Jazz Jackrabbit 2 Online

Rating: Space Waterspout.

ok lets begin with level 1:

Eyecandy: ermmm, eyecandy, is there any, eehhh…..NOOOO there isnt any!!!!

Gameplay: You begin on a plain sand plateau (it doesnt even look like a beach), you will see a gap of 3 tiles high and about 15 tiles long with green gems in it, so you think, well, lets grab them, but!!!!! its a trap, as you enter the gap, a wooden plank will appear and close your escape and then a message will appear: ohno, its a trap!!!
type jjk to restart!!!
DONT DO THAT EVER AGAIN!!! and its even in the beginning of the first level!!!
So, i think well, thats the ‘only one’, but i was wrong, not a minute after it, there are 2 ways to progress which are locked by ! blocks. You have to go to the upper way to progess, but dont go between the 2 sand humps cuz you then will get locked up again!!!

well, then further there is a long sand path, with about 3 enemies spread out in like a width of 60 tiles, and then a woodhouse appear with a crab inside the passage, then you will jump and kill the beast, and notice that the ground will collapse and you will go underwater, and guess what……..

YOU WILL END UP LOCKED UP AGAIN!!!!!!

THIS IS NOW THE THIRTH TIME IN ABOUT 2 OR 3 MINUTES PLAYING THE SAME LEVEL!!!!!

okay, im out of it and as i progress there will be nothin but sand, sand, sand, sand and about 3 crabs orso….

then you will enter a sea of 3 tiles high (i think that seas are much bigger in real), well anyway, you will enter that ‘sea’ and shoot down 5 fishes and 2 tube turts orso… and then the first level will end

Enemy placement: eehhhmmm, about 15 enemies spread out a level of like 15 tiles high and 256 tiles long orso, i think that that is just too less!!!

Ammo: NO ANY!!!

Bonusses: yes, there are bonusses, but they are almost all traps!!!

Overall: an empty level without bonusses or ammo!!!

Rating level 1:

Eyecandy: 2/10
Gameplay: 0/10
Enemy placement: 1.5/10
Ammo: 0/10
Bonusses: 1.2/10
Overall: 2+1.5+1.2=4.7
4.7/5=0.94=0.9

Rating: 0.9

okay, level 2

Eyecandy: no any either, only underwater there IS SOME, but it doesnt look well cuz its not used well

Gameplay: YAY!!! no traps!!!
BUT!!!!!!!! it still is empty!!!
You just search for a minute, shott down a single block, open a way by touching an ‘acces granted’ block thing, and search further through the oh so empty ‘Jack sea’, as you call it
and then you swim a circle (as the level name explains) to the place you started, but then go to above and finish the level, wohhhowww!!!! this was ‘exiting’, NOT!!!! it was just empty in all ways!!!

Enemy placement: 10 fishes, 10 crabs and 2 tube turts in the whole level, thats not enough!!!!

Ammo: AT LEAST THERE IS ANY!!!!! you will get 7 ammo pickups of gun 4, but that still is not enough!!!

Bonusses: eehhh, like 3 green gems, 1 red gem in the whole level!!!

Overall: just, boring, boring, and boring again!!! This is just annoying, and is getting even more annoying!!!

Rating level 2:
Eyecandy: 3/10
Gameplay: 2/10
Enemy placement: 2.5/10
Ammo: 2.5/10
Bonusses: 2/10
Overall: 3+2+2.5+2.5+2=12
12/5=2.4

Rating: 2.4

Level 3

Eyecandy: BAHHHHHHHHH, no any either!!!

Gameplay: you dont have to do anything, just float up in the water and get to the top of the ‘waterspout’…… Thats just silly!!!

Enemy placement: eehhh, like 25 fishes and thats it…

Ammo: eehhh, like 12 ammos of the bouncer scattered in the whole level…

Bonusses: 5 green gems and 12 red gems, COME WITH FOOD NEXT TIME (ever heared of coins btw???)

Overall: this is just a level with takes not even 1 minute to finish, and besides you dont have to do a single thing!!!

Rating level 3:

Eyecandy: 0/10
Gameplay: 0/10
Enemy placement: 1/10
Ammo: 1.5/10
Bonusses: 1.5/10
Overall: 1+1.5+1.5=4
4/5=0.8

Rating: 0.8

Level 4:

Eyecandy: space stars and stones, no any other things

Gameplay: hop on the board, and search through the space to a nearly impossible findable-(dunno how to call that) exit

Enemy placement: some floating suckers, nothin more……

Ammo: gun5, with little amount…..

