Plants vs. Zombies: Battle for Neighborville
Developers | |
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PopCap Games | |
Publishers | |
Electronic Arts | |
Engines | |
Frostbite 3[Note 1] | |
Release dates | |
Windows | October 18, 2019 |
Reception | |
Metacritic | 77 |
OpenCritic | 75 |
IGDB | 71 |
Taxonomy | |
Monetization | One-time game purchase, Subscription gaming service |
Microtransactions | Currency |
Modes | Multiplayer |
Series | Plants vs. Zombies |
Plants vs. Zombies | |
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Plants vs. Zombies | 2009 |
Plants vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare | 2014 |
Plants vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare 2 | 2016 |
Plants vs. Zombies: Battle for Neighborville | 2019 |
Warnings
- This game requires a constant internet connection for all game modes.
General information
Availability
Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
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Retail | ||||
Microsoft Store | Deluxe Edition. Included exclusively with Xbox Game Pass for PC as part of its version of EA Play. | |||
Origin | Included with EA Play.[1] Manual link for EA App purchase. |
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Steam | Deluxe Edition. Included with EA Play (Steam). | |||
Humble Store (unavailable) | Region locked in Latin America. |
- All versions require Easy Anti-Cheat, Origin DRM and a constant internet connection for all game modes.
Key points
- The PC version on "Ultra" graphics has more detail compared to all other versions of the game, in addition to not using too much storage compared to Xbox One/PlayStation 4.
- The PC version is based on the Xbox One/PlayStation 4 versions, which do not have offline mode and always require an internet connection to play, unlike the Nintendo Switch version. Additionally, it does not have the other improvements of the Nintendo Switch version, such as the removal of the game’s monetization
[1] - On certain systems, it is possible that Direct3D 12 may offer worse performance compared to Direct3D 11. Despite having a notice that optimization for Direct3D 12 will be improved in the future, the game no longer receives updates.
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Monetization
Type | Notes |
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One-time game purchase | The game requires an upfront purchase to access. |
Subscription | Available via EA Play, And EA Play Pro |
DLC and expansion packs
Name | Notes | |
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Deluxe Upgrade | Included with EA Play. | |
Plants vs. Zombies: Battle for Neighborville™ Season’s Eatingz Upgrade | The "Season’s Eatingz" update includes the following content:
1: Super Rare Wrapping Corn Costume for Kernel Corn. 2: Super Rare Downhill-Jingle Slide Costume for Electric Slide. 3: Festive Victory Slab. 4: Festive Punchers. |
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Plants vs. Zombies: Battle for Neighborville™ – Star-Studded Pack | Includes 1000 Rainbow Stars and 10 Prize Bulbs. you can Use for customizations from prize maps, and for purchasing Cosmetics and legendary upgrade from the in-game store. |
Version differences
- The Deluxe Edition includes the base game, exclusive legendary costumes for "Peashooter" and "80s Action Hero", an exclusive digital comic, and 5 exclusive emojis. Through this link, you can access the comic if you purchased the deluxe version.
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Microtransactions
Type | Notes |
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Boost | Rainbow Stars can be purchased with real money, which in turn allows the purchase of Prize Bulbs. These Prize Bulbs enable the completion of the prize map. Prize Bulbs can also be earned without spending money by playing the game and earning 4,000 XP to get a Prize Bulb. Additionally, they can be obtained by completing the "DAILY CHALLENGE", two challenges in which a certain amount of prize bundles are earned every day. These challenges require the completion of specific activities such as playing a certain mode. The last way to earn them without spending money is by completing specific challenges/Character Challenges with a specific character each month. For example, "earning 5,000 XP with Peashooter". Each week, a key is obtained which allows you to choose from 4 characters. Upon selecting a character, a list of 5 challenges is provided which can only be completed with the selected character. Completing these challenges earns 10 Prize Bulbs per character. |
Cosmetic | Rux’s shop sells exclusive skins for the store, the majority of which can only be obtained with Rainbow Stars. These include Cosmetics, Emotes, Gestures, and Item Sets. Some skins can be purchased with in-game currency. |
Currency | Rainbow Stars: Can be earned by completing weekly challenges, with up to 60 Rainbow Stars available each week. Additional Rainbow Stars can be found on the prize maps. Rainbow Stars can be used to purchase Prize Bulbs, cosmetics, or legendary upgrades for specific characters from the RUX's shop. However, Prize Bulbs can only be purchased directly from the prize map. Rainbow Stars can be purchased, ranging from 500 stars for $4.49 to 10,000 stars for $67.49.
