{"id":20652,"date":"2020-11-20T00:01:42","date_gmt":"2020-11-20T00:01:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/?p=20652"},"modified":"2020-10-24T12:53:14","modified_gmt":"2020-10-24T12:53:14","slug":"the-jackbox-party-pack-7-ps4-switch-xbox-one-mobile-pc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/2020\/11\/20\/the-jackbox-party-pack-7-ps4-switch-xbox-one-mobile-pc\/","title":{"rendered":"The Jackbox Party Pack 7 (PS4, Switch, Xbox One, Mobile, PC)"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>If you have a bunch of people over to play games during the holidays, but not enough controllers to play with everyone, then Jackbox has you covered!\u00a0 Their latest batch of party games is out, and all you need are cell phones to play them!\u00a0 Just connect to Jackbox.tv on any phone and enter in the room code and you\u2019re in!\u00a0 It\u2019s pretty simple and works well, and in some games, even people who don\u2019t have cell phones can be part of the audience and participate.\u00a0 The Jackbox Party Pack 7 is available on most anything that can play games, but reviewed on PS4 here.\u00a0 I like how the menu screen in this one looks like parade balloons, a perfect fit for the season.\u00a0 Anyway, let\u2019s take a look at all the games!<\/p>\n

Quiplash 3<\/strong><\/p>\n

This must be a really popular game to already be on the second sequel.\u00a0 I\u2019ve already reviewed another one of these on Switch, too!<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0 In Quiplash, you must have three or more people to play.\u00a0 Actually in all the games here but one, you need three or more people.\u00a0 This one is better to have more, though.\u00a0 In each round you are prompted to answer a series of questions by typing your responses on your phone.\u00a0 Make sure they\u2019re funny and clever because when the answers are revealed on screen, the other players will vote on their favorite.\u00a0 Whoever gets a vote will earn points, and whoever has the most points at the end of a few rounds, wins.\u00a0 It\u2019s kind of like how you would play Apples to Apples or Cards Against Humanity.\u00a0 The sequel lets you pick from more questions and even lets you create your own!<\/p>\n

The Devils & the Details<\/strong><\/p>\n

This one is set up like a TV sitcom.\u00a0 You can even get a trophy on the PS4 by playing this one on a Friday night (nice little TGIF reference there).\u00a0 Anyway, the players are a group of devils living in a suburbia house, and you must do menial chores using the cell phone to play simple touch screen mini games.\u00a0 Kind of like WarioWare.\u00a0 You get points for each one you complete, and some require more than one person to do.\u00a0 There are also certain tasks you MUST do by the end of the time limit that reflect the plot of the current situation your devil family is in.\u00a0 You must reach a certain amount of points by the end of the day\u2019s time limit.\u00a0 If you don\u2019t, the big guy downstairs gets mad and it\u2019s Game Over.\u00a0 I think this one would only be fun with people on multiple playthroughs and they need to be familiar with how WarioWare style games work,\u00a0 too.<\/p>\n

Champ\u2019d Up<\/strong><\/p>\n

This is a weird take on Pictionary.\u00a0 Draw doodles on your cell phone and pit them against other doodles in a one-on-one fight.\u00a0 Other players vote on the best doodles via fight topics and themes, and whoever gets the most votes, wins.\u00a0 I kind of liked this game because I enjoy drawing games, but the other players I was with thought this was dumb.<\/p>\n

Talking Points<\/strong><\/p>\n

I guess I just didn\u2019t \u2018get\u2019 this one.\u00a0 Players take turns adlibbing speeches with topics on their cell phone, while an assistant picks pictures for them to talk about on screen, too.\u00a0 Then the audience votes on the funny parts by tapping on their phone.\u00a0 I dunno, I guess if you think PowerPoint presentations are fun, you might like this one.<\/p>\n

Blather Round<\/strong><\/p>\n

And finally, this is a guessing game for two or more players. \u00a0But it\u2019s better with more than two.\u00a0 Anyway, each person must pick a topic, like a person or place.\u00a0 It can be a real thing like the Grand Canyon, or a fictional place, like Whoville.\u00a0 The other players must guess your topic, but the only clues you can give are chosen words to fill in the blanks in sentences.\u00a0 Like \u201cIt\u2019s known for BLANK.\u201d\u00a0 If the other players can guess your topic, you get points, and whoever gets the most after a couple of rounds, wins.\u00a0 Only problem is the word choices you\u2019re given are not very helpful.\u00a0 For instance, one of the things I got to choose from was Sonic the Hedgehog.\u00a0 But not once did I get a word clue like \u201cBlue\u201d or \u201cFast.\u201d\u00a0 The closest thing I got to a helpful word was \u201cSneakers\u201d and that was only towards the end of my time.\u00a0 I guess I could\u2019ve given others verbal clues, but would that be considered cheating?\u00a0 It\u2019s still a fun game, just don\u2019t take it too seriously or too competitively.<\/p>\n

Really the only problem I had with this game is that like the last Jackbox Party Pack<\/strong><\/a>, there are some good ones and some stinkers.\u00a0 And if you\u2019re stuck at home because of COVID and don\u2019t have as many opportunities to play games with others, my brother Jeff told me of a great idea to play this game while social distancing.\u00a0 You can stream this game via streaming devices, and then others can view it online in real time and play it via their phones!\u00a0 It\u2019s a neat idea to play and stay connected, and Jackbox Party Pack 7 is a great party title overall.\u00a0 I\u2019d like to thank my family for helping me play this one.<\/p>\n

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Kid Factor:<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Jackbox Party Pack 7 is rated T for Teen with ESRB descriptors of Crude Humor, Drug Reference, Fantasy Violence, and Sexual Themes.\u00a0 Most of the game is only as dirty as you make it, so if you are playing with a group of rowdy adults, it could definitely get not so kid friendly.\u00a0 One neat thing they added in the options menus of most of these titles on the pack lets you toggle filtering out adult focused topics or blocking out off color responses.\u00a0 I don\u2019t think they\u2019ve done that in a Jackbox game I\u2019ve played before.\u00a0 So parents, if you are playing with kids, check the options screens first and see what you can do!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

If you have a bunch of people over to play games during the holidays, but not enough controllers to play with everyone, then Jackbox has you covered!\u00a0 Their latest batch of party games is out, and all you need are cell phones to play them!\u00a0 Just connect to Jackbox.tv on any phone and enter in […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":20650,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20652","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-game-reviews"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20652","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20652"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20652\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20654,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20652\/revisions\/20654"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20650"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20652"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20652"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20652"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}