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Nintendo Switch – JackBox Party Pack 10 & JackBox Survey Scramble review by Alex

Jackbox Party Pack 10 is a collection of party games for everyone to enjoy, included are five different activities; Fixy Text, Tee K.O. 2, Time Jinx, Dodo Re Mi, and Hypnotorious. To get the most out of this pack you will want to have at-least four people in order to play all the games, and up to eight or nine depending on the game. Getting everyone involved is simple, you can either use the app or website to join in and only one copy of the game is needed. Moderation and family friendly options are toggleable making this game appealing to everyone!

My personal favourite game out of the pack had to be Time Jinx, you and your other players are time travellers and you are tasked with travelling to different historical events. You just have to know what year they happened (or close to it), along with some other related side quests like blending in within the time period. The person with the lowest score at the end of the game wins! I particularly liked this one as it has more recent events and more historical ones, from knowledge of Soviet leaders to weird television adverts in the early 2000s. I haven’t even scraped the surface of what other subjects there are during my playthroughs.

My only real critique of the pack would be some of the more American centric questions that pop up from time to time, while it is understandable as Jackbox Games is a Chicago based company but for anyone outside of the US (which is a lot of people) it makes the game a bit difficult. I appreciated the button that limits the American centric questions, I still found myself and my friends stumped on some of the more obscure early American President questions.

Overall this Party Pack is an Excellent addition to the Jackbox Party Pack Franchise, and is a must have for when you have friends and or family over or online through services like Discord. Definitely worth picking up on your preferred platform!

JackBox Survey Scramble is a quiz game that tests your knowledge on a variety of subjects in unique and entertaining ways. Included are 6 different game modes; HiLo, Bounce, Squares, Speed, Dares, and Dash. To get the most out of this pack you will want to have at-least two people in order to play the game modes (although I would recommend at least four), and up to ten players excluding the Audience. Getting everyone involved is simple, you can either use the app or website to join in and only one copy of the game is needed. Moderation and family friendly options are toggleable making this game appealing to everyone!

My personal favourite game mode out of these was Bounce, control of the paddle is alternated between two teams and in order to move the paddle you must give answers with varying popularity to move position. I found this to be chaotically fun and challenging, the added pressure of the ball bouncing and needing to come up with a word that was just right to bounce the ball to prevent the other team from scoring. Reusing words came with a penalty to up the ante as they would shrink the paddle making things harder, on top of the ball getting faster with every answer it made for very entertaining gameplay.

Overall Jackbox Survey Scramble is definitely worth a pickup for any social gathering or online games night, with constantly refreshing surveys and answers it’s a no brainer. Definitely worth picking up on your preferred platform!

Available on Nintendo Switch (PEGI 12) 4 Stars/ 3.8 Stars

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If you’re looking for fun budget titles to download onto your Nintendo Switch – the Jackbox games are really good values for money and great fun. There’s loads to enjoy and they’re brilliant for group gaming sessions!!!