The Jackbox Party Pack 10 - Review

[@silokhawk]

Hello! Two things: 1. I had to re-upload this since I forgot to censor something (oops) 2. This review was written before the new year, so when I say stuff like "this year" just know it means "last year"

[@omegabrain230]

Your welcome for the reminder to censor excited to see what content this new year brings ya

[@____David]

Even after the every Jackboot game is released will you still review future packs?

[@TyrinOConnor-Cherrington]

It's okay, I understand.

[@Fishtenders]

Dodo Re Mi is honestly pioneering something that could be insanely useful for future games Having the option to join and leave mid-game, syncing players, allowing multiple play styles, there’s a LOT they can work with for future games

[@LinkyLove123]

Fun fact about the Bingo song from DodoReMi, it actually comes from the bingo question type in You Don't Know Jack: The Ride

[@ellismiles9109]

They made a ride???

[@ellismiles9109]

Oh nvm it's just the 4th game

[@NicoHolic777]

OHHHHHH THAT'S WHY IT'S SO FAMILIAR (The Ride 2 when)

[@joeisthecat8278]

I was not expecting to hear that reference too. I absolutely loved that version of bingo

[@MrSkerpentine]

References to pre-2011 YDKJ are rare but always rad

[@StephanieAwesom]

One thing I'd love to see from now on is a general Jackbox app where you can purchase individual games. They could still have the packs every year similar to other DLC approaches like Smash Ultimate's fighter pass, you can buy a pack of multiple or buy them individually. It could also potentially incentivize them to update previous games a bit more? I mainly say this because as a rhythm game nerd I'd love to play Dodo Re Mi but wouldn't wanna spend €35 on just that.

[@CinnaBox]

said generally app should be a more definitive version of the site, you’d be able to join games and there could be more features on it, like being able to view all of your past games instead of just like 10 also, as another rhythm game nerd, dodo re mi is good but you aren’t missing out on much (there’s no scroll speed settings :

[@SquidFlame]

​@@CinnaBoxI dont think scroll speed settings are very important in the long run, especially since games like Beat Saber and Project Diva aregames with individual song scroll speeds. And also, this isnt really meant to be one of those advanced rhythm games, this is still a party game after all.

[@lambybunny7173]

For fucking real! I only play 8 for Job Job, I'd love if I could just pay like 5-10 bucks for it (honestly I'd pay more Job Job gives me headaches from how hard I laugh at it) and then be done with it

[@SomeRand0mNerd]

I don't know anything about business but I assume they'd make more money since a lot of people want 1 specific game from a pack but don't want to buy the entire pack for just 1 game

[@bigshrekhorner]

They are releasing a launcher on the 29th of July where you can launch games individually from each pack

[@MaximNightFury]

Do Do Re Me is probably going to be a favorite among my friends and I, just because of the concept and how fun it'll be

[@ddrkirb]

Yeah me and a friend of mine who doesn't play jackbox a lot really like it so much to the point that out of the 16 hours of playtime i got on Pack 10, 15 or 14 of them are just us playing Dodo Re Mi

[@PanchamBro]

Some things to mention: 1. FixyText broke on multiple occasions where what we wrote couldn't appear on the screen and players couldn't win because of that. This got to the point where the last time I played FixyText, the game broke not long after the other team was only able to input a comma. I'm sure the update fixed a bit of things, but this was the breaking point. Coupled with the fact that co-author points are broken and this is why I don't like playing FixyText. 2. I think with the final round of Tee K.O. 2, it has a better sense to have a tap on your answer choice a lot more than Bracketeering. Given that only one winner comes from the bracket, it wouldn't do any good to have the same voting system as before. What else could they do than have a tap-off? But I feel like this time around, there is more justification based on the fact that A) this is the final round and it's really the only part of the game that does it and B) it gives more of an incentive for people to cheer on your answer. Bracketeering annoyingly had this when a tie happened, so the idea of tapping your answer got stale really quickly by the end of the game. Here, it's a one and done deal. 3. I wonder what your thoughts are on Tee K.O. 2's redrawing aspect because your review of Tee K.O. 2 failed to mention this. The redrawing aspect is probably the best feature in the game so far, and it's hilarious to take other people's drawings and making them even more goofier. That said, I feel like the game should credit the original artist, and it shouldn't boil down to me having to ask experts in data analysis for Jackbox games to tell me who did who. 4. On a personal note, if Jackbox did take a break for a year, I feel like much of that energy could be done to update the previous packs. Add the unified menu from 8 onwards to 7 and below, subtitles for Jackbox 1 to 5, language support, bug fixes, some controller updates and all, and some gameplay tweaks like auto-submitting drawings in Bidiots, or a streamer-friendly mode for Fakin' It. I agree that Jackbox shouldn't stop annual releases, but if it had to do so, it would need to use that energy to update the older games of the series with benefits that could really enhance those games. Anyways thanks for hosting Jackbox for us SilokHawk!

