was my childhood and I loved to play it, but then EA decided to come in a make the game pay to win. Just wished EA didn’t get to work on PvZ.Version: 9.2.2

EAThis game used to be awesome, but now it’s so pay to win its atrocious.Version: 8.2.1

Is there anything EA can't ruin?So you take one of the greatest games of all time and add EA to it. Here's what you get: -ads that are so intrusive it breaks the game -a pay to win structure so vulgar that skill and experience to longer mean anything -a constant stream of "new" plants/content designed only to separate you from your money -gambling mechanics to encourage children to (wait for it) GAMBLE. Do better EA. Do better Apple. Do better USER and stop buying to discourage this corporate behaviour..Version: 8.4.2

One ad after every play! So annoyingDon’t want to play anymore.Version: 10.7.1

Fun game But THE ADSThis is a classic game that I’ve played since it first launched. Since then, with its garnered popularity, it’s become a much better game with improved gameplay, better artwork, and new challenges. HOWEVER, this free-to-play feature comes with heavy drawbacks through the ads. I understand ads are necessary for the game creators’ revenue, but the amount that it shows is excessive and moreover, their design is frustrating. Most, if not all ads, have trick close buttons which will force you to the App Store. This isn’t the worst part though - the constant ads and forced app switching ends up glitching the game and requires you to restart the game. In other words, when you return to the game after being forced to the App Store, you’ll see the green screen, the daisy loading animation, and then a blank green screen for minutes until you realize it will never load. Why play the game if half the time I’m being switched to the App Store? This ad-loving campaign leaks into the game design as well. The start screen has so many pop ups for different plants and coins, it’s like you’re watching an advertisement for the game you’re about to play. It’s gaudy and significantly lowers the gameplay. It makes me wonder how long PvZ will be playable..Version: 8.7.3

Fun and then it’s notThe game starts quite innocently with a fun story and small fun gimmicks. Then you start to progress through the worlds and everything becomes more luck based than the piñata slot machines. Levels become more infuriating than fun and unless you have $1000 free this game will kill you to bits. Over 50% of the plants are locked behind a paywall costing over $7 each (about 20 or more payed plants). Most of the plants through the story are unusable because they are meant for the specific levels. The multiplayer isn’t even pvp more like a luck of the draw. And then there is pennies quests which rely on upgraded plant. The plants all start at level 1 with a max rank of 20. From what I saw from a previous reviewer it will take 29 years of constant grinding for a free to play. Do not touch this game if you want to keep your sanity. Go play the first game which is 100% better than this..Version: 9.0.1

Can’t register my emailThis game is great! it’s super fun! the only problem is that i would like to play on my phone and my tablet but i can’t because every time i try and register my email it says “failed to register, try again later” i have tried many times but it doesn’t work. it worked fine connecting to my tablet so i’m not sure if it’s a problem with my phone or something but i can’t sync my data if i can’t login..Version: 8.6.1

Sell Turkey-pult!Devs: PLEASE sell Turkey-pult. I'm so tired of anyone with Turkey-pult having an advantage and being unable to obtain one myself. Nerfing it isn't the right option, make it be purchasable once or twice so everyone can enjoy it. I have checked every single day for months and months to try to catch it when it's sold, yet the same plants are constantly on sale and most of the time it's one that doesn't need to be on sale (looking at you Grapeshot). Sell more than one plant each day, let people fill their collections, slowly, but surely instead of locking us out of half the game. It's preposterous that if I miss a little bit of time playing out of the years I have played, I miss a plant and have no idea if or when I'll ever be able to obtain it. And this isn't the only plant this happens with. A year later and I still have no idea if or when I can get a Turkey-pult of my own. Don't get me wrong: I love this game and will continue to play it. But locking half of your game away and leaving no reliable choice to fill your collection is just not a good look. You guys defined a genre. We know you can do better..Version: 9.0.1

Rigged greedy game.I’ve been playing this for a while now... It’s getting to the point where I want to delete it now, I’ve been promoted to gold league on Battlez but somehow it lost internet access, (That clearly isn’t possible as my Messenger and Facebook was connected quite fine.) I know for a fact it didn’t lose internet access, they just did it so they didn’t pay out; they also do this when you win on a high reward streak in Battlez! You cannot complete all the main levels without watching hours upon hours of Ads for coins, or they would prefer you pay, so you can kill the zombies using coins! The developers are so greedy I’m surprised any kid would enjoy this game! Plants Vs Zombies 1 was a brilliant game, Planes Vs Zombies 2 is a rigged bad game that needs either deleting or redeveloping! My advice? If you want to waste hours upon hours and be annoyed throughout all those hours, then download this game! If you want fun? Don’t download this game!.Version: 6.9.1

It was good years ago - don’t bother todayUnplayable with the constant advertising. Hate this game. Hate this business model profoundly..Version: 10.8.1

Pay to winPvZ used to be so fun until EA touch this game. Became a pay 2 win game and what the hell is plant level?? And u guy fired the guy who created PvZ just because he does’t want his game to become a pay to win game??.Version: 7.3.1

Annoying Ads!Great game, really fun. But Ads keep coming all the time and even worse, I can’t close them on iPad. Only way is to close the app and open it again 😐.Version: 6.9.1

Pay to win : don’t bother.Waste of time unless you pay them..Version: 8.3.1

Forces you to watch ads after battlezAfter recent update, Some time when you finished a battlez game, you are forced to watch an ad for no reason. There’s no way to close the ad and there’s no rewards after the ad. I paid hundreds of dollar for the premium plants and seed packets, I don’t deserve this..Version: 7.0.1

It was good until...I really like the game when you were still doing updating it. I started when lost city part 2 came out and it was good. New plants, old plants and new worlds made things interesting. I even like how each world had a certain gimmick that makes it harder like the cold wind in frostbite caves. It gave more challenge during the story more than the first one. However, now half of the plants are premium and you have to buy them with real money. Plus after level 8 in ancient Egypt you get all the world keys. What happened to the extra hard challenge level that rewarded you with a key. And what happen to the music that made that level fun. All the worlds have now only 2 themes. The normal theme and the end of the world boss theme. I really like hearing the remixes of the mini game theme in each world. (like the matching camel tiles in ancient Egypt or the coconut canons and the buccaneer pirates in pirate seas) Other than that, the game is a good challenge and gives you some good plants. Oh and what’s up with the piñatas in the world map. If you played the game before the update that introduced them, all of the piñatas would be used and you would get nothing out of them. If you just fix the premium plants, piñatas, and somehow get the music back for the mini games and challenge levels (like the levels were you used to get a world key when you had to fight a bunch of Gargantuan zombies halfway through the world) the game will be great. Until then the game is ok..Version: 6.5.1

Great gameThis is a fun and very addictive game. My main problem is that after an update, the extra levels (such as Ancient Egypt day 26-35) from all worlds disappeared, which is a shame. The zen garden could be bigger like in the first game, but it has different mechanics so I understand why, but it would be better if it had an extra row or column, considering the massive amount of pots you can get for it just by playing. Another downside is that snow pea, chomper, and torchwood costs money. Either way, they aren't gamebreaking negatives, so it's still a good game..Version: 7.6.1

What happened to this game?Completely different then when I originally bought...and not in a good way.Version: 8.3.1

