Jazz Jackrabbit 2 Online

I wouldn’t be reviewing this but Trafton (face) asked someone to download it just to take a glance. And since I did, I thought I might as well review it.

The description of the tileset is short but nice enough to make you want to take a look, I guess. The author said the tileset was for TSF, which is curious because it doesn’t seem to have an overwhelming amount of tiles. In fact, I don’t see why it wouldn’t work in 1.23…

Anyway, on to the tileset itself. The author gives you three different versions of the set. A Day set, which is a green and brown morning looking thing, and I have to admit that it doesn’t look half bad. The trees are very spiffy and there are some fruits scattered on the 3d-ish ground that make it look a little interesting. The clouds included look nice. It kind of reminds me of a spring day or something. But while there is eyecandy, there isn’t a huge variety of it.

The evening version of this site is more or less a red-orange version of the day. I think the author was trying to acheive a sort of ‘sun set’ effect. However the color conversion looks rather gross. The dirt is red and green pixellated blah. Maybe I just don’t like the color red very much. The night version is very very blue. It looks neat but the true standout version is the Day set with it’s nice green trees and brown dirt sand stuff.

There are still some major flaws in this tileset. I’ll list them:

- There are no poles to swing on
- There are no vines or hooks
- There is no left ‘ending’ tiles. You have to flip
- There are no ground to floor connecting tiles
- The masking shows effort but is still weak (the tops of trees for instance)
- Blah blah blah, etc

Despite those the sets do look quite nice…but there is no example level which is quite annoying. I set up a small thing myself, and the textured background works perfectly at least in the Day version. In fact, there are two backgrounds to choose from and a fair amount of background eyecandy as well.

So in the end, I give it a 7.5, even though I have no idea if that is fair because I’ve never written a review for a tileset before. The set is nice but there are some major flaws. However, I must give you a hand, RightField. These sets show GREAT promise. Keep making sets and improve upon your work. It’s obvious you have an understanding of the mechanics and logistics of making a set so keep working to progress. Very nice job, and a download recommendation from me. Not that that means anything.