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Lee (2222 KP) rated Exploding Kittens in Tabletop Games

Aug 31, 2018

Exploding Kittens

2015 | Animals, Card Game, Comic Book / Strip, Humor

7.6

(55 Ratings)

Tabletop Game Rating

Fun Game

My daughter is in love with this bonkers game! Exploding Kittens is a russian roulette style game featuring amusing art from The Oatmeal. Simple to learn, but with some quirky little rules that I have to keep looking up again and again (usually when my daughter uses them on me to full effect!). It's one of those games that isn't that exciting at the beginning of a new game, but as you near the end of the pack and you know that the exploding kitten card is coming soon, the tension and enjoyment really grows. I'm not sure of the longevity of the game though, and that's the only downside to this really. There are expansion packs available, to enhance the gameplay and increase the potential number of players, which I'd be interested to try out some time.

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Otway93 (580 KP) rated the PlayStation version of Resident Evil in Video Games

Oct 21, 2019

Resident Evil

1996 | Action/Adventure, Horror

8.4

(12 Ratings)

Video Game Rating

Tension (1 more)

Storyline

Camera Angles (1 more)

Controls

Terrifying, tricky, and ever so slightly awkward.

Resident Evil is undoubtedly a horror gaming classic that has sparked 6 successful sequels and a huge number of just as successful spin-offs.

The stress and anxiety caused by this game is off the charts, with the classic soundtrack (little to no music), fixed camera angles and difficult to master controls.

The fixed camera angles make the game frightening, as you never literally never know what's around the next corner, or in some cases right in front of you.

The controls are difficult to master, very typical, but a nightmare when it comes to corners and turning, as it's very much, turn and then move unlike modern games. Plus, due to the camera angles, some of the controls tend to reverse and make it difficult to control.

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Otway93 (580 KP) rated Resident Evil Volume I: The Umbrella Conspiracy in Books

Oct 22, 2019

True to canon (2 more)

Detail

Nostalgic

Narration (0 more)

An excellent novelisation of a classic game.

I thoroughly enjoyed S.D. Perry's 1st volume of her seven book Resident Evil series.

The book not only stayed true to the original game, and managed to not miss a single detail, but somehow goes into more detail without inventing her own non-canonical parts of the story.

The book brings a great sense of nostalgia, a throwback to the day you first played the game, and the most nostalgic part is Barry's famous "Jill sandwich" line, that Perry keeps intact.

My only criticism is the narration, the way the reader actually reads the book. Sometimes characters appear to be breaking the fourth wall, answering to the author, distracting you from the tension the author has just created.

All in all a good read!