Review by fearofdark

Posted:
2 May 2006, 17:32
For: Need for Bowser Underground
Level rating: 6.6
Rating
6.2

I’ve heard a lot of Super Mario but never actually played it myself. So I don’t whether this pack has eyecandy like the origional or has almost the same gameplay. I’ll rate anyway:

INTRO:
Is just a basic intro level. You walk for a few seconds then bump into some characters and a text screen. The end is hiding in some tubes you walk into after. There is a secret full of items in the intro level to make in fun-ish. But those are the only items in the level.
RATING: 6.8

UNDERGROUND:
This level was a lot longer than any of the other levels in this pack. There was origional gameplay in this level but some ideas were pointless. There were coins you couldn’t pick up and some crates were positioned when you could have done with them earlier. There was eyecandy bugs in some places and there wasn’t really much to explore. You just stuck to a main path for most of the time. The level was also easy. There were extra lives in places too close to the main path that were not guarded in any way. The level takes you to an underground castle.
RATING: 6.4

CASTLE LEVEL:
Is very small and has very few items again. There is a huge gap between the amount of items and the amount of enemies. The level ends with a boss….a very easy one. All you do is jump over the boss and walk over to a switch. That opens a door which ends the pack.
RATING: 4.4

AVERAGE RATING: 5.9

BONUSSES:

MUSIC:
The origional Mushromm Kingdom music and Castle music used in Mario (I think) And a file i’m not sure where it came from. +0.2

TILESETS:
Mario conversions. One of them is good and that is the mushroom kingdom. +0.1

BONUS: 0.3
FINAL RATING: 6.2
RANK: 6 OK
DOWNLOAD: N/A (Yes requires 7)
FINAl COMMENT:
A reasonable Mario episode. Could have been longer.

Review by DanYjel

Posted:
2 May 2006, 17:00 (edited 5 May 06, 17:19 by Danyjel)
For: Jazz2 1.23 - weapon change patched
Level rating: 9.4
Rating
N/A

Useless download, Ovelord’s Project Weapon has it in options.

EDIT: Useless download, Ovelord’s Project Weapon has it in options.

EDIT #2: Useless download, Ovelord’s Project Weapon has it in options.

Review by L0st_S0ul

Posted:
2 May 2006, 09:21
For: JJ1 Music Pack
Level rating: 8
Rating
N/A

Nice music =)

Bjarni: if you use a .j2b file for music, you aren’t required to type the .j2b extension behind the file, but if you want to use some other file type as music you have to type “music.s3m” or “music.it” in the level editor
(replace the word music with the name of the file)

RecommendedReview by CraccoBoy

Posted:
1 May 2006, 23:26
For: Jazz2 1.23 - weapon change patched
Level rating: 9.4
Rating
9.5

I’m honoured Gry, love you forever <3

But seriously, this is an awesome “patch”, I immediately replaced my .exe :).

No more need for running extern programs, saves some trouble. Now, you should implement the seekhole fix feature in this .exe and I’ll give it a 10 :P.

RecommendedReview by n00b

Posted:
1 May 2006, 20:00
For: carrotus guys
Level rating: 6.3
Rating
6.7

This level is obviously inspired by the BULOTW winner, and is also par of a new wave of JJ2 levels. By new wave I mean “A kind of level-style I’ve done 3 times before that everyone is posering thanks to BULOTW”.
It’s a bad level that knows it’s only a bad level, and that it’s purpose. It’s entertaining because you know it’s just going to get worse.
While there are some dead giveaways this level is truly just a spoof of bad levels, it doe sget the feeling just right especially with it’s text messages that feel like a parody of a certain level that used the Medivo tileset.
Theres also various pointers that it was largely inspired by the latest winner of BULOTW (The sparkles in the BG are a dead giveaway)
Quite honestly, this level is terrible but is actually fun because of the humour factor.
6.7
DR?- Yes, but expect to only play it once.

Review by speedy boy

Posted:
1 May 2006, 16:38
For: The Sort Machine
Level rating: 6.5
Rating
N/A

please only rate for the idea. this is of course a little example, but it could be used in levels. please don’t rate the level.

RecommendedReview by gamezz

Posted:
1 May 2006, 15:57 (edited 2 May 06, 09:24)
For: The Sort Machine
Level rating: 6.5
Rating
6.5

is this a level????????
maybe you can make it bigger, because this is nothing. i appreciate your hard work, but this could better.

4.5(typed by gam-ie)

sorry about that one(this account is shared,its me and the other person).
i(codename gamie-x)like the idea very much,i`m going to use it in my next level to(don`t worry,you WILL get credit)i probly can`t rate it because i`m on the same account,bud i`ll upgrade the number to a 6.5(iff possibel (typed by gamie-x)

Not recommendedReview by DanYjel

Posted:
1 May 2006, 12:33 (edited 1 May 06, 12:33 by Danyjel)
For: Uranium Castle
Level rating: 6.2
Rating
4

I don’t like it so much. It’s too slow, time by time a bit offtuned, it sounds emptily as hell. The rhythm doesn’t fit here in these samples. All “original” ideas are from Eggman’s tunes. I just didn’t enjoy.

