the games are all really fun but i find them a little underwhelming compared to other packs especially TKO 2, i'd rather play the original
Tee KO 2: 9/10 Pretty much the same as the first
Fixytext: 6/10 Funny but lacks replayability and doesn't always work all that well
Hypnotorious: 3/10 Not very clear how your supposed to play, even after multiple playthroughs people get confused when they realize they are the outlier
Timejinx: 6/10 I love quiz games but this one gets stale quick
Dodo Re Mi: 2/10 Doesn't work most of the time and even when it does it's just not very fun. Bad idea
The worst Jackbox pack ever IMO. Hope the next one is better because I doubt my friends and I will be going back to this one very often.
Fixytext: 6/10 Funny but lacks replayability and doesn't always work all that well
Hypnotorious: 3/10 Not very clear how your supposed to play, even after multiple playthroughs people get confused when they realize they are the outlier
Timejinx: 6/10 I love quiz games but this one gets stale quick
Dodo Re Mi: 2/10 Doesn't work most of the time and even when it does it's just not very fun. Bad idea
The worst Jackbox pack ever IMO. Hope the next one is better because I doubt my friends and I will be going back to this one very often.
Haven't had a chance to play three of the games yet but TimeJinx and DoDoReMi are pretty fun for what they are. They're Jackbox Games so you know what to expect.
The only funny Jackbox games are the ones where you can make your own choices.
TimeJinx was decent, zoomers and boomers alike have a chance at the trivia, FixyText more like GlitchyText 75% of what we typed wouldn't go through to the final answer, totally unplayable
i didn't buy this game but i should get a refund for having played hypnotorious
Great pack!
FixyText is possibly my favorite new original Jackbox game since Patently Stupid.
Dodo Re Mi is funny but I only played it in the demo. Probably only works well with specific groups of people.
Timejinx is a surprisingly fun trivia game with a lot of cool gimmicks.
Haven't played Tee K.O. 2 yet but I assume it's at least as good as the first. Also haven't played Hypnotorious nor do I know what tf it is ¯\(ツ)/¯
FixyText is possibly my favorite new original Jackbox game since Patently Stupid.
Dodo Re Mi is funny but I only played it in the demo. Probably only works well with specific groups of people.
Timejinx is a surprisingly fun trivia game with a lot of cool gimmicks.
Haven't played Tee K.O. 2 yet but I assume it's at least as good as the first. Also haven't played Hypnotorious nor do I know what tf it is ¯\(ツ)/¯
Jackbox Party Pack 10 is a real test with these party packs. It's a test of what new experiences will work with your friend group, what will work with your phone and what works generally as a gaming concept.
I was able to play the >3 player games a couple of times each, before a significant update on November 15, 2023. Rating each of these packs requires a breakdown of each game, so here's what we thought of the 10th one in the series.
Fixy Text was loved by everyone, but me. I believe this is where the device bugs hit the hardest. It's an interesting design that is kind of like Job Job and Quiplash from other packs. The fun lies in how interesting, creative and funny your friend group is, with some minimal support from the game. The game provides some prompting, but doesn't rely upon it, so role-playing elements depend on the group you're with, like Roomerang or Hypnotorious from this pack. I experienced a lot of bugs while playing, including my cursor and typed letters being randomly applied in the text message, making me a chaotic disaster to play with. Everyone else really loved freestyling text messages with minimal prompts and having their wit acknowledged by others gifting them points.
Tee K.O. 2 was a hit among my friend group, and this has definite quality of life improvements over the first. My problems with the first one are mostly resolved in this one, you can re-use text and pictures that weren't used in previous rounds. However, I really didn't like the last round re-using the shirts we've already made and won with - our group really enjoys the surprise and hilarity from introducing new shirts, but this is a new favourite of ours despite this issue.
Dodo Re Mi is a highlight. It's Guitar Hero for your phone, which I'm very surprised hasn't been done yet. It can be played solo or with one other person, and has been incredible fun just for my partner and I to play through. It's what we've spent the most time with and had the most connection to from both myself who has mastered most Guitar Hero games and someone who has never played a rhythm game before. This could have been an entirely standalone game with the amount of work going into it. However, my Samsung A13 really struggled, often skipping, lagging and freezing during the game, or having inputs not recognized or seen, but that's probably all on my phone model.
