Gargs became far less threatening in PvZ2 and their death animations are a testament to that.
Remember their dying animation in PvZ1? They didn't lose their heads like any other zombie, but they rather let out a dying roar alongside a thunderous thud when they hit the ground. Those noises made the feeling of defeating the big brute actually existent and very satisfying.
In PvZ2 they just lose their head like any other zombie.

A big thing about Gargantuars in PvZ2 is how many tools you have in PvZ2, but the Gargantuars don't really adapt to these tools or have any way to work around them and so they just become another normal zombie.

I’ve always thought that gargantuars in PVZ2 should serve as mechanic triggers, like if you kill one in ancient Egypt a sandstorm occurs, or if you kill one in big wave beach it triggers a tide, and if there’s a tide already going on it fades away but your ground space gets reduced by one column on the next tide, or if a pianist on Wild West plays his piano while there’s a gargantuar on the field he is easier to deal with since he’s distracted, but if you kill the pianist it gets enraged.

Changes like this can make gargantuars more meaningful and killing them would actually take some thought, in my opinion this is better than just inflating their stats.

The main thing that downgraded Gargantuar in PvZ2 was the existence of cheap stalls. For very little cost, you could easily counter the big brute which really stopped Gargantuar from being anything more than an inconvenience at best. It nerfed the power level of these big boys so badly that no one these days takes a Garg seriously. How the mighty have fallen.

0:35 Actually, in PvZ2, gargs are more common than pond water for a very simple reason: Gargs exist in PvZ2, pond water does not.

I loved the OG Garg, they were super beefy and their animations showed their sheer weight and power behind their walk. Their death animations were extremely unique. New Garg’s move too fast and the Imps aren’t threatening, the PVZ1 Imp sounds were TERRIFYING to me as a kid

Also RIP the Giga-Garg, you deserved better

I remember that feeling when I played pvz blind. The first time I encountered  a Gargantuar I was shocked. I was like “YO WHAT IS THAT?!” Even without fighting it I knew just by the looks that this is gonna be different.

I went with my old strat: Squash any new zombies I encounter, and then read them up in the Almanac. Needless to say it shook me to the core when I realised one squash wasn’t enough, plus it threw an imp into my defences.

That was scary, panic-inducing, and one of the best gaming experiences I have had.

For me, Gargantuar in PvZ 2 is fine even tho they are used commonly now. What I find sad is how they didn't give unique mechanics for every world. Wild West Gargantuar has a BURNING STEEL as a hammer. Imagine if everytime he smashes a plant, you cannot plant there for a certain time due to the heat? Or have the Lost City Gargantuar's hammer have the torch lit up and function like a bigger Torch Zombie.

For the minibosses part, Gargantuar is just too common for that. They had their moment in PvZ, so a new, equally terrifying zombies should replace it. A new threat each world (like the Cleopatra one) would make things fresh each world than just bigger zombie with hammer.

I agree, the imposing treath became a common enemy.

Also, fun fact: he is called Zombiestein in the Spanish version.

from what I remember, only three Gargantuars actually have unique mechanics.
-The Ice Age one has three imps
-The Far Future one has laser eyes
-The Roman one launches a net that disables a plant.

I’m sure gargantuar has a great personality underneath the zombieness

Anyone else miss when the Gargs would have a street sign or another zombie in the first game, when in the second game they just have the telephone poll

Potential Change for each Garg:

Mummified Garg: If defeated before it reaches column 6, a Pharaoh zombie will spawn from the sarcophagus it drops upon death

Pirate Garg: If falls backwards upon death, firing its cannon again, sending a swarm of Swabbies to attack (similar to when an Imp Cannon self destructs)

Rodeo Garg: Dances like other Cowboy Zombies when Zombie Pianist is playing its music

Gargantuar Prime: No changes needed

Executioner Garg: Throws a large stone slab at Column 3 instead of an Imp Monk, if there’s a plant there, it’s immediately killed, if there’s no plant there, it spawns a Gravestone instead

Deep Sea Garg: While in the water it can create small waves when smashing its driftwood, the waves can knock zombies up an additional tile, waves will stop at the shoreline, and won’t send zombies further if they’re already on the shoreline

Sloth Garg: Gains the ability to throw its Yeti Imps in lanes adjacent to it, instead of all 3 being thrown in its lane

Porter Garg: Creates a smoldering crater upon smashing a plant, crater disappears after 3 seconds

Jurassic Garg: Immune to the Stun and Stall effects (can still be effected by chill, freeze and knockback)

In PvZ 2, Gargantuars are spammed like goddam regular enemies!

In PVZ1 Gargantuas are a bit too sparse in the main storyline, while in PVZ2 they are too common. The middle ground would've been nice.

I know you're probably not too familiar, but the Chinese version actually gets fairly interesting with its Gargantuars, most notably the 3 variants from Kongfu world and Fairytale Forest, with the hilariously overpowered Guardgantuar, who has some weird weaknesses.

From my experience, the only times Gargantuars have been a genuine threat were the "Mini-Boss" stages that were usually the midway point of each world. Due to the limited selection of plants given to you by the conveyor belt, Gargs are harder to stall than they would be in literally any other level, hence raising the urgency to kill them. Modern Day - Day 16 is the biggest offender of the bunch, since it features EVERY SINGLE GARGANTUAR IN THE GAME (Except for the Dark Ages Garg for reasons unknown), and the plants you are given get worse and worse as the level progresses, making dealing with them even more stressful. Otherwise, yeah, Gargs are jokes.

I wonder, how much more threatening would Gargs be if they could just... trample straight over small plants without stopping. Like, they would only stop to smash larger plants, but instas and any plant deemed 'small' (like, puffs and sunshrooms) just get trampled with those size 50 stompers without stopping.
I imagine that alone would make them much harder to deal with as you have a lot fewer ways to slow them down.

1:12 i agree. pvz 1 the gargs were special and scary. in pvz 2 they are so much more common and you have so many plants that can destroy them

PvZ 1 gargs were the thing you could panic over
You see a garg in pvz1 a reaction could be
"OH GOD, ALERT ALERT ALERT"
Or after long time of playing it's mostly
"How to deal with you while the rest is here"

In pvz2 it's mostly

How do I humiliate him