It’s a shame that it’s only in English. A step backwards.
For now, I can’t recommend the game. I’ll change my review once new languages are added to it.
I bought this pack solely for Legends of Trivia, and I am majorly disappointed. Everything about it is wrong.
The co-op aspect should be reminiscent of a classic pub trivia night but it might as well not be a team game at all. Either one person knows the answer immediately and just shouts it for everyone else to pick, or people just guess random answers and slowly get killed, neither of which are fun for the group. You don't get time to deliberate and are pushed to just select whatever answer someone says first.
The RPG theme is criminally underutilised. You have HP and take and deal damage as you answer questions but that is the extent of the RPG gimmick. Characters aren't distinct from each other, there's no special abilities or equipment you get use, even the few consumable items you pick up in your journey are the most generic "heal damage" and "block an attack". It's so unimaginative. They could have done so much with the concept but it's just so bland.
Speaking of bland, why is there no voice over? For a D&D inspired fantasy theme, you'd think this would be the time to bring out a big personality to play as DM, voice some corny monster dialogue and read out the questions. But no, it's dead silent outside of the tutorials. The best part of games like You Don't Know Jack and Trivia Murder Party are the hosts. This feels so dry and lifeless without a host.
Finally, and worst of all, the questions are just atrocious. We didn't know the answers to half of the questions because they're mostly American musicians or celebrity chefs of whatever, even though we turned off US-centric content, but not knowing a topic is a death sentence in this game. We had a Dis or Dat style boss fight about The Weeknd and Essie Nail Polish, an artist none of us know and a brand we have never heard of. In any other Jackbox trivia game, you'd get a question like that, answer it, some get it right some get it wrong, then you move on to a new question. In Legends of Trivia, if you get a question wrong in a boss fight, it keeps asking MORE questions on the SAME TOPIC. So since we didn't know anything about The Weeknd or Essie Nail, we got like a dozen questions about them, died 3+ times each, just locked in this endless looping hell of crap American trivia we do not care about. Even the questions we did know are just so god damn lame. There's no wit or charm to any of them, and when there's nothing else in the game to do besides answer generic trivia questions (ie the mind games in Fibbage, the minigames in TMP, the esoteric riddle questions in YDKJ) it's just so boring!
I don't even want to talk about the other games. We didn't play Cookie Haus or Suspectives (my friends aren't big on drawing and social deduction games) but we did play the other two in the demo and they do not save this pack for me. This is weakest Jackbox pack to date by far. Huge disappointment.
Played Jackbox Party Pack 11 on stream with my community and it was an absolute blast. Every game had people laughing and spamming chat — it’s the perfect mix of fun and creativity. The new games are surprisingly solid, really love hear say and cookie hous. Definitely one of the better packs in recent years. Suspectives is very funny to play on discord and Legends of trivia is the first game cooperative of trivial. If you stream or just hang out with friends online or local with family, this one’s a must-have.
Rating: ★★★★★ (5/5)
A hilarious, inventive, and endlessly replayable addition to the Jackbox legacy.
Played all 5 games alone as all 4 players for all the achievements. Yes, I do have the definitely rare bragging right of having no friends. But it's still a good time! Hear Say was probably my favorite, it was fun to make silly relevant sounds into a microphone or just google "vine boom sound effect." Also enjoyed Legends of Trivia, campaign was short but otherwise delivers trivia in a neat way I haven't seen before. Other games were fine but probably best to hear about it from someone else, I don't think I'm getting the full experience by voting on which player made the best inside joke I could think of in the moment. Only bad game in my opinion was Cookie Haus, but that's more of there being better options in the party pack series than anything.
Its.....okay. But it really suffers without including the next Trivia Murder Party, which is going to be a standalone. The games included are pretty forgettable, and my group quickly found ourselves going back to some of the previous packs.
Absolute banger. We've only played Doominate, Legends of Trivia, and Cookie Haus so far but the level of care is something to behold. This is just straight up impressive work, John Box. Y'all killed it with this one.