Time Jinx is a decent trivia game that is something closer to Guesspionage than a You Don't Know Jack or Trivia Murder Party. It makes good use to contemporary popular cultural historical events for trivia questions. It also has decent for rubberbanding for players who either struggled to remember timelines or guessed poorly. It's fun and interesting, albeit not as much as their other trivia games.
Hypnotorious could potentially be the weakest one of the pack. It relies heavily on the group's roleplaying ability, which mine isn't good at, but also has a somewhat confusing premise and prompting. Our group will have to revisit it, but some of them did enjoy it.
The November 25th update seems to resolve some issues and improve games somewhat, but I have yet to try. This isn't the weakest of the Jackbox Party Packs, but it's far from the strongest.
I was able to play the >3 player games a couple of times each, before a significant update on November 15, 2023. Rating each of these packs requires a breakdown of each game, so here's what we thought of the 10th one in the series.
Fixy Text was loved by everyone, but me. I believe this is where the device bugs hit the hardest. It's an interesting design that is kind of like Job Job and Quiplash from other packs. The fun lies in how interesting, creative and funny your friend group is, with some minimal support from the game. The game provides some prompting, but doesn't rely upon it, so role-playing elements depend on the group you're with, like Roomerang or Hypnotorious from this pack. I experienced a lot of bugs while playing, including my cursor and typed letters being randomly applied in the text message, making me a chaotic disaster to play with. Everyone else really loved freestyling text messages with minimal prompts and having their wit acknowledged by others gifting them points.
Tee K.O. 2 was a hit among my friend group, and this has definite quality of life improvements over the first. My problems with the first one are mostly resolved in this one, you can re-use text and pictures that weren't used in previous rounds. However, I really didn't like the last round re-using the shirts we've already made and won with - our group really enjoys the surprise and hilarity from introducing new shirts, but this is a new favourite of ours despite this issue.
Dodo Re Mi is a highlight. It's Guitar Hero for your phone, which I'm very surprised hasn't been done yet. It can be played solo or with one other person, and has been incredible fun just for my partner and I to play through. It's what we've spent the most time with and had the most connection to from both myself who has mastered most Guitar Hero games and someone who has never played a rhythm game before. This could have been an entirely standalone game with the amount of work going into it. However, my Samsung A13 really struggled, often skipping, lagging and freezing during the game, or having inputs not recognized or seen, but that's probably all on my phone model.
Time Jinx is a decent trivia game that is something closer to Guesspionage than a You Don't Know Jack or Trivia Murder Party. It makes good use to contemporary popular cultural historical events for trivia questions. It also has decent for rubberbanding for players who either struggled to remember timelines or guessed poorly. It's fun and interesting, albeit not as much as their other trivia games.
Hypnotorious could potentially be the weakest one of the pack. It relies heavily on the group's roleplaying ability, which mine isn't good at, but also has a somewhat confusing premise and prompting. Our group will have to revisit it, but some of them did enjoy it.
The November 25th update seems to resolve some issues and improve games somewhat, but I have yet to try. This isn't the weakest of the Jackbox Party Packs, but it's far from the strongest.
One of the weakest additions to the Jackbox Party Pack series yet, unfortunately. As a massive fan of the series, I hoped for way more out of the landmark tenth installment. Timejinx is one of the few bright spots of this pack, and even with that, there are far better and less convoluted trivia games in the series. Hypnotorious is one of the most needlessly confusing games in Jackbox's catalog. Dodo Re Mi is ambitiously un-Jackbox-y, but its unique appeal wears thin. Tee-KO 2 is just Tee-KO 1 with new graphics. Fixytext is like that one South Park episode where they lampoon on Family Guy with the randomizer - it feels like somebody generated all the premises of past Jackbox games and ran it through that and out popped Fixytext. Regretfully disappointing, and I hope the Jackbox series massively improves on its tenth anniversary next year.
better than 9 or 8
FIXYTEXT MY BELOVED !!!!
