The Jackbox Party Pack 8 - Review

[@noah-ux2cz]

Silok being caught up with his Jackbox reviews feels surreal.

[@Kaleid0skull]

i think Weapons Draw could really do with a sequel, because a lot of things could easily be tweaked and fixed to make an overall great experience.

[@quarentman5100]

I completely agree, specifically with the whole prompt thing not needing to be that, I feel like that straight up breaks the game.

[@ballsucker89]

@@quarentman5100 i think it'd be cool if instead of just being given a prompt at random, everyone is told to answer a question and the answer they give will turn out to be someones weapon

[@pizus4823]

Good review! I pretty much agree with anything said here! Only thing I'd say is that I feel like the absurd Poll Mine questions are apart of the charm. It'd be way easier to guess your friends choices if the questions were *too* sensible imo, so making them absurd or weird is to force you to really think what people mightve chosen. This is especially noticeable with the zombie apocalypse one, if "Target" or "Home Depot" were options, then it'd be obvious what the clear answer would be. However, making the answers weird and hard to justify like "Bed Bath & Beyond" and "Hot Topic" forces you to really think why someone would justify one location over another

[@silokhawk]

Thanks! Regarding Poll Mine: You'd be surprised how much opinions differ when playing the game _(at least for games in online groups)._ For the question shown at 13:55 the #1 answer ended up being _"pretty cringe"_ which I didn't vote for at all; I can't even count how many final rounds I've done where the opposite team keeps choosing the same option over and over unaware that nearly everyone on the opposing team voted for it. If you play with a group of people that all share the same set of opinions, I can see how someone would want more obscure answers; But from my own past experiences, it just creates situations where everyone is in the dark continually guessing wrong doors.

[@mariosin3256]

I extremely agree. I think Poll Mine might be my favorite in the series

[@pizus4823]

@@silokhawk Yea that's fair! I guess it just really depends on how well you know your groups opinions. I didn't really consider that having more standardized and logical questions helps a lot more in online settings, that makes a lot of sense

[@stickoutrage]

Quick Note - I'm pretty sure that in Weapons Drawn, the chief investigator is the person that brought the victim of the murder you are investigating.

[@silokhawk]

That's likely correct. Add it to the list of things the game doesn't tell you lol

[@stickoutrage]

just watched some people play, game does tell you (tippet says something about how they brought the guest) but the mechanic is mostly useless anyway

[@silokhawk]

​@@stickoutragesomeone else in the comments is claiming that the investigator CAN be killer which would make the investigator random. I don't know what to believe anymore.

[@stickoutrage]

@@silokhawk I have the answer. During a murder, you physically CANNOT kill your own guest, therefore you cant be chief and the culprit.

[@RussGussDoodles]

@@silokhawkIn a 4 player game the chief investigator is chosen at random since there are less murders. In a 5+ player game the chief investigator is whoever invited the murdered guest, this helps narrow down the options. Also, Lord Tippet explains how the chief investigator was chosen during the first investigation every game.

[@PhoeniXXTalon]

another issue with weapons drawn that ive noticed is that im an artist so when i draw something that looks remotely decent everyone knows its me lmaooo

[@jonathanroth1723]

I've been fortunate enough to play Weapons Drawn with a group of people who actually tried to follow the prompts and behaved. It was really fun, but I can see how it would be trickier to do with less organized groups.

[@mjb20077]

Just To Call The Mistake Out, In Weapons Drawn Whoever’s Acomplice Dies Is Who Has The Magnifing Glass, Not A Random Player.

[@FirionLeFleur]

As a child who spent way too much time in Monopoly I actually knew $2580

[@larryabcde]

I built a own Monopoly and didnt know it

[@Markm8]

Wheel could be sick if it had normal points then the wheel gave bouns points from the wheel and doing better increases the chances that you get points and just have like 3 rounds also keep the tokens so at the end like the whole bord is filled and you can put all you tokens on one slice or spread out though out the game

[@phelp5379]

I feel like all the critiques from weapons drawn dissipate if you aren’t playing with people who bend the rules OR who don’t know the rules. For my friend group, we LOVE this game. we set boundaries and know all the little rules. Also since none of us are good at drawing, styles are not something that comes into play.

