The voiceover work, varied visual styles and stellar soundtrack / sound effects are present again, but the nature of the games themselves do have a more improvisational theme when viewed as a whole package. Choosing from the 'five and a half' games on offer, 1-8 (or sometimes more) people either compete or cooperate to fulfil certain improvisational scenarios or answer pop culture-based trivia. If you have previously played the Jackbox Party games, then this fourth instalment is going to be a mostly familiar set up. Whether it be trying to read someone's reactions to an outlandish yet oddly plausible red herring in Fibbage, or pressing the select button a fraction of a second too late in a certain round of 'You Don't Know Jack', there's plenty of opportunity to bluff, deceive or sabotage while having a good time. While Twitch streamers (and theoretically a group of distanced friends) could play together, part of the allure of the experience is the proximity of its players and the resulting banter around the TV.
With only one of the previous fifteen games in the series being available as a single player experience, the latest in the series - The Jackbox Party Pack 4 - once again relies on two factors: an internet / Wi-Fi connection, and a friend (or handful) to actually play the games via their smart devices.
Ice breaking and rival building are the goals, in the tradition of multiplayer institutions that graced communal living spaces of the late '90s the Jackbox Party Pack games aim to create as many laughs on a 2017 night as we saw in the olden days with conventional titles like Mario Kart 64 or GoldenEye 007. As 'traditional' party game experiences have been joined by more and more virtual board games and digital quiz shows over the last few years, Jackbox has claimed its own space and gained popularity through its use of smart devices. Ever since the first 'You Don't Know Jack' game arrived in the mid '90s, the Jackbox brand has increasingly targeted consoles with its quirky cooperative and competitive experiences.
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