Plants vs. Zombies™ Heroes Reviews

Popcap has done something incredible here. I’ve been playing this game for years, and it has easily become one of my favorite games of all time. They took the concept of turn based card strategy, and perfected it. The graphics and animations are flawless, I’d buy them miles above Hearthstone’s or any other game of the sort. The blocking mechanic as well as the concept of lanes are both absolutely genius. It brings so many more layers to the game than Hearthstone has in my opinion. The deck building aspect is flawless and easy to see what you’ve built as you’re going. You don’t have to flip through pages and pages of cards trying to find something. The only thing missing besides making it a little more free-to-play-friendly is that IT DOESN’T GET UPDATES ANYMORE!!!! It’s seriously so disappointing to see a game this amazing not get the love it deserves. The community for this game is still strong and advocates for it day in and day out. My only wish is for that community to grow, and for Popcap to realize this is what the PVZ fandom actually wants.

It’s a very good game but there are some things that can be improved. First the gems, I feel that gems are just too hard to obtain without having to spend real money and the packs of cards are expensive as well. 100 gems for only a couple card are NOT worth it at all and I wish PvZ would work on either making it easier to earn more gems or lower the cost of the packs or also increase the number of cards one receives from each pack. Second I’d like to address the online battle. PvZ needs to do better at match making. There isn’t no reason why a level 14 player should be facing a level 30 player or higher. It’s just not fair. Lastly and most importantly is the super blocking system I don’t understand how it works and it seems random based when the hero is hit but it needs to be regulated some how. I was just in a match with my super block at 80% with 8 health. When the opponent attacked me, I lost and my super block meter moved one square which made no sense to me. I should’ve blocked his attack. Also the block meter filling needs to be fix as well. What I mean by that is when a person gets attacked by a lower level card the block meter will fill multiple squares but a card that has a high attack will on fill only couple squares. That makes no sense. It should be the other way around, when attacked by a high attack level card the super block meter should fill more than being hit by a lower level card.

This game was fun up until the plant quests became so hard it was like trying to paint a wall with a toothpick. It would be easier if there were a wider selection of packs, and it was easier to get gems. Also, up until world eleven, you can beat the levels but you may lose here and there. And I get it. I mean, I have lost a few myself. But I have been stuck on the boss of world eleven for six days. And the Zombie one is a bit easier, since I am only on world three in there, but it still is hard. Just make it easier to get packs, and I will up my rating. I also want to say that the bosses get so hard it is literally impossible to beat that world. I would not recommend this game if you hate having your opponent to have the upper hand and the lucky cards every. Single. Round. Please make the computer weaker because it gets so hard that it is not possible to beat. Also, Since EA never listens to ANY comments, I am not sure why I have this crappy game in the first place. What EA should be doing is actually listening to the many complaints that they are getting. Absolute trash. I would rather stare at the wall than play an ad fest with an occasional overpowered pay to win battle. P.S. if you are hunkymonkey19 and you are reading this, use other plant heroes to try and win. If that does not work, then lose a bunch of battles and the game will give you a free pack for green shadow. I tried it and it gave me a super rare and I was able to beat the level. Cya!

I’ve been playing this game for over a year now and it’s very good for me and somewhat stable but you need to spend some money on the game if you want a chance in multiplayer. They haven’t even come out with balance changes in almost a year now and daily challenges are always recycled. It is very hard to start this game this late in its life because you are at a disadvantage because back in the early life of the game a lot of cards had a lower rarity than they do now (ex. Super rare cards that used to be rare) which made the cards more easily craftable. So new players don’t have that opportunity. My idea too keep the players left on this game is that the developers needs to let players have more creativity. One thing I would really like is private custom matches with friends. You should be able to make your own game with customizable settings like starting health and what happens at the start or end of turns, kind of like making your own daily challenge. Don’t expect any new content for the rest of this game’s life and balance changes would be rare to see.

