Jazz Jackrabbit 2 Online

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This level pack should’ve been named “Frustation”.
Best review I could muster.

LF- You’re supposed to push the crate off it’s ledge. And be warned- A simmilar trap happens again.

hey, i think this sound is very cool and it has a beat.!!!
so i give it an 6.

This song is very good. The beats are well done, the music is at a good rythum untill you start repeating. At about 45 secs and on you would every once in awhile get stuck on a certin group of beats and stay on it for way too long. If you shortend the repeations from 5 to 2 or 3 then I think the song would flow alot better, and make it shorter so we can hear all of it’s arwsomeness again.

This is you second level but your first upload on JJ2. Since it is your first upload I will give you a 0.5 bonus because you are new here and I am friendly with first uploads.

EYECANDY:
The eyecandy may explain why this is your first level. there are a high number of tilebugs and the backround is not fixed and textured. Carrotus is one of those tilesets where you have to spend a lot of time on and the auther clearly spend maybe less than 5 or 10 days on this level. Another problem arises when you’re playing this level in high resolution. You can see below the ground and through the wall into nothingness.
RATING: 2.3

GAMEPLAY:
This had a fair amount of gameplay for the level size but all of this is squashed into a small space. The warp bit of the level was so small that it was quite hard to miss a warp. Also, the correct warp is too easy to find and you should signal where your warps are positioned. That seems to be about all the gameplay there is in the level. There were not many obstacles either. Yes this is a level for begginers but try not to upload them here. Use your levels to train yorself and if you think they’re of approapriate difficulty, upload them. Its embarassing if you have an easy level and then say in the text ‘that was pretty tough huh?’.
RATING: 2.1

ITEMS:
Because of the easy difficulty, the level is very rewarding with items. There was a very easy 1up to get and a very good reward for finding a very easy to find warp. Its a shame all the items are where you don’t need them, near the end of the level (unless you are doing a level pack or have a boss as your ending).
RATING: 2.2
AVERAGE RATING: 2.2
BONUSSES:

MUSIC:
If you want a bonus for your levels and to give the level more fun, I suggest putting music in the level. +0

TILESET:
A standard JJ2 tileset that has not been used properly. Scan the tileset to see what animated tiles you could put in. +0

(You do get a .5 bonus since its your first upload)
BONUS: 0.5
FINAL RATING: 2.7
RANK: 2 Terrible
DOWNLOAD?: No (Requires 4 for N/A, Requires 7 for Yes)
FINAL COMMENT:
Well, 2 for a first try is not so good. Read carefully the advice reviewers give you and keep trying.

I love bonus and tubelect,putting together rocks,the dissapointing thigs is the bonus/tubeelect bit is only 1 min,i like the last bit the most,if you did that i would of gave this download reccomondation.also the remix is a bit bad on the bonus bit,most of its good,

in conclusion i like this track pretty much.

This is a typical beginner’s level. That is not a very bad thing, because you learn by the errors you make. However, you won’t get high ratings which such levels of course. Here’s what’s wrong:

Gameplay: 2.5

Before I could play, I encountered the first common mistake new designers do: the hide level in home cooked list option is on. If this option is activated, the level can’t be accessed from the home cooked levels episode, so I had to open the file in the level editor and disable it. This is annoying, but none the less I started to play. I didn’t look at the time, but I think it took me about a minute or two to get to the end. The whole level is pretty much a try-out with some random events. You jump over some small pits with turtles on, warp to a more or less secret room with some goodies, kill a few more enemies and grab a tnt that you don’t need and then the level ends. Not a very exciting playing experience. The main problem is that no real thought has been put into placing the events. It always feels like the designer just put in what he thought might be good to try it out. There’s also no real challenge even for a beginner, because the level is so short and the few enemies there are can be easily killed before they hit you.

Creativity: 2.2

Not a whole lot of creativity, but with that short size there’s not a lot of space for creative stuff anyway. Well, the author mentioned that it wouldn’t be very original, but that’s exactly the point. If it’s not, then spend some effort to make it what it should be. Putting in some creative stuff is not as hard as it seems. I could think off a complicated puzzle right now if I wanted to. Just think about what you can do with certain events, and you’ll almost always get some ideas.

Eyecandy: 1.5

Here it shows again how inexperienced the designer still is. There are a lot of tile bugs, in short, the set just hasn’t been used the way it should be, mostly because the designer didn’t know how. At least it seems so. This can be easily overcome by just practice. Fool around, try some stuff, and you can get to decent results. The way it is now, it’s not a pleasure for the eye though.

