Jazz Jackrabbit 2 Online

To quote Bugs Bunny: (ahem…) LOVE IT, LOVE IT, LOOOOOOVE IT!

In answer to Magoo’s question: “Excellent,” maybe?

But truthfully, I would call it “Very Good.”

If you don’t count off for the yellow tiles not using the proper endings (very minor imho), then the eye candy cannot be griped at. There is a nicely hidden path to the seeker powerup and the two other powerups are logically located in the corners. Ammunition is a bit sparce (moreso for me, because pepper doesn’t even register in my mind as ammo [mostly since it can’t be powered up]), but it works. I like the way the tube entrances are done in slopes so that they are easy to access. The platforms are all nicely spaced.

Like Newspaz said, it does feel a bit flat, but of course that comes with the added virtue of being easy to tell what is going on.

As far as tips go, I would suggest going a bit further with eye candy than the scattered randomly variated blocks used. Patterns can look cooler than one would think, and tubelectric has plenty of neato things to construct gadgets with. Don’t be afraid to put in even more ammo than you’ve used, and you don’t need to cram it all in corners.

So overall: It’s a high-quality level without any real endearing traits. Not the kind which people are going to ask you to host just to play, but fun and good for a solid game of Jazz anytime. I’m looking forward to playing in more of your levels, MAGOO.

stripe

I think the level is really cool

Well, that’s what I think

Hehe the puzzles aren’t creative.

Snoring, has head on desk with a puddle of drool

Wha…? Wha happened?

AMAZING!

WOW.

Can you say speechless? (;[This review has been edited by Paul]

Kewl level! =) But I think it’s a bit to flat.. Some extra animations could have done the trick to.

Its a fine battle.. but it misses something,

YaY, I’m the 1st reviewer! ^__ Here goes:

Installation went fine, with a readme.

INSTALLATION RATING: +

Great eyecandy. Could’ve been improved a little in some places, but, eh. Close enough. Good job.

EYECANDY: 2.7/3

Well, navigation varied in levels. Most were fairly difficult, and others you mainly jetted around in tubes/warps. I wouldn’t reccomend beginning on these levels for CTF (who does? =P), but they can be great for an advanced group. Interesting form, too. The weapons had fairly decent placement, but lacked synchronization with the carrot(s) and powerups were kind of an issue in number and placement. The carrots were placed well but sometimes overabundant or too sparce.

WEAPONS: 1.3/2
NAVIGATION/CARROTS: 3.1/4
SUBTOTAL: 4.4/6

Nice but hard. Had a polished feel. Super. The tube level and slight difficulty brought it down a tad, though.

OVERALL “FEELING”: 0.8/1

Strong d/l reccomendation. You’ve got some solid CTFs, some of which are very worthy of your string. Mucho fun awaits.

TOTAL SCORE: 7.9/10
ROUNDED SCORE: 8/10
[This review has been edited by SteelTalon]

Never spend less than a week on a level if you want it to look even very bad. Anyone who’s played a level that was done in less than a week knows what they look like. It may take 2 hours tobuild, but spend time testing and de-bugging it.

I can’t belive this stuff! I actually couldn’t finish it in under an hour! High-quality, long-lasting, very fun levels make a perfect 10 for me. Awesome tilesets, cool music, and interesting puzzles (plus the MUMMY BUNNIES!) make this pack a great one. 2.7 megs? So what? that’s actually 2.7 megs o’ FUN!

no.

If you saw my first, this would be the entire game! (Although mine DID have less carrots…) Basically, my first level was total $#!T. (Sorry bout’ that, but nothing else fits!)[This review has been edited by Hawkin 87]

Well, my first reaction to Mr Magoo’s discription was that the level couldn’t be as good as he is arrogantly stating it is.

Then again, is it arrogance, or simply a statment of fact?

I’ll go for the statment of fact.

This level is exellent, fluent, fast, and fun.

The only problem I am aware of in this level is that it contains a pepper spray power-up. Pepper spray power-ups don’t have any effect on the game except to change the color of the ammo. It’s just another example of an unfinished event in the game.

~Buster

Oops, didn’t notice I had it set wrong.

Newspaz – Normally I wouldn’t drop it one point over something small, but as I already noted I can hardly tell the lighting is dimmed at all. I understand you wanting the music to fit the level…I’m very particular about that myself. Of course the asthetic aspects are yours to edit how you please. I just don’t see any point in having the lighting THAT faint. As such, I had to consider it as more than a minor problem.

It is a well designed level otherwise.

~Buster

its actually battle, i re-uploaded it

What is assault anyway???

He said he rated it with 7, so I changed his rating.

Nutshell – Good level. Download. You like.

Expounded Version:

The design of this level is very good. Ammo is plentiful and well placed, and the level is clean and easy to get around in, with plenty of eyecandy and good tileset usage.

The only problem with this level I can see is the lighting. If there was any signifigant reason to use it, that’s one thing, but the lighting is so faint that it’s not likely that you’ll ever notice it while playing, except that the framerate will be rather low.

I don’t mind the use of lighting, but when you can’t even tell the lights are dimmed, what perpose does it serve? It just comes off as annoying because of the effect it has on the framerate. For online levels espicially I suggest a conservative use of lighting, but if you’re going to use it, at least let us see some asthetic change in the looks of the level, not just a decrease in performance.

If not for the lighting problem, I’d probably give this an 8.0. As it is, I can only rate it at 7.0.

~Buster

NOTE – It just occured to me that I have contradicted Fquist in saying that the level is easy to get around in. I’d like to point out that I personally didn’t see any problem with the layout, which is reasonably open if not entirely fluent. Whether or not the level is difficult to get around in probably depends more on your playing style then on the design itself, as I personally had no trouble getting around.[This review has been edited by Buster][This review has been edited by Fquist]

Yeah, I found some bugs too, but it’s still a good level.

Download, even if you don’t like Single Player.

This tileset indeed is great, as is are the levels. 7th lava fall is a bit big (well im not sure, it seems so when playing:)