RTHYEYEME GAME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Jackbox 10 is a good time. Like many of the packs there are some pretty good games and others that aren't and I'll give my general thoughts on each below
TeeKO 2
Its like TeeKO 1 but with a few slight changes, which is to say its very good. The drawings and shirts are hilarious and its always fun to see what people cook up
FixyText
My least favorite from the pack. The pacing on this is slow and you will spend a lot of time doing nothing. Even when you are typing, having three people type one prompt doesn't lead to comedy because the final result has no focus. This game feels like it drags the most.
Hypnotorious
This is an interesting social deduction game of trying to find those similar to you while giving hints that let others know what you are. It is a bit confusing at first, but it is interesting once you figure things out
Timejinx
An extremely clever trivia game. The idea of guessing dates and scoring points based on how far you are from the right date (with golf scoring) is brilliant and makes this a great trivia game with a unique twist.
Dodo Re Mi
A cooperative rhythm game. This is an interesting experiment, though the controls for keyboard and mouse users are a bit clunky. The different instruments offer an interesting choice for people on the outset and is an interesting way of changing difficulty.
Overall, I think Jackbox 10 is a fairly solid time. There is only one game I outright dislike, and the others, especially TeeKO 2 can be extremely fun. That being said, I'm not sure the collective package reaches above some of the other Jackbox games I have played
TeeKO 2
Its like TeeKO 1 but with a few slight changes, which is to say its very good. The drawings and shirts are hilarious and its always fun to see what people cook up
FixyText
My least favorite from the pack. The pacing on this is slow and you will spend a lot of time doing nothing. Even when you are typing, having three people type one prompt doesn't lead to comedy because the final result has no focus. This game feels like it drags the most.
Hypnotorious
This is an interesting social deduction game of trying to find those similar to you while giving hints that let others know what you are. It is a bit confusing at first, but it is interesting once you figure things out
Timejinx
An extremely clever trivia game. The idea of guessing dates and scoring points based on how far you are from the right date (with golf scoring) is brilliant and makes this a great trivia game with a unique twist.
Dodo Re Mi
A cooperative rhythm game. This is an interesting experiment, though the controls for keyboard and mouse users are a bit clunky. The different instruments offer an interesting choice for people on the outset and is an interesting way of changing difficulty.
Overall, I think Jackbox 10 is a fairly solid time. There is only one game I outright dislike, and the others, especially TeeKO 2 can be extremely fun. That being said, I'm not sure the collective package reaches above some of the other Jackbox games I have played
Never played the first Tee KO, and this one is fun. The last round being a mash fest kind of lame though.
Timejinx is cool trivia, probably my least favourite of the ones i've played ( time wheel, quixort, and murder trivia party 2 in that order), but its trivia and i like playing it.
FixyText is super fucking funny if you got a cast of regular jokesters to play with. Im like LOLing big time. IDK if its making laugh Job Job laugh, but its VERY comparable.
Dodo Re Mi is a rythym game that actually works (for me anyways) and I really like it. Mileage may very depending on your internet or rythym capabilities, but for me its so fucking good.
Hypnotorious is a slow start because the first round is a long ass tutorial, and once it does reveal what it is, its also very freeform in how you can play it. Like I think the imposter is supposed to figure out who they are first and try to trick people to get points, but points seem like an afterthought. The real meat and potatoes is role playing here. I like being prompted to roleplay, and its fun to try and deduce what people are. Maybe the game is a little long in the tooth, but hey, i think it still rules.
Timejinx is cool trivia, probably my least favourite of the ones i've played ( time wheel, quixort, and murder trivia party 2 in that order), but its trivia and i like playing it.
FixyText is super fucking funny if you got a cast of regular jokesters to play with. Im like LOLing big time. IDK if its making laugh Job Job laugh, but its VERY comparable.
Dodo Re Mi is a rythym game that actually works (for me anyways) and I really like it. Mileage may very depending on your internet or rythym capabilities, but for me its so fucking good.
