Jazz Jackrabbit 2 Online

Jarno Vos actually makes sense here. Posting five levels all at once and thus spamming the download section is not good. Post them all in one zip file.

Edit: The_Wrath, if someone wanted to download all of your levels, you could just put them all in one download. It’d be easier to search for, you wouldn’t have to open four tabs, and you could review them all at once. Not only that, but people like level packs more than singles because there’s more content.

What a good level pack! Possibly the best ever created, though i still think there can be better single player level packs created, even though there were so many people working on this one.

Why is the rating high?
Because the eyecandy is brilliant, there are a lot of good tilesets in this pack and the layout of the temples and the storyline and how it gets progressively harder AND how theres such a variety of different challenges in it, including even puzzles – its very good.

Why is the rating not 10?
Some parts are impossible to do without losing a heart, and some times the gameplay can be a bit samey – plus there are too many secrets for my liking, and a whole bunch of them skip way too many challenges – that are really cool!

If you havent downloaded this already, download it NOW – you must, its the best pack ive seen customly made.

This certainly isn’t my type of level. I really wouldn’t find playing on this fun unless i was messing around in it – in my opinion this level should be inserted into the “other” category.

EYECANDY: 6

The eyecandy is not bad – as the tileset is very professional – however there are these really annoying fast moving things in one of the background layers – this for me would give me a headache whilst playing.

GAMEPLAY: 3

The gameplay is terrible, im not even sure why im giving it a “3”, there is no strategy whatsoever – partly because its so big, partly because the structure is really platformy and linear – its too orderly, way too orderly.

I think for this level you have to take it for what it is, you say its crappy because of boxes in the way stopping the flow, but that might be part of the design, it doesn’t stop the flow, it just makes monovering harder. I really dont think this level should get the rating its at. Clearly the eye-candy can be seen as really bad because the background is just black, the other layers arent used and the only real good part eye-candy wise about the level is the good tileset, but to rate the level eye-candy, I would seriously say its not good enough.

The gameplay i believe though can be viewed as quite original, its small and has little jagged islands to jump about on and fight apon. Really though i think this level should get like a 3 if it wasn’t for the tileset (a very good one that ive used myself) saving its arse a little, pulling the level up to a 4.

I have rated this level 5.7, this is because of the following:

There is nothing particulary wrong with it, hardly any tile bugs, the level has a decent structure and it looks alright, but really there is nothing about it that sets it appart from anything else.

The eyecandy I would say (seen as the level is so empty of it) deserves a 4.2, and the gameplay a 7.2 – the gameplay deserves this because the scenery is too spaced out in places (however still good in structure) and there is enough but not particulary the right ammo lying around – basically the level is pretty empty – but to end on a good note, its not bad its average, but really a good level maker could create this level in about 15 minutes (well possibly more just because its large).

I wouldn’t recommend downloading it, but then again it is worth playing on a few times, bah, you decide, im neutral.

I like this level very much, duelled in here (won ;D) and the gameplay is good.

Eyecandy: obviously it has been made with the most default tileset, however its definately worth looking at – the level has most certainly got enough variance of the tileset within it that makes “castle” bareable to look on once again.

Gameplay: this is the best factor of the level, as the gameplay has been tweaked and tweaked for great flow and tactics. The way the whole level is fought upon (in a 1:1 or anything else) with an even amount of time between each section – as the goodies are cleverly spaced out, and there are a lot of heights, corners and dykes. The power ups and ammo have been chosen very wisely – as there are seekers, but no seeker powerup, so clearly you can use this easy and cheap weapon, but it wont do 2 hearts of damage; where as bouncers and the toaster each have a power up – making a lot of bouncers verses flamer action apparent on this level. Finally electro blaster ammo has been put into this level and there are many situations where it can be used very effectively.

To sum up this level: it is very cleverly made – it has a strategic structure, items are placed in great locations and the right ammo and power ups are used; as well as the level being pretty good on eyecandy – i couldn’t see a single tilebug, and the non sprite-layers have been used most effectively to aid the eyecandy. All in all, a fantastic level for the default castle tileset. Keep it up Wrath!

This is a truly stunning level. You are fantastic and finatic Firesword.

The eyecandy deserves a 10 without question.

-it is very original looking and very colourful – this colourfulness matches the whole scene that it is a bunch of coral coves underwater, its flawless really.

The gameplay deserves a 9.

-it is very hard to get a 10 for gameplay, and i feel that the hard(ish) to find exit ruins the gameplay a little, as i spent 30 seconds looking for it but i only found it because i tripped into it – this could be quite annoying to someone less lucky.

However, the gameplay is still amazing in itself – the way badies are used in the level so that people can loose their gems from the water creatures (as well as their opponent) is an original factor that i really like. Also, the structure of the level is very good for a treasure hunt, the web of caves is set out very effectively.

All in all, the best treasure level ive ever seen and probably the best treasure level period.

Score awarded: 9.5

Wow keep making battle levels please i like this one!
oh and thanx for uploading the good file!

