Exploding Kittens® 2 in IOS

★★★★★ App Store Editors’ Notes

★★★★★ Not as good as the original

I was so excited when I saw there was a new Exploding Kittens game available - I happily paid $5 and downloaded the game. Unfortunately, so far it’s only made me want to play the older version. The new animations are neat, but kind of sluggish even on my iPhone 15 Pro Max. The addition of Nope cards is fun, but the animation lag sometimes prevents you from actually using them. Also, if a player goes idle during a game, they get asked to answer if they are still there, but aren’t forced to make a move. This sometimes allows people to sit there not playing a move in hopes that others will give up and leave the game. Not fun. And the final thing that I find kind of annoying is the focus on additional micro transactions. I just bought the game for $5, it’s not really cool to ask me to pay $18 more to get an expansion now and two more sometime in the distant future. It’s weird that the expansions each cost more than the entire game itself, especially considering they only add a few additional cards. I’m not terribly impressed.

★★★★★ Not good because of one important thing

My sincere review When I create a room with my friends to play, I should be able to decide how many cards there can be in a deck to draw from. The game currently only let you draw from a deck of 15 cards even when you’re the host of the room, making the game really short and is not enjoyable to play with friends. In 2-3 minutes or sometimes even less, a match is done. I hope the game developers allow us to draw from a deck of at least 30 cards or how many cards we want to or in the best scenario, we can adjust what cards are in the deck when you’re the host of the room playing with friends. Thank you

★★★★★ Some good improvements but inferior to the original

I’ve never felt so compelled to write a review before. I bought the original game and expansion packs, and I was sad to see that they had decided to release this new version instead of focusing on improving the original. Is this a ploy to get users to make a new purchase rather than releasing free updates? My biggest complaint about the original was the lack of the option to pick more than 1 AI during single-player games. This has been fixed in this second edition. However, literally everything else about this new version is worse. The card graphics are much harder to read. This isn’t just because of the primacy effect and having a preference for the original. The graphics of the first edition were simplistic and easy to read, but this version is not. The animations are also much more elaborate, making gameplay slower and more tedious. The second edition also lacks the whimsy of the first. Please improve the original version instead. I would rather pay money for that.

★★★★★ Wanted to Like It

I love the original exploding kittens app and was super eager to buy its sequel! I was fond of all the emotes, characters, graphics, of the the OG game. The pace of the gameplay for the OG version was also workable for a quick game, a few with friends, or an hour or so if I got carried away. The new game loses the charm of the Exploding Kittens physical game and the app. The graphics and animation are more advanced, but they emphasize the grotesque aspects of the game which makes it hard to look at. The gameplay is faster, yet each action is punctuated by extra animation which makes an individual turn take longer. The characters don't look fun, and the classic emotes are all missing (no more spamming "lololol" or using the emotes as a social tactic) in lieu of five graphic emotes. In addition, you have to make an account through a third-party platform (Bubble) in order to play with strangers of friends. Overall, version 2 is a letdown. It does, however, include a way to view game queues. This means you're not waiting an unknown amount of time to play with the next available group or individual as with the previous app. Again, I really wanted to love this app because of my thorough enjoyment of the first app, but it only makes one improvement and loses the features of the original game that made favorable gameplay with charming graphics.

★★★★★ A Legendary Russian Roulette

Now let me just start by saying that I am a huge Exploding Kittens fan, I have 2 core games and 3 expansions to Exploding Kittens and I have a lot of their other games like Throw Throw Burrito and Why Are You Like This. So even if I’m probably bias, I still think it’s so fun, the cards are way more fun than the first mobile game plus the music makes it so fun and goofy. I also like how there is online so I’m able to go against anyone and that I can play with friends. I guess if I had to nitpick, it’s kinda sad that there are no expansion pack cards but that’s just a nitpick. Basically to make things clear I like this 3x more the the first mobile game

★★★★★ Bad controls

I love this game and bout it and the expansion pack when it was on sale. The game is very fun, animations are great, and I love how many card desks they are going to add in the future. The only issue that needs to be fixed is the co trolls. They need to be made clearer about how to play cat cards because I have lost multiple games by trying to play a two of a kind and it keeps showing me what it does. Then it makes me draw an exploding kitten and I lose. Fix this please and also if you can, make the tutorial able to be revisited, I thought the controls would be the same as the first game so I skipped it and I want to revisit it to figure out certain cards and controls thank you! ❤️

★★★★★ I wasted $5 ,negative stars if i could

We own the first exploding kittens . Fun game . No un necessary garbage . So i set this up (exploding kittens 2)on my sons account he is 12 . I am asked to verify this through my email . Ok all set right ? No ! This (card) game is requiring me to enter my social security number or ID ?? What the heck .. this is a card game . So im like , i will delete the game and reinstall the game and set it up for myself .. all set ? No again .. they keep identifiers on my tablet even though i deleted the game off my tablet .. so i cannot start the process new to set it up for me to skip the verify adult process . This is totally absurd to say the least . And get this , to play multiplayer they now force an account and now collect your info .. my goodness , this is just a CARD game . Delete and requesting a refund . No excuse for all of this !!!!