With so many (six) games to choose from, I wanted to break them down from top to bottom. Behold, my ranking of the Jackbox Party Pack games in some particular order:
1. Jackbox Party Pack
Well, it makes sense to kick it off with the first one. And with that, I'll highlight the first iteration of the drawing game, Drawful. You don’t need to be the Leonardo DaVinci of finger doodling, but you do need to interpret various outlandish phrases the best you can. From there, the other players try to figure out the phrase for what was drawn. It’s sorta like that game Telephone played in schools; except in this case, you not only get points for guessing the original phrase, but you may get bonus points for being THAT SILLY GUY.
Leonardo is judging your mobile phone penis drawing skills.
2. Jackbox Party Pack 2
In this definitive ranking, I'm keeping it short and sweet so you don’t get a neck strain. I'll let Quiplash XL, one of the featured games in Jackbox Party Pack 2 do that. In Quiplash XL, players are given different prompts where you attempt to provide the cleverest response. Then, players vote for their favorite response for each prompt. Example prompt: “The worst song when stripping for a lover.” So, go forth and quip. I’ll just be playing Chopin’s “Funeral March” for...reasons over here.
3. Jackbox Party Pack 3
They say three’s a charm, and the Jackbox Party Pack 3 is the third game in the series, which features Trivia Murder Party, a game hosted by a crazed murderer with a passion for trivia. Answer questions correctly or face the Killing Floor, where you and other players fight to survive various mini-games. The last living player—and all the players’ ghosts, of course—then attempt to escape from the madman’s wrath by answering quick-fire trivia. Virtual murder and trivia—name a more iconic duo.
4. Jackbox Party Pack 4
Four scores and three games ago, there was not a fourth pack, but here we are now. The fourth game in the series includes Fibbage 3, which transports players to the groovy atmosphere of the 70s, a time when fibbing was a part of daily life in the White House. In Fibbage, your goal is to trick your friends into believing an absurd fact about a single piece of trivia. For example, William Shatner raised $25,000 for Habitat for Humanity by selling his ______. I’m gonna go with a single kidney stone for that one. Two Shatner stones would have been much higher
5. Jackbox Party Pack 5
Considered the fifth game in the series, the Jackbox Party Pack 5 contains one of the OGs: You Don’t Know Jack. For the uninitiated, this irreverent trivia show is hosted by Cookie Masterson with snark aplenty. Classics are classic for a reason, and the Jackbox team added some updates and surprises to keep things spicy. And if anyone knows spicy, it’s definitely Midwestern game developers.
6. Jackbox Party Pack 6
Ah, you’ve reached the end of the list, where the sixth party pack resides. JPP6 includes the new game, Push the Button, which will test the trust among you and your friends. Think Secret Hitler with aliens and a series of lie-detecting tests, and if Hitler was your friend who said some really out-of-character stuff for…Alien Hitler. It also includes another new favorite, Dictionarium, the game that you may have trouble pronouncing after the first syllable. (I learned you really need to commit after the first syllable.)
Well, that’s it. That’s my list. You may have noticed that Jackbox Party Pack 7 didn’t rank, but check back soon when a new version of this list will inevitably have to be completely reworked thanks to its release. (And/or I just haven't updated the article since I have not played 7 yet.)
No comments:
Post a Comment