Honestly, it amazes me the talent and budget in this Jackbox Pack. It is almost certainly the best Pack yet, with quality in every single game. So, I will now rank all of the games.
5. Blather 'Round: Surprisingly, this Trivia game with eyes on the clock is the most relaxed game in this entire pack. While it's great fun, that's all it is - it does little in comparison to the rest of the games in this pack.
8/10
4. The Devils and The Details: A great, hectic cooperative game, with the brilliant twist that it actually isn't that cooperative. The mechanics of the game are perfectly made to balance out working together and working alone with selfish intentions, but unfortunately, the tasks aren't as fun as they could be - rather than quick-fire WarioWare games, they can feel very low-key like actual chores. They're still great though.
8.5/10
3. Quiplash 3: Hey, #3 for number 3! This is still Quiplash, and it's still a brilliantly fun and quippy time. The additions make it a great sequel, with gorgeous playdough animation and a fun, thought-prompting Thriplash for the final round. It's more or less the same thing, but that's good.
9/10
2. Champ'd Up: They really went all out on the music - it sounds like stadium music, but five times better! The game itself is a much improvement on TeeKo, with the fighter and underdog mechanic making the round quite close, with one opponent knowing the criteria and the other knowing how to follow up the other's drawing. There is a pesky glitch in the presentation of the drawings on the TV, so I hope they fix that.
9/10
1. Talking Points: This might just be my favourite Jackbox Game of all time. It's like Patently Stupid, but you have no idea what you're presenting, and that's actually way better. Even the audience has fun watching the presentations, and the assistant role is surprisingly fun as well. I actually looked forward to assisting the presenter by deciding on slides!
Unfortunately, this does have the glaring flaw of the points handed out by the awards at the end - this little, joke award basically wins the entire game, so I hope they patch that out.
10/10
Overall Score: 5/5. The perfect digital board game collection.
5. Blather 'Round: Surprisingly, this Trivia game with eyes on the clock is the most relaxed game in this entire pack. While it's great fun, that's all it is - it does little in comparison to the rest of the games in this pack.
8/10
4. The Devils and The Details: A great, hectic cooperative game, with the brilliant twist that it actually isn't that cooperative. The mechanics of the game are perfectly made to balance out working together and working alone with selfish intentions, but unfortunately, the tasks aren't as fun as they could be - rather than quick-fire WarioWare games, they can feel very low-key like actual chores. They're still great though.
8.5/10
3. Quiplash 3: Hey, #3 for number 3! This is still Quiplash, and it's still a brilliantly fun and quippy time. The additions make it a great sequel, with gorgeous playdough animation and a fun, thought-prompting Thriplash for the final round. It's more or less the same thing, but that's good.
9/10
2. Champ'd Up: They really went all out on the music - it sounds like stadium music, but five times better! The game itself is a much improvement on TeeKo, with the fighter and underdog mechanic making the round quite close, with one opponent knowing the criteria and the other knowing how to follow up the other's drawing. There is a pesky glitch in the presentation of the drawings on the TV, so I hope they fix that.
9/10
1. Talking Points: This might just be my favourite Jackbox Game of all time. It's like Patently Stupid, but you have no idea what you're presenting, and that's actually way better. Even the audience has fun watching the presentations, and the assistant role is surprisingly fun as well. I actually looked forward to assisting the presenter by deciding on slides!
Unfortunately, this does have the glaring flaw of the points handed out by the awards at the end - this little, joke award basically wins the entire game, so I hope they patch that out.
10/10
Overall Score: 5/5. The perfect digital board game collection.
Your_ResidentGuy
3 years ago