{"id":22733,"date":"2022-11-11T00:01:48","date_gmt":"2022-11-11T00:01:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/?p=22733"},"modified":"2022-10-21T12:47:02","modified_gmt":"2022-10-21T12:47:02","slug":"the-jackbox-party-pack-9-ps4-ps5-switch-xbox-one-x-s-ios-pc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/2022\/11\/11\/the-jackbox-party-pack-9-ps4-ps5-switch-xbox-one-x-s-ios-pc\/","title":{"rendered":"The Jackbox Party Pack 9 (PS4, PS5, Switch, Xbox One, X\/S, iOS, 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 or tablets to play them!\u00a0 Just connect to Jackbox.tv on any mobile device 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, too.\u00a0 The Jackbox Party Pack 9 is available on most anything that can play games, but reviewed on PS4 here.\u00a0 Let\u2019s take a quick look at the five games on this collection.<\/p>\n

Fibbage 4<\/strong><\/p>\n

Gotta be one of Jackbox\u2019s most popular titles.\u00a0 Three or more players can play.\u00a0 The game will ask you a question, and each player must come up with an answer.\u00a0 But it can\u2019t be the right answer.\u00a0 With your phone, you must type in a lie or fake answer that\u2019ll trick the other players.\u00a0 If you can\u2019t think of one, you can choose for the game to come up with one for you, but you won\u2019t get as many points.\u00a0 Then everyone will have to answer the question with multiple choice answers.\u00a0 If another player picks your lie, you\u2019ll get points.\u00a0 Also, one answer is the true one and if you pick that one, you\u2019ll also get points.\u00a0 Whoever has the most points by the end of a few rounds, wins!<\/p>\n

Roomerang<\/strong><\/p>\n

This is more of a social party game than anything.\u00a0 Like a mixer or icebreaker, if you will.\u00a0 It\u2019s also the hardest one to get enough people to play, because you have to have at least four, and up to ten to play!\u00a0 You are in a group of people living in a house together and you can be your own self or a persona they give you.\u00a0 You then answer questions and vote on the best ones.\u00a0 You can also kick out people or protect others.\u00a0 But don\u2019t worry if you get kicked out, you\u2019ll be back in the next round as a \u2018new\u2019 person.\u00a0 After a few rounds of this, whoever gets the most points from votes, wins.\u00a0 Definitely one of the weaker games on here in my opinion.<\/p>\n

Junktopia<\/strong><\/p>\n

A wizard has turned everyone into frogs, and he\u2019ll turn one of you back under one condition.\u00a0 You must shop for junk and describe it as something better than what it is.\u00a0 Other players (three or more) will vote on the best answers and whoever gets the most points after a few rounds, wins.<\/p>\n

Nonsensory<\/strong><\/p>\n

This is another one of the weaker ones here.\u00a0 Three or more players will either write or draw something, and then the other players are given a description and must choose a number or percentage to how close it is.\u00a0 You get points if you are close to others and the actual answer.\u00a0 The problem is the computer picks this answer, so you really don\u2019t have control over it and it\u2019s a bit random and hard to understand.<\/p>\n

Quixort<\/strong><\/p>\n

It\u2019s a trivia game, but with a unique twist.\u00a0 You can be in teams and when it is your turn to answer a question, you use your cell phone like a controller to sort answers in a trivia question.\u00a0 You might have to sort the release dates of fast food chains or the lyrics in order of the SpongeBob Squarepants theme song.\u00a0 You get points depending on how close you get, and after a few rounds, the team with the most points wins.<\/p>\n

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And that\u2019s it.\u00a0 Like most Jackbox games, there are some good ones and not so good ones.\u00a0 Here is no exception.\u00a0 But it is certainly better than the Jackbox Party Pack they came out with this time last year.\u00a0 A good pick if you have any get-togethers going on.<\/p>\n

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

The Jackbox Party Pack 9 is rated T for Teen with ESRB descriptors of Crude Humor, Violent References, Use of Tobacco, Suggestive Themes, and Drug Reference.\u00a0 Most of these games on here are just as dirty as you make them to be.\u00a0 There is a kid friendly mode that you can toggle off and on, which is nice.\u00a0 I think someday, Jackbox should make a collection of all kid friendly games, with topics and questions geared toward kids.\u00a0 Don\u2019t you think that would be a neat idea?\u00a0 With that all said, I think this game is best enjoyed by kids who can operate a cell phone and text with ease, as long as the kid friendly option is turned on.<\/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 or tablets to play them!\u00a0 Just connect to Jackbox.tv on any mobile device […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":22731,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-22733","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\/22733","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=22733"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22733\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22735,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22733\/revisions\/22735"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22731"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22733"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22733"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22733"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}