Hypnotorious is a slow start because the first round is a long ass tutorial, and once it does reveal what it is, its also very freeform in how you can play it. Like I think the imposter is supposed to figure out who they are first and try to trick people to get points, but points seem like an afterthought. The real meat and potatoes is role playing here. I like being prompted to roleplay, and its fun to try and deduce what people are. Maybe the game is a little long in the tooth, but hey, i think it still rules.
the texting one is pretty cool and tko 2 is good but too similar to tko 1
O tanto q eu ri com os caras jogando isso não tá no gibi. Aparentemente não é nem de longe o melhor jogo da franquia, mas esse foi o meu primeiro, e tive uma ótima experiência com ele :)
Inacreditável a diferença absurda que uma localização excelente como essa faz.
tee k.o. 2 is okay. it's a slight downgrade from the first, but as i don't own the original (which is one of the best jackbox games) for myself this works pretty well. it's also pretty buggy but i assume that will be fixed. 2.5/5
fixytext is DOGSHIT and barely works. 0.5/5
hypnotorious is really fun but it's extremely difficult and at some point you realize it's almost impossible. but that doesn't make it less fun to yell at each other about your answers. 4/5
timejinx is a pretty good trivia game. 3/5
dodo re mi is just okay. it's really hard to not die and it completely breaks the formula of a typical jackbox game, which is a good thing, but it didn't land too well for me. 1.5/5
not too strong as far as jackbox packs go, but there are some gems here.
fixytext is DOGSHIT and barely works. 0.5/5
hypnotorious is really fun but it's extremely difficult and at some point you realize it's almost impossible. but that doesn't make it less fun to yell at each other about your answers. 4/5
timejinx is a pretty good trivia game. 3/5
dodo re mi is just okay. it's really hard to not die and it completely breaks the formula of a typical jackbox game, which is a good thing, but it didn't land too well for me. 1.5/5
not too strong as far as jackbox packs go, but there are some gems here.
LE BAJARON EL PRECIO ( y estan actualizando reworkeando los juegos) . Igual sigue siendo uno de los packs mas flojos.
Tee K.O. 2 and dodo re mi are awesome but having to endure fixytext and hypnotorious was cruel as they gotta be the lowest the series have sunken before.
Time jinx is cool i guess even though years are the least fun type of trivia
Time jinx is cool i guess even though years are the least fun type of trivia
Solid entry into the Jackbox series with the surprise hit in my friend group being the "this has no business working as well as it does" Dodo Re Mi rhythm game.
Tee K.O. 2: Tee K.O. was one of the core Jackbox games for my friend group when we frequently played in 2020, so I was excited to see it revisited. We finally managed to play it after I successfully told everyone they did not need to set up their drawing tablets because you're not supposed to put effort into Jackbox drawing games. Partially inferior because the slogans randomly cut you off instead of letting you manually hit enter, so you end up with so many cut off words which is especially infuriating when you are well known within your friend group for pumping out slogans faster than they pump out Call of Duty games. Otherwise it's more of the same, a negligibly worse version of one of Jackbox's finest games.
Dodo Re Mi: Was fun when you pull up Megalovania Piano Tutorial in another tab, attempt to play that instead of the song, and fail miserably when you don’t know how to play piano.
TimeJinx: I enjoyed this one more than most other trivia games weirdly enough. Someone managed to get Cyborg Tom Brady's birth year right in the final round by saying "I don't know, I'm gonna put down Cyberpunk 2077 because it's cybernetics."
Hypnotorious: Will update when I have a funny to say about this one. I think we played it? Don't remember anything.
FixyText: Pro Tip, type out an overly long string of numbers (such as “7777777777777777777777”) until you run out of character space. The results are hilarious!
Dodo Re Mi: Was fun when you pull up Megalovania Piano Tutorial in another tab, attempt to play that instead of the song, and fail miserably when you don’t know how to play piano.
TimeJinx: I enjoyed this one more than most other trivia games weirdly enough. Someone managed to get Cyborg Tom Brady's birth year right in the final round by saying "I don't know, I'm gonna put down Cyberpunk 2077 because it's cybernetics."
Hypnotorious: Will update when I have a funny to say about this one. I think we played it? Don't remember anything.
