Electronic Catch Phrase
by Hasbro
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Toys and Games Reviews of Electronic Catch Phrase
Customer Review: Electronic Version Pros and Cons vs. Older Version
Summary: 5 Stars
We first played the older, non-electronic version of this game with relatives, and we LOVED it! We liked it so much that we got one of our own, but since the older version has been discontinued, we bought the electronic one. PROS-the electronic version has 10K words, vs. the older one's cards with limited words. But there are more cons than pros. CONS:The electronic version has a scoring "bug" in it's system, that my husband (a software engineer) brought to the attn. of the company. The system adds 2 points to team 2's score, not one, if they get the point in the first round. HASBRO said they will get the bug fixed ASAP, but that doesn't fix OUR game. The buttons on the new version are also confusing when you are playing fast, since they are both exactly the same size and shape. Ergonomically, the old game is better, as you hit the edge of it to advance to the next word. The new game would have done better to keep that type of design. Still, overall it is a great, educational game for the entire family!Customer Review: A laugh a minute!
Summary: 5 Stars
This is the best game we own, by far! We love it. It's portable, it's hassle free, it's hysterical! The timer is both annoying AND the reason we laugh so hard - people are trying to get their teammates to guess what the word or phrase is and that timer is going crazy and the noise is increasing and the people are yelling... it's fun, fun, fun. I've read the reviews for this game and some people have mentioned you cannot clear the scores or start over... well they just didn't read the instructions - you CAN start the scoring over and reset the game by holding both score buttons down at the same time. The computer is easy to learn and easy to use, at any level of "computer literacy" and the rules are easy to follow. There are only 3! Of course the one thing we find starts a few heated discussions is how to interpret the rules and you'll find it necessary to have "house rules" to settle them as fairly as possible. It's an awesome game! Now we just wonder... what will we do if we use all 10,000 words?!Customer Review: More phrases, please!
Summary: 4 Stars
I wouldn't be asking for MORE if I didn't love this game and find it totally addictive. The speed, quick thinking, and competition make it fun for anyone...I have a group of friends in their 30s and 40s and we have a blast playing it over a few bottles of wine. The most fun part (to me) is watching different people's thought processes and interactions throughout the game. Superb. Hilarious!
That said, I wish they sold additional phrase cards, downloads, or something, or would at least come out with a "genus II" edition like Trivial Pursuit did when people started memorizing the answers to the first edition's questions. I would be perfectly happy buying an additional unit to get more phrases.
Also, the scoring, reset, and power buttons aren't intuitive for new users or people who have consumed a bottle of wine.
I hope the product engineers at Hasbro are reading this. Hey, that's what you get for creating a game that appeals to intelligent, inquisitive people!
Customer Review: Fun Party Game!
Summary: 4 Stars
Remember the old $100, 000 Pyramid game that still reruns on the Game Show network with Dick Clark? This game is sort of like that. There's no silly cardboard cards to fiddle around with, and it's fast paced and fun. You describe the various words that pop up on your screen without saying it to your fellow team member, and you should see the look on people's faces when they try to pinpoint the word. It's comical - and the shouting never stops. But unlike the old pyramid game, you can get a lot of people to join in on the fun, by dividing it up into two teams. There's a really loud beeping noise that accompanies the game - and it grows more intense minute by minute, until the device buzzes, and the person left holding the unit is the one who gets the 'raspberry' sound. (There's no volume control by the way, but if you're playing this with a lot of people, and there's tons of noise, you'll have a hard time even hearing the beeping)
Great party game, and good fun!
Customer Review: Quickly Becoming Classic
Summary: 5 Stars
Catch Phrase is easily my favorite party game (and we play a lot of games!). We have been playing this since the analog days and it never gets old; I have never heard anyone say "I don't want to play it AGAIN!"
If you like word games like Taboo, Outburst, or Password odds are you will enjoy Catch Phrase. It is fast paced, simple, low maintenance, can be played with large or small groups of people, and has a beeping timer (who doesn't love that?)
To be fair, there are drawbacks. This kind of game is not for people who fast-paced and stressful games (chessplayers and scrabblers need not apply-ok that's probably not fair). It is also not the greatest game for kids. Other drawbacks are you have to have an even number of players, if you play it enough you get familiar with some of the words (although it has taken us 3 years of frequent play to get to this point).
Fast paced and fun (teenage-adult) game!