Bonusses: eehh, gems???

Overall: nothing more to say here.

Rating level 4:

Eyecandy: 0/10
Gameplay: 0/10
enemy placement: 1/10
ammo: 2/10
bonusses: 0/10
overall: 1+2=3
3/5=0.6

rating: 0.6

ahhhhh the final level (5)

Eyecandy: eeehhhh could be MUCH better, its just plainly the tiles you use in the gameplay and nothin more….

Gameplay: well this is the best gameplay of the pack but still!!! you begin by a wall which can only be broken if you had the ammo still carried with you, if youve not you have to type JJK 4 times (dunno why, thats what the text says). Well after that its just walk here, stomp there, and walk there, stomp here, and then a code or something like that, and you will get stuck easily!!!!
After that you will fight devan (surprise) and after that youll finish the level, w00000t!!!!

Enemies: no any except devan!!!!

Ammo: no any!!!

bonus: no any!!!

overall: just boring (see the gameplay above)!!!!!

Rating level 5

Eyecandy: 1.5
Gameplay: 1.5
Enemies: 0/10
Ammo: 0/10
Bonus: 0/10
Overall: 1.5+1.5=3
3/5=0.6

rating: 0.6

Rating all levels:

Level 1: 0.9
Level 2: 2.4
Level 3: 0.8
Level 4: 0.6
Level 5: 0.6

All levels: 0.9+2.4+0.8+0.6+0.6=5.3
5.3/5=1.06=1.1

Final rating: 1.1

NO DOWNLOAD RECOMMENDATION!!!!!

Please make entertaining and good levels in progress!!!
And dont rush your levels, make them bigger, less empty, spend time on eyecandy and extra gameplay, make fun puzzles, and place more enemies and place them better, and place some pickups like: coins, food, gems, 1ups, carrots, ammo, and othere pickups!!!
Using environment and gameplay events are not a bad idea…..

And in progress put the music in it, or a link to the music zipfile, i was just lucky i already had all the music files!!!!

Well, i hope you will make SPLENDID levels in future!!!!
Then you will be one of those levelmakingmasters!!!
Wouldnt you want to be one???

review by: ~~ Jazz-Les ~~

OK, this is gonna be probably my longest review ever.

LEVEL PACK PLAYING TIME: 10-15 mins for first time players of this pack. Less if you have played before.

LEVEL 1

EYECANDY: The background looks a bit dull as there is nothing in Layers 5, 6 or 7. No foreground either. Layer 3 is used but only for the collapsing sand. 3/10

GAMEPLAY: This level is too short. This can be finished in about 1 min – 1:30. The objective in this level is to avoid all the 3 traps and get to the end. Dull. 2/10

ENEMIES: There are not enough enemies in this level to kill you. There’s some Crabs, Tube Turts and some Fish. 2/10

OBSTACLES: There are 3 traps in this level as I have mentioned before:
1. There is a pit full of Gems. Fall for the trick and you are trapped.
2. There are some “!” blocks with 2 ways to go. Choose the wrong way and you are trapped AGAIN.
3. There is some Collapsing Scenery in the sand about half-way through the level. Fall down through this and guess what happens. Trapped YET AGAIN.
I found these traps annoying. I do not like these “JJK” moments. 3/10

PICKUPS: Gems. But you’re trapped if you go for them. 1/10

LEVEL 1 MARK: 11/50

LEVEL 2

EYECANDY: This time there is a background in Layers 6 & 7 but it looks kinda empty when not in the water. 4/10

GAMEPLAY: I couldn’t really understand the objective in this level. You have to find a flashing block which then displays the message “ACCESS GRANTED.” I go to the other end of the level and jump out the water to find that this is the end. Confusing. 3/10

ENEMIES: Not that many. Some Crabs, Tube Turts and Fish. Not really enough to kill you. 2/10

OBSTACLES: There’s a Destruct Scenery block where the flashing block is. Not that many obstacles in the level. 1/10

PICKUPS: Some Seeker (Gun4) ammo and gems but that’s just about it really. 2/10

LEVEL 2 MARK: 12/50

LEVEL 3

EYECANDY: Hard too really see any eyecandy when you are being sucked up really fast. But there was not much of a background. No foreground. Looks OK in the water. 4/10

GAMEPLAY: Errr… You’ll just being sucked up really fast. Not much Gameplay in this level. Level ends in about 20-30 seconds. 1/10.

ENEMIES: Some Fish, but it’s hard to be killed by them. 1/10.

