![]() If multiple players pick the same slice, then those points are shared out. With questions answered, players then take turns to spin said wheel with points given to whoever’s slice it lands on. Correct answers award slices which can then be placed on a giant spinning wheel. Players first answer a handful of questions be that multiple choice, matching pairs or actually writing in the answers for themselves among others. The Wheel of Enormous Proportions is part trivia game and other part big spinning wheel (or dumb luck if you prefer). It all feels very similar to previous Jackbox Games favourites like Quiplash and Break the Internet, however, the limiting of the words not only adds an interesting challenge to the mix but also offers plenty of laughs as players submit poorly orchestrated or even nonsensical sentences. Similar to Quiplash, answers then go head-to-head with the audience choosing their favourite. Now, players will need to answer another question, this time their responses limited to the words given to them. To do that you’ll all first, answer a handful of ice breaker questions (no less than five words each), with everyone’s responses blended together and then individual words distributed out. In it, you’re all competing for a job that will be awarded to the player with the most points at the end of the game. Job Job definitely created the biggest and most thunderous laughs of the pack making it a favourite right out the gate. For now, the overly complicated nature makes this the weaker effort of the bunch. There is a really fascinating idea at the core of Weapons Drawn and perhaps it’ll reveal itself more after repeated plays. ![]() As a result, players would lose interest and even those that felt determined to ‘get it’ weren’t entirely convinced by the end. While I appreciate Jackbox Games trying to experiment and offer something unique, it comes at the expense of pick up and play simplicity. If that all sounds rather confusing… well then that’s because it is. After this *takes a breath* players attempt to figure out who did the killing by looking at the pictures drawn earlier as well as the murder weapon and then trying to identify and match the hidden letters. Following this, players will try to guess which accomplice belongs to which player with the first successful candidate getting to murder said person. Next, everyone will secretly come up with a random name for a guest they will bring along to a ball (their accomplice). Players take on the role of murderers and detectives starting off by drawing weapons whilst hiding a letter from their name within it (their calling card). Hell, even after playing through an entire game, half the group still had questions. Weapons Drawn is a complex beast, arguably the most complex game in the entire Jackbox Party Pack series to date. All in all, this is a safe sequel but a fun one nonetheless. Players can jump right into a game, create their own prompts, play themed games or draw animations based on prompts featuring the name of other players. The new wrinkle of having players create two-frame animations, while slight, is certainly a fun one though, offering an extra layer of hilarity to the mix. At its core, this is still very much more Drawful which is by no means a bad thing especially since the original blueprint still holds up very well. Where the original two games saw players doing their best (or worst as was often the case) to draw prompts sent to them for others to then try and guess, Drawful: Animate now has you drawing two images that continuously loop creating a simple animated effect (if used well). Drawful is this year’s returning fan favourite receiving the update treatment in Drawful: Animate.
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