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- First reviewNovember 10, 2010
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The battle for suburbia grows to crazy new heights in Plants vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare 2! In this hilarious, action-packed shooter, zombie leader Dr. Zomboss has strengthened his horde and rebuilt suburbia as a zombie utopia. But hope remains, because for the first time the plants are taking the offensive in an all-out attack to reclaim their turf. Play as the plants in the all-new 24-player Herbal Assault mode, or choose your side in 4-player co-op or Solo Play!
Posted by: CrypticBlade07
from Jonesborough, TN
I bought this game based off of game play footage from the beta and the intro video. I am actually really pleasantly surprised with how much enjoyment I've got out of playing this game. There are a lot of game mode types in which to enjoy different play styles. Unlocking characters is fun though at times a little tedious - I wish they had more variety of packs for non-rare to super rare characters or included some consumables in the highest priced pack with the character pieces.
The game modes are as follows:
Garden ops/zombie ops - you can play both factions coop with 4 players
Story quests - both factions
Infinity mode - end fun mode with large animal robots and gnomes.
PVP - with many different game modes
Endless waves at the flag of power. - this mode would be more fun if there was higher multipliers and more coins for this game type so that you could level your characters with friends a little easier while not sinking way too many hours into the game. People said during the beta the multipliers remained from normal quests which I wish were still the case or at least 1x exp and normal money.
Garden ops/zombie ops - you can play both factions coop with 4 players
Story quests - both factions
Infinity mode - end fun mode with large animal robots and gnomes.
PVP - with many different game modes
Endless waves at the flag of power. - this mode would be more fun if there was higher multipliers and more coins for this game type so that you could level your characters with friends a little easier while not sinking way too many hours into the game. People said during the beta the multipliers remained from normal quests which I wish were still the case or at least 1x exp and normal money.
So far I have been getting more enjoyment out of the playability of this game than FarCry Primal. Farcry is a bit more repetitive and doesn't have split screen for my wife and I to enjoy together.
The split screen is a little too limited though. Why can't we play online with other people or do quests together?
Overall I would give it 5 stars because it is a great fun game with lots of options for fun game types with friends of all ages.
My Best Buy number: 2658300969
I would recommend this to a friend!
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SynopsisOne of the most enjoyed games of 2009, the original role-playing shooter and all its heralded add-on content are now available in one definitive collection. Expanding and enriching the critically acclaimed RPS experience of Borderlands, the diverse and explosive downloadable add-on content packs, The Zombie Island of Dr. Ned, Mad Moxxi's Underdome Riot, The Secret Armory of General Knoxx and Claptrap's New Robot Revolution, offer loads of new enemy types, new missions, new game modes, new achievements and new...surprises.
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5
A fun addictive game
on November 10, 2010
Posted by: CrypticBlade07
from Jonesborough, TN
I love that you can coop on the same box and that your single player toon can be used for multiplayer too. The game is fast paced and if your a fan of RPGs and FPSs you won't be dissapointed.
What's great about it: You can respec for a modest price if you don't like what you did to begin with and it's just plain fun.
What's not so great: None that I know
I would recommend this to a friend!
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The Gear S3 has the esthetics of a truly premium watch with advanced features built right into the watch design. That's why it's so easy and effortless to use the Gear S3. It's also built for you to go days without needing your phone or to recharge. You get to feel free with the Gear S3.
Overall5 out of 5
5 out of 5Worthy Upgrade
By DGraham79
For reference purposes, I have owned the following watches: Sony SmartWatch 3, Moto 360 (2n gen), Huawei Watch, Gear S2, and now the Gear S3 Frontier LTE.
I find that Samsung S2/3 is lightyears better than Android Wear when it comes to usability. Using the Gear watches feels natural and simpler to use. But I'm not here to write about Android Wear vs Samsung Tizen.
Now for the Gear S2 vs the S3. I had the S2 classic (non LTE). I loved every bit of it for notifications, information, and usability, but moving to the S3 was leaps and bounds better.