FixyText: Pro Tip, type out an overly long string of numbers (such as “7777777777777777777777”) until you run out of character space. The results are hilarious!
4 great additions to the jackbox universe and also time jinx
The text one rules but the rest are mehish
Impresionante nuevo pack. Me parece increíble como los 5 jugeos son cosas a las que volvería casualmente, me parece una pasada considerando que no me suele pasar con todos los packs; siempre hay uno o dos juegos a los que me pensaría si rejugar o no. Y tal es esto que hablaré de los juegos pero NO voy a hacer ranking:
1) TeeKO 2: El juego más esperado del pack. TeeKO es uno de los juegos más adorados de todos y hacer una secuela es lógico. Aunque este juego no deja obsoleto al primero, si que es la mejor forma de jugarlo y es increíble su curro.
2) Fixytext: A primera vista, pensaba que este juego iba a ser muy complicado y es el juego más humorístico de los 5. Fastidia el texto que te manda y vota palabras que te gusta. Puede pasar cualquier palabra y es increíble.
3) Time Jinx: Me encantan los juegos de trivial y, sin embargo, los de Jackbox no llegaban a fascinarme pero este lo ha hecho. Va del tirón al grano y las preguntas me parece super bien enfocadas y divertidas: tienes complicadas y sencillas, curiosas y comunes. De los mejores trivial en un jackbox
4) Hypnotorius: Más o menos como Fixytext en el caso de que pensaba que era complicado pero también es muy divertido. Solo he jugado a este juego con 7 personas, es decir, no sé como será con grupos más reducidos. Pero sin duda es una locura y muy gracioso conforme llegas al final
Dodo Re Mi: La gran sorpresa de este pack. Pensaba que iba a ser un juego cooperativo un poco ñeh... ¡PERO TODO LO CONTRARIO! Como juega de ritmo está super curioso y me parece super curioso la de rejugabilidad que tiene. Tanto que mis colegas y yo planteamos pasarnos este juego. Sí, pasarnos un juego de jackbox
CONCLUSIÓN: Este, junto a los packs 6, 9 y el starter pack, me parecen el mejor pack por conjunto. Me tengo que atrever un juego a hacer ranking de los juegos individuales pero este es, sin duda, una joya del entretenimiento
1) TeeKO 2: El juego más esperado del pack. TeeKO es uno de los juegos más adorados de todos y hacer una secuela es lógico. Aunque este juego no deja obsoleto al primero, si que es la mejor forma de jugarlo y es increíble su curro.
2) Fixytext: A primera vista, pensaba que este juego iba a ser muy complicado y es el juego más humorístico de los 5. Fastidia el texto que te manda y vota palabras que te gusta. Puede pasar cualquier palabra y es increíble.
3) Time Jinx: Me encantan los juegos de trivial y, sin embargo, los de Jackbox no llegaban a fascinarme pero este lo ha hecho. Va del tirón al grano y las preguntas me parece super bien enfocadas y divertidas: tienes complicadas y sencillas, curiosas y comunes. De los mejores trivial en un jackbox
4) Hypnotorius: Más o menos como Fixytext en el caso de que pensaba que era complicado pero también es muy divertido. Solo he jugado a este juego con 7 personas, es decir, no sé como será con grupos más reducidos. Pero sin duda es una locura y muy gracioso conforme llegas al final
Dodo Re Mi: La gran sorpresa de este pack. Pensaba que iba a ser un juego cooperativo un poco ñeh... ¡PERO TODO LO CONTRARIO! Como juega de ritmo está super curioso y me parece super curioso la de rejugabilidad que tiene. Tanto que mis colegas y yo planteamos pasarnos este juego. Sí, pasarnos un juego de jackbox
CONCLUSIÓN: Este, junto a los packs 6, 9 y el starter pack, me parecen el mejor pack por conjunto. Me tengo que atrever un juego a hacer ranking de los juegos individuales pero este es, sin duda, una joya del entretenimiento
Kinda surprised at the mixed reviews this pack's getting. After a few plays I genuinely think it's among the top packs ever.