OBSTACLES: None at all. 1/10

PICKUPS: Bouncer (Gun3) ammo and Gems but it’s impossible to pick them all up as you are moving too fast to get everything. 1/10

LEVEL 3 MARK: 8/50

LEVEL 4

EYECANDY: I really do not like the background at all. The fast moving stars are annoying and could even give you a headache. Not much else to see in the way of eyecandy in this level. The meteors do not tile very well with the background. 1/10.

GAMEPLAY: You have to follow a path of meteors to Devan’s ship. This can get boring. 1/10

ENEMIES: None at all. 1/10

OBSTACLES: None at all. 1/10

PICKUPS: Just some RF Rocket (Gun5) ammo. Nothing else. 1/10

LEVEL 4 MARK: 5/50

LEVEL 5

EYECANDY: The grey background does look a bit dull as that is all you can see most of the time. You will then see some moving meteors in the background while fighting Devan which look pretty cool. 4/10

GAMEPLAY: First you have to get through some Destruct Scenery using the 3 Weapons you collected in the previous levels. If you don’t have them then the text says that you have to type “JJK” 4 times. Huh? Can’t really see how that helps. Once you are through the Destruct Scenery, you then Buttstomp into a room where you have to enter a code. If it’s wrong then you’re stuck there which is bad. You could have used the CTF Instant Death trick. After entering the correct code, you then Buttstomp down and then go on to fight Devan. The code idea is cool but getting stuck there isn’t. Level is also short. Finished in about 2-3 minutes. 5/10.

ENEMIES: None, except Devan. 1/10

OBSTACLES: The Destruct Scenery at the beginning and the Code room. Nothing else though. 3/10

PICKUPS: Nothing to pick up whatsoever. 1/10

LEVEL 5 MARK: 14/50

The credits level follows but I don’t think there’s any point in rating it.

TOTAL SCORE: 50/250
FINAL MARK: 2.0

DOWNLOAD RECOMMENDATION?

No

GRADE: U

PHEW! Finally done after about 30 minutes. 750+ WORDS!

It would have also been better if you included the music files rather than getting us to search for it.

How can we have fun if it’s for TSF?
Also, as Ischa’s other level packs, this pack also has a story very similar to the official one: defeat Devan.

No! Not another ‘Devan’ pack… I refuse to play… No offence, but BE MORE ORIGINAL! >:(

Can’t you just make it in 1.23?
All people got 1.20 at TSF, right?

N00b: I allready know he makes TSF levels im just complaining about it so he might read this this time.

Can you get someone else OTHER than yourself to beta test it?

If you won’t even take that piece of advice I seriously don’t see you improving, and I honestly am getting tired of mediocre pack after medicore pack.

EDIT- Ischa has been releasing TSF levels for over 4 months now. You two are incredibly late in noticing that these packs are in 1.24.

Devan stories are only interesting when they are like The Invasion Of Deserto.

Also, some people can’t help it if their levels are 1.24 because they don’t have 1.23.

Hey, can you provide the link to the music?
Then I’ll review.

OK, I ll start what i dis like.. The Levels lack in eyecandy, the environment looks a bit dead. in the beach lvl there are some mistakes with the background layer. I also dislike the:“Press JJK” traps, starts to annoy you. You have some funny riddles although no real explanation what to do. e.g. tell the people to collect the ammo or that the 4:”!” are to type in a code, what about the level where you have to follow the rocks to find the spaceship.And the pack is pretty short. The player is a bit lost.
The enemies are set well and fit to the tileset.
What I do like is the story. I mean comon Crimiclown, what else then a devan pack. he is the big badguy and will try to defeat jj over and over again :). The story here is new, the waterspout. You have some funny ideas: the airboard level, I think it s cool as you are not bound that much to a strict way.

Overall I think a lot could be improved but you have a basic and now how to build levels. Just go a bit deeper.

Rating Space Waterspout:

Eyecandy:
It is all good, good, good. Good background and a nice path.
Rank: Good

Gameplay:
It is an episode with five levels. They are short, but at least level 2 is good. I’ve also liked level 4 and 5.
Rank: OK

Obstacles:
The levels are very easy. I think they are at least OK for beginners.
Rank: Average

Item Placement:
Just good. Not too much and not too less.
Rank: Good

Story:
The story is brand new: the Waterspout. I’ve never hearded a JJ2 story about a waterspout. And you?
Rank: Perfect

Final Rating: 8,6
Download recommendation: YES!

[Please do not rate your own uploads. Original rating: 8.6 ~Stijn]