quote:Cornelson's prose isn't going to impress anybody: it's full of comma splices and other errors, not to mention such howlers as "lust-filled orgasms" and a character screaming "LIONS!" into a telephone and then hanging up. Nevertheless, Cattus Atrox provides the most intense visceral experience of any game in this comp.
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So while the prose is less than masterful, the syntax for some required commands is often weird, and the ending is silly and over the top, Cattus Atrox gets high marks for grabbing me by the collar and yanking me out of detached-observer mode. This game stuck with me. Several games later I had to restrain myself from rushing into the Muse telegraph office and tapping out "LIONS!" on the telegraph.
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For some reason I expected this to be about the football team of the same name and their bid for the ignominious 0-16.
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