-Tee K.O. 2 is exactly what you think it is. A welcome update to one of the best Jackbox game ever.
-FixyText is a weird one. It's probably terrible for a group of casual acquaintances, but great with a group of people who know each other well and have lots of experience riffing off of each other. Each time I've played this it's created at least one running gag for the rest of the night. It's a game where the group has to 'provide their own fun,' which I know isn't for everyone, but good dumb fun for those who can.
-Hypnotorious seems to be getting all the hate, but I like it. I think trying to figure out what the categories are and who belongs where is a good time, but I'm not sure why we shouldn't just blurt out who we are immediately? I get that the outlier needs to figure that out and then hide the fact that they're the outlier from the group, but statistically you're probably not the outlier, so why not just force them to out themselves? I've probably played well over 60 social deduction games of various sorts, and while I like the mechanics here, not sure about the meta-game though.
-Timejinx is a trivia game. It's kinda like the card game Timeline, but not as good. No real discussion is fostered by the mechanics and it isn't going to change anyone's mind about trivia games. It's a trivia game!
-Dodo Re Mi is probably the best Jackbox game since Murder Mystery Party. It's a riot with a bunch former Rock Band addicts and sounds silly as hell when everyone's jamming in the same room. I think this game would lose A LOT of it's charm if played virtually via Discord or something, but it's a blast in person. Also, being one of the few (only?) true co-operative games makes it a very welcome addition to the Jackbox line-up.
I really like this pack. I've played it a few times and it's a big hit with every group I've played it with too. I do think most of the games here play best in person, and a few of the games, namely Dodo Re Mi, Hypnotorious & FixyText, would all suffer greatly from being played virtually, but overall I highly recommend, especially if you have long running Jackbox nights.
-Tee K.O. 2 is exactly what you think it is. A welcome update to one of the best Jackbox game ever.
-FixyText is a weird one. It's probably terrible for a group of casual acquaintances, but great with a group of people who know each other well and have lots of experience riffing off of each other. Each time I've played this it's created at least one running gag for the rest of the night. It's a game where the group has to 'provide their own fun,' which I know isn't for everyone, but good dumb fun for those who can.
-Hypnotorious seems to be getting all the hate, but I like it. I think trying to figure out what the categories are and who belongs where is a good time, but I'm not sure why we shouldn't just blurt out who we are immediately? I get that the outlier needs to figure that out and then hide the fact that they're the outlier from the group, but statistically you're probably not the outlier, so why not just force them to out themselves? I've probably played well over 60 social deduction games of various sorts, and while I like the mechanics here, not sure about the meta-game though.
-Timejinx is a trivia game. It's kinda like the card game Timeline, but not as good. No real discussion is fostered by the mechanics and it isn't going to change anyone's mind about trivia games. It's a trivia game!
-Dodo Re Mi is probably the best Jackbox game since Murder Mystery Party. It's a riot with a bunch former Rock Band addicts and sounds silly as hell when everyone's jamming in the same room. I think this game would lose A LOT of it's charm if played virtually via Discord or something, but it's a blast in person. Also, being one of the few (only?) true co-operative games makes it a very welcome addition to the Jackbox line-up.
I really like this pack. I've played it a few times and it's a big hit with every group I've played it with too. I do think most of the games here play best in person, and a few of the games, namely Dodo Re Mi, Hypnotorious & FixyText, would all suffer greatly from being played virtually, but overall I highly recommend, especially if you have long running Jackbox nights.
I'm honestly kind of shocked this entry is as controversial as it currently is? I will agree with the upped $35 price tag being a bit absurd, they shouldn't have raised the price when considering very little here is of such quality to warrant it. Buy this on a sale or check other stores like Green Man Gaming. But at the same time, I think Party Pack 10 has more than enough good games here to make this a better entry than most of the newer packs have been, I sincerely disagree that this is the worst pack when 6 and 9 had more duds than this does.