Why you dont make an levelpack?

replay on The – Wrath :
well its handy to make an pack with 2 or more levels than 5 levels in 5 zips the download section will be a little…how should i say it..FULL!

Replay on Odin

WoW did I make sense that will be the first time in my whole life!!

All we love making sense!!

Your level is not bad at all, don’t listen to the previous guy, although ive rated it a 6.5 i nearly put a 7.

Good points to the level:
The tileset is nice and detailed and appropriate,
The name “flooded valley” is quite effective and a good name for the level,
The structure of the sprite layer is quite strategically laid out,
I just love that bit on the left where you can fall all the way down the level,

All in all its just a nice level, however you can make some improvements, ofcourse :P.

Bad points to the level:
The background is quite bad, and this is probably the level’s worst quality – it is really half-arsed done lol, one of your background layers only has a width of 1 block! However, on this kind of level a simple background is quite ideal, though not as simple as you’ve made it.

The level is also a bit platformy and veering towards being a capture the flag level. You could benefit from closing off a few passage ways and making the level more one-way style, but not too much.

Some parts are quite hard to jump to, especially with Jazz, you may want to make the jumps less extreme, however your springs are placed in really good locations and this kind of makes up for this.

Summary

Weldone, this is a level that I wouldn’t mind having a few battles in with 5-16 people, however its not suited much for one on one basis.

The background is its worst asset and the structure of the level is probably its best asset, but however with the size of the level you have chosen and the tileset’s simple nature, you would find it hard to make a level under this specification that goes beyond a 7.5

-Wrath

I’m now a quite late reviewer. It’s been more than a year since this was released, and I was too lazy to review this, but lately this level has really impressed me. Excellent job Snooze! Here’s what it’s about:

The eyecandy is used in several layers and ain’t after all that confusing since he used only specific tiles for each layer. I thought that you, Blax, sometime even liked solid tiles in bg-layers, eh? Anyways, there was even put some extra to the front layers. But Snooze did really good work with this still however.

The size of the level(small-medium I suppose) fits the layout perfectly! The sucker tubes are great thing if you’re at low health and/or chased. With them, you can trick your opponent and as well set camp to the bottom of the level if he/she is not familiar with them. There are some thinner platforms, as well there are some really solid ones. It was still possible to get stuck into the walls covering the tube near to the blaster-pu. Though the layout and flow were quite fantastic, the level itself still lacked of even a small original concept which high-quality levels should have, though Snooze’s levels have mostly been like this however. A few other start positions could have been nice also.

The placement of stuff is somewhat allright. The choice of 2 +1 carrots for their positions is great but the way ammo was placed could have been a bit better. The PU-choice(Blaster, Bouncer, Toaster) wasn’t a bad idea either, nor that approx. half of the pickups were food, which would give the player sugar rush after playing some time.

So overall I’d say this is worth of 8.2 and it has lately been one of my favorite battle-levels. Most people have still ignored it due to probably that Snooze’s previous uploads hadn’t had as high quality or something. I’d probably given Snooze something around 8.7-9.2 even if he made a pack with dozen of levels with this quality. I would like if he sometime converted this into tb or ctf, because I even thought of how the bases could be placed really well!

So download this and go host, or ask somebody else to host if you can’t. Though I believe barely anyone will happen to read this review because this level’s that old already. Well, if you did, then GG. =D

-Sj

it was the best
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8 hours isn’t really a lot to spend on a level. Most good levels are done in the course of a week or so. Some levels in more advanced 3D games take up to a year to make by one person!

Just remember, the amount of time you spend actually working on your level, tinkering with it and changing layouts to make it fit better, will increase the level quality and playability by a lot. If you can’t think of anything else to add, host a beta test server and ask for ideas. Unless you get a server full of idiots that say “rotfl add ten million tube events lolzord” or something like that, you’re bound to be able to get new ideas. That brings up one more point; be able to take criticism. Most people won’t flame you, but if they say stuff like “the way you did the eyecandy was pretty awful,” don’t feel bad about it. Everyone can improve, and you’re just starting out anyway.

LOL
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sorry, Shadowrabbit but i think wadle is right this SUX
(and i dont say i have a good day today…)

~Jarno

Edit : Ok very sorry i didnt know this was your first level iam sorry so SORRY!

It is that I’m nice today, but a level like this, OMG!!
This is a hotel?? It doesn’t have a right start pos, it’s no nice eyecandy (ahum) and the gameplay sux.
Happy reviewing and playing? I don’t think so…

[This review was writen by Wadledee aka Carrotpie]

EDIT: Sorry Shaddow Rabbit, I didn’t knew that, but still its not a real/([good]) lvl

[This review was edited by Wadledee aka Carrotpie]

How to fix:
Delete all Controller Files (except zip)
Unload all the files again

Keep repeating until it works!

Awsome level!
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It’s a fun level, I like it. Good for your first post. Good luck in future levels!

Nice Replica of Undersiegness. Oh and i also like the changes you made :)!