Would love to give a good review but…The game constantly crashes. If you’re lucky. Most of the time it will just freeze for over 30 seconds, not even freeze the game freeze your whole device. It never stops freezing, but it takes 30 seconds for pressing home button to register. After your laggy inputs are finally recognized you can leave the app. You won’t be able to open any apps not even this one though, and after a few seconds it will freeze on the home or lock screen. This usually happens during the first flower loading screen and after a level. This happens in arena too, where i lost a win twice because the gam couldn’t handle the cutscene, and it just ate my gauntlets so i lost them and my win streak. It didn’t give me any crowns for the win either. Sometimes this even happens during a level when a few things have to be handled, like using a banana launcher or placing a mint with a lot of zombies and/or plants on the field. I know this isn’t an issue with my wifi because playing any other game or doing things that require wifi is normal. Please keep this in mind when playing that this will happen frequently, and that rewards often don’t save..Version: 9.4.1

Where is my old world key unlock popcapIn my opinion the game was a lot better when unlocking the worlds was more free. It felt just a lot better being able to pick and choose your plants, almost from the beginning, by turning it linear it’s taken so much fun away. Wouldn’t recommend anymore.Version: 9.0.1

Too many adsI too have been playing this game for many years. Completed V1 on my old PC. Completed V2 on a tablet. It’s a great game, one I would willingly pay for. This V2 has a great new feature with the Arena, as you can continue playing it when you complete all the levels. My beef today is, there are too many ads, I mean really TOO many ads. There is an ad after you finish ANY game play. This is way too much, a game play can last only a few minutes and you are slogged with another ad. Come developers give us a break, I understand and accept that you need advertising but this is way too much..Version: 10.2.2

Ads ads everywhere.Playing this game used to be pretty fun. These days though after anything you do you’re forced to watch an ad. New plants are $6.99!!! How can they justify such a high price? This game needs a lot of money as it’s pay to win. Play this if you love ads..Version: 8.0.1

People actually pay for this stuff?It’s laughable how hungry for money PopCap is. I can’t believe it. They fired the guy who created PvZ years ago because he didn’t want it to be pay to win. I understand that games and game companies need to make money but $6.99 each for a large majority of the plants? Most of which were free plants in the original. *If anyone ever reads this review, don’t bother with this game (unless you don’t have any monetary responsibilities)..Version: 7.3.1

Great game, however…Redownloaded because it gave me nostalgia of being a little kid and playing this on the ipad, but it isn’t the same anymore. I really feel like the gameplay is very engaging, but i’ve noticed many things slowly sneaking into the game that make me unhappy. Some of these include things like the excess ads. You’d think in a game where microtransactions lie around every corner that there’d be less ads, but that is not the case with this game. Merely completing a level provides you with an ad, as well as exiting out of menus and other in-game functions. The blatant cry for money from EA is laughable. I’ve also began to notice a slow decrease in the rewards granted in arena streaks. They used to grant things that were usable, but the amount of currency and piñatas that are granted nowadays are insufficient to support a daily player’s grind in Penny’s Pursuit, Arena, and other limited events. This is why I am always saddened to see these small game producers that make a massively popular game and are quickly purchased by these huge brands who swim in money. This game can be improved greatly by just cutting down on the ads and increasing granted rewards, though I doubt that will happen. If you’ve made it this far, thank you for reading!.Version: 10.4.2

Okay let’s calculate the amount of time watching ads in this game.Ads play every time you win or lose a level. There are 312 levels in total, and the ads are always 30 seconds unskippable. This amounts to 312 30-second ads, which amounts to 2 hours 36 minutes. Now let’s say players lose one in eight games. This amounts to 39 more ads, which equals 19.5 additional minutes. All together, you’ve got 2 hours 55 minutes and 30 seconds of ads. That’s gotta be breaking some sort of world record!.Version: 9.7.2

Unclosable ads require app restart whilst latest update won’t download in IOS14.2!Although the gameplay has never been as satisfying as the original PvZ this game continued to have enough new content to keep me playing as well as paying at intervals for premium plants and upgrades. Unfortunately the updates are now letting users down - play is continually interrupted with pointless 3rd party ads which frequently freeze the app necessitating restart and lost progress. This long line of flaky update installs dating back over a year now culminates in that of 27 October 2020 which is currently failing to install on all my ios devices other than the latest ipad air 4! As I mainly play on my iPhone while travelling this means I shall likely dump the game if a fix isn’t found. Given the very mixed & predominantly negative reviews of PvZ3 it seems that the curse of Electronic Arts has struck again & yet another fine game franchise they took over has been run into the ground..Version: 8.5.1

Something is terribly WRONGA few months ago I contacted their “help” center about the game crashing constantly in the Arena. (Both mine and my husbands) Help offered me a lot of coin and gems. I said no thank you just please fix the problem. What would you think if right after contacting them; on the daily calendar, EA says you got so many gems and coins but you DO NOT get them. What gives? EA Who is getting them? Strange the piñata’s don’t go missing only the gems and coin?Every day they go …missing… on my game but not my husbands. (He never contacted their “help”) Contacted them again. Lots of words but no help? Weird. My husband and I have both played this game for years; in our 70’s and retired loved it… after contacting them this time I now get commercials between the first 2 Arena games that slow me down. My husband does not…Not fair play EA. Handicapping my play. That is Not fair play at all EA ! Tonight we decided to play Ice Bound Battleground…I now get a commercial after every game. My husband who did not ever contact “Help” did not get one commercial.. not Fair play at all EA ! I used to pay the $20. A plant… and I get Handicapped, lied to, and what would you call gems and coin going missing……. Why? It is a …g a m e…. It feels vindictive to me??? Something has gone terribly wrong. SAD we used to play hours a day…… can not see why they are doing this? Lesson …not a good idea to contact “HELP?” Bad business..Version: 9.4.1

Fun game, but some problemsI love Plants vs. Zombies, and I’ll start off with the positives by saying that this is a very fun game. It’s addictive! I like all the different themes and the cool new plants. Power ups make the game exciting. There’s a lot to do and endless hours of levels to play. I probably enjoy playing this one more than the first one. However, my main complaint is that everything is RIDICOUSLY overpriced. Some plants you have to pay for with real money, $5 a plant is insane!!! It should cost maybe $5 to unlock all premium plants, then that would be reasonable, and Popcap would get way more purchases. It’s sad that Popcap is turning a classic family game into a money grabbing charade. It’s sad and greedy. You can have a lot of fun with this game, but about half the things are locked unless you pay like $50 to buy it all. Anyway, Crazy Dave is back again, but I don’t like how differently he acts compared to the first one. His new personality is annoying and you should’ve left him as the original way he was. There’s a lot to explore in this game, and it may seem a little overwhelming to a new player. It’s a complicated set-up when you open the app, so maybe organize it more. But yeah, I still really like this game, it’s one of my absolute favorites. But please LOWER YOUR PRICES. And continue making Plants vs. Zombies games..Version: 6.5.1

Constant crashes on iPad 2 & getting greedy for ££££A great game, but let's face it it's not that complex or full of exotic coding. The price of the upgrades required to progress is getting ridiculous, and let's face it, level after level after level are really just the same thing over and over again. Considering how basic the graphics and game engine are, it is also crazy how many times its stalls out and crashes, on an iPad 2 with nothing else running you can play no more than 3 or 4 levels before it fails and drops back to the home page. Very very frustrating. It used to be a great game to pick up and have a quick 10 minutes on, but now it takes that long to load and reload constantly..Version: 6.5.1

Game getting worseThis used to be one of my favourite mobile games of all time! But as the years have passed this game has been getting worse and worse. At first it was minor things like removing the Guargantuar statues or unique art for the boss statues. Then they started removing music, even Neon Mixtape Tour; which is a world completely centred around music is completely silent. And now almost everything in the game has been compressed so hard it is PAINFUL to look at, I couldn’t even reach level 8 in Ancient Egypt because of how god awful the sprites looked on everything. If they keep adding stuff and worsening everything else in the game, it is going to become unplayable very soon..Version: 10.2.2