[@objection2602]

For real, I would love for them to take a year off not to make a new pack, but to revisit all the previous packs and add the highly desired tweaks to older games

[@theespicypotato]

I couldn't quite put my finger on what felt different with Tee KO voting (especially since I previously viewed all the changes as a good thing) but I think you nailed it with the loss of shock factor. Maybe the bracket system would work better if it was split in half so that there are still waves of new shirts (and maybe save the winner of each mini bracket for round 3 ???) though this wouldn't be feasible with smaller player counts.

[@no64256]

I believe when people say they should take more time with these, they're talking about having the time to add more polish/features (such as issues with timers), and being afforded the time to make something new if they find something doesn't work great as a game late into it's development A big part of game development is knowing when to scrap something, even if you put a lot of time into it. With all the planning, asset development, and testing required for five games yearly, it wouldn't surprise me if they just had to say "it's probably a dud, but we don't have time to make something new, just ship it" in the past One year is a pretty short turnaround for five online multiplayer games, even with all the experience and reusable code they have from previous games. It would take a decent chunk of time and money to completely plan-out and redo even just the music for something (like Tee-KO 2) Hope this came across clearly, I'm not great at explaining myself

[@fixedfunshow]

I think 2023's party pack needed a leg up, a little more in some games, some feel rushed. How FixyText is the same in all rounds, how the avatars in Time Jinx aren't animated, for example. Some little changes could improve the experience.

[@BraxtonKovary]

I played this for the first time at New Years with family, and our favorites were Timejinx & Dodo Re Mi. Some good games, but wouldn't say it's my favorite Party Pack

[@Youwillseesomething]

I played this at New Year’s with my family too. Cool.

[@robertbrookes2000]

6:03 Yay my first contribution to a Silokhawk Jackbox video. I drew the logo. And some genius added the tilt controls message.

[@justanothergamer64]

Ive always understood Jackbox as the the Jack(heh) of all trades when it comes to party games. Its got a little bit of something for everyone, and dabbles in a bit of it all. Thats the entire selling point in my opinion. The ability to give everyone a chance to play what they enjoy at least once, without having to go through all the trouble to switch out games and go through huge game sessions. The point of Jackbox is supposed to be a whole lot of small things that everyone can enjoy *in total*. One of the games isnt your strong suit? Good thing you've got 4 others to pick from, and you dont even have to deal with this game for 2 hours straight. Personally, its a beautiful idea for a party game, but i can see how people might misunderstand it and assume that it isn't good. This isnt supposed to be a group of games that every single person always enjoys. Theres a reason theres usually one drawing game, one or two trivia games, games where you respond to questions or quotes, and some action-based stuff. Its meant to pique at least someone's interest with every game and bring them all together to pick one game that they decide to play... Jackbox.

[@ecglaceon2474]

My favorite part about the Doogie Howser part is how Dr. Beverly Crusher has the name of the series she's from in the prompt despite Star Trek being very popular, and then for Doogie Howser they're like "it's fine just putting his name in. No one will be confused where he comes from."

[@krubbington]

I was on the "stop yearly releases!" bandwagon but you were able to convince me that it wasn't the issue this time. Hopefully Pack 11 picks up the slack, great review.

[@Minc-Romich]

There will be no 11 packs this year))))))

[@antant6217]

It's a shame that this series uniiversally has the issues of "mode takes too damn long or has too many rounds" which really hurts a lot of them. I wish you could cut entire rounds or modify the game speed in several ways. I love watching streamers play these games but they can get really sloggy.

[@donanilao7724]

If there's anything i like about this year's pack (10) even though I never played it, it's absolutely the presentation because this game looks amazing. For example, that intro is so great with all the central (enough) characters, all in different art stylesjust vibing at first like friends. Then, they all notice the player's entrance and get up and ready for action. I really do like all the details put in that intro, not to mention the games themselves (though, I haven't played them all myself).

