The company has built a reputation for trivia games, starting from 1989 as Learn Television and later Jellyvision Games, Inc. Jackbox Games is known in the industry for its delightful casual games.
Tragically, there’s no return for the wonderful Blast Corps game from the second Jackbox Party Pack, and in fact, there’s nothing here whatsoever that one person can get stuck into on their own. Sadly, the game’s not as good as the background. From scribbling your name onto a “Hi My Name Is” badge to designing things for a mural in the town, this one can be interesting and is a welcome alternative from the other games in the package – which are all comparatively similar.īracketeering has a sick background. Lastly, Civic Doodle has you town-planning in the form of drawing. Audience votes come into play to decide progression this one’s better the more players you have on board. It’s all rather weird.Īn internet-esque presentation features in Survive the Internet (well, it would be weird if it was one of the other games, wouldn’t it?)īracketeering has a Virtual Boy-esque retro gaming feel – a 3D-looking isometric grid provides the background, but the main attraction here is a game formed around a bracketology which generates popularity contests, sometimes mixing things up by not showing you answers you’re competing against. Monster Seeking Monster is up next, and here you are taking part in what is basically an online dating game but one where you’ll need to come up with answers to try to impress a potential match – you’ll target the character you want to attempt to woo, and eventually you’ll end up pairing ghosts with humans. The ultimate formula is the same though – everyone submits their answers, and then the group each decide which answer made them laugh the most. Survive the Internet is the second main game, and again this has you taking cues before you can generate as funny an input as you like. A new subset of Fibbage, Enough About You has you guessing facts about your fellow players in a slight adjustment to the formula.Īgain, it’s going to be as funny/hard/dull as you’re prepared to make it. It’s all very easy to grasp, but not quite as easy to figure out the correct answers, as the general knowledge is very niche.
Then, all submitted answers will be added to the correct answer and one wrong answer created by the house – and then each player will need to choose the one they think is the correct one. Each player needs a phone, and you’ll enter incorrect answers with the aim of convincing the other players they’re genuine. Fibbage 3 opens us up – this one is unchanged, minus the content of the questions, of course, from the Fibbage offerings in the other Jackbox Games. So let’s rattle right into the games, which of course are the bread and butter of the package. Yes, they already had all of the content ready and waiting to use at their disposal, but something’s got to be said for how quickly Jackbox Games have managed to put together four Party Packs’ worth of contributions to the Switch eShop.