Jackbox Party Pack 8 is a solid take on the fantastic formula

 

 

The Jackbox Party Packs are a social godsend; these collections of simple, dynamic minigames have been a bastion throughout the pandemic. Only one person needs to own the pack, and then they can host a Discord call or Twitch stream and get everyone in on the fun via a web browser. The newest entry, The Jackbox Party Pack 8, is a solid new contender in the series, with no games that feel like filler.

 

 

Some of these packs are mean, and delight in pitting you against your friends in a bizarre competition. Others are pretty chill, and can be safely dispatched to entertain family during the holidays or to break the ice with acquaintances. The games in 8 all feel a little more focused on delivering a specific experience, and the developer’s gotten better at crafting their little quirks.

 

 

Drawful Animate

 

Drawful is great, and one of the best games from previous Packs. Drawful Animate is better. It’s like a feral game of Pictionary, where players are given absurd captions and limited tools to draw them. This is not an artistic endeavor; in fact, the worse you do, the funnier things get. Drawful Animate spices things up further by giving people two drawings to complete, which then loop together to create a basic animation.

 

 

This isn’t a huge change, but it’s a novel one, and it also comes with some fun tools like episodes. You can write your own wild phrases, or fill in your friends’ names so Drawful Animate can pull them up as the subject matter of a round. It’s a nice tool to stack on top of the base game, and players can avoid burning through all the prompts by adding their own. Drawful Animate is the headliner of this pack, and it’s a lot of fun — as long as you were already on board with Drawful vanilla.

 

 

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