[@bunnie7187]

Nice, all the packs reviewed until the next one. I know there's the tier list but you should definitely review some of the jackbox clones sometime. One thing I'd like them to add in future packs (and previous ones) is an option in the settings similar to the one that filter outs American centric prompts but it filters out celebrity/pop culture centric prompts. and yeah better timer settings would be great, let us set a specific timer for each game etc Also Imo I think jackbox should make an all sequel pack. And I think they should do a remake/remaster of the old you don't know jack games from the 90s + 2011. Make 'em playable via jackbox tv and other things to keep up with modern standards. Maybe they'll do something like that since next year is its 30th anniversary lol

[@ABit2Hot]

Hey, can you mention a few jackbox clones I could take a look at?

[@CinnaBox]

even though pack 10 was surely something, to say, I feel like there’s still big stuff in store for pack 11, because this year is the 10 year anniversary of the first pack, so this could still be big I hope they do something like an all sequel pack, or 6 games in a pack for what I want to see, I want a new YDKJ, I’ve played full stream a few times with my family and it’s really fun, it also feels perfect for the big double digit celebration of pack 1, there’s already been so much history with this series that it’s kind of caused another obsession regarding Jackbox, also full stream came out before the pandemic happened so it’s pretty outdated this next thing is a one of those crazy dreams I cook up in my little introvert brain, but a collab between Jackbox and Exploding Kittens would be awesome, they’re both giants in the party game industry and then combining forces could make some of the best games we’ve ever seen if they go down the double sequel route, they could probably do something, but I could see them doing all sequels 6 games, I was thinking about this as an introvert sitting at school lunch would, maybe it could be 2 trivia games, 2 writing games, and 2 drawing games, the 2 trivia games would be a new YDKJ and TMP 3, as those are both overdue the drawing games could be Champ’d Up 2 and Patently Stupid 2, both of those games are really popular and fun so I think that would work well for writing games, they could do Quiplash 4 and Survive the Internet 2, Quiplash because… it’s Quiplash, and survive the internet because it’s a decently popular game that needs a sequel those are just some ideas I think they could do edit: where is pack 11 where is pack 11 where is pack 11 where is pack 11 where is pack 11 where is pack 11 where is pack 11 where is pack 11 where is pack 11 where is pack 11

[@TheLameNameJero]

I like these ideas!

[@Legnog]

Job Job 2 wouldn't be horrible either, same diff between TMP and TMP 2

[@gotthatg-0215]

naughty pack is this year's release. 11 might be in 2025 or 2026

[@CinnaBox]

@@gotthatg-0215 apparently they have 2 other things lined up too

[@Magic_Ice]

Instead we are getting Freakbox Freaky Pack

[@a_major_in_stupidity]

if party pack 11 doesnt have an improved, more polished split the room 2, or something like that, i will do nothing because theres nothing i legally can do. but i will be sad

[@spelavidioterpro4988]

2 Silok hawk uploads in a single day let’s go!

[@dylswerb7492]

I died when you said that flight of the bumblebee was dubstep, I really want to get party pack 10 now, even if just for dodo re me, seeing as I'm that guy who still plays guitar hero on the regular

[@CodenameBolts]

Super glad you're still doing this series. Even though I want to get every pack someday to try and form my own opinions on every game, your dissections are great for listening to in the background and you're the reason I even know about Jackbox in the first place. Keep up the good work dude!

[@commercialchase8442]

Feels weird to be featured in a Silok review, but here we are. That stream was a lot of fun.

[@mu_canps]

Thanks for the partypacks review videos. As I have language difficulties (I speak Portuguese), I was very happy with the launch of a pack with translation and dubbing. I'm sad that this pack was so disappointing, but your speech made me hope for incredible new things to come. And additionally, great video, very good, congratulations ^^

[@C_to_the_S]

(Copy and pasted from removed video) To be completely honest with you, I saw a game of DoDo Re Mi just from a single random stream I joined and instantly registered what kind of game it was, falling in love, leading me to buy the pack JUST for that one game and the pay off was huge. It’s really nice to see a lot of people one board with the game. Not to throw any other JB game under the bus, but that game seriously must’ve been one of the most challenging to put together properly. Honestly, I really hope it’s beloved enough to get a sequel or at least more song updates. A game like this is absolutely 100% designed for longevity. It genuinely rocks so much and it’s so wonderful to have friends I can meet in person to all enthusiastically agree to a “jam session” with that lasts all afternoon long or beyond.

[@rock-hv6ns]

Great jackbox video as usual, but for bonus that additional rant is well said

[@captndingpot3981]

Congratulations on the 200K Subscribers!

[@yoshi.j1571]

Jack Box 10 was so good he uploaded the video twice!

