THEME: The theme, of course, is Pigs. Pigs pigs. Sadly, nothing BUT pigs. There is nothing but pink platforms with such piggy features as circles, eyes, snouts, and a tail (one of the best parts of the tileset). It does indeed feel like a pig tileset, and the example level shows it can be made into several pigs. But it is missing pig byproducts, and thus is nothing but a few pigs, and not a planet of the pig.
Pros: Theme is carried out very well.
Cons: There is not enough to really make an interesting level.
Rating: 3.2
GRAPHICS: The graphics are one of the worst parts of the tileset. It is, with a few exceptions, a solid light pink with a darker pink outline of two (I think) pixels. The background is a single blue color, and the eyes are just circles with dots. This shows that the author spent time on this, but not enough to make it at all textured, if pigs can have textures.
Pros: Few.
Cons: No textures, shading, etc.
Rating: 2.0
INVENTORY: Well, there are platforms, a background, and background eyecandy (a pig with a dubious wing). The author made no attempt to give the pig a second wing, sadly, or even make it animate, but I suppose that can’t be helped. Still, this tileset is missing a great number of things which I won’t even bother listing.
Pros: There is background eyecandy.
Cons: There is hardly anything.
Rating: 2.0
ORIGINALITY: Ok, it’s original. Unless you count the fact the entire idea comes from the legendary “Planet of the Pig”.
Pros: It is original.
Cons: Ok, so it’s original. That doesn’t necessarily mean it’s good. It needs MORE.
Rating: 1.7
COMPETITION: This tileset (unless you count FiShY for some odd reason) has NO competition. None. Nada. Zip. Which is a shame, because there’s nothing I can recommend to use instead.
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EASE OF USE: This is probably the tileset’s best feature. Everything looks very easy to use, and is logically placed, with the possible expection of some of the 1 tile wide/high platforms.
Pros: Good.
Cons: Few.
Rating: 5.0
MASKING: Oh, and um.. masking is good, too. Everything is understandably done and there are no real jagged edges. While the author did not have to spend much work here, he spent enough to make it work.
Pros: Good.
Cons: Few.
Rating: 4.7
OVERALL (not an average): This is an interesting tileset, but I can not really recommend it in it’s current state. There are a great number of things that could be added to this tileset, but I suppose we shall have to wait for the author to finish his “PSP 8” tileset. Unless (horrors of horrors) that was Townsville 2 Night. I’m rambling.
Pros: Interesting enough to make me give it a pointlessly long review, good masking, easy to use.
Cons: Not enough stuff by any means, poor graphics.
Rating: 3.2