It's not every third-person shooter that has me giggling as I shoot gatling peas at zombies dressed as football players. While Plants vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare puts players in humorous settings with imaginative powers, it also offers a unique, hilarious shooter experience that both fans of the series and those shooting sunbeam lasers for the first time will get a kick out of. I recently got the chance to go hands-on with the game to test out one of Garden Warfare's multiplayer modes.
Before you hop into a multiplayer match, you select a plant or a zombie to play as. In my demo there were four base options for each side, but what I was surprised to find was that each character also has a wide variety of customization options available. Here, I could choose from a variety of humorous accessories, tattoos, hats, and organic elements for each plant or zombie. For example, I ended up giving my Pea Shooter character cucumber shades, a camo tattoo, and a top hat. Producer Brian Lindley explained that while there were only a few options available in this demo, "There's going to be dozens and dozens more
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