[@עמרירייכרט]

His problem is that it needs to be forced instead of the norm. Yes, if you set boundaries to your friends and if they know all the little rules and if they don't have a signature artstyle (whice even if people are bad at drawing they still have quirks to their darwing) then it could be fun but it's not the norm. In quiplash or job job you have incentive to stick to what you were told cause them you won't get points, in weapons it's quite litterly the opposite

[@MrSkerpentine]

Oh hell yeah I love The Job Job with 4 other games Collection!

[@QuantumCharger]

Here is a thought for weapons drawn. What if they had you write 3 weapons instead of two and your second weapon is made with a letter you share with another player. Then you switch weapons and have to choose the weapon you will use, or something where someone else draws your weapon for you. I actually really like Weapons Drawn, but looking at it again I see the flaws you mentioned. Good Video!

[@hubster3055]

Playing Poll Mine on your server has made it one of my favorite games in the series Also I swear I remember being in the game where we got the Zombie Apocalypse prompt

[@Last_Person]

Job job and weapons drawn are both my favorites from this pack, I’m not a big PTB fan and weapons scratches the social deduction for me in that spot. While I definitely see every flaw you mentioned, I still find the game loads of fun with my friend group. Especially with the mindset for accomplices being framing someone else for the accomplice (or just cracking a joke if I’m too tired to frame someone). Everything you said about job job I agree with, I love the broken English jokes you can make and oftentimes it’s easy to slide an inside joke in and it still be funny due to people remixing it. Loved the video, cant wait to see your review on 10 when it releases.

[@projoeiii]

17:18 I got that question. Totally ruined the game in the eyes of friends, but I still want to play again because I know it’s good. All I can think is you try to stereotype people from that place? Arrogant vs. humble? Rude vs. polite? Still a dumb question that really soured my friends towards Poll Mine.

[@lilbrojoe2]

Editing in this video was nice and engaging. Nicely done, SilokHawk.

[@Kizaco]

Weapons drawn is the best in my opinion. It might just be since me and my brothers picked it up quick and all have similar art styles, but it’s my favorite of the 8 games.

[@colin3ds1]

Im sorry but while the normal question of where you would make camp during a zombie apocalypse is entertaining in itself Making the stores unconventional is kind of funny Like you could make a case for the jewelry store since you could make use of the diamonds and gold And youll certainly have the most bedazzled knife of all the survivors

[@eShopbag]

finally, i have them all

[@eShopbag]

@@Alibium and then the next october…

[@shnx_4726]

I am so glad that there is someone else that loves poll mine, it is something that I will pull pack 8 out for if someone asks but it doesn't seem like people enjoy it that much. I hope that more people will give this more of a chance

[@CDSCRATCH10]

18:16 Bro the zombies are obviously on that sigma male grindset so they'd be terrified of the hello kitty merch found there

[@RoyalKingOliver]

I’m curious to see whether or not you’re gonna do a ranking or tier list of the JACKBOX games. And whether it would be the full party pack, or just individual games?

[@jedisalsohere]

He made a community post doing exactly that a while ago

[@GamerTowerDX]

I don't consider The Poll Mine to be my favorite Jackbox game, but is probably the one I'm the most *good* at, and I like being good so I'm always open for some rounds of it.

[@andersonluttrell6913]

Weapons drawn is un ironically in my top 5 Jackbox games. In the right group, it goes so hard and if I am playing with the right group, it is amazing

[@commercialchase8442]

We finally made it. Hyped for the games ranking you promised in party pack 1 and maybe a director’s cut of all the reviews, maybe called something like “I reviewed every party pack game”

[@einmensch2973]

I am allready excited for the party pack 10 review

[@ComicAuzi]

Wheel of Enormous Proportions: While it's still RNG, you can choose how fast you spin the wheel (don't go too slow or he will spin himself for you).

