Jazz Jackrabbit 2 Online

Hmmm….joy, I knew this would come out sooner or later. Sadly, I cant download this or rate this yet, but i will as soon as my computer was fixed. Expect a long review from me.

Firstly let me say that the example level was good and showed a lot, and the button idea was really good, since the buttom tiles come into use.

Now lets begin the review:

Water: Since a good percentage of this level is based on the look of the water, I have to include this in my review. The water actually looks quite great. Though it looks purple, that is good since the water isnt “pure” on this planet. The water is one of the best I have ever seen. It looks good AND fits into the theme of the tileset. Plus the water goes into a combination with the switches to make it go up and down. Not many levels that are themed around water turn out good, but one with this tileset can be great! There are also “underwater alternatives” as it says in the set, which if you dont feel comfortable using water you can make something that resembles water, which is great.

INCLUDED TILES:
Hmm…I havent played Dreempipes in a while, but based on what I see and remember all the tiles are included. Heck, there are even those buttons and eggs of that giant bird included! I have nothing wrong with the included tiles. Also, there are extra tiles which violet himself made, such as the hooks destruct blocks etc. And the textured backround looks beautiful! There are also belts, suckers, destruct blocks, hooks, poles, vines and many more. What more can you ask for! There is a variety of tiles so you can make numerous different settings and use you imagination and creativity to the full power! This definately gets high marks!
Pros: Everything
Cons: None that I can see of.
Rating: 9.7

COLOR:
The color here is also great. Like I mentioned before, the water actually looks good in this set O.o And the textured backround is amazing. I also fell in love with the belts, that color is awesome! The sucker tubes and tunnels look quite good too! The green ground and backround look great! The water looks a bit strange but its still good. The color shocks me here at how well its done.
Pros: Basically everything.
Cons: None that I can see of or that are worth mentioning.
Ratin: 9.5

Masking:
The first thing Ive noticed is some text in the mask ;p Lol, though its funny to read and I have no problem with it, I wont give extra marks because violet is a “cowfish”. The thing I found that sort of bugged me is the tunnel mask is to thin. While playing the xample level, when i jumped in the tunnel I was slowed down by the mask because I almost went through it (yes, it is that thin). Though this only decreased the rating by a bit, it can become a nuisance, especially in race games where people are new to this set. Generally, I found the masking to be ok, except there are to many thin masks in this set, and im not exactly a fan of that.
Pros: Masking is good.
Cons: Sometimes its to thin and gets annoying.
Rating: 9.2

Animations:
Wow. Thats what describes this the most. There are many animations in this tileset. Arrows, waterfalls, water rivers, arrows on suckers, small barely seen flashing dots on the yellow triangles, waterfalls in what looks like a glass tube, blue and green buttons, water control buttons, water on ground, small waterfalls(variety), belts and destruct blocks, to name them. Though some animations you can barely see, others are quite good. I find no problem with the animations, they are quite well done.
Pros: Lots of animations, nicely done
Cons: Some arent that usefull.
Rating: 9.5

Ease to use:
This is the part that lowers the mark of many tilesets down. No matter how much people try, there is still some difficulty using the tileset. This tileset fits that description. Although ive seen many harder to use sets, this one isnt what I would call simple. The large variety in the tiles make the levelmaker think “Gee, I wonder where this goes”. Though the example level helped me understand how to use the set more, I still have some difficulty with it. Though when i look at it from the positive, I see really awesome levels made with this. Though it would take some work and getting used to the set.
Pros: Ive seen more harder to use sets.
Cons: Large vareity confuses you in where to place tiles, not that easy.
Rating: 7.6

FINAL RATING: 9.1, which is rounded closest to 9.2, which id what I would give this.

FINAL COMMENTS: Unlike many of you, Dreempipes wasnt my favorite tileset. The conversiono of the tileset was magnificent though, I dont think you would find a better dreempipes conversion out there. Violet proves again he is number one when it comes to conversions. The tileset is great, and im sure many of us where waiting for it. This is one the greatest conversions, and you MUST download this (unless you want to be like spoy ;p j/k)
Like i said, I’d give this a solid 9.2 and a big download reccomendation. [This review has been edited by Blackraptor]

My head hurts from playing this… lol
I really don’t want to go into all the details but basically Jungle levels were good (5,7-6,5) but the other levels were very uninteresting and got low notes (3-4). So basically I decided to make an average and give this pack a 5.

Download recommendation: yes if you like non stop shoot ‘em up packs.

Oh and there’re no save posts… so you better watch out not to repeat the whole level from the beginning.

Daniel.

