The Jackbox Party Pack 6 - Review

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Videos Used:
"My Biggest Impostor Risks"
• My Biggest Impostor Risks
"The Full History Of Push The Button In Jackbox Party Pack 6"
• The Full History Of Pu...
00:00 - 666
00:43 - Trivia Murder Party 2
07:17 - Role Models
12:21 - Joke Boat
16:37 - Dictionarium
20:02 - Push The Button
32:20 - The Verdict
Season: 4
Episode: 09
#jackbox #jackbox6 #PushTheButton

[@WipZedKay]

Trivia Murder Party 2 is much better for international audiences since they added the option to remove US-centric questions. So for me as a European, getting questions about US history or celebrities in the first Trivia Murder Party often lead to me and my friends just looking at each other asking ''who?''. But now we get the mix of ''Oh I know this!'' and ''Oh god what is this!?'' a lot more often and it feels way more balanced for us that aren't from the states.

[@Md5offical]

Can confirm

[@JTRockYT]

Agreed

[@inoariusu]

Man I never knew this. Our friends love playing this game but the US questions just sucks out the fun and it just becomes a guessing game. Thanks for the info!

[@Irish_Enderman]

That's a great feature I'm glad is in most jackbox games now, but I have to wonder why it's there if the questions by default could be not US-centric instead of needing to find an obscure setting if you are playing anywhere else in the world

[@OneEyeShadow]

@@Irish_Enderman cause the devs are Americans and the US is their biggest market?

[@flophawk]

every single time me and my friends play jackbox its "hey wanna play jokeboat" "jokeboat fucking sucks ass but hell yea lets do it i love jokeboat"

[@graydeotto2820]

My main issue with joke boat is not only the restrictive openings, but also how FEW there are. If you play it a few times you will notice there are not very many and its not very replayable despite *almost* being great

[@justmeandmythoughts9839]

Joke Boat will always be my favorite jackbox game for simply being so bad it’s good. Since there’s no opportunity to make good jokes the game turns into utter nonsense, which I find to be an absolute blast

[@annaisntcool]

agreed, it’s a fun one if you’ve got the right group of people. i still remember some of the extremely stupid jokes from a game i played with my friends almost 3 years ago lmao

[@Squeakybro]

that's your opinion and i will respect that

[@Cooldude-wf4gb]

@@Squeakybro i respect your opinion about respecting their opinion.

[@thunder6446]

Joke Boat is where comedy goes to die, and I love it for that

[@allergyjelly]

My sense of humor is a horrific, broken mess. So of course I find Joke Boat hysterical.

[@cooldude9798]

6:45 I jumped into a jackbox twitch stream playing tmp2, became the audience cuz why not, and then Won the game because I was the only audience player. I for sure laughed my ass off.

[@annaisntcool]

i usually prefer to be the detective over being the alien. but i’ll never forget watching two of my friends get into a HEATED argument with 1:30 left on the clock, accusing eachother of being the alien. i was the alien and just let them go at eachothers throat😂

[@simo220]

This reminds me when I got in a fight with my best friend over him accusing me of being the alien due to the fact that at a prompt about historical figures I said Julius Caesar, while the other player tested (which was the alien) put a random name of a person. Eventually he convinced everyone that I was an alien and I got kicked out, revealing the lose of the humans and my best friend apologized to me

[@Magic_Ice]

Jackbox 6 is one of my favorites. I love Role Models, Trivia Murder Party 2, and Amon- I mean push the button.

[@alexanderadams9058]

That's very su- I mean...That's very mysterious

[@BoardGamesBricksHobbies]

Among the Button? Push Us?

[@TheFuzzyOcelot]

The thing that makes TMP 1 and 2 for me is how the selection of trivia seems to be meaner. There's no more "skill gap" based on who's more in tune with pop culture since a lot of the questions are designed to be a little BS so that you spend more time playing minigames and the chance of dying is actually there. It also makes it so that when you do get a question right, either by sheer luck or actually knowing it, its all the more sweet.

[@elliebee3520]

Can we take a moment to appreciate Party Pack 6’s menu, I love the way it comes together

[@dyll_pyckle]

You know, I never really noticed that menu or how it all comes together until now! Love that the goo is coming from TMP2, Joke Boat and Role Models are just floating there and PtB seems to be a drain so the water doesn't overflow! That's some really cool attention to detail. Love your Phoenix Wright pop btw :)

[@thenightranger987]

To be honest, I absolutely loves Joke Boat despite the fact that I fully agree with your review of it

[@Lichelf]

Yeah it's great if you lean into the theme. You have to know when to make your rewritten joke seem like a sloppy steal, or make it sound like you forgot what you were supposed to do to begin with.