Great game, but...I’ve been playing this game for about 2 years now, and I loved it the entire time. I’ve deleted it several times, but now that I got it back I love it even more. I am writing this review not to only tell you that the game is good, but there are also some issues. There is one bug that makes it so that Crazy Dave and Penny will talk about the travel log every time I go into a world. It’s been happening since ancient Egypt, and now I’m in dark ages. It still doesn’t affect my gameplay though, it is just slightly annoying and I gets in my way. Now the micro-transactions. I find these in many mobile games, and that does include this one. I would usually ignore it and just play the game without it. It’s not really a problem to me, but I see that it is a problem to some other people writing reviews. So I would at least want you to make some features more accessible, or maybe you could pay gems or coins to rent one of those plants to play with in an actual level, just like you can with the extra seed slots. Now for the good things about this game. I could mention so many, but here are a few: It is fun, it is funny, it’s easy to get, it has many different things to do, it give new plants so you never get bored with old ones, and so much more. There are some problems with this game that I would want fixed, but it’s just to good of a game to give any less than 5 stars..Version: 9.0.1

New update = more ads, less game playIf you didn’t like being bombarded with ads before... you will really not like it now! Clearly they could care less what users think, as the majority of reviews here speak of their cash-grabbing micro transactions and too many ads... yet in this update they manage to ad even more ads, and more ads are of the longer type ad well. Now almost every time I receive an ad in between each game. Getting to the point where the developer should pay me to play their game with the amount of ads thrown at me! Try listening to your players before you don’t have any. And yea, I PAID for a transaction... but never again based on your lack of consideration to paying users..Version: 7.8.1

1 starCongratulations EA. You have earned one star. Additional stars can be bought for $5.49 each..Version: 8.2.2

Definitely owned by EALoved the first game but despise the sequel here. Original was creative and fun but the second capitalizes on all the ways it can make money with bloated side stuff...quite a disgrace actually.Version: 8.6.1

PvZ 2 ReviewPvZ 2 started out as a good game. Every area had challenges specific to that zone, and the levels were not too tedious. That is, at least, at the start of the game. PvZ was also a pretty good one. It had no ads or freemium plants. It had fun mini games and plenty of levels. However, in a few updates PvZ 2 has gone downhill. They made it so past level eight of ancient Egypt, you automatically unlock all the other worlds. Where is the challenge in that? There are also lots of ads; I mean, like ads after every level before you get to the next level. Now above all this, what ticks me the most is the fact that you need to pay to unlock half the plants. The price for that is $4.99 PER PLANT. That is over 50 bucks for most of the premium plants. PvZ used to be good, but now as you can see the developers have gotten money hungry. I can tell other people have noticed this as I have read about 50 other reviews. I am pretty sure popcap will not be reading this as they don’t like bad reviews. If you are reading this, I recommend that you find an alternative to this. It has really gone downhill in the past years. I have been playing PvZ games for almost 11 years and will be stopping playing them now..Version: 7.6.1

Money hungry and unbalancedThis game is so money hungry and unbalanced that the only possible way to beat the later levels is to have extreme micro or have 3000$ at your disposable to buy the uber overpowered plants. The micro transactions are insane and it’s near impossible for a casual player to beat many of the later levels. This game stomped on the legacy of the first game. DO NOT GET THIS GAME!.Version: 8.2.1

80$ or more bucks just to have all the games plantsYou can get these plants on sale in game but my problem is that you’re still spending more than 50 bucks just to have all of them what would be better is if all plants cost like one dollar because for five bucks you can buy the original PvZ on PC for five bucks or (1 depending on sale) we’re all the original plants are free . And it doesn’t stop there The entire progression system needs You to pull out your wallet so it would be nice if you could up the scale of which people could earn gems this way people can earn some of the premium plants way faster instead of spending a whole month just to get two plants so far everything else about this game is pretty well done even down to the soundtrack so only get this game if you have more than 80 bucks to spend another thing you should do is make it so that you don’t have to spend so many gems on seed packets and zen garden pots and make it so that premium plants go on sale more often and I mean the plants lock behind a money paywall not a gem paywall and make it so that missions give you more gems also one more thing completely unrelated but could u pls port pvz gw1 to switch and maybe port the Pvz console edition to switch cuz just imagine pvz console vs mode on switch i mean people wanted them both on pc why not go for switch.Version: 9.7.2

EA = GreedI’ve been playing Plants Vs Zombies 2 for years now. In that time I think I’ve seen just about every trick pulled by EA to con players out of their cash. So I’m officially done, cause its gone too far. There’s been the “special offer” plants... that just so happen to be exactly the same price as they were when NOT on offer. There’s been the increasing grind to level up your plants, that gets more excessive on each update. There’s been new game modes that were designed solely to rob you of your gems so you’ll buy more.... The list goes on and on. To make things worse the gameplay hasn’t improved but is getting worse. Levels are becoming consistently dull, with little thought put into them. The Arena, where you get new plants, is a slow, boring grind to get a plant that is next to useless. I thought it would be great getting new plants in the Arena... sadly I see now it was just to make us pay out to upgrade them, or play endlessly for a pittance. I believe at a time when everyone’s stuck at home because of the pandemic it would be nice if companies cut us some slack... thought of the wider good gaming can do. Instead they just want to exploit, and make money. Good on ya lads, good on ya 😒..Version: 8.0.1

Ads causing game crashesI loved this game for years. Its really fun and addictive. It has gone a bit OTT with ads now. I understand that to keep it a free game this is necessary to make revenue, BUT the ads you allow are so badly created they freeze, glitch and cant be closed or just crash the game. Since there are so may ads to watch just to play a couple of shots in the game e.g one at start and one at end of each play, its making playing anything impossible with constant crashing and freezing. I wish you would either make a purchasable ad free version so we could avoid this issue and just enjoy the game again or just fix the problem with the buggy ads and only allow companies who make good bug free ads to use your game as a advertising platform. I see I am not the only one saying that these bug riddled ads are ruining the game, so why haven’t you done anything to fix this problem ???? Its sad to see a great game be ruined buy greedy companies who cant even put together a working bug free advertisement properly. Since the PVZ franchise has been bought by a big company like EA surely the developers can afford to be picky about what advertising is being hosted on their game and request high quality made problem free ads. Please fix this or you will loose a lot of players and end up with the game scrapped..Version: 9.2.2

Too many adsAds infested. Just a cash grab now.Version: 10.7.1

Great game but too stuckedI was trying to openthe app on my new iPhone X but it is not loading. Was stuck at the-opening screen forever and no changes. Also apparently not fitting to the larger srceen,perfect for iPhone 8 but not X. ………………………………………………………… I'm stuck when playing the endless mode in Far Future scene. It took me 2 days to finish one single level!!! And it happened for at least three or for times!!! I hope future updates can at least solve this problem coz there's no fun waiting for frozen game!.Version: 6.5.1

Game worsens with each updatePlayed this game for several years now but it's becoming unbearable to play most the time. Completely inundated with ads that quite frankly crash my game 75% of the time, or don't load. For instance now after EACH level of any endless round, you get an annoying ad. I'm sick of seeing word search puzzles and yoga retreat promo. Game also doesn't run well on older devices anymore, constantly crashes, which results in lost piñatas (piñata is counted as complete, yet you don't get to actually loot it so miss out on coins and plant upgrades), lost daily quest (a crash instantly results in a "fail" causing you to either watch an ad (which doesn't load or keep crashing) or pay 1000 coin to retry...). The worst just happened in the Battlez bit for me - I was on a 17-game-long win streak (with one loss but I opted to pay 10 gems to keep the streak), the game found me an opponent but crashed. I got back into the game and noticed my round was counted as an instant loss - received 1 crown instead of 5, free replay on a 4 hour cool down and I lost my win streak!!! How is that a loss considering I didn't even get a chance to pick my plants for the Battlez round?! Not my fault the game is crashing constantly!.Version: 6.6.1