Definitely one of the most consistent packs of all time, there are several packs that have bad or mediocre games, not one of these I felt lacked in any form of enjoyment. Some very outlandish and fun ideas, no sequels and a smooth flowing pack that a 2 year break made so much stronger than its predecessors for quite some time (2019-2020). I'd say the break has paid off.
This pack has so much variety, which many have lacked. From a D&D twist on a trivia game, to a detective role playing game where you get to accuse players, to the classic Jackbox prompt game where you have to make a scenario worse, a drawing game which is simple and blends whimsical scenarios with cookies and a game involving the phones microphone to create sound effects. This pack has so much that many will love and every game feeling distinct is something we haven't really seen since pack 6 or 7, so coming back to this formula with different artstyles and tones really allows each game to shine, whilst still having a classic jackbox feel.
Not just consistent but also one of the most entertaining packs in a long time, had a blast.
The best Party Pack in consistency since Pack 7, but distinctly lacks a heavy-hitter title that Packs 8 and 9 both had.
Doominate is a fun supplement title to Quiplash, tasking players to take something nice and "ruin" it in comedic ways, with each round having a twist on that formula, but it doesn't have as much staying power as the iconic comedy writing games.
Hear Say has you make random sounds or speeches, and surprisingly is a great time for being just that, though works far better over call than in-person. There isn't really any other game that uses sound in the way Hear Say does, so it is the main game I see myself going back to the most.
Cookie Haus is a simple four-round cookie drawing game, pretty enjoyable though nowhere near the peak of Jackbox's drawing games. It's cozy, but doesn't have the hype of Champ'd Up.
Susceptives is a really fun social deduction game, the survey question base to find out who the criminal is works wonders for the social aspect, but it leans way too much in the favor of the innocents, especially if you aren't at the maximum player count.
Legends of Trivia is the only true dud, the RPG setting isn’t used to the fullest and largely just feels like a background for the trivia; three worlds to clear also makes it way too short, although the individual games can drag on by themselves.
I did recieve this product for free, but I was planning on buying it Day One after having played Early Access had I not gotten a free key.
It’s a shame that it’s only in English. A step backwards.
For now, I can’t recommend the game. I’ll change my review once new languages are added to it.
I bought this pack solely for Legends of Trivia, and I am majorly disappointed. Everything about it is wrong.
The co-op aspect should be reminiscent of a classic pub trivia night but it might as well not be a team game at all. Either one person knows the answer immediately and just shouts it for everyone else to pick, or people just guess random answers and slowly get killed, neither of which are fun for the group. You don't get time to deliberate and are pushed to just select whatever answer someone says first.
The RPG theme is criminally underutilised. You have HP and take and deal damage as you answer questions but that is the extent of the RPG gimmick. Characters aren't distinct from each other, there's no special abilities or equipment you get use, even the few consumable items you pick up in your journey are the most generic "heal damage" and "block an attack". It's so unimaginative. They could have done so much with the concept but it's just so bland.
Speaking of bland, why is there no voice over? For a D&D inspired fantasy theme, you'd think this would be the time to bring out a big personality to play as DM, voice some corny monster dialogue and read out the questions. But no, it's dead silent outside of the tutorials. The best part of games like You Don't Know Jack and Trivia Murder Party are the hosts. This feels so dry and lifeless without a host.
Finally, and worst of all, the questions are just atrocious. We didn't know the answers to half of the questions because they're mostly American musicians or celebrity chefs of whatever, even though we turned off US-centric content, but not knowing a topic is a death sentence in this game. We had a Dis or Dat style boss fight about The Weeknd and Essie Nail Polish, an artist none of us know and a brand we have never heard of. In any other Jackbox trivia game, you'd get a question like that, answer it, some get it right some get it wrong, then you move on to a new question. In Legends of Trivia, if you get a question wrong in a boss fight, it keeps asking MORE questions on the SAME TOPIC. So since we didn't know anything about The Weeknd or Essie Nail, we got like a dozen questions about them, died 3+ times each, just locked in this endless looping hell of crap American trivia we do not care about. Even the questions we did know are just so god damn lame. There's no wit or charm to any of them, and when there's nothing else in the game to do besides answer generic trivia questions (ie the mind games in Fibbage, the minigames in TMP, the esoteric riddle questions in YDKJ) it's just so boring!
