Jazz Jackrabbit 2 Online

Well, here we have a mess…

Gameplay
With a bland, straight cramped layout, there’s not much to movement other than holding on the left/right button. It’s also annoying too because you can’t dodge anything. Oh but wait…there’s secrets! Not until someone finds them out, then they’re blatantly right there to see for everyone else, which doesn’t really make it a secret anymore. Then again, I was never a big fan of actual secrets in multiplayer that give a huge advantage, since it makes it an easy win for players who know the level, and therefore a lopsided game. The “secret” areas to fall are so tight to fall into, and with a very fast paced game, you’re likely to get slowed down a lot trying to get into them in the first place, because of people spamming shots at you. And please, any multiplayer JCSer who reads this, please stop with the one tile open spots where you have to slow down a lot, the risk isn’t worth it and it’s especially frustrating in race when you’re forced to slow down that much.

But really, secrets aren’t a component to a good multiplayer level. Accessibility (ease of learning), originality and the balance between skill and strategy are the main components to a good multiplayer level. However, a common issue I have with many race levels is that the overeliance on knowing the level itself.

Eyecandy
Apparently the author doesn’t think that using a tileset properly matters. Here, we have tilebugs everywhere and a reluctance to use the tileset properly. A tilebug in the sky, and cut off roof tiles. Having a level look half baked usually speaks for itself…that the level is bad or unfinished. No other layer usage exists.

Music
LOL, what?

I certainly don’t recommend this level.

I’d also like to mention this level is made with the original splitcreen race mode in mind, which doesn’t work very well at all online.

what the hell is this?

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