As a die-hard fan of the original Exploding Kittens app, which has given me hours of great pleasure over the years, I have long looked forward to new updates. I had thought this would come in the form of a new pack, but when I saw there was a new Exploding Kittens game, I was very excited.Having installed the app, and played one game - I was very quickly and intensely disappointed. Firstly, the game tries to mimic the real card-playing experience - which I feel strongly is a mistake. The beauty of the first app is that it runs smoothly, beautifully, the gameplay is fast, the music adds tension, and the sound effects are fantastic.In Exploding Kittens 2, it is a real sludge to get through a game. Every single action is slowed down by an unnecessary and unpleasant looking animation. It is like the game has moved backwards, not forwards. The board looks messy, the cards are not nearly as clean and fresh looking, and it's plainly just not very fun. The music does not fit the world. Everything feels cheaper, and more infantile.I write this as a true fan of the original app, and was willing to pay £4.99 immediately. I would strongly suggest developers go back to the drawing board - and creating a new version of the game that is not a reinvention of the wheel, but that adds new elements of chaos, packs, surprise and fun to the original. It's not about recreating the card game, which in all honesty is not nearly as fun as the first app, but in using the benefits of an app to make something that enhances the experience, and gives you what cards can't.