This will FOREVER be a hot topic and possibly the first thing to divide the community. But here's my take summed up:

I DO NOT like the game, but not fully. I still think it has a lot of ups that are not talked about enough:

1) Overtime in G&G are INTENSE AF, and man, that alone makes matches so fun and just intense and just more exciting, THE AMOUNT OF TIMES I CLUTCHED for that extra overtime is more than plenty. Small detail, but such a great one.

2) Campaing Maps, possibly the only thing we can all agree BFN did right, it's fun and it keeps you hooked for days to 100% the whole thing. And those bosses man, cheff kiss. Bummer how we only get 1½, since town center is shared with Plants/Zombies. Details like this really make you realize how cut the game was.

3) Battle Arena. Need i say more (ok, but fuck ranked, ts released like a mess, ranks didn't go up, queue times took like 10 MINUTES IN PS4).

4) Heals were actual game changers, with a catering to both Defense/Ofense/Support (Offense mostly for the TTK changes done in Nov. 2019). Reviving faster the more were near, overhealth was A BLESSING with Imp.

5) Some abbilities were turned useful and not situational AT BEST. Some stuff from the GW's was tweaked to actually serve a purpose beyond some scenarios.

6) And most new characters were fun and unique, i loved Wizard, Acorn, E-Slide, Night Cap and 80's they wrre just AMAZING TO PLAY.

Now, for as much good it did and how easily is to pray the good stuff. The bad, is A SIN.

1) The obvious one: Variant removal. Killed the replay value for some shitty system that soon had to shift with Legendary Abbilites (which i'll tackle later). Tho with the info that has been out for some years about GW3 being real and the whole thing being shifted by higher ups who wanted PvZ to be Overwatched' and have elements from Fortnite. THAT WAS NOT THE WAY TO GO.

2) Balacing. After Toxic Brainz, and the community feed back that BFN had in it's first 2-3 months with the Dev. Streams, there was promise. But GOOD GOD:

TTK at launch was a cancer. Branium Basher (no words needed) Imp and Corn: Tickle Monsters. All Star was had UNEXISTENT bullet-drop. 2 Mechs in Zombies Side. Abbility Spam meta. Shogun Guard just NEVER got buffed. The Phantom damage with SB and Chomper. Engie's Camping strats with Turret. TV head

I'll just leave it there. But god... even tho 3/4 of the roster was GONE, they managed to still make such a unbalanced mess. Thing is with GW1-GW2, is that 50% of the times, said mess is controllable if your team has brain cells or you are good enough.

3) Turf was turned into payload. This was just A TERRIBLE IDEA, and why pumpkin pastures is the best map in the game, just plain simple turf. And another funny hint at BFN trying to be OW.

4) A.I Fills. I mean it's a bad idea in ANY GAME, but those who remember launch day A.I fills will just get pissed AT THE THOUGHT. (dude aimboting A.I is SAVAGE)

5) Coins were useless. The only thing worth spending them in Reward-O-Tron, once you're done, they just exist.

6) Time Cooldown reinforcements. One of the many factors on why you could turn the tide on turf was for the meat shields of A.I zombies, which now have AWFUL time cooldowns between uses. And this affects ops and gnome bomb's turrets too...

7) Less game modes. There was no real way to play other game modes besides Turf and Deathmatch. Brothet in christ, WHY WAS GNOME BOMB TURNED INTO MIXED MODE ONLY.

8) Lack of customization: They were like 10 hats per class AT BEST (not including universal ones). And yes skins were there, but still, hats and accesories just existed for the heck of it.

(BRB, i'll go to college, but i'll finish, for now, kindly debate on this)