Frowning Statues

Rating
8.4
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6
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485
Date uploaded:
26 Oct 2004 at 17:04 (Minor update on 27 Oct 2004)

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White Rabbit and Super Saiyan (More uploads by White Rabbit and Super Saiyan)
Type
Battle
Version
TSF
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Frowning Statues readme.txt 0.43 kB 26 Oct 2004
frowning.j2l Frôwñiñg Stãtuês 10.98 kB 27 Oct 2004
easterislands.j2t easterislands 39.81 kB 20 Jan 2002
MONKEYI.MOD monkey island 152.81 kB 10 Apr 1997

Description

This is an old, old battle lvl Super Saiyan and I made after our success with Muddy Apocalypse. I don’t think it’s as good as Muddy Apocalypse, but we still hope that you enjoy it! The lvl was originally made for 1.23 but…d’oh…I saved it in TSF format. Sry guys…and really sry to Saiyan, who never got to see our work uploaded… sigh… those were good old days.

The lvl itself includes a bonus warp, some neat lightning effects and lots of other stuff Super Saiyan and I thought would make the lvl more interesting. Enjoy!

Note: I may change the readme file and add more information…if I can. Also, since this lvl was never betatested and never released before, there may be lots of bugs in it but Saiyan and I have done our best to eliminate any problems.

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User Reviews (Sort by Helpful Index or Date Posted) Average: 8.44

RecommendedReview by Spotinik

Posted:
27 Oct 2004, 18:07
CTF Bug (3 Points)
Number of reviews with ratings3 Featured reviews0 Average helpfulness83%
Rating
8.5

Nice level there, I really like the ambient lighting, and the placement of weapons.The way you did the part where you enter the bonus is also really nice-with the ambient lighting and all, adds a nice touch to the level. Also, making the places of the coins not way too easy to find was a good idea too. [Heck, it took me mins to find them :P]

The only thing that I kinda like less is the background -maybe because it somehow doesn’t seem to fit..but nonetheless, this is a nice level. =] Good job you both.

I think 8.5 for a rating is fair enough.

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RecommendedReview by Stijn

Posted:
28 Oct 2004, 10:35
Auto-Reviewing Zombie (461 Points)
Number of reviews with ratings284 Featured reviews14 Average helpfulness87%
Rating
8

(I just wrote this review to get rid of WR’s constant stream of “plz review” so don’t expect anything good)

The first things I noticed when playing were the pinball thingies. While they may be a nice addition to the gameplay, they simply look horrible because Easter Islands doesn’t support the pinball events in it’s pallette. One of them was partly hidden by green plants, and the contrast between the green and the white (the pinball bump was white) made it look even worse.
The second thing I noticed was the lightning. It reminded me of another level of SuperSaiyin’s (I can’t remember the name now, but it used the Psych tileset) and it really fits the tileset. The background was quite nice too, the orange fits well with the sea and the sky.

The eyecandy wasn’t as good as I expected. It’s basically lots of trees on lots of platforms that all look the same. The usage of foreground scenery is quite good so it doesn’t really matter, but a little more creativity wouldn’t have been bad. I also think you should’ve used the layer 4 background scenery (the brownish cave stuff) more, especially at the bottoms. Currently most of it is at the top of the level, which is somewhat weird.
The green plants I have written about earlier is generally used very well, but at some places it hides springs and other gameplay events, which brings me to the third part of my review: the gameplay.
The gameplay, in my opinion, isn’t really good either. It relies on springs too much, which isn’t a problem if the springs are placed on the right places, but they aren’t. Usually two springs (a red one and a green or blue one) are placed right next to each other, which is really annoying if you want to get to the top area quickly because it’s hard to jump on the right spring the first try, also because part of the springs is usually hidden by foreground scenery.
The waterfall is in my opinion too “white” to be used as foreground scenery: you can barely see what’s behind it, which is (again in my opinion, maybe I just dón’t understand the authors’ intentions) quite annoying.

So can I only write really bad things about this level? No, in general it’s quite good. The lightning effects are surely original (though they have been used before), the event placement is good and the overl “flow” is okay. It’s just the small things that bring down the rating of this level. I’m not sure if I should give a 8.0 or a 7.7. I think I’ll go for the 8.0 since a 7-8 is usually reserved for average level and this level is above average.

Download recommendation? If you play Battle now and then, it’s certainly worth a see.

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RecommendedReview by Anubis

Posted:
28 Oct 2004, 09:43
Bee Boy Swarm (33 Points)
Number of reviews with ratings21 Featured reviews3 Average helpfulness71%
Rating
8.7

Hmmm…Hard to take coins :). Background is orange-green and a sea with moving boats. Lots of ammo and food to eat. Some pinballs and lightning effects. I very much like the music, which fits with the tileset. The water in the background is moving up and down slowly and gives the feeling of an ocean. I just found the coin warp in the upper left corner. I wish I could play it online (don’t ask me why I can’t play). Nice palms and plants in foreground layer, one ways to make playing easier. This will become 1 of my favourite levels ever, even more favourite than Muddy Apocalypse by the same authors. Statues are animated and a nice waterfall in the foreground layer which has sound effects.

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Review by White Rabbit

Posted:
27 Oct 2004, 11:44
Auto-Reviewing Zombie (435 Points)
Number of reviews with ratings268 Featured reviews15 Average helpfulness85%
Rating
N/A

Don’t ever play this lvl in low detail or without ambient lightning!!!

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RecommendedReview by Jarno vos

Posted:
27 Oct 2004, 17:02
Bee Boy Swarm (31 Points)
Number of reviews with ratings31 Featured reviews0 Average helpfulness7%
Rating
8.5

WOW!!

This Is Amazing White Rabbit And Super Saiyan!

That Ambient Lightnigs Are Good Placed
And That Bonus Are Great

~Jarno

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