Jazz Jackrabbit 2 Online

So i have played through the final release in the Ressurection of Devan Shell series, The Fortress of Ruin.

This was a very well put together single player pack, and it far tops its four preceding episodes.

Eyecandy 10/10
The eyecandy throught all the levels is excellently done, even the saving area zones look attractive, and for that i give a perfect score.

Story 10/10
The story is this final episode was very well done, in fact i would say it was the best done of all single player packs i have played up till now, and leaves you asking no questions in the end.

Level Layout and Aspects 10/10
The levels through Fortressof Ruin were very well thought out and organized, and had very cool design features. I especially liked the fortress featured throughout the levels, especially the speech interludes.

Playability 8.5/10

Overall this pack has very good playability but some parts can be very difficult, especially traversing the fortress and the 5 boss fights.

This is a very very good pack and i would 100% recommend downloading it, even if you havent played any prior episodes.

Since this is mostly the work of epic, I’m not going to rate but I will give an overview of what is included.

Eyecandey
Barley anything was added at all. Eyecandey was plain already but almost nothing was added to it. No layer 3, 2 or 1. Not even much to layer 4 is here.

Gameplay
Again not much was added to the gameplay. No puzzles ot even a boss is there. Since Tweedle doesn’t work, it would have been nice to put SOMETHING there. The only thing that adds to the gameplay is the enemies which I will talk about. The level is also too short.

Enemies
Some were added but there isn’t enough to kill me. No challenge at all. Only haters and dragonflies. and hard mode doesn’t add that much.

Pickups
Again barley any of them were added. Just a little here and there. Not enough food or ammo.

Other things
There’s no start Position for spaz. Just needed to say that.

Final Comments
Again I’m not going to rate because of how little was changed. If I did rate, this would get a 1 for boring gameplay, lack of eyecandey and a short experience. If you want to see a decent re-make of this level check out my finished secret levels. (A review would be nice :)

SUPERNEAT!!!!!!!
ALL OF THE MUSICS ARE INCLUDED!!!!

Yes, I mean “Latest”. This is the beginning of a long series.
Relay on fearofdark: Easy to use? Try the “Tidy” version I’ve just made.
Relay on Gavalant: It’s a huge honor for me to have Gavalant, one of the Elite tileset creators in the website, to give me a high rating. Thank you.

Hi Gus! (maybe, Ciao? xD)

I was wondering, how you had time to making all tihs tilesets and single-player modes :).
I remember your Campaing Mysteries – it was very good level pack with full of puzzles and “mysteries”.
Also, why I’m asking about that?
Because you have your own style od graphic. Now, in Casualty Mines I see, that your style is geting mature and mature. What’s more, there are many fantastic layers, good color palete, and also your “world of stone, lava and wagons” had good atmosfere. I like your “gus people”. I don’t know, how I can call them xD. I think, that I like your style, because you made thousands of similar things. This is not disatventage! Some of world famous artist were drawing without variety in technic. They were beautiful, because their works were having their names. This is like in CraccoBoy old levels. All his thinks were nice, because he was characteristic with non-convential ideas :). I would be waiting for the compilation of “Gus world”. Try to make one-big-level (minimum 80 kb).

What’s more, this is one of the best mine tileset in jazz2online i ever seen. Why? Because there is many good eycandy like houses or funny trees in background. Yeeeees… your background is perfect :). I think about from-the-blue-to-color-of-background. It looks professional. rocks also rulez.

I give you 10.0, because this tileset shows, how much you done from your start with jazz to this tileset. Try to make another one :). But, if it’s your last tileset, I must tell you, that you are abonding us with nice class.

Good luck!

Its simple and it works. What else could you ask for.

Very nice level and tileset, Dod ;)

i could be better for me if it was 1.23 x_x

I cant install it. :(

“Some additional stuff I forgot.’ nice. :P

Nice. The first level in an import of the stage. Which I love Mega man so of course I would be into it but them a 2nd stage is a remake of the first one. Its also very well done. The doors even open and close when you walk by them. If you like this stage back on the NES then you will like this pack.

[Review changed to quick review. For more information, see Review Rules. – cooba]

Don’t listen to the people, don’t make a TSF version.
Everyone else – want to use this tileset? Get over yourself and download TSF already.

Very well done. This is an excellent looking tileset with many creative possibilities and features. The floor tiles particularily are excellently made (particularily ramps), there are many features, such as water, lava, honey??(or whatever that yellow stuff is) and some buildings. There are even some characters for a possible story as well. It’s also very easy to use compared to many other tilesets. One of the most artistic tilesets so far of the year, as far as I can recall.

I think, however, that it could be improved in several ways. As Evilmike said, the lava/water tiles could hold more opportunities, and the tileset is missing some decent spike tiles. The tileset is also missing some decent destructive blocks and poles. As several other reviewers have mentioned, this could easily be made into a 1.23 tileset, and there could also be a night version, or other versions of the tileset. I also don’t like the masking for the ladder tiles, seeing as you have to walk into the wall to climb them.

FINAL RATING: 8.8
DOWNLOAD?: Most certainly yes. It could be improved still, but this is most certainly a must download for anyone looking for a decent, canyon/mine style tileset, or just anyone looking for a decent download in general.

Vista, I geuss?

This is a very good tileset and one of the best ones I’ve seen in quite a while. I love the style, and I was quite surprised at just how good it was. It’s a definite improvement over your previous tilesets, which had a bit too much of a “paint shop pro” look to them. This one on the other hand, has a very unique and professional look to it. There’s really no fault I can see in it, other than maybe the grass, which is a bit too bright green, like it’s toxic or something. Also, there aren’t really any good “spike” tiles: there are tiles for lava pools, but that’s a bit limited in how it can be used.

I hope by “My last creation.” you mean it’s your latest creation. It would be a shame for such a great tileset like this to be the last one!

One thing that would be nice is a 1.23 version, like dodges suggested. You’d have to cut stuff, but it’s been done before.

I’m giving this a 10 because even though it’s not perfect, it’s close enough. And I love the art style.

I really love the looks of this tileset, but you really should make it 1.23. Perhaps cut out some NPC tiles or anything you consider to be double. I would definitely use this. I love the cartoony look and the quality of the art.

Also, looking at the huge variety in coloured liquid puddles… maybe you can make multiple versions, each using another colour liquid and/or colour setting. Just an idea.

Tile usage:
D-

You use tiles who do not match with one another.

Obstacles:
C

It’s fun and it’s thrilling, but when you learn them, it becomes easy to avoid them. Also, the collapsing platforms can be easily avoided by running at ultra speed.

Boss:
A-

You made a boss that shoots you water and launches crates who weaken him. Neat, but repeatitive.

Overall:
D

A nice level to be played, but the tileset doesn’t offer chances for good special items and eyecandy.

Poject J… reminds me of something else….

I love the tilesets and the maps being loaded with enemies.
10 out of 10 !
Can’t wait for Episode 5 :)

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One bad thing…
Some files are missing and I can not continue because of it.
Please update!

[Review changed to quick review. – cooba]

Well, we’ve seen this before…yup, it’s that Psych3.

Nothing to see here, folks, move along.