Edit: as of the latest bug fix update that came out a week ago, I have been frequently crashing, and not just in the menu. It’s happened in few multiplayer games as well. Please don’t leave the game in a buggy state like this because I know This game is already abandoned by the devs

First of all I feel like they could make Beta-Carrotina and Huge-Gigantacus easier to get. The only time I get the packs is during Christmas and even then you only have a 5% chance of getting them. I feel their packs should cost less since you have a very slim chance of getting the hero and I spent about 1500 gems and didn’t even get a legendary card. Another thing I don’t like is that there are some glitches that bother me. The first one is that sometimes when a weak attack hits me the “Super Block Meter” is filled without breaking it goes a while without breaking then finally it works. Once I had an experience where my block meter was one away from being filled and I had almost beaten my opponent when the meter doesn’t work PLEASE FIX THIS. Another glitch that is less annoying but still irritating is that when you’re doing Plant/Zombie Missions the game suddenly starts moving at at least 2x regular speed and I don’t even know what is going on. Finally the developers haven’t updated the cards in a long time, I know the developers are trying but I’m getting tired of just using the same old cards. It says the Triassic Triumph cards are “ALL-NEW” but, in fact they’ve been out for at least 2 years. But besides the things I mentioned I think the game is awesome just like a real card game.

PvZ Heroes, right? It’s a really great game. It’s super fun to play online, it’s pretty, it’s creative, but in my opinion, there are some certain things that ruin it for me. One thing is how much it feels like you have the grind out the game to get efficient decks. Sure, the Gacha rates are pretty decent, but it feels like advancing your deck just requires too much time on this game. It isn’t horrible, but it just leaves something to desire.
Now one thing I very much dislike about this game isn’t even about the game itself. The game just... loves crashing. It just does. Whenever you’re into a game and you are about to win, the game just crashes. And it’s unexplainable how it does, because back when I had my old account, the game ran perfectly with no issues, but with my new phone (iPhone 7 it’s not really that new) it just crashes randomly.
But otherwise, I don’t think this game has much to improve other than single player features. The single player is... okay. It’s just kinda a feature that exists, yknow? There’s nothing different from it than dumb cpu and occasionally unfair boss battles.
The game is good but it needs improvement and bug fixes. Fin.
Edit to this review: GOD THE CRASHING IS ANNOYING. Could you guys PLEASE fix this problem? It’s like whenever I’m winning it crashes.

Pretty cool concept would be better it’s made by somebody else heels are so stupid in this gameWheneverYou get here you get a shield peace and if the shield pieces all line up you get a block attack the thing is how many Shield pieces you get is random so Little Timmy 444 could get three shield pieces and block a incredibly strong attack but you could need to shield pieces to block attack that does 10 damage and you will get one that could determine if you win the game or not also in my opinion plant skills referring to the skills that go on the card should only be activated before the round starts battling because randomly you would have the perfect set up and then randomly he put down the corn does for damage to all your people and you lose Not to mention it’s a pay to win if you really spend your money to max out The best heroes which are the tree stump the zombie on the floating chair and the scientist then you’re basically unstoppable in the early game and may be in the medium game because you just have so many cars that are unstoppable and Scarlet 22 isn’t going to know what to do if you start placing the cards that zero of her cards counter.

SoOverall review if you’re down to spend money on this game then you’re going to have probably a great time but it’s not it’s still can be fun but if you hate luck based games don’t download

I swear to God, since Christmas the bonus plant hero’s have only been either Spudow or Captain Combustible. Often times it’s been the same one two weeks in a row. I’m completely fed up with it and am about to permanently quit this game. I used to occasionally drop some money on this, but since the repetition started I’ve stopped because I don’t want to drop money to possibly not be able to use the cards I get. The main thing that keeps me invested in the game is earning the event cards, so I can eventually play them. Used to be that you’d get to play them plenty the following week when the bonus hero would be a deck that used those cards. Now that’s both not happening, I don’t feel like playing the same hero for the millionth time in a row in the past three months, and I’m quickly losing interest without the feeling of something to progress towards.

