Sometimes phones simply don't cooperate with the game, and players occasionally aren't able to vote or submit their answers properly.
We enjoyed Patently Stupid, but it and all the other party games did occasionally suffer from a problem that has been common in the series since its inception. It also has a unique public speaking element to it in that it encourages players to actually present their inventions to the group - those that don't want to can always let the snarky announcers present it for them instead, though. The game suffers from a common issue with the Jackbox Party Pack games, in that drawing on a smartphone screen with the thick lines it uses is difficult, but Patently Stupid is still plenty of fun regardless. As can be expected, the problems players come up with can get pretty vulgar, and the inventions they draw equally so.
It's interesting to see Jackbox Games experiment with party games that are more like a traditional video game, but Zeeple Dome is a disappointment.Īnd finally, we have Patently Stupid, which tasks players with dreaming up inventions to deal with various problems. For one, it only allows for up to six players, whereas every other game lets eight players participate, and secondly, it's difficult to aim with a phone touchscreen while simultaneously paying attention to what's happening on the TV. Compared to the other games, Zeeple Dome isn't nearly as fun, and that's due to a couple of different reasons. In it, players use their phone screens to fling color-coded characters at enemies and power-ups, with the goal being to earn as many points as possible and eliminate all of the opponents. Next is Zeeple Dome, which is the closest the Jackbox Party Pack games has gotten to a traditional video game.
The only downside is that since it's tournament style and the winner is determined by player vote, it's not as fun when playing with anything less than a full group of eight. When played with the right people, Mad Verse City is downright hilarious and will leave players howling with laughter more often than not.
In Mad Verse City, Transformers-esque robots compete in rap battles that use text-to-voice software to actually rap the rhymes players come up with. Split the Room is fun, but it is completely overshadowed by the best new Party Pack game, and one of the best the series has ever had, Mad Verse City. Knowing the people you're playing with and how they think is crucial to success, and that adds a bit of strategy to the proceedings for those who want to really put some thought into how they complete their situations. Split the Room is good for some laughs, and the Twilight Zone aesthetic makes it a bit more memorable than many other Party Pack games. The goal is to "split the room" by getting half of the people in the room to agree with the presented situation and the other half to disagree with it. First up is Split the Room, a party game with a Twilight Zone-style presentation that challenges players to fill in missing words for various situations.