Adverts force open App StoreLove this game, but no way to remove adverts, I’d even pay to make them away but not an option…. There are too many, and run the full 30seconds 99% of the time….Version: 10.2.2

Why?Ever since the new update the game just crashes every time I tried to log in the games bad or anything just this new update you need to get it fixed I’m placing a 1 star review for now until the bug is fixed.Version: 10.0.2

I loved this gameWhat happened to the graphics... it doesn’t look the same nor is the game the same. I’m absolutely guttered I want the original Pv2 back. Even PvZ 1 has changed. Why? Why ruin a perfectly good game?.Version: 9.0.1

Could do without the new updateThe new update is causing too many crashes... right before completing a level the game will crash and I have to do it all over again. Also, I have to constantly restart the app in order to watch ads for gems/coins because after watching just one ad, clicking the ad button does absolutely nothing. Battlez was a good addition, however it could have been done better. There are too many players with premium plants which makes it extremely one sided. Why not have one player use zombies and the other plants, that would make it more fun. The new travel log is okay I guess but where are the daily quests? I haven’t gotten any since updating, which is so infuriating. It is already hard enough to get gems and now I am missing out on the 10 gems that used to be available daily. Why make the game harder for us to get gems... I don’t get it. Also, please fix the auto load to new level after completing one. I don’t want to be sent to the next level automatically, take me back to the main menu. It is so tedious to have to pause the game and exit out every time. All of these problems have only occurred since the update which really makes me wish I wouldn’t have updated! Everything was better before 😑😒.Version: 6.6.1

Too much for an iphoneThis game is a insane step from the first one. Its a big jump similar to a Call of duty game. I have to complain that there are so much quests and levels available at once that i do not understand whats the better one to go for as u can jump between worlds. Also the gams is laggy and struggles still with a lot going on in play. The matching zombie puzzle game is too slow as they show their picture and the flip back is too long instead of instant and it doesnt keep up - hence the whole review. I am frustrated as this was keeping me occupied at work at quite periods, now im happy to just sit here with the radio not worth the stress and anger. There will be a time where the game will muck up as in I finished a level by spending the coins on power ups and when i went back into it, it had me start from where i paused it. Re-opened the game and strangely i finished the level. Unsure what else to mention....the blue pea shooter you have to pay for! In the end heaps to do but to play it theres simply too much going on.Version: 6.3.1

Constant Irremovable Ads & Unnecessary ComplexityPvZ1 is a great game so I was excited to check out PvZ2, but the constant 30-second ads in between most levels hugely dilute the experience. I’d happily have paid a fiver to remove them but alas you can’t even pay to stop being bombarded with ads throughout the game - welcome to the capitalist utopia (dystopia*). The gameplay itself is decent and there are some cool new features, as well as some needless over-complication of plants now being able to get exp and level up. If you want to buy anything in-game to avoid the impossible task of keeping track of such levelling up, you either won’t be able to or will have to spend a fortune. The Good: solid PvZ gameplay and lots of levels, some fresh ideas and an impressive variety of plants and zombies. The Bad: needlessly over-complicated in places. The Ugly: waaaay too many ads, constantly; and there’s you can do about it..Version: 9.8.1

FunI like this the graphics are different the sunflowers give 50 instead of pvz 1s 25 they removed spikerock needing spikeweed not sure if good or bad makes it easier to place less cost less seed slots taken the sequel is freeing the plants cost money they used to cost 0.99 now they all cost 7.99 probably to help support pvzh the game is great except 1 thing I've lost plants to the updates gem plants are only on one profile and I lost ghost peeper to an update and this one made me lose dandelion it is Anyang that updates glitch the game also all my progress all lvl 4 plants I had gone thanks update so I lost completion of all worlds except the ones I didn't finish big epwave beach and hell levels ... I wish the updates wouldn't glitch it out a friend said that's why you backit up to Facebook but I don't see that option I'm probably been dumb.Version: 6.3.1

Good game but has a Garbage update.I think it’s a great game. I play it all the time, probably to much. But what happened to the challenge of having to beat the Gargantaur Boss fight, to move on to the next Area. I used to play this when I was younger, and I liked how each Area posed a challenge, Like how Ancient Egypt had the Camel Tap or whatever it’s called, and like the Coconut Cannon game in the Pirate Seas, but why’d you get rid of the other challenges? Like in Frostbite Caves, and The Lost City? My favorite was the Lost City Storm, and now with the new Garbage update I can’t play it now. And why did more then half of the Plants have to be Premium?! I mean it’s not bad to want to make a few bucks on a great game like this, but seriously more then half the Plants? It’s a great game and think it has great potential. But I wish Popcap would keep all the special challenges in the different Areas. Oh and if Popcap reads this, I think it would be Way Awesome if you did a multiplayer mode where you could like pick a deck of Plants and the other Player could pick a deck of Zombies. I’m asking to much, but if you have another update, please add that Multiplayer thing, cause I would rate you 5 stars if you did. Anyway that’s just my point of view..Version: 6.5.1

All is not lost but EA & POPCAP have ruined BattleZ after last update.The rewards got nerfed, the higher you go in the league the less you get. Forget trying to get a streak past 6 or 7. The game beats you no matter how good the setup, guaranteed every time to lose around battle 6 or 7, seriously. That way players are encouraged to gem their streak just to maintain it. What a rort that is. I used to get worthwhile rewards being in top 3, but now it’s hardly worth the effort. Why make the changes? Anything with EA’s name on it inherently gets ruined over time. Take the Battlefield series for example...now PVZ has followed a similar path, once it was a great collection to play, now not so much. It’s all about the $$$ and less about the end user. And Yes, I paid for some of the game features, so it’s not like I’m a scab who moans about wanting a premium game for free. Just another case of corporate takeover, where the big guys are ruining the industry’s player base by removing the fundamentals....player enjoyment and good rewards for their effort and commitment..Version: 7.3.1

Far too many adsI love this game but it has gone too far. Each update they feed you an increasing amount of ads. There are ads between each game (which is far too many), on top of that these ads are mostly unskippable and they also crash the game. How many times I had to restart the game and loose my proze because the ad crashed the game. I like the ads you watch to obtain something, I am happy to watch those since I choose to watch them. Also the price of the plants is ridiculous 75£ if you want to buy all the plants and at least 15£ each month for the seasonal plants. Are you okey? Way too expensive, this game’s target audience is children and you try to make them spend this amount of money? My 3 year old almost went and bought them. The ads are taking away the enjoyment of the app. I would happily spend a set amount to get rid of them but it isn’t an option. The game wants you to spend hundreds of pounds and on top of that they want you to watch hours of ads. Shame or the greed, this is 5 star game.Version: 9.5.1

TASTELESS CASHGRABThe Original Plants vs. Zombies was such an amazing game and it was executed so well by just a small group of developers that managed to make a full game with a ton of content but without any ADS or MICRO-TRANSACTIONS... Because those people took pride in their work. Now EA has made the franchise into another tasteless cash grab. I’d rather pay full price for a game and not have those in the game, I feel like i’m getting ripped off just looking at these micro transactions prices, $8 for a plant that you’d unlock in the first game within 15 mins of playing and that’s just one example. I can’t even defend this game for its good core gameplay because it’s just original PvZ. with a few new elements thrown in. New plants, zombies and levels are interesting however that is just it..Version: 6.7.1

