Jazz Jackrabbit 2 Online

Seeing that many more people aren’t going to review this, I’ll just use my only comment now.

Trafton: Most of the original levels have not changed a great deal, but I did drastically change some levels like “Waste Drain” and “Heaven Sent” which you conveniently ignored. That’s OK, I forgive you (at least for the time being).

Blackraptor: You’ve pointed out something that has been fixed a long long time ago with the original survivor version. First of all, you should have noticed (which you may have completely missed, from what I could tell from your outdated review) that there are lasers that occasional shoot right above the springs. You could get hit by these lasers so you can fall through the springs. Unfortunately, that could take a while, so I created an alternative method. On each side of the level there is a spring with a delay on it. With this, you can jump on it then stomp quickly so you can fall into the warp. Don’t worry; those two springs won’t affect gameplay much at all, which is obvious since you and most others probably didn’t even notice it in the first place.

Violet: I’m surprised you haven’t reviewed this yet. That’s alright. As long as you don’t review it the same way Trafton and Blackraptor did (that is by simply posting your old, unmodified review with the new review of the five latest levels).

I should also point out there is more than you think there is in 4 of the 5 new levels. So you could either waste time opening up JCS and trying to figure it out yourself or you could bug me and I might be nice enough to tell you of it’s secrets (which I did put much effort into making).

Good conversion…
this conversion deserves a 9.5!

This can be deleted. You didn’t needed to make it (getting throught it all in JCS takes some annoying 2-3 hours), because Overlord maked it loong ago, and published it on his site.

Well, Blacky sure did make a nice little battle level, in my opinion.

First Impression: Good, I must say this level reminds me a bit of BlurredD’s battle level, Dungeon Ruins part of his SC battle pack, but not too much as the eyecandy differs a bit from that level, which I’ll explain later.

The layout was good enough for my tastes in battle levels. Most battle freaks may not like it but if your a huge CTF fan this layout might be to your likeing. It doesn’t rely too much on platforms like most battle levels it’s easy to flow through and a bit symmetrical but not really copied as both sides are quite different, but they also have similarities like the carrots for example. I feel Nothing further needs to be discussed here. The layout is good that’s mostly what counts.

The gameplay was great, I enjoyed it most of the time. (Ok, I was winning the whole time and my opinion might change if I was losing) However there were a few quirks like the carrots being too easy to get(3 carrots… A bit much for a level this size, imo) and made the game a bit too easy (At least for me) and got boring near the end. I believe a couple of players dueling here who knew the level well would make the duel last very, very long due to this, this is more my opinion though, so if you don’t like getting frustrated in duels because it lasts, I recommend not dueling here.

The eyecandy was good, Nothing special but still above average. The BG as well as the layer 4 use was excellent. Overall nothing more to discuss, Blacky did a well done job with the eyecandy (as always).

The Ammo/Powerup placment was ok. Certainly no problems here.

Originality factor is non – existant. No new tileset uses to discuss here.

Overall: Blacky made a good battle level but this isn’t amazing, neither does it dare to uncover new breakthroughs in gameplay or eyecandy, but heck, if your a battle freak or just someone who’s bored and is in the mood for a good enjoyable battle level to host, this is certainly for you.

[This review has been edited by Fire Sword!]

Well, it’s about time Jazz2online gets a nice level. I haven’t seen a good level around here in a while now, but here we go. This level was quite small, but fun, and it uses a variation of the castle tileset (Castle Eclipse).

Eyecandy – Good
Good eyecandy, all though some parts of it seems kind of funny. The background was nicely don’t, especially how you made it look like you were inside somewhere.

Gameplay – Okay
Gameplay was okay. I felt like I was being bounced around by springs a lot of the time, though, and it has a very confusing layout. Not bad gameplay, though.

Originality – Original, but not original. I don’t know. :-p

Weapon placement – Very good
Nothing wrong here, very nice weapon and ammo placement.

Tileset usage – Good
The author made as good of a castle level as you can make, which isn’t all ways that good since it’s such a basic tileset. The author did a good job, though, and I hope some people host this.

Download reccomendation, and again, somebody host this :-p[This review has been edited by labratkid]

Nice. Excellent eyecandy, but average gameplay, also very easy, and it has skill settings that don’t only involve baddies, but they involve how much food you get! Download, even if it’s just for the tileset which doesn’t have great graphics but it very, very good.

I’m giving this 7 because I understand it was 2 hours of work. I would’ve given it 5.5 or 6.0 because it’s kind of sloppy, and the widescreen isn’t right, and the boss got stuck in the ceiling and I couldn’t finish the level, but since it took you 2 hours, I’m feeling nice. 6.5 it is.

Did you know that there is a list on jcsref though?

Ahh… I know how that feels. “That’s overused!” Well, how was I supposed to know that?[This review has been edited by mikeejimbo]

Nice level, easy to get lost in though, and the background / leave eyecandy seems a little bad in some places, but this is still great.

Well there’s nothing in the home cooked levels and the Jcs.Why?[This review has been edited by Gun sniper]

Ok but is made up tileset.

hmmmm more survivo. i give a 3.2

hmmm make some better test

- a test pack
- more tests
- hall of fame

sya dx dc

Its not very good, i give a 6.7.

I enjoy being sorta credited for something I didn’t really find. I just took the SCE’s from Overlord’s site (http://geocities.com/atlastsome/jj2/guns.htm) and stuff, so there.

First note: This is 1.23.
Second note: I will never understand why people say a level is unplayable simply because it has a password and hidden in the homecooked levels list. While neither of these are good things, it still leaves at least two ways to play the level.

THEME: This is one of those countless test levels using Cool Day that do not have a theme. It uses basically the normal stuff – jumping through warps, coptering through warps, floating up around warps, sidekicking above warps, and running over warps. It, at least, manages to stick to a lot of theme.
Pros: N/A. I do not know how to rate this.
Cons: N/A. I do not know how to rate this.
Rating: N/A. I do not know how to rate this.

GRAPHICS: Nothing in the way of graphics. No background eyecandy, the walls were mainly the brick tile, and the warps were mainly the background hill (or whatever it’s for) tile. Still, even this can be made to look better then it does here.
Pros: N/A
Cons: Nothing to speak of in the way of graphics.
Rating: 1.7

DIFFICULTY: Pretty easy. The airboard test looked like it was going to be harder then it was, as about halfway through it grabs you up in a sucker tube (scary) and suckers you through.
Pros: N/A
Cons: N/A
Rating: 5.0

ORIGINALITY: The only possible bit of originality is at the end, where you are in an interactive roller coaster. Or at least, that’s probably what it’s supposed to be.
Pros: N/A
Cons: Pretty much no originality.
Rating: 2.0

OVERALL: Pretty sub standard piece of work here. The author does not seem to have put very much work in it. I don’t know about other reviewers, but I would prefer if you tried to add some sort of theme next time… and, of course, some eyecandy.
Pros: A little quality.
Cons: Not too much.
Rating: 3.0

None of this is paticularly new. Some things, though, are highly obvious. Still, I think this is part of what the articles section is for.

Fire temple was a good idea for a level pack name, it sounds exciting. But you know being excited for the name is not enough. First of all “Tempel” is a wrong word. (Or maybe I don’t know but I think you try spelling “Temple”)Then, in my opinnion, the tileset you use is not a good choice for a “Fire Temple” I think the tileset could better used if there was a Funky lvl. And the music was the music of Jazz2-Credits. This was good for the level. And the best parts of the level are gameplay, the enemy placements. After all I give you a 6.5.

ThriftY

Well….It’s ok but it’s useless.