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Time-limited | Through the Prize Maps, there are 42 or 43 items each month that can be obtained. With a total of 12 that rotate each month. Customizations and Rainbow Stars can be obtained from these maps, however, the majority of cosmetics, gestures, emotes, item sets, etc. can only be obtained through the prize map. The progress is saved whether you were able to complete it or not at 100 percent [4]. [5] Also, through character challenges, if all challenges are completed with all characters, a themed hat that all characters can use can be obtained each month (12 hats in total, 2 exclusive hat for "Kernel Corn" and "Scientist"} Note: The hats cannot be purchased with real money, they can only be obtained through character challenges. The Founders Edition, which was only sold for a few time and was a pre-launch of the game, included 5 rewards that could only be obtained during that month, which are as follows: 1: Fire Defender, 1st week reward. 2: Ultimate Champ Star, Founders Edition 2nd week reward. 3: Dave Bubbles Victory Slab, Founders Edition 3rd week reward. 4: Pea of Valiance, Founders Edition 4th week reward. 5: Unicorn Stuffy, Available from Rux as a launch day gift from October 18, 2019 to November 1, 2019.[6] |
Unlock | There are unique upgrades for certain characters that change their main weapon, which are called Legendary Upgrades. They can be purchased from the RUX's shop using Rainbow Stars, or in certain specific months, the upgrades can be obtained through the prize map by first getting the skin that costs 20 prize bundles and then obtaining the legendary upgrade at the end of the map that costs 0 prize orbs. there 4 in total:
1: Kernel Corn gets "Shogun Corn" which can be obtained through the prize map in the month of February. 2: Rose gets "Thron Apart" which can be obtained through the prize map in the month of April. 3: Scientist gets "Steam Blaster" which can be obtained through the prize map in the month of May. 4: SuperBrainz gets "Brainium Basher 9001" which can be obtained through the prize map in the month of July. |
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
System | Location |
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Windows | %USERPROFILE%\Documents\PVZ Battle for Neighborville\settings |
Microsoft Store | |
Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/1262240/pfx/[Note 2] |
Save game data location
System | Location |
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Windows | %USERPROFILE%\Documents\PVZ Battle for Neighborville\settings |
Microsoft Store | |
Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/1262240/pfx/[Note 2] |
Save game cloud syncing
System | Native | Notes |
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Origin | ||
OneDrive | Requires enabling backup of the Documents folder in OneDrive on all computers. | |
Steam Cloud | ||
Xbox Cloud |
Video
Graphics feature | State | Notes | |
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Widescreen resolution | |||
Multi-monitor | |||
Ultra-widescreen | |||
4K Ultra HD | |||
Field of view (FOV) | 70 by default. See Field of view (FOV) | ||
Windowed | |||
Borderless fullscreen windowed | |||
Anisotropic filtering (AF) | Labeled Texture Filtering. | ||
Anti-aliasing (AA) | |||
High-fidelity upscaling | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
Vertical sync (Vsync) | |||
60 FPS and 120+ FPS | |||
High dynamic range display (HDR) | See the glossary page for potential alternatives. | ||
Ray tracing (RT) | |||
Color blind mode | Has the following color blind througout "Settings" - "ACCESSIBILITY"
1: Protanopia - Red Weak 2: Deuteranopia - Green Weak 3: Tritanopia - Blue Weak |
Field of view (FOV)
Change FOV[citation needed] |
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Improve graphics
Increasing ingame renderscale[citation needed] |
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Input
Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
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Remapping | ||
Mouse acceleration | ||
Mouse sensitivity | ||
Mouse input in menus | ||
Mouse Y-axis inversion | ||
Controller | ||
Controller support | ||
Full controller support | ||
Controller remapping | ||
Controller sensitivity | ||
Controller Y-axis inversion |
Controller types |
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XInput-compatible controllers | ||
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Xbox button prompts | Generic A B X Y prompts. | |
Impulse Trigger vibration |
PlayStation controllers | ||
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PlayStation button prompts | ||
Light bar support | ||
Adaptive trigger support | ||
DualSense haptic feedback support | ||
Connection modes | Wireless (Bluetooth), Wired |
Generic/other controllers | ||
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Button prompts | Button prompts are generic and use the A, B, X, Y layout, similar to the Nintendo Switch Pro Controller. |
Additional information | ||
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Controller hotplugging | ||
Haptic feedback | Originally, it was only available in the hub world. There was no vibration in Ops or Multiplayer game modes. In the latest version of the game, Xinput controllers now have vibration in Multiplayer modes and Hub. | |
Digital movement supported | ||
Simultaneous controller+KB/M |
Audio
Audio feature | State | Notes |
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Separate volume controls | Master, Music and Voice Chat | |
Surround sound | Up to 7.0 surround | |
Subtitles | In-game dialogues are mumbling and always subtitled, the game’s intro music does not have subtitles. | |
Closed captions | Some dialogues have transcriptions of certain actions like "sniff", "gasp.” | |
Mute on focus lost | ||
Royalty free audio |
Localizations
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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English | The intro "Come On Down To Neighborville" is sung in English. | |||
Arabic | ||||
Simplified Chinese | ||||
Traditional Chinese | ||||
French | ||||
German | ||||
Italian | ||||
Japanese | ||||
Korean | ||||
Polish | ||||
Brazilian Portuguese | ||||
Russian | ||||
Spanish | ||||
Latin American Spanish | ||||
Dutch |
Network
Multiplayer types
Type | Native | Players | Notes | |
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Local play | ||||
LAN play | ||||
Online play | 24 | Versus, Co-op |
Issues fixed
Stuttering
Constant Stuttering Fix[Note 3] |
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Other information
API
Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
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Direct3D | 11, 12 | Is possible that Direct3D 12 may have some graphical errors compared to Direct3D 11. |
Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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Windows |
Middleware
Middleware | Notes | |
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Anti-cheat | Easy Anti-Cheat | [2] |
System requirements
Windows | ||
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Minimum | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | 10 | |
Processor (CPU) | Intel Core i3-3220 AMD FX-4350 |
Intel Core i5-3570 AMD FX-6100 |
System memory (RAM) | 4 GB | 8 GB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 15 GB | |
Video card (GPU) | Nvidia GeForce GT 640 AMD Radeon HD 7730 DirectX 11 compatible | Nvidia GeForce GTX 970 AMD Radeon R9 285 |
Other | Broadband Internet connection |
- A 64-bit operating system is required.
Notes
- ↑ Frostbite 3 version 2018.2 - Same as Need for Speed Heat
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:
- File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.
- Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
- The app ID (1262240) may differ in some cases.
- Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
- See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.
- ↑ Credits goes to Lego Boba Fett#2756 on PvZ: Battle for Neighborville Official Discord server.
References
- ↑ Plants vs. Zombies: Battle for Neighborville is in The Vault - last accessed on 2020-05-03
- ↑ Easy Anti-Cheat - last accessed on May 2023