I tried to report this in game multiple times to someone who might try to suggest doing something about this and never received anything other than “thank you for your feed back” or what was essentially “not my department”. Now you have this feedback permanently negatively impacting your rating for everyone to see. If you don’t want to also permanently lose the chance of getting money from me again change your system back to not allowing repeat hero or hero types for the plant heros. At the very least, work some solar or smarty heros in there every couple of weeks. This has been ridiculous.

They have been trying to balance the game a lot lately and that’s great but they may have done too much at ones with the last expansion they got a tiny bit sloppy .... it’s hard to contact EA with a complaint without dedicating way too much time so I’m trying my luck here. First Immorticia’s bat ability clams to be amphibious but you still can’t play it in the water lane ..... force field (environment: plants can’t be hurt) and soul Patch (card: takes damage instead of your hero) should not be able to be a total win con (there is absolutely no way to kill him when he’s in environment without another environment ) it’s circumstantial but it’s still too OP . These two have been problems for a while (Immortica’s not as long) they use to fix stuff way faster they have more cards now but still it feels like no one in charge is playing the game just throwing out ideas .... it’s fun but with all the crazy things you can do no one would see all the glitches without playing themselves... would still highly recommend just trying to get things patched without spending forever figuring out how to reach EA .....they have a lot more weirdness but those are the things that made me loss today lol .

I’ve spent a minimum of 20 hours on this game. After all this time this is probably the best mobile app on PlantsvsZombies Store, without doubt. However this is just for casual players. Once you begin to climb the ranks and become higher, there are like 3 decks that you can win with and if you’re not using those decks you automatically lose. The freezing deck just obliterates everything professor brainstorm is way too good for early players and the pecanolith is way too overpowered . The daily challenges are great for the less ambitious players. The final thing I want to say is about the missions and the shop. 1. The missions, the missions are great and put you in certain situations but it’d be cooler if you got like 15 gems every time you beat a section ( it takes 100 gems to get a pack ) . 2. This game is made by EA, or at least the alternate version so this is obviously pay to win. This game is even more pay to win than any other game I’ve played. If you’ve spent at least 50$ on this game you’re guaranteed rank 40 at least. It’s ridiculous how much of a difference it makes. You could have a 1/1 powered card and the enemy would have a 2/2 card that gets bonus cards when it attacks and makes them cheaper. This game is imbalanced but a good game. Recommended for people who spend money on games often and casual gamers.

So far, this is a seriously fun game. I love everything from the new update cards, to the competition in the 1v1s. The constant new cards and diverse heroes will allow everyone to experiment with their decks and give a fun, challenging battle to everyone. Now, most people say that the zombies and plants are unbalanced (zombies are apparently better than the plants in this case), but to me it’s a complete lie. No deck will completely destroy every deck in the universe and one card cannot immediately win for you. For example, a card I hear complaints about a lot for us the zombot makes a gargantuar in every land. However, it costs a lot of brains and you can open up with a bunch of plants and overwhelm them, forcing them to not play it yet. It irritates to see a bunch of people say it’s unbalanced when there’s so much stuff you can do to counter it and win. So don’t let these complaints about unbalanced cards affect your decision. If anything, it gives you a reason to start experimenting. It’s a work of art and I hope to see amazing updates in the future.

This game is great really, the design is cool, the event that lets you get a free event card by playing regally is cool, but there are a couple problems with this.
First is the obvious, certain card can and SHOULD be balanced, certain legendary are too trashy compared to others and for example the tombstone destroyer (that’s not the name but what it does) only costs 2 and is categorized as a rare, but really it’s a super rare and should be balanced because it is a bit too overpowered (the ability that lets you destroy any tombstone for the price of two makes this card ALWAIS worth using, since zombies spawn on tombstones starting at the price of 2, and only go up from that)
Second, it’s that it takes a LOT of time to get diamonds normally without buying anything, I played this game for a couple of months total but only managed to get 2 to 3 bundle, so except if I were to pleut for years or buy stuff, getting new heroes is mostly impossible for me, so it could be a bit better too.
I’m still going to give this 4 stars because the strategies and the fun of it almost makes up for it’s flaws, but only « almost ».