This level is longer than the official race levels. My own records in the official race levels were 29sec, 20sec, 16sec and 20sec. So, I thought 45sec would be long enough…

Something about the logos. Haven’t you ever saw that kind of stuff in F1 races or motor races, or any other kind of race? You know, the sponsors…

EDIT: yeah, I understand that you don’t like it, but I mean, why do you say it’s “defenily too short” when the official levels are even shorter? And the official levels aren’t harder than this one. Look, I don’t want you to change your rating, OK? I just want you to make a good review, with some sense in it.[This review has been edited by Waz]

If this had come out sooner, it would have had less tiles and far more bugs. :)

whee argh

This race level uses a quite monotonous tileset that is appearantly made by Waz. The tileset is boring, and the eyecandy mainly consists of Jazz2, GODgames and project 2 logos. There are two start positions in the level, just like in the official Tube Electric race level. Too bad the quality is not the same as in the Tube Electric level. The obstacles basically consist of vines and blocks, and it’s (too) easy to pass them. I completed one lap in 45 seconds, and that’s definetely too short. The ammo placement fits the level; there are only two places where you can get ammo, and because there are no good places to place a bomb or use your freezers (except maybe at the start where there are a few destruct blocks).

This level has boring eyecandy and is way too short and easy. No download recommendation.
Waz, try to make more obstacles and a longer level next time. Also use a tileset with more eyecandy tiles in it.

EDIT: Yes, but I still don’t like it. I just like longer race levels more than shorter ones. Sorry.[This review has been edited by Fl@$h aka BlewMeUp]

An very messed up lvl, a bad choosen tileset with not many tiles. To many tubes. Way to many.

Whoo! I didn’t expect people would hate this.

But I understand you don’t like it. Indeed, it looks “messed up”. Actually, I would call that “desing”. The tiles weren’t placed just like that. The grey tiles are some sort of structure that support the white tiles.
I’m an artist, don’t try to understand me.

I think no one should rate this level. There’s clearly a mater of taste. Many people thought this level was great. It looks like some people like these kind of “messed up” levels, and others prefer very “straight” levels.

And a last thing about the fact that you said “gameplay:0”. Did at least try the level, or did you just look at it in JCS? If you did the last thing, I understand everything. By only seeing it like that, it looks bad and really messed up. But, play it before you say there’s no gameplay. The gameplay in some of my levels wasn’t half as good as in this one, and they got 7.5.[This review has been edited by Waz]

This is quite good for your first CTF level mind not much eyecandy and the background really hurts my eyes.

4.5/10

ShIvErZ CC

Why didnt this come out sooner. This tileset is the best.

Download RECOMMENDED DEFINETLY

9.7/10

ShIvErZ CC

Woot wack wacka. Another JJ1 conversion by Violet. Always they are nice, so, why don’t this one?

This is only one of the best of Violet conversions. You get really the feeling that you are in a factory and wow there is a textured background.
There is many eyecandy, and you can use the buttons very nice, what Violet letyou see very cool in the Example level.
The tileset overal is just nice purple, with pipes ahem, fuel barrel and more of toxic anti-prolotifitiojilotion things. Nice work.

Good levels!

You know, the graphics are kinda good.

But the tileset really sux. You can’t make anything good with it(btw, next time you should press “remap palette colors” when making a tileset).

Once again, a great conversion of yours, Violet. I see you are first to make Dreempipes conversion, so I increase my rating by 0.2. Good work and keep on converting!

yay this sucks

whee argh

j/k ;p

Ninja, Hugela knows that, but Sal told him to make it 0, and I agreed. We weren’t expecting Hugela to upload it, or we might have given better advice. shrug

Anyway, onto the review.

The level isn’t bad for a first CTF level ever, and I like it in a weird sort of way. I don’t like the V-Poles, and the food DOES respawn a bit fast. Anyway, it’s sorta fun to play, but a little small. The music is quite good though, it’s from RPG Maker 2003.

Overall, I give this level a 5. It’s not bad, it’s not good, it’s definitely NOT a piece of frozen unicorn nose.. but it’s a fun level, nonetheless. It has lava lamps. ;p

PS.Make More stuff like this[This review has been edited by Wacky Spaz]

Tip:You can change the time of the generators in the box where it says “Wait”

A nice conversion. Pity it’s soo annoying to get the water to look right.
Also, I for some reason like the idea of using a jazz-savepoint sign thinge for a text sign, but I’m just weird.

mask : 1,8
Drawing : 2
tiles : 2
animation : 1,8
General : 2

9,6

Wel done.

Download ? : Yes you MUST. =P

Host ? : Yes if you can make good lvls with it.

Nothing special, just another CTF level
—-borinG

(Nothing special, just another rating removal. -traftoN)[This review has been edited by Trafton AT]

Mmm,,, Thats richt.
Its not so good.

Umm, include the tileset.