Battlez is riggedThis weeks battlez has been totally rigged, I have played this every week and usually win a few in a row, however this week I became very suspicious I was not playing real people because despite my plants being higher levels I was getting extremely low scores up against all players. It is like my plants lost all their levelled up powers, I’m not impressed and will not be buying anything off here again in protest. If it’s rigged and not real players then it’s pointless..Version: 6.9.1

Where’s the music?I enjoy playing plants vs zombies but I have no music anymore. At 1 point in time I did, but now there is nothing. My phone and pause menu music volumes are maxed and still nothing? This game would be great if it still had music..Version: 9.2.2

Holy Cow, the Ads!!Started playing again, and even made a few purchases to support the game. Now after two days, the ads that appear after every fight is sooo annoying!!! Even if you have purchased something. And some ads can’t be muted. Thanks, EA Executive team and bean counters, for ruining another gaming experience..Version: 8.5.1

Worse then ever!The game barely resembles what it once was, levelling system that was introduced significantly ruins game progression making it unchallenging, but that is not the worst problem! The worst problem isn’t even the ridiculously overpriced store! It’s the ADS, before you were able to watch 5 second ADS only if you wanted rewards, and even then you could skip them anytime. Now you are forced to watch 30 second ADS that are UNSKIPPABLE regardless wether you want a reward or not! Every FEW minutes of gameplay you are forced to watch a 30 second AD. Half the time you play this game you are ether closing a stupid pop up, or watching UNSKIPPABLE ADS. This game is horrible and is a perfect example of EA’s GREED!! Please do your self a favour and UNUNSTALL!.Version: 7.8.1

Returned expecting nostalgia, actually got a lot of disappointment.I picked this game when it first appeared and came out on the App Store and I loved it. The idea of it, the themes, the tone, and the general atmosphere was done fantastic and honestly impressive. As they added worlds it got bigger and even better. But.. as I returned, doing something as small as taking out the ultimate battle music along with the endless and demonstration music themes really took away from the whole tone and atmosphere you developers obviously slaved over when the game first came out :( I know I’m not the only one that wants this music back into the game. And the level system with the plants is conflicting and takes away from the original game. I’ve only leveled up my pea-shooter because the game made me in the tutorial. I refuse to level my plants and in my opinion ruin this free to play game that actually had a nice challenge at times. But the game is still fun, but after having all the good times with the original, I’m left confused and disappointed. If you bring the music back as maybe an optional download? Or put an extra’s download in the menu. This could be an easy fix but firing coconut cannons at sea gulls while the regular theme plays makes me incredibly sad..Version: 7.5.1

It’s a good game but I have to pay for so muchDon’t get me wrong it’s a really good game and has gave me hours of entertainment, but the in-app purchasers costs so much and plants like snow peashooter and squash now cost 7 DOLLARS AND 49 CENTS which they are definitely not worth!Another problem is that the plants you have to pay for aren’t always that good anyway, it’s a great game I just need you to cut down the payed purchases for me to give the app a five star rating.Version: 6.6.1

Classic Game with ProblemsI'll get straight to the point: don't expect too much or too little from this game. You will probably get frustrated frequently. The game crashes, lags and is Pay2Win. Everything is centered around Arena and upgrading your plants. Despite all this, the game is immensely enjoyable. It does require time and dedication, and forgiveness, but overall the general gameplay experience is quite nice. New, creative plants are being added all the time and many money-bought plants are converting into seed-packets-unlocked plants so that Free2Play players can unlock them too. The biggest problem I have, though: ads. Don't get me wrong. When they're there so that you can get a couple of free rewards, there's nothing wrong with them. But the problem is that they come up everywhere. Even when you enter Arena or Adventure Mode, or have just finished a level, there is a 90% chance that there's a 30-second as waiting for you. On old devices, they take quite some time to load, which makes them incredibly frustrating. So, all in all, I would recommend downloading this game. It is a classic, and I've played it ever since its release. It's had its ups and downs, but at the end of the day it can be fun and enjoyable. Once again, never expect too much, but don't expect too little either..Version: 7.9.3

The original was betterHear me out before you call me a fossil before the App Store deleted the .99¢ version without ads and made pvz free and full of ads this game was also in its hay day everyone was excited about the new plants traveling different times and the new features but EA made it a pay to play game and it really isn’t meant to be a mobile game anymore with all of the new features that drain your battery this game used to be fun and wouldn’t always crash when you finished a piñata party but I would periodically return to this game wanting a challenge and every time I’m reminded why I deleted it you can’t win pvp unless you pay to max out your plants there’s so many plants that you have to pay for it’s almost not worth having in the game you can now rent plants which is just another waste and the updates are supposed to keep the game “fresh” but the most important thing about a popular game is a good game and it’s just a cash hole freemium game without any actual strategy anymore the only way you can win is by spending money and this will most definitely be hidden because it’s not a good review but the original had all the fundamentals needed to make this game fun and EA making it a pay to play just ruined the fun.Version: 9.8.1

Made it harder.I really enjoy this game. The colors, the game play and new plants and zombies. I like the traveling to different times. I like that you get to level up your plants. I like the battlez. I don’t like when you get to a certain point in the game it starts becoming impossible to past levels. Every world in this game has a level that is unbeatable. you don’t get sun quick enough and there’s too many zombies that you have to kill. It’s almost like they slow the plants down but spend the zombies up. leveling up your plants is really hard you only get a certain amount and it’s not each level you beat it’s like every 4 levels you beat you get packets. I mean I understand that they made a little more challenging than the first one, I think they made it way too challenging. you have to spend money if you wanna continue playing the game. You have to purchase with actual money some of the plants that you are used to in the first one. Not everyone can do that. I feel like they geared this game towards people who could pay and will pay. I’m deleting game sadly. I’m tired of not being able to getting any farther in the game..Version: 7.0.1

Nostalgia is badI randomly found out in pinterest that there was a new plant added to the game that I haven’t seen before. It makes sense as I haven’t played since I was still a teenager, but I wanted to come back to this game to have some fun. What a disappointment… First of all, 7 dollars for a plant. Seven dollars. Everything is monetised, I’m surprised there is no battle pass yet. Of course developers need money, it is a free game after all. But your favorite plants cost each one 7 dollars ? If you buy three of them you already payed more than 20. Can you imagine ? What about gameplay wise ? You can UPGRADE your plants. Which sounds cool until you discover it is also a way to make you get your wallet a bit less full. The different timelines are blocked and no longer avaible to enter with a key. Which was so enjoyable, getting to choose which timeline you wanna choose to visit first after ancient egypt. I would like to comment on the new contents as it looks like there is a bunch of new plants and zombies but unfortunately, the MACROtransactions ruined the fun for me. I give the game two stars because ghost pepper is adorable and i love him..Version: 9.7.2

Not as good as the legendary first gameI like this game a lot it has a bunch of new plants and old plants, but more then 3/4 of the this games plants cost money, I get it’s only five dollars but you don’t have to make every single plant cost money, and the only thing they do is make plants, they should make way more worlds to make the game actually fun, penny’s pursuit is impossible unless you have all your plants at least level 3 and the battle arena is is just going against bots which is soooo boring, and then they tried to fix the problem by making it so you can get cards to unlock the new plants but that didn’t change anything, if you really want a new plant because you like it’s play style then you should have to spend no more then a week or two playing to get that plant, not 3 months then uh oh, you can’t get that plants cards anymore, looks like you have to buy it because a new plant came out, oops sorry! This game used to be one of my favorite and I really felt like popcap or whoever made this game really was invested to making people have a fun time, but they literally just made it to make money, and I’m being generous by giving this three stars, it should be one.Version: 8.7.2