[@JadeRocks_]

I find your discussion of the annual release thing very interesting, because when I have discussions with friends about the subject it's never about quality, but the price. There is no denying the quality of Jackbox games, and especially in the presentation things have only gotten better. In that respect, their prices are justified. When you consider actual play time however (not something I do personally, but a very popular measure of a game's value), it's really steep. I mean I play Jackbox all the time, but not everyone is like that. Some people just have one group they like to play with & people naturally get bored of simple games easily. Especially considering a decent amount of those games won't vibe with the group in question. Sometimes you just want a specific pack for an afternoon or so. I think something more like a monthly subscription structure would benefit jackbox greatly as opposed to the annual release thing. I don't actually know the best way to go about it, like should each pack be separated, or just have it be all under one game? Nor do I know how it would affect profit for the team, but for me and my friends it would be great to say rent a pack's worth of games for a month for like 5-10 bucks to get our fix & only resubscribe when we're in the mood or they drop something new. Plus this means they can do more interesting release methods. Instead of releasing 5 games at once they could release them whenever, like spreading them out over the year. That's my take on the annual release thing, it's not about quality I just think there's other, better ways to deliver these types of games. This is coming from somebody who likes to actually own their games by the way

[@thebrilliantjz2767]

Dodo Re Mi update was the tutorial name was edited to Tutorial: Nature Is Cruel and new songs were added

[@YaBoiWiggles]

Thx for the shoutout lil homie

[@juliacarmo8006]

For people where English is not the first language the new price is very fair because now it's fully translated to my language (Brazilian Portuguese), it isn't just subtitles, all songs and some questions are localized for my country. It makes this jackbox the best one for us, because I can play with everyone, not only english speakers Seeing it really doesn't have the best games make me a little sad, but we knew when buying that we were paying for the translation and I expect that all Jackbox games from now on are localized (Or that they remaster some old ones with this feature)

[@CinnaBox]

every pack from now on will have localization though

[@lrgogo1517]

*Super shocked* that you didn't discuss Tee K.O. 2's visuals (especially when the following two games got a section about presentation)? I find the whole "all the player characters are from previous JB games" thing really hard to ignore - it singlehandedly made the game (and its Party Pack, despite me not having known the other four games) look like a big deal in my eyes.

[@throatychunk]

Really small nitpick but you'd still need to sync even if everyone's in the same room because the devices could all have different input delays

[@williamallen6476]

Thank you for your in depth review! Will now be holding out to buy this years pack instead

[@dscrib2492]

everyone always talks about how much trouble they would get into if their DM's got leaked meanwhile i am confident that some of the degenerate shit that me and my friends have ALREADY said in FixyText would be enough to send any of us to prison for life

[@legomeaker101potato]

the issue I have with yearly releases is that it costs my wallet a lot and I don't always like the games (or sometimes I love a game but my friends find it mediocre) which makes it really hard to justify (especially when old packs get cheaper the older they get so it becomes annoying to always be 2 or 3 packs behind)

[@Aura_Mancer]

I assume the concern for yearly releases, aside from all the other game-related reasons (how fun the games are, bugs, etc) is also developer crunch, something that unfortunately has only seen more cases known by the public lately.

[@ContactFlying]

Maybe I'm showing my age (late thirties) but I would know who Doogie Howser is (and Ally McBeal) lol. Thanks for the review! You are the #1 person I trust for these games!

[@wavey_luca6006]

One thing I would love to see in Party Pack 11 is Roomerang 2, even though that’s highly unlikely that’ll be brought back since it was just in 9

[@LucasDarkGiygas]

Thanks for the video

[@ajmoment8091]

Something I personally noticed with time jinx is that the filter us centric questions option, really sucks. Every time I've had European friends playing I clicked that, and every single time almost all the questions have been about celebrities and musicians, the majority of which being from the US.

[@sonicjhiq]

I hope jackbox 11s remake game will be from something that came after jackbox 1-3

[@teaoftraffic]

tee k.o. 2 doesn’t let you make your shirt design real anymore. literally no reason to play it over the original

[@masonplayz2820]

Wait wdym

[@minihilly]

I feel like you ignored the fact that pack 10 released in a buggy state (patched a week or 2 after launch), which is why some people suggested to delay the pack. Pack 10 clearly had half of its included games rushed out the door with insufficient bug testing. You said it yourself, Hypnotorious feels unfinished.

[@silokhawk]

I can't speak for others but I played the game day 1 and didn't experience any bugs. There are older jackbox titles that still bug out even when played now (PTB crashes a lot for me) but I didn't experience any technical issues for 10 on launch day. Hypnotorious feeling unfinished had nothing to do with bugs so citing it seems irrelevant to your point.