[@tealcorehedgehog2425]

I’ll be real, I have YET to play Weapons Drawn myself, I REALLY hope I can get to play out sometime.

[@Monokuma7878]

I don't know if anyone has said this yet but in Weapons Drawn the game will only give you letter of your username if many people have the same letter like in the Ex. You got a J and 2 other people have J in there username so if you are the only person with a Z the game will not give you a Z

[@TG03]

1:48 Oh hey there's my prompt! Anyways, I liked this review. Drawful Animate was quite fun too.

[@dana.d.4627]

27:30 I can confirm. I remember that in school, I learned cursive in 3rd or 4th grade. They stopped teaching cursive after my grade, however.

[@runawayspodiac2945]

That alone tells me we’re probably the same age lol

[@jedisalsohere]

Man. It's really over. Well, until 10 comes out.

[@TaleOfTheToaster]

Blimey... a herculean task comes to an end. You smashed it lad

[@HillelArt]

WE'RE FINALLY HERE

[@lrgogo1517]

Thank you for highlighting the Corgipede

[@michaelkindt3288]

@17:41-.-Taking a stab: Walmart is the obvious answer. GameStop is a great joke answer. Deseret industries is another good joke answer that can also be taken seriously. Lin's is always a good option for food. And then we have IKEA, nof sad.

[@funkymunky6647]

SilokHawk, I really love this review, and you finally did it! You reviewed all of the Jackbox Party Packs!! Also, I was quite curious about the name of the music used at 29:32 in some of your outros. It's extremely catchy.

[@nguyennhatanh5261]

I found it!!!!!!!! it's Friendly Talk - Persona Q2 New Cinema Labyrinth

[@ArshadZahid_nohandleideas]

Ah! Finally, the last one! It's been some good stuff 👍🏽

[@pmintertek]

Don't we have Jackbox 9? Edit: Okay, not yet

[@MisterJae_wastaken]

XD i just started watching your series today and i got jackbox thanks to you. Good timing got to see the full review

[@UltraPoyoColt]

Great review! I was there for this stream, and I didn’t get in, but it was a good time! I have this pack, and it’s not bad!! ❤

[@Aserl]

This series is never going to end is it

[@silokhawk]

This was the last one lol

[@Aserl]

@@silokhawk until the next one comes out lol

[@montelblair7273]

Jackbox is an annual series. Why would they randomly give up?

[@Aserl]

@@montelblair7273 exactly

[@NUISANCE_ANIMAL]

@@Aserlcould’ve sworn there was already a 9⁉️

[@scs998]

Ayo Poll Mine is my groups fav! We do that every time Jack Box is out

[@bboy2left]

Shoutout to Drawfee for getting over 300 audience members during their jackbox streams

[@CinnaBox]

Markiplier got around 8000 in his streams, and apparently there was a dream SMP stream where they played Jackbox and they got like 20,000 apparently

[@notveryniceatall]

Who cares?

[@ps2maneverything417]

@@CinnaBoxDid they raise the audience cap? I thought the limit was 10,000?

[@CinnaBox]

@@ps2maneverything417 I think it can go over 10,000 but it starts to break if it does

[@Nzcade]

I’ve been waiting for this and I didn’t believe you but it’s here

[@squeedles_1943]

IMMA REEEE FOR THIS NEWW JACKBOX REVEIWWW REEEEE

[@CheesyLizzy]

26:35 Hi past me Also great review 😄

[@joemint5666]

The complete collection, for now.

[@JDDimensions]

OMG FINALLY WE DID IT YALL AND JUST IN TIME FOR THE EPIC 10 YEAR ANNIVERSSARY! FINNALLY EVERY PACK HAS NOW BEEN REVIEWED!

[@thejackerer3684]

The chief investigator is the person who brought the victim

[@Yipper64]

ive never even played weapons drawn and I can see why.

