Jazz Jackrabbit 2 Online

Winter bat. Oh cool!
I’m trying this and I’ll decide sometning.
Recommend or no recommend? We’ll see. :)

Nice eyecandy.

Visually wonderful.

Amstel,
First of all, it looks nothing like the original Battle1 level. Second, so what if it’s not original, I’m working on [a better] one of these

?? that not soo good,belive me!! XC

Note: the level’s aren’t supposed to be bad for the contest. They just have to abide the crappy rules.
E: Also don’t upload levels zipped on folders.

I like this level. It as a decent layout, it’s big, and it looks good. I’m not going to go into too much detail on these aspects, since other people have. So instead of just describing the level, I’ll look at a few of the things that don’t work and comment on those.

I’ve played this level quite a few times, and so I know the layout about as well as I can. However, I still find that I often have no idea where I am. The problem here is partially one of size, but also because much of the level uses the same style of eyecandy. Whether I am on the left side or the right side, it all looks about the same. To give an example: I know where the warps go, but if I didn’t, I would have no idea which side of the level they took me to. The only thing I have to go by is the ctf arrows.

This level really could have benefitted from some “pointers” in the eyecandy. What I mean by this is stuff (usually in the background) that the player can use to get a good idea of where they are. For example, this level could have used more of those gargoyle statues, which conveniently point left or right (and used them so they always point toward the middle of the level). Other levels do a similar thing with colour, although waz18 doesn’t really have much in that area. There are even subtler ways of doing this – for example, in my most recent CTF level, I used waterfalls to indicate which side of the base is towards the edge of the level (the wrong way to go).

Another problem is the ammo. Most of it respawns fairly quickly, but there isn’t very much of it for a level this size. In large games (6vs6 or larger) it’s quite easy to find yourself using the blaster 3/4 of the time. This can be fixed a bit by turning fast ammo respawn on, but it’s still an issue. I would have liked to see more ammo placed along the common routes here, with things like seekers being kept more out of the way.

A final, more minor comment has to do with the placement of the springs. This level goes out of its way to make you not use them – they are put inside gaps in the floor (forcing you to stop if you want to hit them), or put above bridges so you literally run underneath the springs. I understand why this is done, but it runs counter to what pretty much every other level does. Generally speaking, if you see a spring in front of you which you don’t want to use, you will jump over it. You do not expect the level to have an invisible bridge event that will let you run underneath it. And likewise, if you want to use a spring, you usually will expect to be able to use it if you just run into it (no jumping required). Basically, this level messes with your regular intuitions when it comes to how these things work. This isn’t a major issue, but I feel like this feature, which I assume is intended to make the level flow better, is having the opposite effect it is supposed to.

Aside from all of that, this is still an enjoyable level and I recommend it for any large CTF game. It’s also a good level to look at if you want to see how this tileset ought to be used (it’s probably the best use of it I’ve seen, or maybe tied with medieval skyscrapers).

Is crappy means this? I didn’t found anything for this word in dictionaries… And if I know right… This is… Crappy.

wow !
I love this concept :D
I give you a 7.5

cool (goodjob)

Actually these levels are kinda funny.

The lava really needs to be more flexible! otherwise k

B

Because all these sarcasm comments without any arguments what is actually good on this map. (Or bad.), I’ll review this. So, yay! First level uploaded, well done! Ok, now the level. Pretty good, small, placements are well, I don’t like the ammo choices, is good for duels, has good eyecandy, the horizontal 1 tiles aren’t good for the structure of this level. That’s it, Small review, didnt want a long review. This is good though.

Amazing. I noticed I had music muted in jj2 so i unmuted it, and boom, my ears got orgasm too. my only complaint is that the “chuj ci dupe” text is missing.

Bravo! Your best level so far! =O

love the warps placement :D
it`s fun to play this after setting a few things in plus

EYECANDY FTW +5

Looks cool

[Review changed to quick review, see the review rules. ~cooba]

Somewhat messy. The foreground ec, despite being part of the theme, is extremely obstructive. The layout is far too simple and open, and generally the level looks pretty ugly. Sorry. D

Pretty much what you expect from Mike – original and interesting ideas that are well-implemented. Not really exceptional, however.

Hmmm…
That Is ramke

****

4 Stars – Very Good

[Review changed to quick review, see the review rules. ~cooba]