[@minihilly]

​@@silokhawk Huh, really? PTB has never had a problem for me, meanwhile Hypnotorious got stuck when submitting prompts on 2 separate games. Tee-KO 2 had the final drawing glitch out each time we played it. FixyText often wouldn't let people type for some reason, among other more minor issues. Somewhat irrelevant but if you ask me the buggiest jackbox game is Civic Doodle. Final round falls apart every time without fail.

[@CinnaBox]

ever since Pokémon sv, the gaming community has just been “more than one minor bug means it should have been delayed”

[@fixedfunshow]

@@minihilly for me, FixyText let us delete the text, what a bug, right?

[@minihilly]

@@CinnaBox I wouldn't consider rounds being stuck and endlessly hanging (unable to continue) as a "minor bug"

[@uiinpui]

gg on 200k

[@dana.d.4627]

In my opinion, Pack 10 is a lot like Pack 5. In my eyes, both are overall mediocre. It has a sequel that got overlooked for one reason or another, a flawed but still very fun text-based game, a great concept that was executed poorly, a game that I seem to be against the crowd's opinion with, and a huge-risk game that broke the regular Jackbox pacing.

[@ZizZap4]

Can we also talk about the Tee K.O. 2 character roster? When the majority of your character roster it just references (and the context of the game isn't "crossover"), it leads to the game having a lack of cohesive identity.

[@Derply]

imo for teeko 2. there should be a setting to cahnge between brackets or comparing 2

[@TuesdaysArt]

This pack has a lot of potential, which makes it even more of a shame that it didn’t live up to expectations.

[@ParkBarrington360]

32:27 JUST DANCE MENTIONED

[@noobking111]

More development time is necessary when a game has bugs or is lacking content. Underperforming jackbox games are not buggy and are not missing content. They just need rule adjustments to flow better. Sure more time may help find these. But these issues could have been picked up in the current development cycle with perhaps better group testing and understanding of what makes a game simple yet engaging

[@atlascove1810]

fixytext got that stereotypical 2020s style

[@o____gdo0]

4:20 you know what's funny about it? Those Champ'd Up tools are actually reused in Tee KO 2 for some reason.

[@postalight]

fun fact: the bingo song is YDKJ: The Ride's Bingo music as it literally has a bingo question type

[@theophilecaceres5855]

Wild ride until TJPP11 comes out, gladly waiting the PPs ranking video!

[@nhihoang9801]

I think FixyText can work. I imagine it as a follow the leader game, where one player leads the group to write a type an email with a goal like “write a 2 week’s notice”, or “decline wedding invitation” (topics can be more funny, I’m just not funny) that only they know. The leader can write a word or phrase every few seconds with some type of limit like “can’t say …”, “write ‘owo’ where an o would be”,or “never use ‘e’”. People can rate the player on how good the leader lead the group or can be voted on being “best boss” in a email writing company. Bonus points could be given to both the most accurate phrases/words in the email and most funny. It might help the problem of a lack of structure and the host being ignored. Also is it me does hypnotorious reminds you of spyfall?

[@dorf7219]

what i wish they changed with the format of these games is i wish there was one jackbox app for free from which you could play any of the jackbox mini games as dlc. It would be so much more convenient compared opening different jackbox packs just to play specific games. they could still charge for them as packs but if they wanted to they could also let you buy individual games instead of needing to buy a whole pack but maybe give you an overall better deal if you do buy the entire pack. Itd also be nice so we dont NEED sequel mini games but instead could get updates, so instead of a 4th quiplash they just instead update the original to have multiple game modes and style templates.

[@not_kjb]

Welcome back

[@DesignDoc]

Sadly one of the weaker packs. Probably the weakest since Pack 5 to be frankly honest. I wouldn't be surprised if this pack had some major development problems. Tee K.O. 2 is a solid sequel with some neat enhancements but it's just solid, not a must buy. Time Jinx is easily the best game in the pack being a very good pure trivia game with a great scoring system. If you are a trivia buff, this might make the pack worth it but that's kind of a big ask. FixyText can be very funny with the right people but it can be a bit aimless. Good presentation but just alright overall. It's a good version of Word Spud but that doesn't mean a lot. Do Do Re Mi is solid if you enjoy rhythm games. Well made but there's probably better options out there. Hypnotorious...I really wanted to like but after about 4 attempts...I'm sorry, it's just not a very good game. The role playing aspect is interesting but it's very unclear with how you're actually supposed to play.

[@DETahaX]

Time to jack the box...... you heard me.