I love this game! I play it almost 6 hours a day every day, however there are a few things I would do to improve the game.
1: I would release a set 5 - the community for this game is still strong and set 4 came out like 2 years ago. Set 5 could really increase revenue for the game and help to make it more popular
2: I would market the game a bit more - the game is very hard to put down after you start playing, but not enough people know about it, if it had more marketing the game could spike in popularity
3: I would fix the gash darn daily challenge for September 27th. The challenge is currently impossible and is preventing me from getting my weekly pack. This issue is very annoying and the sooner it is fixed the better
4: I would add more weekly event cards for us players to grind for

Now because I love the game and don’t want people decide not to get It based on my review, here are some things I like about the game

1: I love the daily challenges - I get on as soon as the clock hits 11 each morning to complete my daily challenge, I haven’t missed a day in weeks (aside from today with the impossible challenge)

2: I love the quests - they provide a good way to get gems making it easier to progress

3: I love all the synergies between cards - It makes it way more fun to make a deck when you keep in mind synergies between cards like pogo mixed up grave digger.

Overall the game is an easy 10/10 for me I just wish it would get a little more love from popcap

I downloaded this game years ago when it first came out and it was awesome. Each time you played with the NPC a story line came up to build into the battle with that specific character. It was fun to watch and I was looking forward to it. Just a fun thing that was added. The battles were challenging too, but now it’s crazy. Super hard to win and the stories were even removed.
Moving to PVP: It’s a 100% pay to win now! The decks are pre-made. So you just have to get the cards and the already made decks are there for you. They moved into this direction because now it’s fully focused on trying to get the cards for those decks to win. Anyone can just come in and buy the cards and that’s it. Doesn’t matter the level that you are. This leads to getting gems harder now because to win a PvP game for gems is a hassle. Tons of people with insane decks at low level makes it impossible to win (If you’re not buying cards that is). This takes the fun away and just makes the game frustrating…sadly.
So in short, what used to be an awesome game, became a Pay to win. If you have money for cards, you’ll have fun. Otherwise, don’t even bother with this.

I feel like the zombie side is overpowered, yes I know they made improvements, but honestly it doesn’t matter if a plants health is at ten if you have deadly. I feel that they should give plants more abilities or make zombies weaker. I was playing a game when the zombie player had 3 zombies on the lawn then he played Bad moon rising, I had full health and lost that turn. There is no plant card that can do that not even molekale thats just 1 more sun not 6 sun or more like bad moon rising.I was still looking and it got me thinking about environments. The zombies have a environment called transformation station, that turns the zombie there into a zombie that costs 1 brain more, plants don’t have anything like that the only thing close is Force Field but plants there can still be destroyed by tricks speaking of tricks lets talk about those. The plants have a trick called petal-morphosis “turn a plant in to a another plant” cost 4 sun, now the zombies have a trick called evolutionary leap “ turn a zombie into a zombie that cost one more “ cost 2 brains, so not only are you guaranteed a better zombie it cost less, I have herd story’s about petal-morphosis turning plants into worse plants. So please do something for the plants

