BY ISRAEL MALDONADO

Plants vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare 2 is the sequel to the first spinoff, Plants vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare, which lived up to its hype, but does this one? PvZ: GW2 is a third-person shooter and a tower defense game, which received a Metacritic rating of 4/5 and an IGN rating of 8.2/10. Unlike the first game, GW2 was released only for Microsoft Windows, Playstation 4 and Xbox One. The game was released Feb. 25, 2016.

PvZ: GW2 can have up to 24 players online in a single room with six online game modes and two four-player co-op modes, but it includes a solo option on any game mode, but an internet connection is still required. Split-screen multiplayer is available with 12 maps, 40 different characters, private servers and free additional content later on in the future. There is also 14 classes with now over 100 playable characters. There is a customization room that allows the player to customize the look of their character and a quest board that gives you missions for solo and multiplayer.

First off is the gameplay. There is a lot of game modes to choose from, so you won’t get too bored too quickly off this game. There are some new modes as well. One new game mode is Battle Background. It’s a free roam mode, in which you can view bobbleheads, access portals that lead to missions, gather collectibles, join King of the Hill matches and much more.

Furthermore, Welcome Mat is another mode that is a great start for new players barely getting into the game. Turf Takeover is one other mode, which includes two game types: Gardens and Graveyards and Herbal Assault. The point of the mode is to push the enemy team back and back, one base at a time, until they lose.

One other mode is Team Vanquish, which is basically team deathmatch. You have to get 50 vanquishes to win. There is a handful of other modes waiting to be in your sweaty palms. Play the game to figure out the rest.

So far, there is a standard edition game, which just includes the disc itself, and the deluxe edition, which includes the Grass Effect pack, exclusive plant and zombie class customization packs (full customization for a plant character), a mystery character pack, some coins to start with and future add-ons and DLC coming soon!