[@currypenguin]

To fix the funni in TKO2, they should update it so that the host can choose which voting system they prefer whether it'd be brackets or random-shit-go

[@o_vivian0975]

I've never had the texts received ignore in my games, and thats normally because of the random words from our texts being thrown into it so we're al excited to see which word it is

[@GreenHam77]

I hope at some point with the sheer number of party packs they consolidate them all into a collection. Perhaps even give you the option to purchase them individually. Jackbox Ultimate Party or something.

[@marieoconnor1283]

Hey, Dude. What happens if Jackbox Game's just... Stop making the series grow. And you just have ten.

[@connorl3124]

I mean, they said they’re at least taking a break from party packs this year

[@bowlsfunstuff951]

Jackbox Naughty Pack

[@SharkieTheDork]

My friends and I had a get together and played this new pack at the end, we only had time to try two out and I'm sad that Do Do Re Mi wasn't one of them, that looks awesome! First was Time Jinx and it was....alright. I won by figuring out the go-in-the-middle strategy, not so much because of my limited knowledge of dates. I thought the main rounds were fairly boring. The bonus rounds were definitely better, but those being less frequent, and no "jinx" mechanics make it my least favorite Jackbox trivia game. I think a different presentation from the host character would have boosted it a bit. My first thought when I saw her was "Oh my god she's cute!" But then she started talking and sounded like she didn't want to be here, and not in a funny way. The hosts really do a lot for the presentation, like Quiplash would not be the same without Schmitty, and the Split the Room cat just OOZES atmosphere and charisma. I wish she had something more like a Ms. Frizzle wacky scientist vibe, maybe something excited and nerdy like the Dictionarium host's personality. And then we tried Hypnotorious...oof. The categories are so arbitrary and the hints aren't very good. How was I supposed to know my "snowman" went with my friend's "snake" because they start with S!? The categories in Blather Round are so ubiquitous (Honestly one of my favorites if not my #1 Jackbox game ever), I don't know how they dropped the ball so hard with them here. The best part is seeing the wild answers everyone comes up with, but at that point just play Quiplash. It was a real disappointment cause the presentation was great, I thought the host was totally on point and it uses my favorite reoccurring artstyle. And I saw the trailer I hoped it could be kind of an updated version of Fakin' It, another game I love but hardly play since the rest of my irl friendgroup doesn't like it and its hard to play over Discord, but I don't think I'll ever want to play Hypnotorious over anything else.

[@greatsageclok-roo9013]

32:39 Even blurred out, I recognise that avatar icon... Most people in the Jackbox community do. That person is notoriously negative and even tried to get people to boycott the series. Best response to them? *Ignore.*

[@BoardGamesBricksHobbies]

The rhythm game sound fun, the color coded instruments remind me of DropMIx. As for Hypnotorious, quite a few social deduction board games have done this concept, like Insider and Chameleon.

[@NadiaX01]

I feel like this pack was just an excuse to release DoDoReMi

[@eoghan00]

Poll Mine is ABSOLUTELY top 5

[@stickbar_]

About the end. I just wish there was more customization with game rules. What’s stopping them from even letting us set the timers. More settings can go a long way, and especially with all these games having quite strict rules/formats, it can be frustrating or disappointing at times. Either way, I’m sure they’ll keep coming up with awesome ideas in the future.

[@baalfgames5318]

Aside from what I said, I do appreciate your analysis. Also, I think DoDo Re Mi looks fun, and I prefer co-op games over competitive ones.

[@Chocolatepain]

I know Doogie Houser because of Harold and Kumar. I thought others did too.

[@TheApoke]

Before I was on team "they should make games less often" but yeah you made really good arguments. I agree maybe more time would not help. But maybe more play testing would help them fix games conceptually. Also I did not know jackbox has YEARS of games ideas in the vault. If that's the case I wish they did LESS GODDAMN SEQUELS. Jb 10 was the first one I skipped because of the bad reviews and increased price

[@jraff2735]

I feel like most of the time and money went into the Rhythm game, and they honestly should've just left everything else for next year and focus on that rhythm game, that way next year many of the other games could get another layer of complexity while we still get to enjoy a good game

[@o____gdo0]

Oh hey there, it's me. 2:22

[@Gurpthescreenzombie]

Timejinxs is a pun for hijinks

[@TheBlishmer]

Do you play Minecraft silok? It’s one of my fav games and I’d love to see a video abt it from you. Keep up the great vids!

