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The Jackbox Party Pack 8
Plan your next game night! Jackbox Games is back with 5 hilarious new party games including Drawful Animate, Job Job, The Poll Mine, Weapons Drawn, and the Wheel of Enormous Proportions. No extra controllers needed—players use their phones or tablets to play along! Got a bigger group? Play with up to 10 players and up to 10,000 audience members.
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- Released
- October 13, 2021
- Developer
- Jackbox Games
- Genres
- Indie
- Publisher
- Jackbox Games
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The Jackbox Party Pack 8 Reviews
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Even beyond the games themselves, it should be noted that The Jackbox Party Pack 8 still has its great accessibility features for people playing remotely or playing on Twitch. However, I want to note that for the first time, settings can actually be accessed mid-game. While that doesn't sound like a big deal, it's a godsend to be able to access certain options, like subtitles and timers, in the middle of a game instead of having to start over. That'll be the last time I have to back out of a game where I'm already winning.
Overall I really like The Jackbox Party Pack 8. I've been enjoying messing around with it with my friends and will definitely keep delving into Job Job, Drawful Animate, and Weapons Drawn. On the other hand, I find the trivia games to be a bit dull, and I think The Poll Mine has a short shelf life, at least when it comes down to how I like to play games.
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Party Pack 8 is varied, accessible and fun. It might not be the best compendium in the series, but the likes of Job Job, Drawful Animate and Poll Mine will ensure that it’s high in your consideration for a night of party games.
Much like annual sports games and competitive multiplayer shooters, The Jackbox Party Pack has become a dependable yearly release – ready to provide accessible entertainment and player-driven shenanigans for the eighth year in a row. The Jackbox Party Pack 8 has now been released and with it comes 5 irreverent party games playable via phone, tablet or PC. So what goodies can be found within this year’s box?
Jackbox Party Pack 8 brings a fresh slate of games that can liven up any party. The voice acting is as high quality as it’s ever been in both humor and characters but at the end of the day, I found myself wanting to go back to Jackbox Party Pack 3, 4, or 5 again. There are new twists on the drawing and quiz formula, but I doubt their staying power overall. These devs have a history of making high quality fun games so if you are a completionist or are new to the series, I would recommend it, just not over many of the older ones. Jackbox is like pizza, even when bad it’s still pretty good.
Back in 2014, I had no idea that The Jackbox Party Pack would be an annual thing and now that it is, here's the eighth installment.
A quick and low-stakes game, Job Job works so well because of the limit it places on resources. Players only have a small collection of words to choose from, meaning the response doesn't always have to answer the question well, it can just say something funny. The ability to select words from players' responses and the question on the interface itself gives Job Job the feel of almost breaking the fourth wall, encouraging players to use the structures of the game itself to play the game. The ...