Jazz Jackrabbit 2 Online

Candy Christmas Challenge

Well, a singleplayer series! I would be a fool if I didn’t review all three of them, so I do it. Oh yeah, remember the comment of PHT. NEXT TIME UPLOAD YOUR LEVELS IN A PACK! This sucks, because you have to download all the levels if you don’t want a bug at the end of the level. Well, let’s see:

EYECANDY: 1.5 out of 2.5
I wonder why the candy tileset is becoming so popular last week, I know Dx put a nice level with it online, but the tileset alone is not really good. Anyways, I wonder why this level is called “Blockopia” as filename, because the title is Candy Christmas Chronicles. Back to the eyecandy. As you can see in the score above, I didn’t really liked the eyecandy used in this level, but there mere a mistake of the tileset then of the creator. The maker tried to make this level a little bit fun for the eye, but because of the tileset limitations (it’s a JJ1 Tileset, d00d) the eyecandy here is often boring. The snow used looks fine, but the background used here is boring. It could be a lot better with a better tileset. Perhaps use a better one next time?

ENEMIES: 0.25 out of 1.0
Well, I can’t say there is a good enemy placement around here. The only enemies shown here are a few bees, and they are the most annoying enemies in the whole game (in my opinion, of course) they have stung you a few times before you have collected all 170 coins, and because there are no carrots around, you have to battle Devan with about 2 or 3 hearts! No funny, because you can never beat him that way.

AMMO: 0.25 out of 1.5
Also not a really fine placement here. I guess the author of the level thought that a extra life is the same as a carrot, because there are no carrots around and about ten extra lives! Pff… Maybe it would be good if it was vice versa, now it sucks. There are 170 you need to “find” before you can go on to the boss, but there isn’t really a search. Just jump around and you will have them in no time. Easy enough, but when you have reached Devan, you have to fight him without any good weapon, so you never can qualify. The ammo is dramatic, there is no ammo in this level except a Pepper PU, a rather useless weapon, especially versus Devan.

LEVEL STRUCTURE: 1.25 out of 2.0
I don’t really like the structure of the level, although it is kind of diverse. There are a few chocolate bars on which you can stand, but they break if you walk over them. You also have to make some big jumps, else you fall into oblivion. The structure is perhaps the best thing of this level, because it is quite right and diverse, although there isn’t really a path you need to follow, and the level can be a maze sometimes.

GAMEPLAY: 1.5 out of 3.0
As I have described in the points above here, I didn’t really enjoyed the gameplay in this level. The music used here was average, perhaps fitting to a level like this. When I walked through the level I got the horrible feeling that I was walking on a died out planet, because the level is so darn empty. A huge contrast compared to filled levels like the recently uploaded Evil Clones pack, which really r0cked (too bad they removed it) There is quite a good flow, which I have to say, and you can walk around not too hard.

RATINGS:
Well, as you can see I was not really satisfied about this level, but I guess this is your first one, so don’t worry. If you read the critism carefully of the reviewers, I’m sure you can make better levels in the future. For now, this level is not really worth playing, but it’s not that bad either. It ends up somewhere in the down-middle class.

Score: 1.5+0.25+0.25+1.25+1.5 = 4.75 == 4.7
Download: If you are absolutely bored and you are a huge fan of fearofdark, maybe, otherwise don’t.
Host: No. Not in Co-op, there are much better levels for such an occasion.