[@Irish_Enderman]

It's the perfect "so bad it's good" jackbox game

[@lrgogo1517]

I vividly remember the first time I saw Among Us, on a livestream someone was watching, and thought "this literally just looks like Push the Button with a Newgrounds budget."

[@Irish_Enderman]

And Push the Button is 100x better I hate Among Us so much

[@lrgogo1517]

@@Irish_Enderman Uhhh... okay. 💧

[@Irish_Enderman]

@@lrgogo1517huh? why that reaction?

[@ThatisThomas]

something about push the button that i personally love is the visuals as time progresses, stuff as the glitches (ranging from the text, the hourglass, dode, and even the controller), the players freaking out in the waiting room, the timer getting progressively more dramatic, and even the rooms getting a little bit messy. this game really makes it feel like everyone is going to die and i really love it

[@MotobugGaming]

Your reason for disliking joke boat is actually why I love it. Trying to make these ridiculous jokes work creates a lot of funny moments where you can tell the person just gave up. As an alternative to quiplash I think it succeeds.

[@fembleh1142]

The more I rewatch this series of videos the more I realise how much Silo doesn’t like people who play Jackbox muted 😭😭😭 it’s understandable I just think it’s funny how much it’s brought up hehe

[@sargentgullible2794]

I wanna say this- I bet you lot that both Trivia Murder Party 2 and Push the Button were meant to be the pack's big stars, while Joke Boat, Dictonarium and Role Medals were meant to be the shorter supplementary games to balance out with TMP2 and PtB's potentially long lengths. Because you know, it's a goddamn pack. Also, I love the fact that they expanded the LORE for the serial killer.

[@lemonzzz]

Abbe Knutsson is like a recurring side character i love it

[@DaNintendude]

I _COMPLETELY_ forgot that Push the Button existed. We never pull out Party Pack 6, because no one really liked any of the games when we played it. A big flaw is that I only ever play with my family. If I got a great group of friends--- or heck, even just strangers my age--- together, I bet we could have an absolute blast with Push the Button. I seriously need to try this pack again keeping the stuff about Role Models in mind as well.

[@ZeroScore]

Dang the shade...my friends and I love Joke Boat. It's not perfect, but the prompts can make for great jokes if you're clever and we love the little sayings each character can pick for their intros. "I'm a little patio set!"

[@zenithzv]

Your complaints about joke boat are the exact reason why i love it so much. I feel like the fact its so restrictive makes any joke you wanna make seem extremely unhinged and its hilarious

[@braedenbutchko8257]

I was in the footage! Even if it was 8 months ago it's still fun to see it

[@KhaiNguyen-ru7lk]

Jackbox 6 is great, it really reminds me of why we left my father

[@evilgoose6768]

So you just not gonna mention how much the Dictionarium credits song slaps?

[@Onion_57]

I love the game, but I’ve had Trivia Murder Party 2 ruined for me by playing with several people who have memorized the entire question roster, making it nearly impossible to win without also cheating yourself. Things like this are what ruin all trivia based Jackbox games, especially when they get played on streams.

[@dragonslayer7724]

I wish there were custom questions for variety, but it would be more difficult than simply submitting a prompt in Quip 2/3.

[@xvgm24]

You need some better friends if they're spending their time dedicating themselves to learning a set of Jackbox party game trivia questions hahaha.

[@RyderPlatinumWarpstar]

I honestly didn't even know about the multiple endings in Murder Party 2.

[@Mr_Mimestamp]

Same here, then my friends and I randomly got one while on a call and we all went insane, it’s a really fun thing to happen live, especially if you don’t expect it.

