Jazz Jackrabbit 2 Online

Being novel, I think I’ll merely list the Bad things.

Universal Warzone:
Spelling mistake, layer 5 to make the level look better, which makes it look bad on low detail. Don’t do this if you can help it, and if you can’t, make the entire thing in layer 5, not just around the slopes. There’s also a place to get stuck easily.

Holy Land:
Spelled Holly Land in text. More of that layer 5 stuff I mentioned. Bad use of doors. Red lock sitting around for no reason.

Doomsday Darkdream:
This level was made in one day or less. Either that or you’re a lot sneakier then I thought. Anyway, there’s not really all that much to this level. No real problems, though.

Grassy “Moutians”:
Spelling mistake, zzzz… This level is paticularly bad looking in low detail. Highly Highly. I don’t like the layout that much either.

Also, every single level has TNT. Never use TNT in battle levels.

Before we get this review underway…

Does anyone here even use low detail? When JJ2 came out, I ran it on a 486 just fine (of course the lighting had to go, and the resolution was low).

Personally, I will never dock point from a level because it looks bad on low detail. You want to boost performance a lot? Play in 8 bit mode. Performance will go way up, and the changes will be much more subtle.

Anyways, that said…

The low points in these levels are very few. I saw a couple of mismatched tiles, but these were very few (actually, I only recall two, and I’m pretty sure it was just an oversight).

I also noted the useage of Pepper Spray and Electro Gun power-ups…normally, I would take a slight dock for that, because these do not power-up the weapon. I have decided to stop that however, because power-up or not, they DO give you a quick 25 ammo, and that’s worth something. Plus they change the Electro Gun to yellow, which looks cool :)

As for TNT, well, that might be worth .2 off. It’s not completely useless though. In most levels it is (there are acceptions) but then again, if you get the ol’ stuck in a wall bug, it’s possible to kill yourself with TNT, so that’s kinda handy.

As for the good points:

Overall tileset usage is good. The levels are all unique and playable. I especially like the Doomsday Darkdream and Grassy Hills level. The later backs good use of springs and some interesting sucker-tube events.

The choice of music is also very good. In the first place, Deadlock is an awesome tune. Secondly, I loved the Darkness piece, especially the voice-over.

Oh yeah, general level design…Well, I found it very easy to get about in these levels. Lots of paths, springs, sucker-tubes and warps make getting around a breeze, and there’s plenty of ammo where ever you go.

Superb work >CeIl<.

~Buster[This review has been edited by Buster_Snowbunny]

C’mon VIolet, can i help it if i’m a lousy speller some times?:P

I gave you mention off all bugs I found yesterday.

A great pack, but a long download!

Universal Warzone:
Cool music :), nice layout. Very circular gameplay, almost no dead ends. I only don’t like the overdose of warps :P. Nice event placement. Not too less/much springs.

Holy Land:
Application Error – Acces Violation.

Doomsday Darkdream:
Cool! This shows how you can sue the evil tileset “Darkness” by evil mirrow. The event placement is again good, the music is again nice, the lightning is cool, Jazz2 is cool.

Grazzy mountains:
Blegh! No, actually, this is the worsest level of the pack. It’s not bad, however, but I don’t like the design and music too much. The music gets very irritating after some minutes (like the JJ1 Diamondus music).

So, this pack gets a 7,5 from me. Get it.[This review has been edited by Fl@$h aka BlewMeUp]

Ooooohhhh…. Nifty..[This review has been edited by Doomsday]

17/12/01

This is great one thing though the lvl

Grassy Mountains i dont think the music drangonsfunk go with it so from 10 downb to 9 :)

Universal Warzone: The eyecandy was a bit strange, but good, i saw no flaws in this. The tileset use has a lot of creativity, and is very intersting. The placement is ok, but i dont like the layout much……
Holy land: Like i said before, interesting use, ok layout and placement, no comment.
Doomsday darkdream: Interesting warp ideas, good tileset use. Layout could of been better, but is ok. Eyecandy is good as well
Grassy mountains: The best thing here was the eyecandy, but i didnt liek rthe music and layout much.

An interesting battlepack. Nothing more, nothing less.

Phew. im gonna give an a 8. why? because:

-Levels have tnt and ice. those weapons suck.you shouldn’t use them in battle levels.but yeah, you should use them in race or tresure hunt levels.

-gameplay is good, but not great

-eyecandy is good also.

rating:8 and downlaod recommedation