Seeking out a "repack" for an online-only shooter like Garden Warfare is generally a losing battle. You will likely spend hours downloading and troubleshooting a file that cannot connect to the servers required to actually play the game.
While not "free" forever, these services often offer a 1-month trial for $1. This gives you the full, official version of Garden Warfare 1, Garden Warfare 2, and Battle for Neighborville with active servers and no viruses.
A "repack" is a compressed version of a retail game, usually cracked to bypass Digital Rights Management (DRM) like Origin or EA Play. These are popular because they reduce file sizes for faster downloading. However, Garden Warfare is a unique case in the repack world for one major reason: The Problem with Cracked Repacks for Garden Warfare
During seasonal sales, Garden Warfare 2 often drops to under $5. This is a small price to pay for hundreds of hours of safe, online gameplay.
A "repack" or cracked version of the game cannot connect to official EA servers. Since the game has no traditional offline campaign (GW1 is 100% online), a pirated version will often leave you stuck at the title screen with a "Failed to Connect" error.
Sites offering "Gratuit" (free) downloads of paid EA games often bundle the installers with adware, miners, or trojans. Because you have to disable your antivirus to install most repacks, your PC is left vulnerable.
Unlike Plants vs. Zombies: Game of the Year Edition or PvZ 2 , which have offline modes,
Occasionally, EA offers "On the House" games or promotional weekends where you can add the game to your library for free. The Verdict on Repacks