Love it but...Am enjoying the game, I never bought this before it was free to download but I played the first game. I have no issues apart from whenever I finish a level, the game glitches and a notification pops up, I press it, it goes away for a second and comes back. I need to swipe off the app, open and reload the whole thing just to get to the next level... I’m still able to pass but this is very time consuming and annoying when I just want to relax and play some good ole PvZ. Probably a big but needs to be fixed as I know there’d be people who don’t have the patience or time to deal with bugs/hitches..Version: 8.8.1

RIGGED MUCH?Addicted to this game.... which is unfortunate because even though it frustrates me slightly, I still play it daily. Is getting far too complicated these days, too many things going on. I understand it needs to be new and exciting but ‘if it ain’t broke don’t fix it’. Loved being able to buy plants with gems, I will never spend money on in app purchases making the game unfair. I play the piñata party twice daily since second game started (better part of a year), that’s 730(ish) games and have won the jackpot once. Even my luck can’t be that bad. Rigged much? Will still play it though. Daily. For now. UPDATE: advertising just went to a whole new level of annoying and keeps glitching. I’m out..Version: 7.0.1

Loads of fun, limited by pay-to-winGreat game, with loads of fun content that has expanded over the last few years. That being said, it’s sad to see the game limited by becoming increasingly favoured towards pay-to-win. One other thing is that the ads show up frequently, which I don’t mind, however, some ads don’t have an “x” or exit option, which leaves me to leave and enter the game every time this happens. I’m not sure whether this is just on iPhones, or on androids as well, but this is a huge inconvenience for players, which I feel could be easily amended..Version: 7.7.2

Good game but…Generally all a good game, been playing it for years. But, the DLCs make it pay to win, Another problem is that I have a new phone and opened the app, it immediately started doing additional downloads used all my 1.2 GB of data and ran me into casual rates (wasting all my backed up money), I should have known this, but many other apps prevent larger than 50mb downloads on mobile (app allowed a full Gb 🫤) Fun game otherwise.Version: 9.5.1

Sometimes I wonder why I still play thisUpdate Feb 2019: so now there are new “ad quests” yet every time I’ve tried to watch an ad, I get a message saying that there are no ads available which is really annoying! ————————————————————————————— Update Jan 2019: so I still play the game and enjoy the daily piñata parties and challenges. Disappointed though that you no longer get two goes at the piñata party and everything now seems geared towards Battlez... This was fun at first but it’s clear you can only prosper if you’re willing to pay. Plus it’s becoming clear that they’ve set it up so that you have to play each week with the latest mint plant, so if you don’t have this you can’t get that far with the new battles so I’m becoming more and more less inclined to play Battlez other than the daily challenges. Really wish they’d change to an option where you can just purchase new worlds... I’d be willing to pay £5 for each new world, but it’s clear you need to spend a crazy amount of money to get ahead in Battlez each week which I think most of us cannot justify..Version: 7.1.3

Where’s the music?I love playing this game so much up until the music in each level didn’t play at first I taught it was my volume or silent mode or even in the settings but I try and it still didn’t play so I stop playing this hoping they would fix this and right now I’m enjoying it because there’s no music I played the game mostly for the music and completion but now I can’t without the music missing.Version: 9.0.1

UpdateThe new update glitches for me and all the levels are back to normal like they were never updated for example the ancient Egypt levels were up to 35 but the update changed it back to only 25 levels plz help me fix it..Version: 7.4.1

I beat the game but…It was because of the glitch in the game that gave me inf piñata party’s that what made my snap pea level 7 and have 270,000 coins but if you think about it would take like 100 days to do that and snap pea was the plant of the week so it will be impossible to get snap pea to level 10 in the plant of the week and with the coins I got power ups but if you did not have the glitch I would take you years to beat the game I played the game for a while before mints but I did not spend even 1 cent on it and before then the levels where very hard why could not be like the original pvz and the soon release of pvz 3 looks like more of a mobile game it’s shifting into mobile games also my favourite pvz games where PvZ1 PvZgw and PvZgw2 why because they where unique please I know PopCap won’t see this but please change the game back to its better phase if I could make pvz3 I would be very very unique and this should not get any rewards problay when it started it got rewards.Version: 10.2.2

Why?I regret installing this pvz 1 is better.Version: 8.4.2

A buggy, glitchy, micro transaction filled master peaceI love plants vs zombies, the original is one of my favorite games of all time. the sequel, however, is so close to being great. If you like challenge this game has it. However, the game is absolutely ruined by bugs and glitches, the music doesn’t play at all, it won’t stop telling you about the travel log every time you open the map, and worst of all, oh man worst of all, if you start a new save the zen garden tutorial will freeze the game every time you start a level and have plants in your garden. This makes the game nearly unplayable! And now onto my original gripe with this game, micro transactions! this game has it all, gambling mechanics which prey upon children, or as they are called in game ‘piñatas’. The best plants are either locked off behind timed events or purchases. It’s just, it asks for money at every corner, “oh get more coins here, oh pay for power ups, oh get gems to speed up this thing, it’s all so… infuriating. The worst part about all of this is that the game itself isn’t bad, the gameplay is fun and not too addicting, it provides interesting and fun challenges, but this is all overshadowed by its major flaws in quality of life and it’s micro transaction..Version: 9.0.1

Disappointing Glitchy FrustratingThis could be an excellent, absorbing, enjoyable game. However it is so glitchy that it is just frustrating. The game is constantly closing down, particularly on levels where you get limited game play such as Piñata Party. Once it closes you lose the game and are counted as having lost it, so you don't get any of the rewards that you need in order to progress through the game. This is also happening on Battlez. Once the game closes down you are classed as having lost even though you didn't get the chance to play it. I wonder if this is only happening to people who are trying to win their upgrades rather than paying for them!? Also I have noticed that the more progress you make in the game the more glitchy it becomes in general. Closing down, slowing up etc. I have tried to contact EA support about this but that has also proved problematic. I suspect they would say my iPad is too old to support the game. However that has not always been the case. I keep deleting and reloading this game in the hope that it will get better but eventually the glitches start creeping in as you get better at playing it and climb through the levels. Shame really, it could be a great game but it is not..Version: 6.9.1

Decent, but too much has changed.I LOVED this game as a kid, although not as much as the 1st game. When I went to redownload this, the first thing I realized is that the World Keychain for clearing Ancient Egypt 6 is completely gone. And I SUCKED at this game..Version: 10.7.1

New update crashes gameGreat game. Too bad the new update broke it. Now I can not get into game as it crashes and freezes.....Version: 6.3.1

Bring the Game Back.I’m not saying PVZ is an overly terrible game or anything, but bring back the non pay to win game. The PvZ creator was fired because he wanted it to be not pay to win. When EA came into the picture, it was pay to win;6.99 for a majority of the plants. EA needs to stop..Version: 10.8.1

Huge let down from PvZ 1A few years ago I played plants vz zombies 1 and loved the game soo much I replayed multiple times. I was thrilled to see that there was a second version of the game, but was extremely disappointed to see what it had become… over complicated and hyper focused on coins and excessive ads, that you can’t even pay to remove. When I first opened the game I was almost convinced that it was a third party imitation rather than an official title because the graphical style chosen seemed two dimensional and lacking charm of the original. Some of the levels are soo busy that the game lags and freezes even on my 2022 iPad mini. It is very unfortunate because the foundation of the game was perfect and this version seems like a cash grab..Version: 10.7.1