I don't even want to talk about the other games. We didn't play Cookie Haus or Suspectives (my friends aren't big on drawing and social deduction games) but we did play the other two in the demo and they do not save this pack for me. This is weakest Jackbox pack to date by far. Huge disappointment.
Played Jackbox Party Pack 11 on stream with my community and it was an absolute blast. Every game had people laughing and spamming chat — it’s the perfect mix of fun and creativity. The new games are surprisingly solid, really love hear say and cookie hous. Definitely one of the better packs in recent years. Suspectives is very funny to play on discord and Legends of trivia is the first game cooperative of trivial. If you stream or just hang out with friends online or local with family, this one’s a must-have.
Rating: ★★★★★ (5/5)
A hilarious, inventive, and endlessly replayable addition to the Jackbox legacy.
Played all 5 games alone as all 4 players for all the achievements. Yes, I do have the definitely rare bragging right of having no friends. But it's still a good time! Hear Say was probably my favorite, it was fun to make silly relevant sounds into a microphone or just google "vine boom sound effect." Also enjoyed Legends of Trivia, campaign was short but otherwise delivers trivia in a neat way I haven't seen before. Other games were fine but probably best to hear about it from someone else, I don't think I'm getting the full experience by voting on which player made the best inside joke I could think of in the moment. Only bad game in my opinion was Cookie Haus, but that's more of there being better options in the party pack series than anything.
Its.....okay. But it really suffers without including the next Trivia Murder Party, which is going to be a standalone. The games included are pretty forgettable, and my group quickly found ourselves going back to some of the previous packs.
Absolute banger. We've only played Doominate, Legends of Trivia, and Cookie Haus so far but the level of care is something to behold. This is just straight up impressive work, John Box. Y'all killed it with this one.
Definitely one of the most consistent packs of all time, there are several packs that have bad or mediocre games, not one of these I felt lacked in any form of enjoyment. Some very outlandish and fun ideas, no sequels and a smooth flowing pack that a 2 year break made so much stronger than its predecessors for quite some time (2019-2020). I'd say the break has paid off.
This pack has so much variety, which many have lacked. From a D&D twist on a trivia game, to a detective role playing game where you get to accuse players, to the classic Jackbox prompt game where you have to make a scenario worse, a drawing game which is simple and blends whimsical scenarios with cookies and a game involving the phones microphone to create sound effects. This pack has so much that many will love and every game feeling distinct is something we haven't really seen since pack 6 or 7, so coming back to this formula with different artstyles and tones really allows each game to shine, whilst still having a classic jackbox feel.
Not just consistent but also one of the most entertaining packs in a long time, had a blast.
The best Party Pack in consistency since Pack 7, but distinctly lacks a heavy-hitter title that Packs 8 and 9 both had.
Doominate is a fun supplement title to Quiplash, tasking players to take something nice and "ruin" it in comedic ways, with each round having a twist on that formula, but it doesn't have as much staying power as the iconic comedy writing games.
Hear Say has you make random sounds or speeches, and surprisingly is a great time for being just that, though works far better over call than in-person. There isn't really any other game that uses sound in the way Hear Say does, so it is the main game I see myself going back to the most.
Cookie Haus is a simple four-round cookie drawing game, pretty enjoyable though nowhere near the peak of Jackbox's drawing games. It's cozy, but doesn't have the hype of Champ'd Up.
Susceptives is a really fun social deduction game, the survey question base to find out who the criminal is works wonders for the social aspect, but it leans way too much in the favor of the innocents, especially if you aren't at the maximum player count.
Legends of Trivia is the only true dud, the RPG setting isn’t used to the fullest and largely just feels like a background for the trivia; three worlds to clear also makes it way too short, although the individual games can drag on by themselves.
I did recieve this product for free, but I was planning on buying it Day One after having played Early Access had I not gotten a free key.
