Jazz Jackrabbit 2 Online

This is probably the most original, creative and fun concept I’ve ever seen around these days. Your ideas are brilliant, and it makes me rate the pack high, as you deserve.

Rating The Queen’s Tower

To start:
The discription says it already. It’s a “huge level with ridiculous gameplay time and high difficulty.” Exactly! But there are some problems and one of them is the horrible music choice (see ATTENTION).

Eyecandy: (20 pts)
Layer 4 is decorated with nice and variable walls. Background layers 5, 6 and 7 however looks pretty unused until you reach top of tower. Once you reach top, you can see stars and moons in the sky. But when you are still down, the background is very boring with just a sky. There is no foreground, so I won’t count this for the eyecandy rating. Path is 17 and background is 9, making an average of 13.
Result: 13 pts

Gameplay: (20 pts)
The game contains two levels. The first level is a humongous tower level. And you might already guess it, you have to reach the chamber at the top. There Devan Shell awaits you with a robot boss. Well, this level is long and VERY VERY HARD. A real challenge which is only doable for the best JJ2-players! I play JJ2 for twelve years now and I was not able to get to the top without cheating! Because I cheated I know there are stars in the highest chambers which serve as warps. Also: you have to collect 600 coins into this stage to reach the highest chamber. If you have collected 200, you can get through the coin warp, but you need a total of 400 more for the next two coin warps or else you’ll die (those two rooms are above a pool of lava). This level is a real challenge, even with invincibility, because it takes a very long time before you finally collected 600 coins! But if you die while you are on your way to the coin warp with your 600 coins, you have to start ALL OVER AGAIN! Very frustrating of course. Also; I don’t think you’ve chosen a good boss. You can see it as the Queen’s guard, but I think Bilsy, Bubba or the Tuf Schwartzenguard are better guards for a castle tower level than a robot. For the rest this level is amazing. The second level however is very simple. It’s a looooooong fight against the Queen! I think it was better if it was a bit shorter. The second level is boring.
Result: 14 pts (changed later, see UPDATE!)

Story: (10 pts)
There is no story. So this factor does not count your rating.
Result: N/A

Obstacle placement: (20 pts)
As I said earlier, this pack is really hard and only doable for the best JJ2-players! Not something to do if you are a starter! I said it can be very frustrating if you die when you already have collected lots of coins, so here is a hint for you. Create an easier version with less coins and obstacles for players which have less experience! And however the second level is boring, the obstacles are good placed there! With enemies to make it harder. The only things which could’ve been better, were the spikes the Queen could yell you on. Later in the fight this will not happen anymore, making the fight a bit easier. Kinda disappointing, but it’s still a tough fight!
Result: 15 pts (changed later, see UPDATE!)

Bonus placement: (10 pts)
After all those long sections I will say this short: all bonuses are amazing scattered! But one thing: there are no secret areas…
Result: 8 pts

ATTENTION:
One thing I don’t count in my rating, is the music choice, because I’m not allowed to rate music in a Single Player pack, because I have to rate the files in question and in this case the files I have to rate are the levels and not the music, so I will not reduce points for the music. I’ll just say the music from the first level is HORRIBLE. It’ll hurt your ears! I think a theme like TR2-Bonus was a better choice. I will not reduce points for this, but take this hint with you for your next upload: don’t use music which hurts your ears!

Total points: 50
Maximum number of points: 80-10(story)= 70
Calculating: 50÷70×9+1
Final Rating: 7.4
Download recommendation:
Why? If you want a long and hard JJ2-level this is just the pack you’re looking for. Just realize it can be very frustrating to lose a life here.

UPDATE:

A new version has been uploaded. Kiranger added two more levels. Both are played after the two levels which were already in the game. The first of them (the third to be played) is Devan Shell. He probably fleed from the tower after his defeat in the first level (with the robot boss). This third level is much shorter with the Devil Devan Boss Fight at the end. And however this new level is not as challenging as the previous two, it’s still quite a challenge to beat it! After that a bonus level follows, with quite hard puzzles! I was not able to do them, so I had to cheat. It are enemyless puzzles, which might be quite tough! The level finishes with a fight against the Bolly Boss, which is made harder with spikes under it. Nice additions! I will change my rating. I will change the gameplay rating from 14 to 17 and the obstacle placement from 15 to 17. This gives you a total of 55 points out of the possible 70. Result? An amazingly 8.1. Download recommendation? YES! It’s even challenger than it was before! Just download it.

I don’t agree with you KiMO,4.0 Is way to harsh :),even Minmay said its 7.5 :P

You just hate me,I know that,and thats why you rated this 4.0… And I didn’t ask you to Rate,I showed Loon this Level,Riper too ,Eagle too…Martyr too…Delete your review :p

I joined troggy’s server while I was bored and the first map hosted was “Ceiling Force”. It was extremely fun, but I tended to get stuck while blown against a destructible tile. That situation became a camp while I waited for the others to lose :P Still Ceiling Force is definitely the best in this pack. Not much I can tell. I couldn’t play Red Rover though. Home Cooked Levels doesn’t work and trying to do /gamemode coop screws it up for some reason.