[@RyderPlatinumWarpstar]

@@Mr_Mimestamp I'm not even sure how to trigger them, but I need to have a dedicated Murder Party 2 session to find out lmao

[@Neptunia120]

@@RyderPlatinumWarpstar Escape with a gift and you'll get an ending

[@GreatGatzB]

Don’t even apologize for how long it took to make- this is the quality I’m here for and I don’t care how long it takes. Brought a smile to my face as soon as I saw the thumbnail :)

[@ClarifiedMusic]

Pack 6 is such a mixed bag for me since it simultaneously contains some of the best games in the series alongside some of the absolute worst. However, I found that this pack really grew on me the more I played it. Trivia Murder Party 2 took everything that made the 1st one good, and improved upon it. The trivia is more updated, the minigames are more interesting and the presentation is top notch. Admittedly, I wasn't a huge fan of the gate feature in the final round since I saw it as a means of leaving players in the dust, but as I played it more and more, the more I appreciated it and found that it works as a smart equalizer and a tension builder. Trivia Murder Party 2 is by far the best trivia game in the entire series. For me, Role Models falls into the same pitfall as Tee-KO and Talking Points where the developers had a strong concept, but didn't know how to implement a proper scoring feature. The idea is strong and has led to some funny moments, but it never felt like a functioning game; it was more like a toy as you said in the video. If you're playing with close friends, it's an absolute blast laughing and arguing over who fits what category, which I enjoy. However, this game is borderline impossible to play with strangers and becomes more frustrating than fun. Joke Boat Sucks. I can't add anything else that hasn't already been said in the video. The prompts are too restrictive, the pacing is slow, and it doesn't even fall into the ironically funny category; it's just painful to play. Just play Quiplash or Survive the Internet (even if the latter is too open ended at times imo); this is by far the worst fill-in-the-blank game in the series. Dictionarium just kind of exists for me personally. While it can be funny, I never find myself dying to play this with friends everytime we play Jackbox. One thing that I'm surprised you didn't mention in the video is how close you need to follow the game's instructions in order to enjoy this one. Since every round builds upon the previous, everyone needs to follow the games directions and come up with actual synonyms/definitions. In games like Survive the Internet and Patently Stupid, players can get away with straying from the intended format/structure as long as the end results are funny. In Dictionarium, as soon as players stray away from what the game is asking of them, it immediately falls apart and the end results are just underwhelming. Not the worst Jackbox game by a long shot, but not one that I'd commonly return to. Push the Button definitely grew on me the most as I played it more. The first time I played it was on a Discord call with friends at 3:00 in the morning and none of us knew how to play it, which led to an underwhelming experience. However, I played it again a few months later and it was far more enjoyable, and was surprised by how nuanced the social deduction is in this game (more nuanced than Among Us imo). My only real issue with this game is that it requires a lot of effort to learn and teach to others, leading to a higher entry level, and that's not even entirely the game's fault. Can't really say anything else that hasn't already been said in the video. TL;DR: Overall, Pack 6 is a solid pack, even if the selection is a mixed bag imo. It's best games are some of the best in the series and are worth buying the pack for alone (Trivia Murder Party 2 and Push the Button). Role Models and Dictionarium are solid, but not must-plays imo, and Joke Boat just flat out sucks; just play literally any other fill in the blank game in the series. End of my long ramble. I can't wait to hear your full thoughts on Pack 7 in the future!

[@sus_stick]

Something funny about me and Push the Button; I was watching a Push the Button game and thought "man I gotta get this." So I went to the app store and ended up finding Among Us. The best part is that this is before AU got big, so the other maps needed to be purchased and it was less polished.

[@curfew1]

Yo Silok! I just wanted to say that i love your videos and think your review style is one of my favorites on YT. Keep going strong!

[@GDRhythmic]

I've only ever played jackbox 2 but I don't care. This series is hecka entertaining.

[@mzrsespiritguard469]

In my personal experience, Dictionarium works well as a warm up/cool down game during Jackbox nights. It's simplistic, and rounds go quickly, so it's a good exercise to warm up the group and get their brains ready to write quality stuff in Quiplash, or for when the party is winding down and people are starting to exit. I have this same feeling about Blather Round in PP7 as well - more low key games for when the group is at a lull and not at full blown party mode.

[@holyw5478]

Thanks for releasing this, love your content but this is my favorite series from you

[@redpandaplush5980]

The one time I played Push the Button everyone was taking it entirely too seriously and I got stressed out and upset

[@stormbreak7003]

That's the point. Your supposed to find the imposter, of course things are going to be heated. Which is why this game isn't for people who just want to chill or don't want to take things seriously. Also depending on the mood of the people you are hanging with. It either be taking seriously or not at all and will be taking it as a complete joke.

