From the bottom of my soul, I give you my review, but firstly, I would like to point out one big problem. Please don’t use basic filenames like begining, or castle5, or easter because those names are so common that they overwrite other levels. Call them something like “HF1Easter” or something else because then people can distinguish your work from others (HF standing for Headfreak, 1 standing for episode 1 etc.). Now, the review.
BEGINING:
The intro level…
CASTLE5 (Also titled, the begining)
At a first glance, the eyecandy wasn’t too bad. Most of the level was fixed, and there was a wide variety of layers used. There were one or two odd tilebugs, but overall, pretty good. Next time, however, it would be nice to see a variety of non-JJ2 tilesets used (this goes for all levels).
Now the gameplay, and it is far too easy. At the start of the level, the coins required for the 20 coin warp are right next to it, the majority of enemies used are norm turtles and there are extra lives just lying around the place. There were also no trigger puzzles or particularily difficult challenges, which will definately need to be required to get higher ratings. Also, you could use the CTF trick instead of spikes in pits to make it less annoying.
EASTER:
This level looks remarkably similar to one I played a few months ago, like Mortalspaz said. The eyecandy was again OK. Most layers used, lots of content ect. However, the problem with easter tilesets is that the ground blocks don’t fix together, so next time I suggest using one of the fixed easter tilesets. Even better: if you want to create a forest (as the name suggests), use a forest themed tileset, as there are plenty out there.
The gameplay was better than the first level. There was a lot more content and there were actually a couple of challenges. There was a wider variety of enemies used and there weree trigger puzzles. You also had to find the coins this time. However, there were elements of TSF levels in there and some elements of the level which seemed copied from other levels, with makes it less original and less fun.
BOSS:
Well, just a simple boss level, which is a classic way to end a pack. You could have maed it more fun if there was a bit of challenging level before the boss so that it flows better.
OTHER THINGS:
Also, there were a couple of loopholes in the story. You could have made it mroe detailed (e.g. why do you have to save the queen?? What incentives do you have?? etc. It is good that you have included a story into your pack, but a more detailed one is better and more fun. Also, please make the next episode longer (maybe at least 5 good long levels). 3 levels just doesn’t feel like a lengthy episode.
FINAL RATING:5.6
RANK: 5 Average
DOWNLOAD?: I would wait for episode 2. I think there needs to be a lot of work put into episode 2 and a bit more time spent into it. I would love to see more content, challenges and those loopholes in the story fixed. It also wouldn’t hurt to use some non-JJ2 tilesets for better originality. Download this if you are bored for 5 minutes.