Jazz Jackrabbit 2 Online

Wow…

I ever not made tilesets but i think that was VERY VERY HARD work. but finally all the work was worthwhile!
This is the BEST City tileset! Great Eyecandy with a lot of things!
and to think Before i downloaded this i think Town House was the great city tileset..
Bad Points:
1. hard to use
2. it’s a pity that no night and evening conversions like in 1.23 version…

so i give it 9.7
Download Yes!

Nice tileset…
but there are too many carrots and the eyecandy objects looks too “retro”…
but i can’t load the example lvl!

so i give it 8.5…
and DR yes…
i’m too t i r e d . . . . !-O

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why i get accsess violations when i open the level in JJ2 1.20?

Quickz seems to be getting into a phase of making battle levels lately, with Fields of Gold and this level here. For a relatively small size as 127×68, you might think this is one of those extremely fast paced and chaotic levels, but the layout makes good use of the size, and you aren’t forced into single paths like normal slow paced levels (battle1 as an example), and you are allowed a few choices in some areas. A negative side effect of that is it’s harder to predict players in exchange for more options on defense. Since the layout isn’t built to be fast paced, yet it still retains more ‘choice’, which you might think is a common attribute to fast paced levels, this level, in my opinion, is amazing in that aspect. The game-play seems to have a personality, and the aspect of ambushing seems to shine the most here. Ambushing encourages hit and run, which is a like it or dislike it aspect of game-play.

Another cool thing is the theme of this level seems to fit perfectly with the ambush style game-play, I can imagine running around sand dunes, being sly and jumping out at my opponents. In my opinion, I didn’t think the theme was enough to support the rather bland looking eyecandy though.

I thought it was really cool how the right side of the level had tricky areas that seemed to merely be walls, but they were climbable; A skilled player can climb up the sand to a considerable height, and hide up there to frustrate a rushed opponent in a timed match.

Please download this level, host it often. I hope to have fun here next bash.

-fs

ya, um…it’s the same level. Changing text doesn’t change the boss fight enough so you can call it differenct.

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Another Harry Potter Tileset…

This is my second HP Tileset i downloaded…

But is is much better than the first(Hogwarts 1.0 by Sniperdepiper)
why?
because is well-designed, easier to use than Hogwarts 1.0 by Sniperdepiper. but- I can’t find layer 8(is hard to find!)
and… the idea of copying parts from Harry Potter game from EA Games not always work…
so:
Rating: 79/100
Download- Yes.

Good Tileset,but:

1) I don’t know where is Layer 8
2)When i open the level i get Accsess Violations. Why?

Huh?
Tileset isn’t included.
The set in the zip archive is xlmdamn2.j2t,
but level uses xlmdamn6.j2t!

Could u repair?

A note before I get started with the review itself: the zip file includes the levels within its own subfolder. I do not recommend doing this, since it makes it inconvenient to unzip.

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This is an interesting level. The layout and theme here is pretty original, and I can see a fair amount of potential in the authour here. The level seems like it was put together with care. A couple of things, such as the usage of trigger zones inthis level, show a level of complexety rarely seen in levels such as this. Unfortunately, a few critical flaws bring the score down.

Most of the level takes place within a series of narrow tunnels underneath the sand. Navigation through them is slow, but safe. Above them on the surface one may move much faster, but will also be open to attack. The bases are out in the open, near entrances to the caverns. The level is asymmetrical, but seemingly balanced.

I like the look of this level. A lot of detail was put into the eyecandy, without allowing it to become distracting or excessive. The background inside the caves is a bit bland, but not ugly.

Despite all this, the level suffers from a number of mistakes. The most striking one is that all of the ammunition is in crates. Ammo crates are problematic, since after a while they tend to create large dumps of ammo which lag players. It is generally recommended that floating ammo pickups are used instead.

Another problem is that this level has no carrots (that I could find, at least). The level has only one powerup, but even then, there should be AT LEAST one carrot in the level, even if it’s a +1. Without health pickups, CTF games are not not very interesting.