[@SirLuigi]

My favorite gift item in Trivia Murder Party 2 is the grandma wig

[@brendandangelo715]

I love Dictionarium :( No one else seems to enjoy it like I do. I could play it for hours.

[@karinyupinyan5754]

People going from comparing a game to mafia, to comparing it to Among Us. How times change...

[@joemonkeyman4675]

Jackbox 6 is my favorite Party Pack as well! My friends and I love playing Role Models a ton with each other, and I love how much it experiments with all its games and how different they all feel.

[@Danhanado]

Liking the use of Persona Q2 music

[@Imirui]

Part of the reason that the killer in TMP2 is more audible is that his voice filter is applied in post, rather than being baked into the clip itself. You can go into the game files to hear Spencer's voice unaltered. It just adds the filter on when it's played back in the game engine.

[@smollmoth6376]

Jokeboat is one of the most games I've ever played. The jokes aren't funny at all but they're too stall and weird to be funny ironically. It's just leaves people after the game questioning what they just played.

[@squeedles_1943]

YOOOOOOO NEE JACKBOX JUST DROPPED REEEEE REEEE THANK YOU SILOKHAWK

[@squeedles_1943]

Stop or imma ree

[@chJohnJobs]

i am oddly someone who likes joke boat. i see it as a personal challange to make any joke funny.

[@TylerFurrison]

Everybody I play JBPP with only wants me to pull out 6 for Trivia Murder Party 2, they never want any other game in the pack

[@nikua_]

excited for the 7 review, easily my favorite party pack overall

[@jjsix6943]

Yoo love this series introduced me to the Jack box games

[@STEEZY_TREV16]

@Don't read profile photo Don't worry, we won't

[@powerguy3976]

@Don't read profile photo don’t continue speaking.

[@CaptainGriffin]

Me and my friends played Joke Boat and really liked it

[@KamenRiderAliks]

Joke Boat was the game that I played over at a family member's house and that sold me on the entire franchise. Now I own all 8 packs!

[@Thejackboxlab]

He said you can only die in the mini games yet neglects to mention uncle clive's time bomb

[@NabbyLloyd]

we need a "jackbox megapack" that has every jackbox game ever. that would be pretty funny.

[@ArshadZahid_nohandleideas]

Would make sense after the tenth entry

[@braedenbutchko8257]

I want to see a one time shop for a jackbox launcher so I don't have to shuffle through steam

[@connorl3124]

And now it exists for $200

[@kzkultra8948]

LET'S GOOOOOOO IT'S FINALLY HERE

[@dieziegel]

7:13 I want to show you something! *(ad plays)*

[@SaltedEx]

I love that you put Ambxrryy as "not sus" literally get a perfect round

[@funnylucina]

Babe wake up new SilokHawk Jackbox review dropped ‼️‼️

[@leopardsun]

Confession: I think Joke Boat is kinda fun

[@WebstersYouTube]

Push the Button might have just sold me the entire Party Pack 6 on its own.

[@bluebrickmax]

Man, I bought Jackbox 6 FOR Dictionarium. The narrator and credits song add so much, just wish it actually saved all entries

[@TheMikirog]

For me Push the Button seems just as random and incomprehensible as Among Us. I miss everything that is happening, I have no idea what is going on and instead of participating and being in the know, I sit there confused and stressed. And to top it off hacks means aliens always win whenever we play it in friend group. Maybe I'm not a fan of social games at all where it's entirely up to who you're playing with that dictates how fun the game is.

[@silokhawk]

27:17 footage of us winning a 10 player game with 3 aliens (6 hacks) in this very video. As long as everyone understands the game. It's not too hard to win a game as humans with most player counts (half my recorded games were human wins in fact). PTB can be stressful, and for that very reason it's not for everyone; But I don't think it's fair to fault the game itself due to the group someone plays with.

[@rokeYouuer]

I find Push the Button actually favors the humans more than the aliens. It's just not a game you can shut your mind off. You need to actually use a bit of critical thinking and deductive reasoning.

[@EternalStar2401]

Dictionarium is actually one of may favorites, along with Trivia Murder Party 2 and Push the Button

[@Markm8]

Joke boat was really funny when one time i just put “mark” for every word I could

[@Salorlor]

Not only is Joke Boat a bad game, but when my friends and I played it, the game was super buggy - from not letting us submit answers to selecting the wrong option when tapped

[@yassinsoufy99]

I can say that he is the alien

[@-PZ-]

One of my favorites

[@AndrewDavidJ]

Role Models reminds of another party game called “That’s You!”