Conclusion:

Like I said, this is more something like a try-out than a challenging level. Practice makes perfect is my advice. With more experience, surely better results can be achieved.

Final Rating: 2.0, no download recommendation

~LF

i must have made a choice. It’s also compitable with 1.23, so there’s nothing to worry about, my friend.

Wait how can a music remix be TSF only?

hi, my first level is not complete, so it comes over exactly 2 days.

If this is your second level what is your first?

Ok…I just wanted to know.

Why do you have 2 music files when there is only one level in the .zip file.

hmm now this is better :).
make it just a tad bit longer.
brillant vs tho.
i think its a bit boring tho.

well done this is better,good thing is this is not a ‘no’ download recomandation.bad thing is its not a download recomandation

keep trying this is a better song than last ones.
oh and if you upload to of the same types of files like thease music ones,put them in a music pack.

:( ok this is not a good remix,i can see little bits added onto it,the thing is all you have done is speeded it up,also put crirstmas bells on it.
Sorry but not a download reccomendation.

keep trying,don’t lose hope over low rateing reviews.

ANOTHER VERSION?! ROFL!
anyways, excellent level.

Definate download recommendation!
(Unsupported rating (8.7) removal. ~Violet)

The levels where realy good.

It had a good story that kept you wondering.It was good quality.It had realy good eyecandy, i never saw anything wrong with the eyecandy at all. The levels kept you thinking “ now what do i do?” Wich was good.It was nice and long.There these parts where it’s just like a movie (time to relaxe your fingers).

overall it was awsome!

i rated it 9.7 instead of 10 beacause 10 means perfect.

This is a GREAT song. Your intro is great, your climax is small but awesome, and the music feels like your in a villin’s hideout which is a feeling I like sometimes…anyway…the song does have a flaw in it and that’s you stop compleatly in the middle, then the rest of the song trys to compensate for it. Nevertheless, I’m still going to download it, and maybe use it in a level or two because it loops(Another fine point to the song). I totaly recommend this song for downloading.

i think this is the best level ever!!!!!!
(Unsupported rating (10) removal. ~Violet)

hi, i’m gam-ie and i am new at this site. i think you have a pretty difficult level. but its fun!;)
(sorry if my english isn’t so good. i’m from the netherlands.)
(Isn’t everyone? Unsupported rating (8) removal. Grammatical issues are fine, but you do need to say more about the upload, so we can get a better idea of why you gave it the rating that you did. ~Violet)

A review.. by me. Yeah, it’s been a while. But I think this level needs a review.

A brand new Battle level using Swamps. Made by IC. Should be interesting.. but is it?

This relatively small level looks nice af first. There is a simple use of springs, one ways, etc. to let you ‘fly’ around the level. Although you have to jump sometimes, which adds a bit of strategy. I discovered the gem stomp pretty fast, and I think it’s a nice idea plus it’s fun, too. With few dead ends(which isn’t a problem in Battle imo) and some warps, the level is good to duel in, or just shoot around you when you’re playing in a public server. Overall, the gameplay is nice.

The eye candy doesn’t have any problems. Myself I dislike Swamps because I just can’t use it properly. But the eye candy here is good. Very good. The use of trees and leaves is excellent, and the backgrounds are just like almost every other Swamps level. The translucency of the leaves makes it possible to run through them, and it prevents confusion because otherwise you wouldn’t see yourself if you run through them. Overall, the eye candy is very nice and so the level looks nice too.

The placement is where things are different. There are some good shapes of ammo, and good selection of weapons, too. But there could be some ammo in the trees on the right side of the level, or, some fastfires. Anyway, the Power-Ups are placed on good places. It took me a while to find out where the Seek and the RF Power-Ups are. The RF PU is hard to get in my opinion. You would need some skill to get it. The carrot placement is alright in my opinion, and like I said – the gem stomps were really fun.

The music is a bit too speedy in my opinion, but I like it. The background of it sounds good enough. The level is not VERY original, but it does it’s job. It’s hard to make an original level nowadays.

Overall I think this is a nice level that should be hosted/downloaded. I know it’s early to brag over the next Bash now already, but this is one of those levels that has a good chance of being in. I give this level an 8 and a big download recommendation. So get it if you didn’t yet!