Finally, this level uses a large number of hurt events. These events will ONLY hurt the server. Other players will never take damage from them. This is rather awkward and disadvantageous for the person hosting the server.

The mistakes in this level strike me as “newbie mistakes”. Errors that are made from a lack of experience more than anything. If I had to guess, this level is one of the authour’s first CTF levels.

This level tells me that the person who made it is actually quite talented, and knows how to use JCS with some degree of proficiency. My recommendation to the authour is that he remake this level, fixing the errors in it and improving it where he sees fit. Learn the vital elements of a good CTF level by examining what is popular, and have other people play the level and give feedback in a server. Follow their advice if they seem to know what they are talking about, and it’s impossible to go wrong.

I’m giving this a 6 because of the problems I encountered in this level. With fixing, I could easily see this level as being worth a 7, or possibly even an 8 if the improvements are big enough. Don’t let the rating discourage you: beneath all of the problems, there is actually a very good level here!

Daring Rebels, a battle level of Hitch for Purplejazz his contest.

Let’s start with the eyecandy, which is definitely one of the strongest things in this level. First of all, you used (almost) all the tiles in this set, so that’s a good thing to start with. This set gives you lot of opportunities for some good eyecandy. The EC is everywhere different, not repeated too much. I especially like the stalagmites, you placed them well and they really look nice. You used all layers, which worked out quite well. The different speeds of the lavafalls are nice. And yes, DS is right about those bugs, please fix them.

Okay, now something about the gameplay. First of all, the PU’s are well spread through the whole level, which is a good thing. Seeks and bouncies, more important in this level in my opinion are at the top, while the two +1 cars are at the lower half, which kinda forces you to use all areas in this level. The flow is okay in most parts of the level. Though especially the area with the Electro PU isn’t. I don’t like the combination of red springs with float ups at all, but most other springs are placed well.

Finally something about the placement of stuff. Let’s start with the carrots. There are two +1 cars and a Full NRG which you can get by using 50 coins at the coinwarp. Well, fifty coins is a lot to get, especially with 3 useful PU’s, so that is quite a good idea, sinc collecting coins is fun. The level contains four PU’s, electro is maybe useless (but it fills up that area well), the other three are well spread. Seeks are hidden in a warp, which is good. The ammo is placed well in nice shapes. The level has all kinds of ammo which is fine too. Overall the ammo is placed well, leaving no empty areas.

You used your space well, putting four PU’s, three carrots, some coins and a coinwarp in this level, but quite well spread. As I said before, you need to use the whole level, which is a good thing. I’m not sure about the layout round the coinwarp, but well, it isn’t disturbing as well, so I guess that’s okay.

Download recommendation: – Yes, this will play well in some battle server. Especially collecting coins is fun!

+ Good atmosphere
+ Variaty in eyecandy

- Red springs with float ups

Rating: 8.0

Htu Guys, I did this it WITHOUT cheating, and i will write solution for QoB.
It was great fun, but i achive this level!

I don’t know why but when i open the first lvl JJ2 crash(jj2 can’t find tileset)
Why?
i use in 1.20

Blue World is Disguise’s tileset i very loved. why? First-I Love blue! Second- The design is very lovely. A lot of eyecandy objects i liked so much. 2 Cool Textured BG. Nice designed paths! I can see, you invest a lot of work!
Also the 4 Example battle lvls are cool.
Rating-9.2/10
Download-yes!

Since Hitch has reviewed three of my uploads in a row now, I guess the right thing to do now is to review this.

All of the levels have semi-symectrical layouts, so they are all almost perfectly balanced. I would rather see un-symectrical layouts as they offer more gameplay vareity, less limiting layout design, and often symectrical levels can turn out generic, imo. At least the layouts aren’t very repetitve, but in some of the levels they could use a little more originality, particually in 04. 01 and 05 have more “tunnel” like paths instead of just a random bunch of platforms in the sky. 05 is slightly linear, but there is still some multiple routes. I just feel that these kind of layouts are made too often, I would prefer to be seeing some original layouts, rather than popular styles.

