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I still can't decide whether the game's presenter, this suited cat, is cool or weird. The remaining players then vote on their preference, and your score increases the closer you get to a perfect split. The game works like this: players are provided with a scenario in which they must fill a blank space with an answer they think will divide opinion. In a world of Brexit and Trump, you'd think that we'd be good at this, but it's actually surprisingly difficult to find a topic on which a group is split 50:50. Moving from 90s retro robotic hip hop to surrealist film noir, the second really excellent mini game of the pack is Split The Room - which, if the name hadn't already given it away, is all about trying to divide your group straight down the middle. Mad Verse City gets the balance right by introducing some restrictions - such as the need for rhyme and rhythm - while also allowing players the freedom to be as silly as they want within these boundaries, and sometimes break the rules for comedic effect. Something I'm less certain of is whether my rapping skills will improve. Sorry Chris.Дue to its endless replayability, Mad Verse City is probably the standout game from this pack, and one which I'm sure we'll return to at future parties. Pretty much anything is funny in a robotic Welsh accent, but it's about ten times better when the person controlling the robot is Chris Bratt. The combination of accents and clichГ© hip hops beats works incredibly well as a novel and amusing way to read out answers. The entire group then votes on which of the two raps in the battle was best, and the person with the most points over several rounds is crowned champion.Дespite initially seeming a little odd, it turns out the robot theme is actually an inspired way to smoothly incorporate the game's (rather brilliant) text to speech feature.

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You're then given free reign to create a second line yourself, and the whole verse is read out to a beat by your robot in a rap battle. Players are first told to come up with a single word, such as a noun to do with food, which is then added into an opening line written by the computer.

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Although the game's attempts to be 'down with the kids' with the hip hop theme occasionally felt a little awkward (particularly as the only black voices I've ever heard in the Jackbox series are in this stereotypical setting), the game seems to have hit the jackpot in regards to creating a platform for silly humour. Judging by the reactions of the test group, the most popular game - almost unanimously - was Mad Verse City. This is what a Jackbox party looks like, if you were wondering. I managed to tempt people from Gamer Network to test the game with the offer of free beer and pizza. Despite being the literal definition of a mixed bag, for the price of the game and the entertainment value of the pack as a whole - I'd say it's still worth it. It's comprised of two truly excellent mini games, along with one solid entry, and two the entire testing party would rather forget about. And in this regard, The Jackbox Party Pack 5 remains true to form. The series as a whole works best if you have multiple titles over which you can build up a list of favourite minigames. As with many of the packs in the Jackbox series, you tend to get a mixture of mini games which are inventive and engaging, thrown in with a few that miss the mark entirely. With the latest instalment, I was looking for something that would strike a fine balance between the familiarity of past titles, and something new and quirky.Дoes the new game provide this? Well, nearly. It can get pretty messy.ДЄs a lazy party host who's always on the lookout for easy entertainment, I've somehow become a veteran Jackbox player.

Think Cards Against Humanity, but with your name (and your secrets) laid bare for the amusement of all. They're pretty fabulous for evening's entertainment - typically because they allow for personalised jokes and crude yet creative humour.

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You typically get five games per pack, which can be played by up to eight people on their phones (along with the console or PC running the game's main display).

Availability: Out on Xbox One, PS4, PC and SwitchДЇor those out the loop (or who haven't been students in a while), Jackbox party packs are collections of multiplayer mini game collections.

It's time for a Jackbox party - and this time it's all about the latest instalment in the series, Party Pack 5. Some of us have even remembered to charge our phones. Patchy, chaotic but ultimately hilarious mini-game collection that proves Jackbox is still king of the party genre.

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