Jazz Jackrabbit 2 Online

Original review by nickandot

Amazingly good CTF level, recomended download

I just cansay the same!

very hard to play, MANY Things doesn`t work and there are much tile errors,
sorry but this is bad.

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Originally posted by Blackraptor:
Chritmas Afterthought: The level is OK. Nice music choice, has a christmasy theme. The eyecandy is also ok, some candy canes which are trasnslucent. Also some hills and etc. The backround was not made warped though. The layout bothered me. There were dead ends and stuff, and they could easily be fixed. The coin warp idea was cool, though occasionally a bit unfair (makingyou collect the same amount of coins for a useless ice powerup and some seekerz etc.) Then again, i just may be biased. Also, the left side is exposed, which leads to invincibility (agaisnt shooting) for anyone who stands at the far left. The ammo placement was a bit sparce. Also, as far as i can tell, there are only two coins (gold) in the whole level, which may lead to people “camping” right under them(well, this might happen to people who are unavare ofthe secret and may think there is only one coin in the level.You should of included some silver coins in the level. There was a secret, but only one (i only found one, and im to lazy to check if there are more. Also, the only way the carrot (fullenergy) is accesible is by the bonus warp, and i have failed to find any more carrots in the level. OVERALL: 7.0
Christmas Afterthought(The night one): Basically the same as the first level, but the backround and lighting are different, so is the music (Candion Music) and there are minor changes in the level. The small problems in the first level have not been fixed here (the left side being open, lack of carrots etc.)
OVERALL: I think ill rate this a 7. Im not sure though, and may change it to 7.2

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This pretty much perfectly summarized my thoughts. Christmas Afterthought is a strange level. It has many elements of good current levels but some of the things in it appear as if they were directly from a level from the year 2000. Eyecandy and gameplay were both good, though eyecandy was bland in some places. There were a few polls and such to keep this small-ish level interesting. I don’t have much more to say than this. I would recommend making the eyecandy a little more exotic and fixing a few flow problems. Other than that, I can’t see how this level could improve much. It’s good, though.

+ PROS: A good, solid level.

- CONS: Black Ninja bothers me to review things, so he must be troutslapped a lot. The level looks and feels strange in parts.

VERDICT: A 7 overall and a download recommendation for battle freaks. This is a fun play, though you should look elsewhere for serious battles. It’s good, solid, and quirky. And that makes it a fun battle level with a pretty low replay value. Still, it’s fun the first few times. Battle freaks will like this.

This level is…well…certainally interesting. It reminds me of what would probably be regarded as a solid battle level in the summer of ’99 when chat rooms and the consequences of abusing their rules were accepted due to the lack of any static IP addresses. By the standards of these days, however, this level is not as good. It does show promise, with some creative use of one way and sucker tubes, but it just feels so strange at some points it’s not very good and so bland at some points it’s not very good. The chat room is quite evil. It has the rule that anyone who is caught sidekicking (!!!) is banned (!!!). There is a 10-point coin warp that requires going out of your way and into the aggrevating pinball rooms in order to collect sufficient loot to enter the prize. The flow of this level is OK for a battle level, and the layout was strange but acceptable. The eyecandy, however, was not so good. The layer 5 objects were used strangely and just didn’t look right. Overall, this is a very slightly above average battle level that would have been great in 1999. But this isn’t 1999.

+ PROS: Acceptable gameplay, some interesting but too-weird things.

- CONS: Strange layer 5 background use, bad use of pinballs, dialup-era banning rules.

VERDICT: A 5.5 and no download recommendation except for nostolgia and battle freaks. It’s an alright level that suffers from what could have been prevented if more time was spent on making this level look right. It does, however, show a lot of effort, and that deserves recognition. Keep working on levels, since this definitely shows some degree of promise. Some day you’ll probably be very good.[This review has been edited by Trafton AT]

This all feels increadibly rushed, and obviously is. There was a huge amount of bugs in this level which included non-working trigger zones, incorrect settings, the list goes on. The text file contains the following text:

“Splot save sonic land folk and destroy robotnik.”

Not only does this sound like it was from Babelfish, that is possibly the worst waste of a readme file I have seen to date. This upload shows both a complete lack of effort and lack of skill. While this usually improves with time, it will not improve if you never put any work into your levels. I would recommend that you spend a few days of 3 hour sessions or so in JCS before you decide to produce anything major. Still, it shows some promise (you know how to use trigger zones, after all, and the eyecandy and gameplay are not as bad as they possibly could be.) Then again, that’s not much consolaton. Also, do not play this level with Jazz. He is simply unable to play it. I’m sorry, but this level both lacks quality and effort. Please spend more times on your levels.

+ PROS: None.

- CONS: Buggy, bad plotline, ugly.

VERDICT: This level, which shows absolutely no effort in it, is not of acceptable quality for even a first level. I give it a two and no download recommendation. Expect more ratings like this unless you spend more time on your levels and beta test them more thoroughly.

First nice first level, But you guys need to fix the eyecandy and some of the gameplay because there .. well horrible! But i did like the band of turtle’s! lol funny so keep praticing!

I give this a 7.7. Gameplay is good but some of your eyecandy is messed up and there were some glitches in you platforms. Good work except the things i mentioned!

I didn’t even play the whole pack because too much things didn’t work. For example: most trigger zones ad wrong settings, there were very much parts that only could be accessed with Spaz, and you frequently fall in pits full of spikes when you can’t do enything about it. The plot in “notebook” (the readme) is as bad as the levels: “Splot save sonic land folk and destroy robotnik.” Well, I think that demonstrates the quality of this.
I would reommend you to read the “10 tips for leveldesign” by CliffyB on http://www.jazzjackrabbit.com and the Howto JCS at http://zeepost.nl/~howtojcs. Keep practising until you make a pack that someone might want to download.