The eyecandy is quite pleasant; there is usually a decent sized vareity of it, and there are a few original things in some places. They are well decorated, nothing really looks unrealistic or ugly, and it isn’t all on layers 3/5. The EC is not over done either in these levels. The music is very well chosen, and gives these levels good atmospheres. Some levels use the standard backgrounds for the chosen tileset, but I don’t find that any problem. The creative backgrounds aren’t distracting, ugly, or just plain weird. Some ambient lighting would be nice, since it may add to the levels atmospheres. In my opinion, I would say 01 has the best EC in this pack.

The gameplay is generally pretty smooth in this pack. It is fairly fast paced, and it doesn’t get too linear, except in parts of 05 maybe. Some warps/tubes nicely make the levels more strategical. The flow is very good; you don’t bump into very many obstacles and you can move about easily, even in cramped levels like 01. While the gameplay in this pack is not very original, it is still fairly solid. I think the best gameplay in the pack is in 01, there are some nice tactics and it flows well. I do think the Pu’s are too close to the bases however, which can lead to a lot of camping. However, like what I said about the layouts, the gameplay here should be different to other levels, in my opinion.

The placement I thought here is not lacking of the quality I expect. It is quite scarce in 03, but in the other levels it was just how I wanted it. It is placed in some nice shapes, and rarely do two types of ammo mix together. It could get random in places though, in my opinion. I think ammo should be placed where it is useful, not just randomly placed everywhere. At least the ammo placement doesn’t get very chaotic. When it comes to Carrot/PU placement, it can be very repetive, as in every level there is a full energy placed at the high middle. No doubt is this the best place for it, since these levels are semi-symectrical, but I would still like to see more creativity.

Now I will give a breif description of all the levels:

Destiny Islands is the only level which has a somewhat creative layout. The EC is the highest quality in the pack, and the gameplay is actually quite srategical. The music is very well selected, combined with a nice background the level has a great atmosphere.

The layout and gameplay in Tomato Soup (a name very similar to Blur’s Nuclear Soup :P) reminds me of DS’s level, Inevitable chaos, manly though the base placement. As the name suggests, the level uses the Red Odyssey palette.

Lost in paradise Island has got easy, horizontal gameplay, but as I said before it needs more ammo. The sprite EC is kinda average though. Nice music choice, btw.

Using the rather tile buggy Ic-Medivo conversion, Hitch has made a decent level, called Midnight Territory. Like what Blur said about this level: “This is nice but just not very special”. I don’t really like the base placement much though, since there is only one way to them.

The final level, Circular Motion, uses Birdie’s underused Dreamland set. There is an original, but slightly weird Seek PU placement. The widest level in the pack, about 200 tiles. Also the only level with some added food.

If I was to summerise this pack, I would say the EC was nice, so was the gameplay/placement, it just needed some more creativity. These are very good for Hitch’s first CTF levels. The highest rating I’d give to level in this pack if it was uploaded seperately is 8.0, but this gets extra points for the effort in compiling a 5 level pack. Do download this and give a review!

Ya, it’s good I guess. There doesn’t seem to be much you can do with it. It’s nice that you can make lava, and acid lvls with this set, but that is basicly the only special tiles that come with this package.

The tiles that do come with it are very detailed, and look nice, but I think it’s just too far away from the cartoon graphics that Jazz looks natual in.

I downloaded this because of “Did you know?” at the home page of the website, and I got to say, I’m disappointed that this is all that was made in 5 monuths by 16 people.

Now again, what is made is arwsome, no doubt, but there should be more in each tileset.

Keep it up tho.

Running is hard…

THIS REVIEW IS PART OF REVIEW EXCHANGE.

This is definately an above average level. Although nothing very original was seen in this pack, it’s very rare to see that in any battle level.