The isn't directly apples to apples comparison since I am using LTE version now, but here are my key differences that I find better. The battery life is the biggest benefit. The S2 classic would last me 2.5 days. That is nice, but to get a full 3 days, I would have to turn it off at night. Since I would just shut it off, I didn't wear it and so I ended up charging it every night. I didn't have to worry about forgetting to charge it every night but I couldn't go leave on a long weekend without it shutting down before I got back home. By the way, the S2 is pointless to wear at night anyways so this wasn't a big deal unless you would want to use the alarm which would vibrate the S2.
The S3 Frontier with LTE has a larger battery, but the difference is stark.
I have had the watch for a week as of today. After 40 hours of use my watch right now is at 60% left. This is with it remaining on over night in Do Not Disturb mode. This would equate to about 4 days of continuous use, and possibly 6 days with shutting it off overnight. I haven't test that yet since the S3 has a sleep mode that lets me know how well I sleep. (Something the S2 didn't do) I have LTE and Bluetooth on, with WIFi off. GPS and NFC is also on.
I have had the watch for a week as of today. After 40 hours of use my watch right now is at 60% left. This is with it remaining on over night in Do Not Disturb mode. This would equate to about 4 days of continuous use, and possibly 6 days with shutting it off overnight. I haven't test that yet since the S3 has a sleep mode that lets me know how well I sleep. (Something the S2 didn't do) I have LTE and Bluetooth on, with WIFi off. GPS and NFC is also on.
Next big different is the size of the watch. It is larger, but I like it better. I am not a huge guy but I am 6' tall, 240lbs. The look and feel is better in my opinion and is similar sized so many Android Wear watches. The usability for me for typing on the screen is easier, plus the larger watch allows for a larger battery.
It appears that the S3 LTE has a newer version of Tizen. Since the internal hardware is nearly identical to the S2, I was surprised to see that some newer features were on the S3 software but not the S2.
I actually use Samsung pay, but find that many terminals I shop at still lack NFC. Thankfully the new S3 also supports the MST use of Samsung pay. I love being able to use just my watch when I need to run out to the store real quick and not worry about having my wallet on me. Plus the speed is so much faster than using chip cards.
As for the S3 LTE vs S2 non LTE, I love the fact is has a speaker, calling, GPS for standalone navigation, better fitness tracking (flights of stairs, better HR monitoring, calorie burn, sleep tracking etc)
A few things I wish were different. I never use S Voice. I wish it used Google Now or Cortana, or had the options to use them. I have to install Android Wear to be able to reply to messages on SMS or Hangouts. I don't use the default messaging app. If I used the default messaging app, I wouldn't need Android Wear app installed for SMS, but I prefer Google's Messenger app, and I use Hangouts all the time which still needs the Wear app installed. Android Wear just being installed allows for replies to work. Don't need to ever open the Wear app, just have it installed, but why can't this be default? And when I receive a facebook message, I don't see what the message is, only that I got a message from person x or person y.
I wish there were more apps for the ecosystem. Every app that I use, I love better than any other implementation, but outside of watch faces, the app selection is still limited. The default apps and the ones that are available are more than enough for now, but I would love more.
I don't need to have this watch to replace my phone and wouldn't want it to, but a few more integrations would be welcome. But saying this, I don't feel like I'm being hindered by missing something.
One thing I can't wait to test it out Tasker for Gear. I never used it on the S2, but I am going to be setting it up for the S3 for automation. Setting up tasks on my phone for home automation, then setting up those actions on the S3 sounds too good to be true. Plus if I can get Tasker to work with a few other things, it would be awesome!!
I'll add more when I have more but right now, the S3 Frontier has been amazing.
CrypticBlade07
Jonesborough, TN
Question about android wear installation
November 28, 2016
How did you install android wear? I had to go to the default messenger app to reply to texts which is annoying since i use hangouts primarily. I looked on the gear store (I think) and couldn't figure out how to find android wear. Did you go through your play store and that transfer over or what? And once you got it, if you did it on your phone did you have to sync your watch to the app or anything?
As far as 6 days lifetime, do you use always on watch faces? Did you change your brightness or amount of time on from the default of 15 seconds?
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