When comparing Halo: The Master Chief Collection vs Plants vs Zombies: Garden Warfare, the Slant community recommends Plants vs Zombies: Garden Warfare for most people. In the question“What are the best online multiplayer Xbox One games?” Plants vs Zombies: Garden Warfare is ranked 16th while Halo: The Master Chief Collection is ranked 26th. The most important reason people chose Plants vs Zombies: Garden Warfare is:
The majority of the multiplayer modes (of which there are three) are played out in your average third-person shooter fair. Team deathmatch and an attack and defend mode are those such modes. The third mode is more an interesting combination of third-person shooting and tower-defense. In this mode, you (and up to three friends) are tasked with building and protecting a garden from ever increasing hordes of zombies.
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Pros
Pro Every game other than Halo 2 runs at 1080p and 60fps
Three of the four games have 1080p upgrades to them, which is great for those that want to revisit the franchise or who are new to it, to be able to have better clarity and visuals.
Pro Local split screen on all 4 titles
The whole game allows for local split screen multiplayer, something that is a bit of a lost feature nowadays with online play. This makes for a great party game as many users can trade off on controllers per match on one TV.
Pro Fun mix of tower defense and third person shooter
The majority of the multiplayer modes (of which there are three) are played out in your average third-person shooter fair. Team deathmatch and an attack and defend mode are those such modes. The third mode is more an interesting combination of third-person shooting and tower-defense. In this mode, you (and up to three friends) are tasked with building and protecting a garden from ever increasing hordes of zombies.
Pro Has local multiplayer splitscreen
PvZ:GW allows for splitscreen local multiplayer for those that wish to play at home with friends or family on one screen.
Pro Solid display as it plays at 1080p and 60fps
The game never stutters, there isn't any lag to speak of. This bodes well for a multiplayer title.
Cons
Con Halo 2 does not run at 1080p
While the rest of the games in the collection run in 1080p, Halo 2 does not as it runs at 1328 by 1080.
Con Limited splitscreen
Playing locally in splitscreen mode is limited to only one section of the game. The other two multiplayer modes available for online multiplayer do not work.