Bomb Corp is the absolute highlight of both Packs. So you won’t be able to cut any wires at all until you’ve read all of the information on each card.
You have to defuse them by cutting the correct wires, which are determined by a series of clues, some of which contradict each other. Basically, you play as one of the interns at a bomb factory, and for some unbeknown reason, there are bombs riddled all over the place set to go off and obliterate the entire workforce at any moment. The humour is nailed on the head, and the mode can be played in either a story mode or a challenge mode, both with just a single player and with a group although it’s arguably easier on your own. Presented with 8-bit stye graphics, the visual style just adds to the hilariousness of the dialogue here. There’s not much more to say about it beyond that it’s as good as each player involved is prepared to make it.īut every other game in both Packs is blown away, so to speak, by the excellent Bomb Corp. Quiplash XL brings more of the Use Your Words formula into action once again, with everyone presented with different questions from which they have to come up with the cleverest and/or funniest response, with other players then voting on which they think is better. Entering your own answers can make things entertaining… or as dull as this. It’s more of the same from Drawful in the first game – you get tips from the computer on how best to deliver your works of art, but the auction part is definitely the most fun, and tense. This one has you drawing art as a group, before players attempt to bid ridiculous amounts for your ‘masterpieces’. It’s never a good sign when you become desperate for a round to end, particularly in a party game.īidiots is a little better.
It’s another one which doesn’t make a ton of sense. Also in the second bundle of ‘fun’ is Earwax, which puts sounds to the forefront and has you choosing from sound effects to decide which best represent a given prompt. The developers obviously knew that Fibbage was the best that the first Pack had to offer, because it’s back for more in the second Pack in the form of Fibbage 2.
That’s what we have here with Bomb Corp, which is full of charm, humour and tough-to-solve riddles done under pressure. Think of the Captain Toad minigames in Super Mario 3D World which spawned a much-loved game of their own a few years ago. Released on the same day as the first iteration, the second Jackbox Party Pack has one killer game to have it stand out as the better of the two.