Jazz Jackrabbit 2 Online

Ok, why hasn’t any onereviewed this yet? Too lazy, or is this just too hard? O well…

I may sound biased like this: even without looking at the level, I strongly recommend downloading this. Why? It’s a Golden Oldie of the Jazz 2 City era, it’s a history lesson for the newbies and a piece of history for the “oldies” (that includes me ;p) Now, on to the review. since it’s two levels, I’ll be brief :P

Castle Falkenstein

This level’s a challenge. Using the castle 1 set (and Tubelectric music, which somehow somewhat fits the nature of this level), this level will drive the impatient to insanity :p This isn’t a straight forward level at all, lemme warn ya. Your first “mission” is to find all 20 coins to enter the bonus warp. Easier said than done, with the traps around: spring, spiked pits and hidden enemies. Even worse: you’ll have to backtrack once you find the trigger crate to the last coins. The second part is more of a doozy: find a way down the bridge and to the exit (Hint: try shooting). That part more filled with bonusses for willing :P

Nothing to complain about: eye candy is good, lay-out great… A reason for concern is that room with the last coins mentioned earlier. That is room is accessible, via triggers (part 1) or the one way bridge (part 2). And here’s the problem: when you lose a life, all triggers, goodies, etc. are reset Should you get into that room, there’s no way you can get out once you’ve entered part 2. Shamefull, and it could have easily been avoided by removing that one-way bridge.

Overall, short but challenging, and makes finishing the level worth it.

Rating: 7 (-.5 for that room)

Falkenstein’s Dungeon

More of same thing :p No looking for coins tho: Just find your way to the end of the level. Of course this level has a boss: the SchwartzenGuard with an added challenge: spiked pits :P

Of course no level is pefect: faulty next level setting when played in TSF (labrat2.j2l). I’ll let this one slide tho, since when this level was made the players were “young and foolish” :p

Rating: 6

Verdict:
A blast from the past, which everyone should see. This level is old, but still fun :)

Final rating (J2O): (7 + 6) / 2 + .5 (brownie points :P) = 7
Final rating (J2C): two stars

- JelZe GoldRabbit =:3[This review has been edited by JelZe]

Ooooooooh! I remember this level. I was having so much trouble on it, me being 5 back then and all. Well, onto the review:

Castle Falkenstein

Okay, despite the fact that this is the first level of the pack I still think that this is the slight better of the two. It provides a challenge, and is very original.

Gameplay: Great, that’s all I have to say. :P
Eyecandy: Okay, it would get a higher grade if the background wasn’t ripped from the castle levels made by epic.
Enemy Placement: Great, a lot of hidden enemies that just pop out of nowhere.
Pickups Placement: Good, a nice variety placed fairly well.
Length: Okay, it has mediocre length.
Difficulty: Average/Hard.
Overall: Good, provides a challenge and has decent eyecandy too. 7.2/10

Falkenstein’s Dungeon

This isn’t as good as the first level, but is still fairly good. It is just as hard and challenging as the first level, but the eyecandy just isn’t the same. =\ This level is very similar to the first level, Castle Falkenstein. Well, here’s the review:

Gameplay: Great! Just as good as the first level. :)
Eyecandy: Mediocre. A little tilebugs here and there but it still makes the grade.
Enemy Placement: Good, still just as good as the first level.
Pickups Placement: Good, a lot of secrets as well.
Length: A little too short. This is what really pulled this level down.
Difficulty: Average/Hard.
Overall: A little too short but overall it isn’t bad. 6/10.

The overall rating for both these levels from me is 6.6, but just because I’m a nice guy I’ll round it up to 6.7. Nice job.

[This review has been edited by Dago]