[@sonicjhiq]

I'm of the belief that if Jackbox needed more time, they would of taken it

[@uwupandaXD]

i really hope the next party pack is GENERATIONAL! i feel the packs *have* gotten worse because 7 might be the best ever, 8 seems really fun but 9 and 10 both just look completely unappealing to me and my friends... i hope 11 doesn't hold back!

[@trumangraham2602]

Why didn't you bring up the new re-drawing mechanic in Tee-KO 2?

[@silokhawk]

forgor

[@Zyiah]

19:27 ITS ME!!! NO WAY

[@silverwolflee6978]

I'm surprised to hear Do Do Re Mi being called good. Don't get me wrong the theming of it is great but for me as someone who plays loads of rhythm games (Outfox, Pump, GH, RB, CH, YARG, Osu! Lazer, DJ MAX, Taiko just to name a few) and loves them it just fell short. The music was good but it just either never works or lags terribly (The devices I use aren't even old). Sometimes keys don't register and there is always lag. Big thing I wish they could of included is a timing window modifier like literally every rhythm game out there and a timing offset in case the audio is not in sync (I know you can view the timing windows in the files but I don't know if it is modifiable). Also that Tap Tap Tap section really breaks the game. If you tap too late or early causing you to finish the tap section even if slightly, your frets will be offset from the audio making the game much harder. The other games were alright and from my experience some of them quite a few bugs. 8 is still the best IMO fallowed by 4 and 5

[@fireprism100]

I think its time, that we need to develop more games that we already have than get new ones. Your point about Tee K.O. 2 is so on point and I didn't even realise it. Why can't the dev team make a sequel better than the previous one, rather than feeling like erm this is better at some things and this is better at other things. I am quite happy to pay for sequels if it improves on the experience, but not if it makes you feel conflicted about it what is the point. Great series, I would love to hear your opinions on what games, that haven't already got one, should get a sequel and why.

[@insertobligatoryreferenceh489]

I mean, people pretty unequivocally consider Fibbage 3 & 4 to be better than 1 & 2, Drawful 2 & Animate to be better than 1, and Trivia Murder Party 2 to be better than 1.

[@fireprism100]

@@insertobligatoryreferenceh489 Yes, sorry if I wasn't totally clear, was mainly reacting to what was said about Tee K.O. when I suddenly realised he was right. Fibbage, TMP, Drawful & YDKJ all improved. Quiplash 3 apparently is also a bit sideways instead of an improvement but I havent played that one yet so who knows.

[@DanVzare]

I've never played any of the Jackbox games, neither do I intend to, I'm just here because I'm a fan of your channel. So treat this as a purely outsider's opinion. One reason I can see why they should see about moving away from an annual release, is to avoid over-saturation. The Skylanders series got better with each entry, but it being an annual release made people despise it, although I suppose it could be argued that the whole "Toy-To-Life" thing spurred that on. Also the Assassin's Creed series stayed mostly on par despite being an annual release, but what was once considered an exciting franchise that everyone looked forward to seeing the next entry of, quickly became "Oh, another one?" I get that those aren't exactly good examples. But I'm just trying to say that sometimes things seem better when you have to wait a little for them. As they say, absence makes the heart grow fonder. But like I said, I'm an outside when it comes to Jackbox games. So perhaps everything I just said wouldn't apply to this scenario. Jackbox games are very clearly an entirely different thing to the examples I could think of.

[@squiddu]

I feel like one of the examples you provided of people freaking out over the yearly release schedule doesn't fully fit, since that was related to the health of the employees, not necessarily the quality of the packs.

[@PenguinULT]

What is that effect you put over the song from timejinx? I went and looked for the song on yt and was disappointed that the muffled effect wasn’t actually part of the song and now I want to make an mp3 to listen to it with that muffled effect.

[@GachaLOTTIExox]

I am happy

[@edwheezer6231]

31:20 Out of curiosity, what is the song that plays here? I really like it, and I wasn't able to find it in Jackbox 10's soundtrack. :(

[@Minc-Romich]

This is the music of one of the rounds of the game Roomerang

[@edwheezer6231]

@@Minc-Romich Yooo, thank you! I wasn't expecting a response to this after four months. Really appreciate the help! :)

[@Nzcade]

Why was this reuploaded?

[@LinkyLove123]

He forgot to censor something

[@Thejackboxlab]

The games may not be great but the ost, in my mind, makes up for the game's downfalls

[@SuperNobody64]

Why did you do a few of these out of order? The episodes themselves I mean.