[@Rorksen]

My groups favourite game is role models. We love how goofy it is and when you get a set of roles that fit perfectly it's brilliant. The only part we don't really like is how short it is. We wish it was at least double the length

[@spencemk]

Awesome video. Btw you should make a video about Wii party

[@shalpp]

31:40 Hahaha testees

[@vrb-.]

As this being the only pack I own I find it enjoyable.

[@35nade]

Can’t wait to see trivia murder party 3 sometime in the trilogy 4.0

[@arthorization]

I find Dictionarium underrated. I use it to play any short games or anything.

[@thom14777]

one thing im surprised you didnt touch on is the fundamental difference in how PTB and among us are formatted in who has to work for victory the sense that in PTB the humans are the ones who are on the stress clock, when in among us it's the imposters who are on the stress clock if that makes sense

[@BradfortBottlenose]

This party pack gets too much hate. I have yet to play Push The Button, but one of my friends actually asked me to boot it up for Trivia Murder Party 2 once. So it definitely hit the mark.

[@atlan2432]

My biggest problem with joke boat is honestly the final round. Because everyone is given two options for the joke they rewrite, that leads to some people gaining more points for having worse jokes since they’re easier to rewrite, and making the first round feel pointless.

[@xXPinkDummyXx]

I can’t remember a time where murder mystery games were related to mafia anymore

[@deckermilk]

holy crap lois

[@Mik3l24]

I wish that my friends and family weren't practically illiterate in English (I don't live in a English-speaking country), otherwise we could be having so much fun with the Jackbox games!

[@RT4eva9]

You could buy quiplash 2 international

[@mariosin3256]

I’m in the video

[@SlinkSup99]

We're getting closer to all packs reviewed every day

[@jraff2735]

*new pack releases*

[@Peachy_bloom64]

My favorite was from dictinariom( if that's how you spell it). When they put down Gadd- sexual, and the sentence, made me laugh 🤣

[@dyll_pyckle]

I remember playing Push The Button (along with some other Party Pack 6 games) with my old friend group freshman year of college. It was getting late and one round was going so badly with people yelling and calling each other names. It was nasty. Friendships definitely ended that night (if they weren't slowly being drained anyway). Being a mostly neutral observer to what was unfolding in front of me was...interesting to say the least. Needless to say, that was the last time we played Push The Button together lol

[@dougalbadger4918]

Aw yea!

[@sooperdoopercooper5040]

29:12 Hey Y’all Scott Here

[@gabefornow750]

I only pull out pack 6 for joke boat and dictionarium it was also my first jackbox no joke

[@mariosin3256]

There was one play session in the server for Push the Button In the first round, I sucked, and everyone assumed I was an alien when I wasn’t because I sucked In the second round, I was an alien, but people didn’t know it was me since I sucked the first round

[@jedisalsohere]

19:07 my main man Jed

[@TheAbigailDee]

Love!

[@Brandt2698]

The next party pack is my favorite

[@bubblegumaddict_mlgkidd]

Ayo it's 6 finally!

[@TigeriPlaysGames]

god, just the brief mention of talking points got me losing my shit for 30 seconds straight remembering a legendarily stupid moment my friends and i had playing it. such a better comedy game than joke boat

[@derentrinder7328]

7/8 and 9 for the jackbox party pack

[@soanimesogood1315]

5:54 can’t believe I laughed at this 😂

[@oblongLogin]

I have literally never seen the gifts minigame in any of my times playing tmp2, strange

[@moshh8680]

I forget this one exists

[@jaydenyoo4309]

I hope you give your opinion on the current fall guys rounds. I loved the fall guys vid last time

[@BluShiGuy]

Nice

[@pmdmakesmecri2]

1:21 Classic Album

[@MichaelandAidanPlush]

Does anyone know what happened to his video on censorship in gta v?

[@user-ht5ei8gi1m]

TMP2 - Amazing Role Models - Great Joke Boat - Good Dictionarium - Alright Push the Button - AMOGUS But in reality I like it.

[@thesoupsuds9577]

Yes

[@presidentpeter14]

29:16 answer c I completely agree with

[@Nicolas_Gamer5476]

you should make a wii fit review

[@austinkendrixfadera1705]

4:23 When I get to the final round when I can play the game Sweating intensifies Ngl that's a good song you can't deny it