Starting Comments:
A single player pack? We’ll see what it has to offer. :)
Played with: Jazz
On difficulty: Medium
Playing time: 20 minutes
Playability:
What we have here is a nice little single player pack with simple SP levels. Nothing more, but nothing less either. You do most of the standard stuff like shoot baddies, find coins, collect food and stuff. That sounds pretty dull, but I found playing pretty much enjoyable. There could’ve been a few more puzzle areas, but overall it’s ok. Pickup placement was nice. Sadly, after the sixth level JJ2 crashed because the author forgot to put in the tileset for level seven. :(
Score: 6.2
Balance:
The pack was pretty easy. The enemies aren’t placed in strategical locations, and for many, this will be too easy. There are some maze-like elements, but still, the difficulty could be boosted.
Score: 5.5
Creativity:
It was not all that creative, but somehow I liked it. There were also a few puzzle-like areas which gave some changes and made it more enjoyable. The story was not all that good though, and the eyecandy could’ve been better aswell.
Score: 6.0
Eyecandy:
Eyecandy was bad. Most tiles did fit together, but it was way too less decorated and it all looked boring. Needs work.
Score: 5.0
Story:
There was a tiny little story, but it wasn’t that amazing. Devan finds out about a relic called “Lightgazer”, with which he can catch souls. Jazz needs to stop him. I wonder what Devan does want with those souls, but who cares. During the levels you sadly feel nothing from the story. At least there was some kind of plot.
Score: 4.5
Overall:
A nice little level pack, nothing great, but enjoyable, at least for me. The eyecandy and story need work though, and it could’ve been more difficult aswell. Too bad, I had liked to play it to the end, but the tileset’s missing. :(
Overall Score: 6.5
Download Reccommendation: Yes
EDIT:
For a first work with JJ2 this is kinda good I must say.
Your problem about the jars floating around has something to do with layer properties (PM me if you want to have more information).
It’d be nice if you could include Plastic Dreams in the zip and re-upload it, so I can finish the pack.
Trying to find a good story is annoying I know, but like everything else in JCS, if you work hard enough you can actually come to great results.
Like I said, if you want help with layer properties you can contact me via private message or email me on pht2@gmx.de.