The effort here is honestly through the charts. A lot of the new zombies are really creative, and I like how it repurposes plants from throughout the series in PvZ1's formula. Apart from that however, I felt it could've done a lot more to differentiate itself from that original game. It takes ages to kick into gear, the early game uses the exact same plants we're already used to. The balancing is all over the place, the new plants are cool but lag behind the veterans, and some of the zombies just dish out complete bullshit like it's nobody's business, like the weedkiller zombie who gradually kills up to 4 plants in front of it.

Perhaps the game's difficulty just isn't for me? I'm not sure, all I know is that dying at the very end and having to redo an entire day because lawn mowers are shadow-dropped several levels into the game feels awful. Would recommend giving it a shot if you're a PvZ fan, but it's def not for everybody.