Jazz Jackrabbit 2 Online

About 500 Jazz2 fans out there and theres noone who wants to rate levels. Sigh. But hey, if nobody wants to review it, i will do.
This level is special because its actually a dedication to Cmdr. Dats for his birthday. Nice idea, but unfortunately i have no clue how to rate it. Besides, why the heck did you choose the HH98 tileset if Dats’ birthday is in early November? Bad idea.
The design (open and round) and the eyecandy are pretty good as always in Disguises levels. But alas there is this big "Happy Birthday" message in the background that was edited into the tileset (thats the only change btw) and makes the level pretty unplayble. Another minor flaw i found is that the author obviously had trouble with his palettes. In some places the background shines thru’ objects (e.g. trees) so that it seems like he accidentelly used the transparent color there.
Now, to mention something good: THE BACKGROUND MODULE IS TERRIFIC!!! Well, its from Finland and you know, those guys just rock! Listen to it! Incredible! 10 Minutes long!
But all in all, i am completely undecided. I’ll give low 6 points for now. Maybe i’ll change the rating once in a while :-)

I agree :)

(Except I’ve spent weeks on levels and only gotten 6-7 ;) )

Uh, seems like KJAZZ is flooding J2O with all levels he/she ever made. I don’t know if thats a good idea.
However, this level is not the worst of them.
Apart from the spelling error in the filename (“Anicent”!?) most other parts in this level make it seem like it was made in a hurry. There are way too many savepoints and therefore its too easy and also too short.
The design is not that bad, but there are the usual tile placement/layer mistakes: for example: if you use a fore layer to hide Jazz you need to mask everything around it, too, to make Jazz hide completely).
The level uses the pretty good “fantasy world” tileset by “The Killer”.
Conclusion: there are some nice puzzles and ideas but it still not enough to be average (high 4 points!).

NOTE: As Fquist already mentioned…you need to spend lots of hours and hours to make something good that will get a average rating higher than 5 here. Please, think about that!

No I really need some good tips to make
my levels better, besides just making them longer.

Thanx

Ack! another lvl that is **** I am getting v.deppressed.I AGAIN put the wrong file up as i have a bete version for all my lvl’s expect the proper one soon(it doesn’t have the big fall in.)
:(

I have one: Spend a lot of time on your levels.

Nyah. :)

Is Aiko the only one who downloads my levels? I want more reviews guys!

Note: These levels were made a while ago, and I am currently making a good new level.

Do you have any level making
tips/strategies?
Thanks!

gasp he remembered! or was that icq?.. :P anyways, tyvm.. nice thought… :) just a little confusing, the level itself.. but hey.. :)

First off all, the “infinite fall” is a very, VERY bad idea. NEVER put something like that in a level again.
Apart from that major bug, there are some minor tile placement errors (e.g. if you make a sucker tube, use a foreground layer for the tiles AROUND the tube, too!). The authors attempts to put some eyecandy are okay (not bad actually) but the design is very confusing. No fluent battling possible. The level uses the famous “7th Lava Fall” set (which IS NOT iNCLUDED!) and very techno like background music (dubu99.xm).
Overall, i can’t give a download recommendation. Sorry, only four points from me here.

All I can say is WOW! First of all these tilesets are right up there with MEZ. There is incredible detail in them, and it appears that a good deal of effort was put into making them.

Next, this pack is overwhelming with 12 LEVELS! All of them unique and detailed. Tons of eye-candy, great level maps. All great.

However, the levels are a little too large for split-screen play. I recomend to play on the net. Oh and there is a little problem in the music looping, but I’m not sure if that’s your fault.

Anyway, if you don’t have this, download it! Let Blade’s Battle Pack be an example to us all!

~Another Jazz 2 fan

Whoa, now that I look at it, I have my average amount of typos there. It’s Commander Dats :)

Oh, just another message for the birthday boy :)
Ryan just phoned me, and he says to tell you happy birthday and such (his nt is down so he couldn’t email you). You also wanted to know about staying at his house for a while. Well, it’s fine :) His parents said for about 4 days max or something. Anyways, enjoy the day :)

Okay, okay: maybe the creator of this level tried his best. Unfortunately, it didn’t succeed. Unfinished tile placement all around (use layers!), useless powerups and too easy but pretty confusing "challenges". Besides, MEZ01 is easy too use and the music is cheap. Not worth the download, diskspace and webspace in MY opinion.
Would be cool, if you, KJAZZ, could spend more time on your levels (believe me, even one single level needs hours and hours) and if you made A REAL GOOD ONE, post it here. Thank you!

I looooove this tileset it is so cool!

Nuff said.

I warned cmdr dats. :P

FoD: Yes, it was. But cmdr dats accidently posted it on j2o, and it had 6 downloads, so he remade his level.

D’uh, i already wrote a review for this level but obviously Fquist deleted it without a warning :-)
However, it’s still a great level (bit improved maybe, i didn’t found out) that has a very good, open layout and quite a bit of what we call eyecandy. It also uses one of my Top 5 favourite tilesets and therefore produces a great “winter atmosphere”. Conlusion: If i was you, i would really DOWNLOAD THIS right now! After that, i’d host a battle server (hint).

Indeed, only “true fans” of the TV series will like this. The “Springfield” level uses a custom tileset called “Carnival 2” (which isn’t very good IMO) and has a hotel like layout (many warps and stuff). Again, there is both, bad tile and event placement throughout the level.
Besides, i’m neither fan of the Simpsons nor of hotel levels. So it’s only three points here and i can NOT give a download recommendation here.

P.S.:
The background music is not included but i had it anyways and its just a bunch of Simpsons samples (no melody).

Wow.. Not enough eye candy. Fine design.

Um.. isn’t this for GT?