[@ozzymandias7649]

You mention a 1-5 split versus a 6-10 split and what people would prefer to argue for yearly releases. But frankly packs 3-8 definitely out pace the last two packs. Nine wasn't as bad as ten but its pretty lackluster. As for more development time being strictly related to adding content to a game, maybe they instead need more time to brainstorm the basic concept for the games. I dont really care about the yearly release schedule one way or the other but they have missed two packs in a row.

[@TyrinOConnor-Cherrington]

Like, I was should pose to get the game for Christmas of Last Year of 2023. But unfortunately it's now 2024 so now I'm getting the Starter Pack to get *"TMP 2"*

[@TyrinOConnor-Cherrington]

Plus, Is the final review going to be *"The Jackbox Starter Pack?"*

[@thenightranger987]

Funnily enough, I almost completely disagree with this. My favorites were Tee KO 2, TimeJinx, and Hypnotorious. Dodo Re Mi is good but not one of my favorites, and although I agree that Fixytext is fundamentally bad, playing it with the right group can be hilarious (which is also how I feel about Joke Boat). However, I agree whole-heartedly with everything you said in the discussion on the annual/non-annual issue except for that Pack 10 was a stopgap until 11

[@kitrium]

14:33 BFDI MENTIONED????

[@JojovonKoopa]

Honestly, Time Jinx might be my new least favorite game in all of Jackbox. The Trivia Games never really were my cup of tea, because...I'm bad at Trivia, but even then, there was always something to keep my invested. The suspense of Trivia Murder Party, the Comedy of YDKJ, the psychological elements of Fibbage, or all the different question types of Wheel. Time Jinx has...nothing. It feels less like a Jackbox Game and more like some pubquiz or a childrens birthday, where they try to make answering questions more exciting with some mildly amusing Time Travel Theming. Because that's all that is it. All the different rounds are so basic and feel so samey, and aside from maybe Time Loop, nothing really takes advantage of the fact that this is a videogame. No rapidfire rounds, no multiple answer questions, no text typeouts, nothing...

[@PikaPhantomVG]

I think Party Pack 10 was absolutely rushed to meet the October release window they always opt for. Getting an update soon after launch that adds a ton of features is pretty unprecedented for Jackbox (additionally, the console icon *may* have been a placeholder, considering they soon updated it to match most of the other Party Packs). And a lot of the changes and additions were relatively small, yet smack of not being ready in time. Why did Tee KO 2 get the time-wasting button mashing to make an event happen once you're done concept Mad Verse City introduced post-launch? Was it necessary in the first place? We also ran into a ton of issues that screamed "we didn't have time to polish this pack." We had our first three Tee KO 2 games drop a player, among other things. Additionally, while I can't speak for everyone, I do genuinely think the Party Packs have been going downhill - at least since 7, which might be the best one overall. Job Job is the only game from 8 that's become a mainstay among those I play with. 9 genuinely looked so uncompelling, we skipped it, but the reception I saw was a lot more mixed than I think you gave it credit for. And then my thoughts on 10 are much like your own, though I also think Tee KO 2 is dragged down by the overall vibes being off. The presentation feels too sterile, the narrator doesn't pack the same punch, and replacing the original cast of yokai with a Jackbox crossover lineup just robs the game of the identity and flavor of the first one. I would've much preferred it if they dedicated a new game to celebrating the legacy of the series over shoehorning it into the sequel game of the pack, especially if they managed to integrate that crossover element into the actual gameplay. Trivia Murder Party 2 has a minigame that's literally just Quiplash - I'm sure they could try and bring together various elements of their past games in a similarly novel way. Otherwise, though, Fixytext blows, Timejinx is decent but just feels like fun windowdressing for basic trivia, and Hypnotorious doesn't fully realize its potential. I originally thought it'd alleviate how I don't like social deduction games because I hate being the one who has to blend in, but the execution isn't up to snuff. So that leaves Dodo Re Mi, which is a much better experiment than Zeeple Dome was (which itself was apparently rushed - Dodo Re Mi seemingly got all the time it needed, though, as its additions felt most like extra content and not stuff that wasn't ready for launch).

[@404Errored]

16:25 what song is that in the background?

[@smollmoth6376]

Is it naturally intuitive to think the highlighter went on the bottom layer? Highlighters don't do that in real life and I had to futz around with it to understand how it worked

[@TriforceWisdom64]

Don't highlighters do that in real life? You trace over a section of text, but it just gives the text a yellow background while leaving it fully visible.

[@smollmoth6376]

@TriforceWisdom64 oh do they? I mean I haven't used a highlighter in forever. I might just be dumb on this one not going to lie. I love the feature though it is so convenient

[@PenelopeNaomi]

Yo, reupload gaming.