The ammo placement was a bit off. Next time, place the ammo so you can’t be anywhere in the level without seeing it, but still cannot see more than 18 pieces of anything at a time.

(With the exception of ammo boxes.)

The gameplay was excellent, except for one skinny area between walls. You used the tileset very well.

I hope your next level is even better!

Sandstone Ruins

Sandstone Ruins, made by Qz for Pj’s battle contest. It uses Evilmikes Temple tileset. Since this tileset is underused and I have only seen one level besides this, I shall do my best. This is a review exchage by the way.

Gameplay: The gameplay in this level. It runs smoothly on the ground, BUT, I must point out the dunes get very annoying, or sand you could call it. The masking is very bad, so it is a chance willing to take using the tileset. Anyway, the level, around position 50,23 you can get stuck very, VERY easily. I would recommend not having a dead end there but that is in my opinion. Overall the level runs smoothly except for the walls, and spot 50,23.(annoying)
7.5/10

Eyecandy: Lets see, in this level the eyecandy isn’t exploding, but it also has more than average. I like how you use the dunes all around the level, in layers 3 perhaps. It makes the level fit, I guess you could say. I also think, in this tileset there isn’t much eyecandy but I must also say that Qz did a very good job using it. All the tiles fit, seems good.
8/10

Ammo/Carrot/Powerup placement: Let’s start off with ammo. The placement of ammo is pretty good, but I am seeing in yours that in the underground part(Left) it gets empty. Also near the bottom right(By the Rf pu) it is also very empty. This can be an issue, having no ammo. And it can slow down the pace of the level. Carrots.. There are 3 +1 carrots, and they are also placed in I guess okay spots, in the corners and on a specific platform, so the carrot has it’s own spots. And the powerups.. The Rf powerup at times can be hard to reach. The bouncy powerup I have no opinions about. As for the toaster, it can get a bit buggy getting up to there but it is placed well.
7.5/10

Positives: Good eyecandy, placement of carrots

Negitives: Tends to be a bad flow

Overall this level is well built and it deserves to be played a few times. As there aren’t many battle like this, I think I will host this often when doing battle.

Score: 7.5/10+8/10+7.5/10+.3=8

~HïTçH

[Edit: Added more ammo, fixed spot 50,23. +.3 added.

Cool lvl!!! I’ve got cool memories of that hotel… But, my computer says when I go to a server ‘connection timed out’ So I can’t host this hotel… Please host this hotel many times!

(Old Spacegirl) Joizy

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LEVEL 1 – RAIN WOODS

EYECANDY

There are good backgrounds in Layers 6, 7 & 8. There’s also Rain in the Foreground but I think that it moves too slow. Layer 4 eyecandy looks repetitive though. The platforms look the same mostly.

5/10

GAMEPLAY

This level is far too linear. It is too easy to get through. When you fall into the pits, you don’t die. You should really use the CTF Instant Death trick in these pits. Level was too short. I could just run through it and use Jazz’s copter ears throughout mostly.

2/10

ENEMY PLACEMENT

There were only 8 enemies in this level. I counted them and that was really how many enemies there were in this entire level. Most of them were just Norm Turts and the others were Tuf Turts. The placement is poor as you could just hover or jump over them. 8 enemies is not enough to kill the player.

1/10

OBSTACLE PLACEMENT

There were absolutely NO obstacles in the entire level. Placement is non-existent.

0/10

ITEM & BONUS PLACEMENT

The only items in this level were Tomatoes and there wasn’t very many of them, only about 25. There was no ammo, no PUs or anything else. There was no Bonus Area.

1/10

LEVEL 1 TOTAL SCORE = 9/50

LEVEL 2 – DIVING DOWN

EYECANDY

The background is OK, but you can’t see all of it as you go further down. Layers 3 & 4 looked far too repetitive. There was nothing much else in the way of eyecandy here.

4/10

GAMEPLAY

This level was shorter than the first level. It was boring as all you were doing was swimming round shooting fish and then getting to an exit which I did in about 20 seconds.