Make new worldsI have played Plants vs. Zombies for over a decade. I started playing the first version long before there the app version existed, and then excitedly played PvZ2 when it came out in the App Store years ago. It is hands down my favorite game. I finished all the worlds and held on to hope that one day new worlds would come out. I finished this game probably 8+ years ago. I play piñata party daily and the side missions, etc. The arena is not entertaining as there is no real progression or reaching any big goals. Plus I like solo play, not against others. But I am left wondering why in the heck new worlds are not being developed. There have been hoards of new plants, most of which are available only by monetary purchase, but not new worlds. It makes no sense, for what purpose are you creating new plants? Only for brand new players who have never played this game and are just hearing about it now? EA has made absolutely no effort in developing new, real content for the long term player and it is beyond frustrating. This game is an asset and they are wasting its potential. I read that the international version gets worlds to this day, but not the US version. Why???!! EA come on, do this game justice and start developing more solid content. Not every game you put out there has to revolve around shooting and sports..Version: 10.2.2

Money GrubbersJust charge $5 (or $10 or $20!) for the game, and get rid of all the “pay to win” gameplay, please. It’s infuriating. Boo to EA. :(.Version: 8.2.2

EAEA all that needs to be said..Version: 9.1.1

Great game ruined by adsI’m an OG PvZ player. I remember when it first came out, and I loved it. Then, I didn’t play for many years, but a couple years ago I started playing again. And I loved it, it’s been part of my daily morning routine while I’m having my coffee. However, recently the ads have been more and more present, and more and more annoying. They last forever after you finished a game, and you can’t skip them for the longest time. If your phone is not on silent, the ads will play aloud by default, even if the sounds on the app are off. Often times I have the intention to keep playing but I just close the app instead, cause I can’t stand the ads. It completely ruins the user experience. I’m an adult, but if I had a young child I’d not let them play it because of the content of the recent ads. It’s about some makeover game, that has a really bad and negative message about body image, and that I don’t think it’s suitable for young children. I’m not a prude, it’s not about things being sexual, it’s about making fun of people because of certain physical features, and how to “improve” their look. Aside from the content, just the length of the ads and how often they come up while you’re playing ruin the whole game..Version: 9.0.1

Where is the music?I used to play PvZ 2 all the time for months, it was the only game I played, and I loved it, I loved the worlds, the zombies and the plants. The micro transactions were a let down but it didn’t affect the game too much in my opinion. Honestly, I could still be enjoying the game, but there is one giant issue I have, it’s that all the music’s gone, there isn’t any music left in the game, there seems to be a bug that when you update your IOS, it removes all the music, only sound effects remain, they released an update on the June 29th and I was hoping it would bring the music back, only it brought back just the title screen music. No other track was brought back, not the worlds or even the hub The games still fully playable, it’s just that if you’re not in school, work or in any situation that gives you a reason to not play music, you are playing a soulless game..Version: 9.0.1

Good but riggedSo I have been playing for a while, and made a few plants purchases since I love to collect them for my son. The reward system is good, despite the fact that it is obviously rigged. I.e. the pinata will always give 1000 coins on first try every 3rd pop and 1500 on 2nd try. Arena also rigged. You can win fairly easy the first few rounds, but at 6 or 7 you will most likely lose, and it can’t be more obvious than losing to “someone” with level 1 plants that didn’t even do much damage! Once you lose, the system reset and everything is easy again. Heck several times I beat “players” with all mastery plants! Perhaps it was intentionally designed such way and I can overlook that, but when I spent the last few fights to gain ranks and someome mysteriously keeps ahead of me by several points? The biggest problem right now is at 7th victory, you only get half of the reward! It clearly shows 10x pinatas, yet you get only 5x! Contacted EA and all I got were emails that asking for my account info and details on the rewards! So far I got at least 4 people replied, and none of them resolved it! They just closed the email or let someone else replied with the same statement! Sad because I would spend a few more bucks to get more plants... but it seems the end is near..Version: 7.7.2

1 star 👏It is way to pay to win.Version: 8.3.1

It’s brokenEvery profile I make get deleted and says identity conflict and I never see the account again if I fully close the app and go in it it’s gone I force data save it to my account but it still happens, I spent money on the game and all of it is useless I want my original profile back with all its stuff and levels please help fix this problem..Version: 7.7.2

Should be called “Humans vs. con job!”Have been playing this for the past few years. I’ve seen many changes to this game a lot the last couple of years meaning less gems, money, using the bee to fast track new plants etc..... Now more Ads between games. Ads virtually feature after every game and no reward! Now the Arena game is become a right Con job! Therefore this game should be called “Humans versus Con job”. Have gotten to the Jade League and it’s just a joke! You are mis-matched with other “Fake!” Online players, I.e. AI characters which have some sort of system in place to make sure you will only win so many battles and therefore make you lose and try and get you to buy stuff with Gems and real money. Even the plants you fight with that it recommends are useless! I am very close to deleting this game after so many years due to the greed of the company wanting to make as much monies as possible and not making it easy for you to skip ads which you don’t want and getting no reward even though the game makers get all the glory! Sort it out! Or you will lose loyal players..Version: 8.5.1

To the “Newcomers” from PvZ1This game IS fun, it DOES have a lot more new stuff — new plants, the Travel Log, Arena — but you are GUARANTEED ADS EVERY TIME YOU MOVE. Finish a level? Ad. Finish an Arena battle? Ad. Leave the store? Ad. Enter the game? Ad. And I hope you have big wallets, because things like Squash, Jalapeno and Chomper are behind paywalls. Oh, and there’s no ad-free option. Buying something doesn’t get rid of all the ads you are REQUIRED TO WATCH EVEN WHEN THEY SOFTLOCK AND CRASH THE APP ENTIRELY. TL;DR? PvZ2 is the mobile game equivalent of cable TV. Don’t get this game. Period..Version: 8.7.3

Easily a 5 but access to all is letting this downThat's game is so good in fact very good as a time waster or even something to invest in and the pvp arena, coupled with penny's adventure and challenge modes gives you other stuff to do. The biggest let down is the premium plants at 4.99 that's a total rip off which seems to be classic EA, the worst thing you get plenty of seed packets to level them up, but no way of actually earning them for nothing anymore. I have a separate profile for my kids that have Gold Bloom, Peanut and a few others that you could earn in events but now doesn't seem to be the case. It's should be you earn seed packets for the plants you have rather than using a method that levels all the premiums up quicker in an attempt to buy them. That is the only major flaw in this game.Version: 8.3.1

To much changed, in a bad wayOk before I get into flaws of the game, I like it, it very fun for what I can do. But there are sooooooooooo many ads, every time I complete a level there is an ad, I do not mind ads for rewards, but if you do nothing, you will come across an ad, so that is the major flaw of the game. But ever since you got rid of the world keys, the game felt different, the world keys made it so you could explore other worlds, not be stuck on a level for 8 weeks! Also, if you got stuck, you could explore a new world until you got stuck, then use those plants to get unstuck, the cycles continues. Another thing is how you just made WAYYYYY to many plants that need seed packets, plus, the game is extremely difficult and I feel as though the hard things should be optional, as then you can play freely, and then go back to do the harder version. Meanwhile, also make it so we get many packets and coins, also diamonds, so you do not have to pay to win, we also should not need 5000 to upgrade a plants to level 3. That just feels wrong. You already spend enough coins on getting the piñatas, and it is luck based to get the seeds you want, let alone getting the amount you want. So if you listen to the complaints, then you may make the game fun, realizing, and overall great. Goodbye. =l.Version: 9.8.1