Tee KO 2 admittedly makes up a lot of the value for my group when the first is easily one of the best games Jackbox has ever had, and this is just more of it with more options. FixyText will definitely be dependent on your group of friends, but the sheer chaos of it reminds me quite a bit of Talking Points from Pack 7; if your group is good at making up random garbage that actually makes all of you laugh, it will be a good time. Timejinx is a much more interesting take on trivia than the other trivia games in this series has been, enough that it's a very fun time but I do wish questions didn't repeat so often; there needs to be more questions than what the game has at least around launch right now. Dodo Re Mi I feel like is the reason why the price was raised higher than usual because the sheer number of songs and options here is genuinely insane, but the value of this game is going to really depend on how much you and the people you play with like rhythm games. It's definitely a little buggy and it's not like a hyper polished actual full game like other real rhythm games, but it's been the game my group has spent the most time on playing so far.
The only real stinker here in the entire pack is Hypnotorious, to such a degree that I question if anybody actually playtested this thing. It's a deduction game which Jackbox isn't new to, but this one is so incredibly badly explained and moves at such an insanely slow pace. I've played this game with two different groups, and both of them audibly groaned and stopped playing early right after we realized we only played one round and not a full match. Having dud games isn't new for Jackbox, it's basically expected for every entry at this point, and at the very least I'm happy enough with every other game in the pack that this makes 10 one of the better newer entries.
I wouldn't recommend this to someone who hasn't bought the other Jackbox games before, get the starter pack if that's the case. For everyone else, know your group of friends and decide for yourself if the types of games here sound like a good time, especially in terms of how much you might value Dodo Re Mi since it's the biggest game in the package.
Tee KO 2 admittedly makes up a lot of the value for my group when the first is easily one of the best games Jackbox has ever had, and this is just more of it with more options. FixyText will definitely be dependent on your group of friends, but the sheer chaos of it reminds me quite a bit of Talking Points from Pack 7; if your group is good at making up random garbage that actually makes all of you laugh, it will be a good time. Timejinx is a much more interesting take on trivia than the other trivia games in this series has been, enough that it's a very fun time but I do wish questions didn't repeat so often; there needs to be more questions than what the game has at least around launch right now. Dodo Re Mi I feel like is the reason why the price was raised higher than usual because the sheer number of songs and options here is genuinely insane, but the value of this game is going to really depend on how much you and the people you play with like rhythm games. It's definitely a little buggy and it's not like a hyper polished actual full game like other real rhythm games, but it's been the game my group has spent the most time on playing so far.
The only real stinker here in the entire pack is Hypnotorious, to such a degree that I question if anybody actually playtested this thing. It's a deduction game which Jackbox isn't new to, but this one is so incredibly badly explained and moves at such an insanely slow pace. I've played this game with two different groups, and both of them audibly groaned and stopped playing early right after we realized we only played one round and not a full match. Having dud games isn't new for Jackbox, it's basically expected for every entry at this point, and at the very least I'm happy enough with every other game in the pack that this makes 10 one of the better newer entries.
I wouldn't recommend this to someone who hasn't bought the other Jackbox games before, get the starter pack if that's the case. For everyone else, know your group of friends and decide for yourself if the types of games here sound like a good time, especially in terms of how much you might value Dodo Re Mi since it's the biggest game in the package.
HYPNOTORIOUS - 0/1
As far a hidden identity goes, Hypnotorious tries to vary things up after years of practice with previous games, but forgets to make it fun, it's absurdly confusing as you answer questions in character and sort your group into categories with very little to go on, and it gets boring and overdrawn fast.
DODO RE MI - 0.5/1
As a rhythm game fan, I'm delighted to say DODO RE MI covers its bases quite nicely when it decides to work, and it's been very popular with my groups, I just kinda wish it had more of a "Jackboxy" element to it like a linear competition, modifiers and rounds, but it has its moments.
TIMEJINX - 1/1
TimeJinx is a fun and interesting spin on trivia as you enter year dates for events and get penalised depending on how far off your answer is, it's simple, but unique and I appreciate it.
TEE K.O 2 - 0.5/1
TEE K.O's great and the new tools are neat, but I was so disappointed when it was announced for this pack that it's on the Sequel Shitlist, sorry.