1/10

ENEMY PLACEMENT

There were only 9 Fish in this level. They were poorly placed as you could easily swim past them.

1/10

OBSTACLE PLACEMENT

This level also has no obstacles, meaning placement is non-existent.

0/10

ITEM & BONUS PLACEMENT

The only items here were the 16 Melons placed in a boring 2 × 2 square form. No Bonus Area.

1/10

LEVEL 2 SCORE = 7/50

LEVEL 3 – BOSS 1: TOASTY

Note: I rate Boss levels differently to the main levels.

EYECANDY

Eyecandy is not bad in this level. I liked the background in Layers 6, 7 & 8. Layer 4 also looks OK.

7/10

GAMEPLAY

I quite liked how the Boss is done here. It was homemade. There is a destruct scenery block that you have to shoot lots of times to make a Trigger Crate drop out. I thought that a text event giving hints about this would have been good as first time players will have no idea what to do.

7.5/10

ITEM PLACEMENT

I think some of the Carrots would have been better as re-generating items. Don’t make them re-appear to often though. Put the longest dealy possible of the Full NRG carrot. Placement of these was good. But as I said, make them re-generate.

7/10

LEVEL 3 (BOSS 1) SCORE = 21.5/30

LEVEL 4 – CUTTED BURNS

EYECANDY

The backgrounds are good. I like the use of the lighting events in the caves though I think it was too dark sometimes to see where you are going. Layer 4 was OK too.

6.5/10

GAMEPLAY

The level was still too short. Though it was a bit harder this time. There was a cave to get through full of spikes. There are Hurt events in this level too meaning that you can get killed. Good level but still a bit short.

6/10

ENEMY PLACEMENT

Placement was OK but there wasn’t really that many enemies. More than LV1 & 2 but you could still hover over them with Jazz’s Copter Ears.

5/10

OBSTACLE PLACEMENT

There was an “Access Granted” block to find in order to access the cave. First time players would not have known where it is. But if playing for the second time you will finish the level even quicker. There wasn’t many other obstacles other than the Hurtand the Freeze Enemy events.

5/10

ITEM & BONUS PLACEMENT

There was some Chicken placed in this level though there wasn’t a lot of it. Not enough for a Sugar Rush. There was a Fly Carrot in the cave. There was also a hidden area with Float Up events used here and there was 9 Blue Gems at the end. I didn’t find this area the first time so it’s very well placed.

5.5/10

LEVEL 4 SCORE = 28/50

LEVEL 5 – DON’T FLY THIS AT HOME

EYECANDY

There was only the moving ships in the background and the grey blocks that the player has to follow. The moving ships would get annoying after a while and possibly give you a headache as they do move a bit fast.

3/10

GAMEPLAY

This was the most boring level in the pack. First you get an Airboard and then go through a sucker tube. Next you have to follow a path of grey blocks to some ship or something. I was doing this for 10 minutes and nearly resorted to quitting as I got so bored.

1/10

ENEMY PLACEMENT

The only enemies here are Bees and Floating Suckers. These enemies are easy to avoid and they do get annoying as that is they are the only enemies you will see throughout the entire level.

1/10

OBSTACLE PLACEMENT

Obstacles are non-existent here.

0/10 – I give this a zero as I think a level should at least have some obstacles.

ITEM & BONUS PLACEMENT

There are only Gems and Burgers all placed in the boring 2 × 2 square shapes. Nothing else here.

1/10

LEVEL 5 SCORE = 6/50

LEVEL 6 – BOSS 2: SPLOCK

EYECANDY

Layer 4 is slightly too repetitive but the backgrounds look great. I like the rain too.

7/10

GAMEPLAY

This Boss Arena is bigger than the first one. However, you are really doing the same thing as you did with Boss 1 except there are disappearing platforms which make it a bit harder.

6/10

ITEM PLACEMENT

Carrots are in the level and that’s all you really need in a Boss level. Since the level is bigger the placement of the Carrots is great.

