
However, standing still would have served no-one well, so what was added to the game made quite a difference. Luckily, the progress I had made in the first game was not in vain, as the Plants and Zombie variants I had unlocked were able to be played in the sequel a nice touch.

Luckily, it appears that PopCap Games are fans of the “if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it” school of developing, as the gameplay was immediately familiar, playing out pretty much the same as the first game. Running across town in my lunchbreak to the nearest branch of GAME, picking up my copy of the shiny new game, and then having to sit through the rest of the afternoon with the box on my desk, taunting me – never has 4 hours seemed so long! Anyway, having pedalled home as fast as I could, I put the disc in my Xbox One and sat back to lose myself in the world of Crazy Dave, Dr Zomboss and as much shooting as I could manage.

I remember immediately putting finger to keyboard (doesn’t have the same ring as “pen to paper” by hey-ho) and gleefully writing up an impressions piece for a website I wrote for at the time, and then feverishly waited for PopCap and EA to get their collective fingers out and let me play it.Īnd boy was I in for a treat when February 23rd, 2016 rolled around. Seeing new characters, including the Zombie Imp, which was clearly inspired by Titanfall, calling in a mech from orbit that proceeded to land on its head, the Citron, a cool looking orange, the Corn on the Cob guy and more, I may have been bouncing up and down by the end of it. Zombies Garden Warfare 2 game was trailed in the Microsoft segment, rather than at the EA event, but I have to say it looked awesome. Fast forward to 2015, and as I was eagerly watching the E3 coverage, a familiar-looking presence appeared on the screen.