[@KodasGarden]

bro I've only played Weapons Drawn twice because both times I was incredibly confused the entire game and didn't know what, was going on😂

[@TheOddMindofSamBo]

I think the hardest thing with pack 8 is the fact that it feels like Jackbox is dying as a party element. Sometime around 2022 I got a lot of people feeling apprehensive to do anything with it, and I think the novelty of these are wearing of for some people.

[@pikminman13]

i personally dont like poll mine but thats because i only ever play with small groups of 4-6 people at most. modes like that are better with more players, so when you only have a few players, it doesnt really work. thats why i like the high energy games, they function better with less players.

[@pyrothefireguy]

26:37 uh, yeah they can, WD is one of my groups favourite games so we play it a lot and there have been multiple cases where the killer was cheif investigator, wherever you got this info from is completely bullshit Good review tho, keep it up

[@silokhawk]

Someone else in the comments (in response to me saying the one with the magnify glass is random) is saying Tippet tells you the person with magnify glass is the person who brought the guest. So which one is it because it can't be both.

[@pyrothefireguy]

@@silokhawk Im just saying that In my experience there have been many instances where chief investigator was also the murderer, I’ve never heard tippet say that so I doubt its real Funnily enough, I have heard the “chief investigator is the one that brought the guest” thing once, and that was when my friend tried tricking the group that it wasn’t him because he was chief investigator and that means he brought the guest, we fell for it and later it was revealed that he was indeed the murderer, so idk

[@dombomb64]

That’s funny. I was just wondering if this existed earlier today, and when it got recommended to me, it said it was uploaded 17 minutes ago. Interesting. Edit: AND he says the exact packs I have at the end. This video feels really tailored to me.

[@maxdavidson3319]

Tbh I think quiplash 3's weakest thing is the final round too, thriplash often falls flat imo

[@romanhammack1895]

Most schools most likely don't teach cursive. Anymore, either that or most kids just don't like learning it. I'm one of them and I'm at home school. A home school pod specifically

[@CyberKirby]

No way. I'm in a SilokHawk video!

[@AntiAntiVaxxer2008]

ive been playing jackbod since 4 and this game is goated

[@superdude11235]

Thank you for teaching me what onion skin is

[@abrammayhem7388]

Tbh I don't really care that the wheel is mostly luck based since me and my friends would absolutely pop off over it (like really pop off I'm talking yelling at the top of their lungs) and that is a ton of fun to me

[@bruex2277]

I think weapons drawn could have focused on the idea of faking your art style It could be like a murderer faking their personality to seem more trustworthy

[@ahahhahahahaahahh]

The wheel saves it

[@Dewwy2]

I love Ryan Renolds but I hate Ryan Renolds

[@geoguessrplayer1]

My small streamer friend Shy Guy has the Poll Mine VS The World achievement iirc

[@criticaldel]

I forgot to comment on the reviews I’m in but, HOLY SHIT GARY! THERE I AM

[@andrewbrown1675]

Weapons drawn seems like they came up with this really cool concept, but then a bunch of problems kept appearing and they just decided to release it anyways. Sometimes a good idea just doesn’t pan out and you have to scrap it.

[@derpakis728]

My biggest problem with poll mine is that it's abysmal with low player counts

[@SwampwaterYT]

Wow, this video was really well put together and really made me appreciate games like Drawful Animate and Poll Mine a ton more than I did before! Edit: Also Weapons Drawn is even more broken and flawed than I thought it was. I already thought the game was unfair for certain players over others but I never even really thought about things such as naming your character a string of random letters or making annoying drawings that ruin the enjoyment you can get out of the game. It also makes me wonder if jackbox were aware of these issues during development and if they made efforts to help these issues.

[@mariosin3256]

Classic Dave move

[@henryapplebottom7231]

If only wheel had a wheel-less side mode.