EDIT: URL Edit[This review has been edited by Fl@$h aka BlewMeUp]

interesting, with some parts of d-scape-xepha/d-scape-xtal.

Actually it’s not castle…

Cool and Nice

Cool!

This is not very good:
When my friend and some one else have the same name but another color I don’t now whos who, but it is usefull for that irritathing colors.

(Rating removal. -Trafton)[This review has been edited by Trafton AT]

The eyecandy is bad, but that is also with my first levels, when you keep practicin I whil rate maby you fathers levels.
The idea is nice, you have too collect coins in order too complete this level, if you have 10 coins, that bonus guy whil warp you too a place where you have too buttstomp a crate, that whil remove the blocks for the end of the level.
If I shall rate this level is shall be 3-3.5 because of the funny idea…

I’m Dutch, and I can speak a little German, so if you are German and you have JCS and you are a beginner, you may have a quik look.[This review has been edited by spazz]

WOW!
Cool titleset, with all the Diamond stuff in it.
I do realy like Diamondus, thats why I rate so high. I also like the carrot boards from the Carrotus titleset. And that blue gras is water!
Now I also want to say somthing about the example level.( I’d also like it, so now I write something about it, that doesn’t matter, hm Violet CLM?

GAMEPLAY:
Well, the gameplay is not perfect, the first level was fun, in that big forest.
In the next level I only have too press the -> button and I have completed the level, the end boss is fun, Bubba is the forest boss. :)

EYECANDY:
Thats depends on the titleset. Well, as I say before, the titleset is good, also with that palet in the last level.

ITEMS:
Normal, enough carrots, enough ammo. So the level wasnt that difficult.

EASY, MEDIUM OR HARD?
The level wasnt difficult, I shall say medium because the bee’s are bothering me.

ENEMIES:
A little too much bees, the Norm Turtles are normal: not tho much and not too less. But the bees, the seeker ammo and the toaster ammo whil clear that.

DOWNLOAD RECCOMEND OR NOT?
The titlest is fine, when you are bored, try this new taste and download it!!!

[This review has been edited by spazz]

´BasicYou´ can´t delete this![This review has been edited by Bjarni]

you havent include a tileset the episode is using

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Originally posted by Thrifty:
Mostly the same critics as Violet, exept that I don’t like the crate.

And considering Washing Man :
Waz’s right : I checked ur profile
E-mail : waz@clean.com
Real name : Clone Waz
Occupation : I made this site by myself. (What the hell are you talking about)
All reviews by this user : Waz11 (!)

I believe ur quite new here, and let us be clear : This is no chit-chat site. I read the comment by Girl Fraend(deleted) : “Glad to c your site” What the hell? “Your” site? Whose site? I believe she was talking to u Washing Man…Adress an J2O admin to find out about the rules of this community. If not, get the heck out of here!

And Mad Teenager : Your rating is unfounded. This TST does not deserve a 2.7! And you gave no comment.

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Thanks for telling us – indeed, it appears that two people cheating on ratings. Disappointing indeed.

The levels that come with these tilesets are suitable demo levels – small, not very good, but OK. The tilesets are fairly good, though not amazing. Waz11 is a mix of a castle and factory, which is interesting. I’m not sure I can think of a situation in which a level would contain both a castle and a factory, but I suppose it could happen. Only the sprite colors have been used it appears, and there is a lot of purple – unusual for this sort of tileset. The other tilesets are fairly standard, and I don’t have much to say about them. Overall, I would recommend this for tileset collectors, but they aren’t really worthy of using to make levels.

+ PROS: If you need a castle/factory tileset, this is your lucky day.

- CONS: Strange use of colors. Just doesn’t fit.

VERDICT: Overall, I give this a 6.2 and no download recommendation unless you are a tileset collector. There are a few interesting features of these tilesets, but not enough to make them worth using. Sorry. No download recommendation for anyone who is not a tileset collector and has no need for a tileset that is a combonation of a castle and a factory.

EDIT: I’m no math whiz, but I’m pretty sure the average of 6.2, 6.5, and 6.7 is not 7…Could someone please fix this somehow?[This review has been edited by Trafton AT]

Since this is listed as “tileset,” I am only rating the tileset and consider the level a demo level. You better be thankful for it, too. The tileset is really interesting. The tileset reminds me of Noraa’s 3dBattle series, and actually is pretty high-quality. I’m not disappointed. The masking is good, though there were a few small jagged edges that could and probably should have been fixed. The demolevel, which I’m not rating though the author seems to have uploaded this mainly for the level, is not very good at all. The author posted saying the tileset and level sucks, which isn’t true. The tileset, in fact, is quite good. The level does, however, lack anything interesting in it. The tileset, which is quite green yet reminds me of “Blue World” by Disguise does not suck at all. In fact, all tileset collectors should download this tileset. It may not be amazing, but it is really good. Keep making tilesets and upload more of your current ones. However, work on your levels. They aren’t bad, it’s just that they aren’t very interesting.

+ PROS: The tileset is rux0r. Well done.

- CONS: The demo level is awful. Slight masking problems.

VERDICT: Overall, I give this a 7.5 and a download recommendation. This is only for the tileset, though, as the demolevel really isn’t that good at all. Still, for tileset afficianados, this is a must-have. Those who like the color green also will love this tileset. And for that alone I recommend download. Excuse my rambling speech today – I can’t write worth beans for some reason.