FIXY TEXT - 0.5
Fixy Text is a lot of fun but is so hands off that I can see it getting old quickly, a pure text game where you and your team have to write responses, simultaneously on one paragraph and without backspacing, which opens up for a lot of comedy, but it means it begins and ends at who can write the most unhinged sentences with absolutely no variables to keep things interesting.
As far a hidden identity goes, Hypnotorious tries to vary things up after years of practice with previous games, but forgets to make it fun, it's absurdly confusing as you answer questions in character and sort your group into categories with very little to go on, and it gets boring and overdrawn fast.
DODO RE MI - 0.5/1
As a rhythm game fan, I'm delighted to say DODO RE MI covers its bases quite nicely when it decides to work, and it's been very popular with my groups, I just kinda wish it had more of a "Jackboxy" element to it like a linear competition, modifiers and rounds, but it has its moments.
TIMEJINX - 1/1
TimeJinx is a fun and interesting spin on trivia as you enter year dates for events and get penalised depending on how far off your answer is, it's simple, but unique and I appreciate it.
TEE K.O 2 - 0.5/1
TEE K.O's great and the new tools are neat, but I was so disappointed when it was announced for this pack that it's on the Sequel Shitlist, sorry.
FIXY TEXT - 0.5
Fixy Text is a lot of fun but is so hands off that I can see it getting old quickly, a pure text game where you and your team have to write responses, simultaneously on one paragraph and without backspacing, which opens up for a lot of comedy, but it means it begins and ends at who can write the most unhinged sentences with absolutely no variables to keep things interesting.
early thoughts: definitely their best pack in a while but still far from the top. Honestly this says more about how mediocre 8 and especially 9 were, lol.
- Tee KO is great but it's not much different from the one released like 7 years ago. Addition of other kinds of shirts and fonts is cool
- TimeJinx is really fun, super simple but it's a neat permutation of a trivia game. Definitely done before but not in Jackbox before I believe which is cool
- Dodo Re Mi initially seems like it would be this pack's Zeeple Dome, but it's actually pretty decent. It's not, like, good, but it's funny and it works surprisingly well for a rhythm game on a website over the internet, and the ability to hear it playback at the end really makes it work. It's a fun novelty, definitely not something to buy this pack for but it's worth playing a couple games of it
- FixyText is... eh. I'm sure it does okay in some crowds but I gather a lot of people playing this especially right now (october 2023) are just going to have walls of "skibidi rizz gyatt ohio", lol. Playing it is kind of a clusterfuck but that's definitely the intent so i guess if you think clusterfucks are funny then it's ok!
- Hypnotorious is the bad game here. Every single one of these packs always has like at least one borderline unplayable game and it's this one this time. Sad, since it's probably their first truly shit social deduction game. It's long, it's boring, it's not funny, and everyone either answers in a way that totally gives away what they are or just types in nonsense. Multiple people groaned when the second round started. Avoid.
- Tee KO is great but it's not much different from the one released like 7 years ago. Addition of other kinds of shirts and fonts is cool
- TimeJinx is really fun, super simple but it's a neat permutation of a trivia game. Definitely done before but not in Jackbox before I believe which is cool
- Dodo Re Mi initially seems like it would be this pack's Zeeple Dome, but it's actually pretty decent. It's not, like, good, but it's funny and it works surprisingly well for a rhythm game on a website over the internet, and the ability to hear it playback at the end really makes it work. It's a fun novelty, definitely not something to buy this pack for but it's worth playing a couple games of it
- FixyText is... eh. I'm sure it does okay in some crowds but I gather a lot of people playing this especially right now (october 2023) are just going to have walls of "skibidi rizz gyatt ohio", lol. Playing it is kind of a clusterfuck but that's definitely the intent so i guess if you think clusterfucks are funny then it's ok!
- Hypnotorious is the bad game here. Every single one of these packs always has like at least one borderline unplayable game and it's this one this time. Sad, since it's probably their first truly shit social deduction game. It's long, it's boring, it's not funny, and everyone either answers in a way that totally gives away what they are or just types in nonsense. Multiple people groaned when the second round started. Avoid.
It's ok. The rhythm minigame kinda sucks but the rest of them are alright. There are a lot better party packs though.