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.