Review by HorvatM

Posted:
30 Apr 2006, 18:55
For: Haunted Town
Level rating: 6.8
Rating
6

SMALL TOWN
EYECANDY: Nothing special, but good.
ENEMIES: Well placed, maybe too much. What are Fencers doing here?
LAYER USE: You used all layers fine, but Layer 1 is empty. That doesn’t count, because Layer 1 is almost useless.
AMMO: Seekers. Good placed, right where you need them.
FOOD: There is almost no food in this level, but you don’t need sugarrushes.
SIZE: Well, just like you said, small.

MEDIEVAL MADNESS
EYECANDY: Nothing special, but good.
ENEMIES: There are enemy generators! Why? These birds are annoying! There are too much of them!
LAYER USE: Annoying. Foreground layers are used way too much. Sprite layer and the background is OK.
AMMO: Frostbiters? There is too much TNT. You never need it, except at the TNT destruct blocks.
Food: Enough for a sugarrush.

Tilesets: TSF to 1.23 conversions, they are used well.

Final Rating: 6.0
Download recommendation: If you like challenging levels.

RecommendedReview by OM2004

Posted:
30 Apr 2006, 17:03
For: Uranium Castle
Level rating: 6.2
Rating
8.7

This is a very well made song. The beats don’t get tiring, and the song as a great intro, and the remexed notes are very well done. It fits with the song but still has that JJ feel. But there is one error that I heard, and that’s when the song repeats it sounds like it’s off tune or beat.

Now this song on JJ2 isn’t one of my faverits, but I still think this is a very well put togeather song and I think anyone would appricate it no matter their own preference. I recommend this song.

Review by iluz

Posted:
30 Apr 2006, 15:26 (edited 30 Apr 06, 23:08 by Fquist)
For: Uranium Castle
Level rating: 6.2
Rating
N/A

Quite good remix, but not the best.
And some of the drums sound like they crash or something.

But Quite good, indeed.

DR: Go on it’s good.

[Unsupported (8.7) rating removal. Try stating what’s good about this song. Stating it is good a dozen times doesn’t cut it – FQuist]

RecommendedReview by gamezz

Posted:
30 Apr 2006, 08:49
For: Haunted Town
Level rating: 6.8
Rating
7.7

hi i’ve played your level. it’s very cool.

eyecandy: the eyecandy is very good. there are lots of things to look at.
but sometimes you don’t know where you are because it’s then to busy

music: the sound is good it makes the level o.k. :7.7

gameplay: there are a couple of things, the level is very short,maybe you can change that in your next level. but now the positive things, i like it that you must find the coins, to warp to the bonus. and the bad guys are the most of the time “hidding” : 8.0

bonus: i give you an extra bonus because it was a nice game to play.

7.7

eyecandy: 7.5
music: 7.7
gameplay: 8.0
bonus: 7.7

it’s an:

Review by Cheese

Posted:
29 Apr 2006, 19:11 (edited 29 Apr 06, 19:13)
For: Textured Backgrounds
Level rating: N/A
Rating
N/A

Alright, it has been re-uploaded with them all in 32 colors.
And yes, it is easy, just go to Edit > Select all and copy/paste.

Review by Violet CLM

Posted:
29 Apr 2006, 18:37
For: Textured Backgrounds
Level rating: N/A
Rating
N/A

I would like to mention that the original JJ2 tilesets were drawn by hand without color reduction. It is perfectly possible to make tilesets without PSP8 or something – in fact, you generally get better results.
In any case, the fact that you didn’t bother to do the color reduction yourself or make them easily usable for a tileset is really rather odd.

Review by cooba

Posted:
29 Apr 2006, 16:44
For: Textured Backgrounds
Level rating: N/A
Rating
N/A

They should be using 32 colors by default, not 256…

Review by Jarno vos

Posted:
29 Apr 2006, 15:41
For: Textured Backgrounds
Level rating: N/A
Rating
N/A

Didnt Labratkid already maked something like this?

.::.=~!Jarno!~=.::. /\ ||

RecommendedReview by gamezz

Posted:
29 Apr 2006, 14:31
For: Carrot Crisis (fixed)
Level rating: 7.4
Rating
7.7

hey, this level is cool, the eyecandy is good and there’s big fun. but sometimes it’s frustrating with all the dragon flies. maybe you can do a couple less?
i think this is a hard level to, speccialy for beginners, but is nice to.
it’s an 7.7

Review by the jamster

Posted:
29 Apr 2006, 10:36 (edited 29 Apr 06, 18:36 by Violet CLM)
For: Textured Backgrounds
Level rating: N/A
Rating
N/A

these are good rips,much better than those other ones. :)
(Unsupported rating (7.5) removal. ~Violet)

RecommendedReview by the jamster

Posted:
29 Apr 2006, 10:32
For: Uranium Castle
Level rating: 6.2
Rating
8.7

good points
amazing beat to it
a good intro to the remix as well
The theme is a great spacey theme

bad points
when some intruments go off its less good,but still ok.

conclusion
this is a good remix so id advise you to well download it.its now one of a faverote of mine.

Review by Crusader

Posted:
29 Apr 2006, 04:10 (edited 29 Apr 06, 18:35 by Violet CLM)
For: Bass Battle
Level rating: 5.9
Rating
N/A

did violet retire? :S
(No. I’m wary about music reviews, though, because I generally have no idea what people are going to find useful or not, myself not caring about remixes in the slightest. Should something blatantly useless come along, then it’s fair game. ~Violet)

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