Too Many AdsMinute long ads that sometimes won't close after every level. It's awful. Never played a game with this much advertising. Played for a week but I can't deal with them any longer..Version: 10.7.1

Overall good gameThe main problems I have is with the conceal mint and seedium plants as the conceal mint I have waited a whole year to be on sale but never has and also you keep on adding new seedium plants making it harder and harder to get the old and better one.Version: 9.7.2

It went from a decent game to garbageI was pretty good at the game and even had all of the plants in the game. But, when I logged onto the game one day all my stuff was deleted and the game took me back to the beginning, and I also lost my plants too! And, since popcap cares about money other than anything else I will never get my stuff back..Version: 8.2.2

PvZ 1 is betterOk, I have some issues with this game 1. They want you to spend every last penny you have but what can I do it about it it’s EA we are talking about here with they’re premium plants. I did the math and found out there is 22 premium plants and they each cost 5 bucks, that’s 110 right there which is absurd, and don’t even get me started with power ups. 2. I might sound like I’m bad at the game for this but this game is way too hard, I think they really try to make you to buy those premium plants 3. Ads. Why is there ads after every level, why is there adds for power ups, coins, and gems and if you didn’t know this also gives EA more money, like they needed more money. Even though I looked like I hated the game to the bottom of my heart there I still like some things 1. The world idea was good I like what they did with the world maps and the progression. 2. These new plants and zombies are really creative ideas from design to mechanics theses new plants are really creative. 3. The comeback of some of the old plants is really cool, and even though some are premiums they still came back. In conclusion I like this game but I still think plants vs zombies 1 is better..Version: 9.9.2

Played for years but crashes a lotI have been playing this game for years and completed all the worlds so some new ones would be good the only thing I hate is the game crashes a lot and this needs fixed because it’s went on for years now and you end up loosing stuff! Like penny’s pursuit I can’t fight the boss because it crashes and then that’s it I’ve lost a chance to fight him it happened all three times so I never got to fight him 😞also you should be able to collect seed packets for all plants to unlock them instead of paying for them. Apart from all the problems I do enjoy playing it but due to it crashing a lot it can be frustrating!.Version: 9.5.1

No music !??Well, I loved this game, but so many changes, More problem is that there no music on my version, I try and try but still no sign, I don’t know why, is it my device..or the game…….gee.Version: 9.7.2

What a shame…The first game was awesome, it cost a few pounds and then that was broadly it - it had a good amount of content and gave hours of fun. This sequel whilst also fun to play and offering more content is sadly a poor experience. The developers have tripled down on trying to drain a constant stream of cash from players with a lot of in-app purchase options including a number of the more powerful plants simply locked behind a paywall. Worse than all of this though is the adverts - about 15-30 seconds long each and forced on you between virtually every level. I would happily have paid a few pounds for an add free experience but frustratingly this isn’t even an option (though you could argue that with in-app purchases, the game simply shouldn’t have ads as well).Version: 9.5.1

Used to be fun but now it’s a messI used to enjoy this game but now when I try to play, it’s a confusing maze of in app purchases, “rewards” and “upgrades”. None of which are explained or organized in an intuitive or even intelligible way. Seriously, I can’t even navigate through all of the menus and hoops to actually get to the part where you get to play the game! Believe it or not devs, playing the game is what most of your users want to do! Instead of gameplay, you are prompted to go to the almanac and to plant seeds, etc. before you can do something else, none of which is spelled out clearly. There are a half dozen vague menu buttons that lead you to confusing sub menus. Several different coins/gems/etc to collect, redeem, blah blah blah. Really guys, how about just a game that you can open and enjoy playing? So frustrating and annoying. I’m just going to delete the PvZ games and find something that is fun and doesn’t feel like filling out paperwork at a job for 10 minutes before you are allowed to enjoy the game. The actual game play is fun and creatively designed. But it’s gotten so difficult to access that part of the app, that it’s not worth the brain eating stress and frustration..Version: 10.2.2

Money and gem randomisation!?So I’ve been playing this game for a while, played through a bunch of levels, won a bunch of tournaments and got a lot of gems and money. I got up to about 129 gems and 59,000 coins. I came off the game then went on the next day to find I had 62 gems but 229,000 coins!? then after a couple days, ALL of my money disappears. Reset back to 0 but my gems were the same. I finished a few quests played a bunch of levels, got my money back to around 10,000 then logged on today and found ALL my gems gone… Is this some sort of gambling mini game? Ooh! Log on tomorrow and maybe I’ll have my stuff back or maybe I’ll lose everything and have to work for it again just for it to be taken away from me the next day. This game needs a serious fix ASAP. I’m not working to get to 100 gems just so I can get a seed packet of plants I want to get halfway there and then it just suddenly take it away….Version: 10.2.2

.Every time i finish a level the game crash and I have to close the app and start it again.Version: 7.3.1

Needs a upgradeI’ve had this game on my iPad for i don’t know 2 years? And on my phone for like a couple of months but me being a child loving the game plants vs zombies 2 has changed its not a good game anymore people in arena are to good for me I’m not that good at it also the challenges we need to earn more gems in them 4 gems is not enough and also you made penny’s pursuit way to hard for medium the game needs to be better arena needs to have a down grade at least find bad players vs bad players on arena and also the plants that cost gems are way to high at least make the plants that you need gems with to buy like 50 gems and also bring back i zombie it was one of my favourite mini games.Version: 8.4.2

TerribleTurned one of the best mobile games into a cash grab, screw you popcap.Version: 8.2.1

Don’t get this gameHonestly nothing can beat the original. This is such a downgrade from the first one. There are way too many adds and it’s really boring. This game is a waste of time.Version: 8.0.1

GarbMoney hungry ruined the franchise.Version: 8.0.1

Bloated gemClassic PVZ content is great. Adventure mode is plenty of fun, however, as someone who’s downloaded this game every few years it’s sad to see it become increasingly bloated with features designed to drain you of money. Most of them are harmless but still shoved in your face. The most atrocious example is the intrusive ads that can appear after every level. Honestly the game would nearly be a 5 star gem if there was a way to disable ads. I’d spend a few dollars to remove them but it isn’t an option. The game is only enjoyable while disconnected from the internet..Version: 10.1.1

Battle zone has made it more interesting but ....I’ve played this game for years and generally enjoy it. The addition of Battle zone has made it more interesting and I play it regularly. However it has annoying things such as I finished third in the top Jade League today but I didn’t receive any of the rewards. Also I notice whenever I get 9 or 10 wins in a row, I inevitably lose the next battle.Version: 6.9.1

Crazy pay to winThe game is great. Very funny, brilliantly difficult as it progresses and a massive variety of funny absurd plants. The only downside is the pay to win feature which is ridiculous. Yes there's free adverts for coins and gems, but some plants can only be bought for a fee of £4.99 Couple this with crashes when watching ads for free gems and coins, it gets very frustrating to be able to progress and update your plants levels. I've had loads of seed packets (required for powering up plants) for plants that are locked behind the pay wall. A waste for me because I refuse to buy those plants! Then there are challenges where the reward is seed packs for plants behind the pay way - sensing a theme yet? What is a very good game is just let down by the gambling and pay to win model. Very greedy and extremely off putting..Version: 6.5.1

TerribleSo... Many... Microtransactions....Version: 8.1.1

I have played this for years!Not many games can keep you coming back. It is still possible to enjoy without in app purchases though it can be time consuming to acquire credits manually. Just do that stuff while you are watching TV.Version: 7.6.1


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