8/10

LEVEL 6 (BOSS 2) SCORE = 21/30

LEVEL 7 – PISTON IT AWAY

EYECANDY

I like the backgrounds here though you need to improve the Layer 4 eyecandy as most of the platforms look the same.

4/10

GAMEPLAY

This level was a bit harder. Though you could still hover over nearly every enemy, there was a “Access Granted” trigger that you had to find. Once you found it, some trigger scenery would activate and you would have to go through a warp puzzle which I like though it is still a bit easy as you can just hover through it.

6/10

ENEMY PLACEMENT

As I said before you could just hover over most of the enemies so the placement isn’t that great.

2/10

ITEM & BONUS PLACEMENT

There was some cheese and some TNT (first new weapon at last) although there was not much use for it. It might have been good for some Bomb Scenery but there wasn’t any. There were 3 Morphs in the Warp Puzzle.
So placement was OK but still not many items.

5/10

OBSTACLE PLACEMENT

As I mentioned before there is the Trigger Zone, Trigger Scenery and the Warp Puzzle. Placement is OK though there wasn’t many more obstacles.

5/10

LEVEL 7 SCORE = 22/50

LEVEL 8 – LOST IN DARKNESS

EYECANDY

The backgrounds are great. Layer 3 is used for some leaves on one of the trees which I like. The Layer 4 eyecandy is still not that great though. Still a bit repetitive at times.

7/10

GAMEPLAY

This level was much harder. There was an “Access Granted” block to get up to by using the disappearing platforms which then opens up a passage through the tree on the right. The spike pits were done much better. If you fall into them Trigger Scenery activates so that you can’t jump or fly out. No checkpoints though which can be annoying. Level was still a bit short though.

7.5/10

ENEMY PLACEMENT

Placement of the enemies was better, you could get killed more easily as you couldn’t hover over many of them. There was a bigger variety of enemies including Dragonflies, Lizards, Dragons and Ghosts.

8/10

ITEM & BONUS PLACEMENT

There were a lot more items to pick up here. There was some Bouncer Ammo (wasn’t very useful though), Gems and quite a lot of Hams. There was also a Morph, though you could use Jazz anyway. So, good placement of the items.

7/10

OBSTACLE PLACEMENT

The disappearing platforms made the level harder which I quite liked. There was an “Access Granted” block to find in order to proceed and I liked the way those Spike pits were done.

9/10

LEVEL 8 SCORE = 38.5/50

LEVEL 9 (BOSS 3: DEBON)

EYECANDY

I really like the moving background. It looks as if the Spaceship is really moving. I like the design of the spaceship too.

10/10

GAMEPLAY

This Boss level is different to the other two. You have to touch the ? blocks one after the other. After that you touch the ! block to defeat the final boss. It was confusing figuring out what to do at first so text events would have been useful.

7/10

ITEM PLACEMENT

There are 4 Carrots that re-generate, this is good as you can get roasted easily. But I think they re-generate to quickly, try putting a longer delay on them.
I also think just 1 Full NRG Carrot might have been useful for emergencies, but set it to the highest delay possible.

8/10

LEVEL 9 (BOSS 3) SCORE = 25/30

OVERALL SCORE: 9 + 7 + 21.5 + 28 + 6 + 21 + 22 + 38.5 + 25 = 178/390 = 4.5641025641025641025641025641026
ROUNDED TO 4.6

RANK: F+ = Not too bad but can be improved

DOWNLOAD?

While the boss levels are very well done and original, the main levels are not that great, though there was one or two very good levels. The levels did have great eyecandy but this pack was let down by how short the levels were. So, I’m afraid it’s no DR.
Normally I’d give an N/A if it’s 5 or more but I’ll be nice and give this download an N/A because it has some really cool features and the bosses are original.

EDIT: I just got a PM from Ischa saying that his levels are for beginners so next time I review another one of Ischa’s levels I will think about that.

Phew, my longest review ever. Over 1700 words!

~SPAZ18