7.5 for Ceiling Force alone. Download it!

Far away from an original and interesting concept, this level is nothing else but a short method to express a battle for 1 health, or I don’t know, take it however you want. I can’t rate this higher considering that Wild Carrot doesn’t give any new aspect and a strong reason to be played.

EDIT: I won’t edit my review because that’s what I think. If minmay has another opinion, he/she’s invited to write it here. And I don’t think people shouldn’t rate general levels just because the author ‘‘didn’t ask for’‘.

I downloaded this level and hosted it for Sean. I haven’t played for a while, but it was pretty fun

Eyecandy: 7/10

The Eyecandy is relatively normal. I think it looks pretty good for the most part. I like the grassy parts at the bottom, and the floating sand platforms are decorated and interesting to look at. The only major visual flaw this level has is the large, bland upper areas. When using a copter to get to the bouncer or rf powerup, a player’s screen is pretty much just blue background, which is kind of dull.

Gameplay: 7/10

While there are some really good ideas in the gameplay, the level also has some awkward moments. The seeker and toaster powerups feel too close together, and it’s really easy to get both at once. The area right around the bases also lacks flow. When testing it, I found I frequently hit one of the green springs at 62,32 or 73,32, and ended up getting sucked up to the rf/bouncer warp when trying to get to the other base quickly. Avoiding the springs and actually going quickly felt a bit awkward. The rf jumps under the bases also make very little difference because these two springs also allow the player to launch to one of the sand platforms right next to the base. Some of other areas felt a bit too open, and I’m not a big fan of the H-poles.

However, this level also has some great features. I like the full NRG over springs into a pit. This makes either getting the carrot, or preventing an opponent from getting it, much more interesting and exciting. Other than the seeker and toaster powerup, I think ammo is placed well, and there is the correct amount for a level of this size.

Overall: 7/10
The level is by no means perfect, but it is demonstrates talent on the part of its creator, and certainly can be fun to play.

Edit: Forgot to put the actual rating.

Nice small level. good flow and nice eyecandy,good job bro :D

kiMO:What The Fuck?! Why are you the ONLY one who put 4.0? I seriously think too this is a Personal Attack,especially since Skele is my bro :) well Cooba delete KiMO’s review please.

Well, it is a small level with a pretty good layout. I see some tilebugs at the screens and even when I play the level I see them. It is a good playable level. But I think there could be ‘more’. But good level!

Don’t agree with you KiMO, Skele didn’t ask me to review this. I reviewed this level because I wanted too. And playing in his server for 5 min isn’t true too. I watch the level online, in JCS, and in the single player mode. So don’t say stuff what isn’t true ;).

EDIT: woow, I see my review is based on how I look the levels. That shouldn’t be a good review. Kimo, what you say about this level is too underrated. Well, this deserver better then a 6,8, more around a 7.7 or something. But there are no fair ratings and why is everyone making a point of that? Sarcasm isn’t the thing that you should do at the internet. And people won’t listen anyway. (That sarcasm thing was for other maps..) So, if this is your rating, fine.. Everyone rates at his own way.

A very nice level,though it was made really fast it’s still good enough,good job.

Also,Kimo,I don’t agree with you,as all who reviewed this. As I see,this level received multiple good ratings and one 4 from you,so who’s right then?

Nice gameplay,good eyecandy i love it good job !

LoL a level of 5 seconds?woah
Fix long way
-Don’t use destroy trigger to make walls
-Make more layers
-Stop be a fuck’n noob in doing levels
-Make it to be like really life you see that in your house?chaos.
-Make level to be more cool than this
-Do it big first,minimum 4 layers
-And i won’t found fun in this level
-Find a perfect music for level
-Make a new level without bugs and very cool show it to me:Pyranha_xander@yahoo.com Good luck!

Nice music, I used it in my level here:http://www.jazz2online.com/downloads/6338/beach-fall/

-Too fastest ways to bases(RF climb)
-RF climb is not nice in beach levels
-(recommended IC Tubelec)
-Nice idea with copter
-Good pit
-And very much power ups,not nice sorry 8.7
-Nice music for a beach level like this
-Bad layers add more
-Nice level of course. 9.2

hey Kat :D

nice race, but big lvl xD

GJ and dont make fun of the contest by calling it stupid

Won :)

Nice level, with a small nice puzzle…

May not be infinite, but then again, NC members get ratings from me higher than 5!
=D

[Biased rating (7.0) clearance. ~cooba]

This level is too small brilliant, fun, creative, and a neat little challenge.

very nice and cool level ! xD

Not even infinite. But hey, because of the music.