[@theemeraldking3251]

I also really like the cake theme

[@mintyeye1203]

I’m gonna be honest with you guys. I was MassiveBalls

[@Yiron0]

22:54 uh...it literally does? The beginning instructions say "As a murderer, you also have a 'calling card', *a letter from your own name*, that you must include in your drawings." also I'd like to point out that you didn't mention the "accomplice" mechanic (maybe you were ignorant to that) but it's whatever I enjoy Weapons Drawn. It's actually one of my all-time favorites.

[@Tosett]

so true!

[@airconditionedstudios1011]

Really I just finished 7th grade and we had to learn cursive to pass reading (my teacher had you write everything in cursive for extra credit who wouldn’t take advantage of that)

[@Toejammer244]

Have you seen the new jackbox 10 trailers yet? And are you excited

[@Si1entEcho]

When’s the full tier list silok?

[@11clocky]

My group hated job job. You say it’s not too restrictive, but we found it exactly that. Most answers ended up being nonsensical bullshit.

[@FunkySpaceAlien]

Idunno if I got you confused with 2 Left Thumbs or what, but I *swear* you had a video about 8 at some point? Not that I'm complaining or anything, I love these videos. It's just I remember trying to find if you did 8 because I had a weird memory about specific points made about this pack, lol.

[@Firefighter_M]

Maybe you watched him stream the games?

[@macmonkeyhat]

Now that you've reviewed all the jackbox games are you going to rank each individual game?

[@silokhawk]

That's the plan! Although given 10 is right around the corner, I might wait to review that first.

[@givemewater114]

why am i always 30 minutes late specifically

[@TheApoke]

I was excited for weapons drawn because I love social deduction games. But I played it once with friends and no one wanted to play it again. The game is a sloppy mess and the letters on top really just ruins it. My friends always just drew scribbles and random shit on screen and it ruined the game

[@calliefromoctober]

ze final chapter

[@indigowulf]

13:00 "wrinkly old farts like me" a couple videos ago "who are dougie howser and beverly crusher??" no. just no. you're not old enough to know them, you don't get to call yourself a fart.

[@silokhawk]

You're taking this a little too literally lol

[@LinkyLove123]

20:33 HOLY SHIT IT'S ME XD I'm the robot :o

[@o____gdo0]

That's me as well, I was a clown. :0

[@exhaustednerd1522]

Weapons drawn sure is a game. I feel like it's in a similar boat to devils and the details where I really like the idea. But I've had a LOT of really shite rounds where the game cucked me because I got a bad letter to hide. Maybe if they let you choose your calling card it may have helped this issue but its still a very messy game overall

[@ЦыпелмаГомбоева-з7п]

10/10 for having the absolute BADDIE that is m. bubbles

[@lennoxtvthingy7408]

Yeah let’s go!

[@BluShiGuy]

Oh yeah

[@squeedles_1943]

YEEEEAAAAOOOOWWWWW

[@toadwiimote]

hello silok!

[@bunnie7187]

now review the party starter jk But great review! the wheel and job job are my top favorites in this pack but weapons drawn.. just no lol Any plans to review jackbox "clones" like use your words, what the dub, rifftrax etc? some of them have pretty ridiculous achievements as well

[@AbyssHeroine]

Dollarstore AntDude

[@silokhawk]

Sick burn!! 🔥 🔥 🔥 🤒🤯🥵😫🙊🙀

[@CinnaBox]

@@silokhawk Walmart Scott the Woz

[@PorkyMinch]

Can I have the link to the video about censored games please I want to watch it but can't find it

[@Isaax]

No Pikmin 4 demo video? Weird!

[@DuffyLONER64]

Of course I'm 8 days late to the Party Pack 8 video; KZbin, fix your stupid sh*t, I should have gotten notified about this over a week ago and not through my own search of SilokHawk's channel 😡 /lh /nm

[@SpeedBlazer99]

can you do a video on Sonic & Allstars Racing Transformed

[@PeacockLover127]

jackbox?! more like.

[@asdagigafo5661]

2:14 huge Noop moment