I actually love this game love love this game I spent almost 3 hours out of my day playing this game but once you get to level 30 it’s almost impossible to win there’s a lot of reviews that says that zombies have the upper hand I don’t believe that I just think it cheats I was just playing right now and so on the first round the zombie drop two cars one that cost 2 brains and another one that cost 3 brains And then there’s been several times where I’m about to win and the game just stopped working and it says Internet connection I mean it’s and then it says zombies win I mean I’m using my TV watching Netflix while I’m playing this game and you never stop so he had the Internet it’s not a problem right now I’m just in level 37 and I haven’t been able to win a single match and is not my cards always choose a good deck just the computer gives them the upper hand. always they always have the exact cards that they need to beat me also there’s been several times where on the first round zombies have another super powers that they don’t even have that they’re not supposed to have. When you play this game a lot you know this things. you know what kind of powers they have 2 bad they do that I would it give them 20 stars if I could it’s just not fair to the players

I have faithfully played this game for years and continue to enjoy it, however I’m hoping this review will see a bug fixed. This happened before and after I upgraded my phone and has happened on my iPad. When the loading screen appears after you’ve been matched with another player to fight, it will often become stuck, continuing to be a black screen with “loading” at the bottom right. Then we you restart PlantsvsZombies , it’ll initially show that you have your correct trophy rating, however you will not progress even if you win. Either the glitch needs to be fixed, or at the very least you shouldn’t be penalized for PlantsvsZombies glitching.

On the topic of penalties, I wish there were a system in place to penalize people who close out their games voluntarily rather than concede or finish the game. It’s unsportsmanlike and rude. I can’t imagine it’s that difficult to insert that into the game. Otherwise, thank you to the team who makes the game and the maintains it. Not ashamed to say I’ve even spent money on it.

I oils stop playing this game. It’s rigged. They hire people to write good reviews on here and delete bad reviews. Play marvel’s contest of champions instead of this game. This game crashes. I constantly get games where every time I would get hit I would get one bar of power but the AI kept getting three bars. Computer is extremely rigged. I have had games where I would draw the same starting cards all the time (I was drawing the environment card that gives plants -1 -1 all the time). I have a great deck with legendaries but the A.I keeps winning. Good luck trying to win in this game. It’s rigged by design for you to pay to win. This game is just a moneymaker for EA from the ads you have to watch to get diamonds to the packs you have to pay to get cards. Plus, the computer always has a comeback card even if you’re close to winning. When you get hit you only get one square of the block meter out of three. Seriously, fix the block meter! It takes forever to use your hero’s power up (most of the time I don’t use my power up until my hero’s life is 6) while the opponent can get a power up as soon as their life is 16. This is a pay to win and even if you give them money it’s still not a guaranteed win. EA should get what’s coming to them with their greedy gaming tactics.

This game used to be good but it has been abandoned by its developers. No new content in nearly a year. Daily challenges have been on a loop and are being constantly recycled. And even the special “event cards” are just the same cards they’ve been for the past year and some change

When Halloween of last year came out I was excited to get the special Halloween cards, but then when those same cards came out again this year...well you can imagine how that would feel. When they go from being so involved and even creating a card based off of the Chinese Zodiac, and then just stop putting out any content altogether it makes the fan base feel like all the time and energy they put into a game is being tossed out the window.

So basically if you download this game just know that you’re getting a game that currently has an extremely spammy and broken meta, you won’t be getting new content, and if you’d be hoping for some involvement from the game creators then you’d definitely be outta luck

This game is absolutely phenomenal. I got hearthstone recently and I absolutely hated it. I’m glad it was free. I then remembered the existence of this game and I immediately deleted hearthstone over this one. The nostalgia and the gameplay is so great, with all the very unique status effects, environments, tricks, and game-changing cards. This game really does deserve more than 5 stars. Except there is one factor that makes me dread it at the same time. The fact that PlantsvsZombies has been around for years now and it still cannot allow you to play vs with friends in any simple push of a button. Back then I used to play with my brother after closing PlantsvsZombies a few times just hoping it will say he is online. Now it doesnt show the availability at all. My only other complaint is that it will kick you from PlantsvsZombies in the middle of a game with no show of why every other game. This isn’t an exaggeration, at least for me. My brother has been kicked before but not as often as me. This game is great, but after so many years of it being out it still has the same insanely irritating bugs.