Jazz Jackrabbit 2 Online

Ah download it here: www.sunfungames.150m.com/robo.zip

AAAAH, ‘twas like a long time ago since I last flew by to check j2o…ow well.. the online scene is so…dead.
I am in the proces of creating a new tileset so I will be coming to more dls soon. ANNNNYWAY, the review:

I have not much to add that hadn’t been said, but out of principle here is something:
the set is grand. Better than the old hocus pocus if you ask me (yes I still have that too). There is only one grade for this kind of work – > 10.
Good looks, good feel, good gameplay, excellent conversion.

Finally a level without the *** everywhere float ups and springs so you can too easy gor around the level. People want to play a game, not to look at it. We have TV for that.
But okay, this level haves a few eyecandy bugs and a really nice textstring (What language? Martians or something?). The half part of the level is blue and the another red. How orginal ;)
The music rule for it. There are some bugs in gameplay like a thingie next to the BouncerPU what is Lori-unfriendly (test your levels always with Lori).
But, this is really one of your better ones, CelL. Download this noW!!!!

Level 1: Project Black Battle
I’m not sure what Unhit meant about a lack of powerups. There are three of them that I found, in fact. The level is mostly a connected network of the big 3 tile wide tubes Metal Mania has, though they don’t use layer 3. There’s also a small outside area with an annoying background, and that’s where the powerups are.
Level 2: Project Electroman
Sadly, this level had nothing to do with the “Electroman” game by Apogee. Instead it was a battle level using Mez02. The main feature is a few tube things you see here and there which take you up and down. There are like three powerups and a fire shield. The seeker powerup is especially interesting, because there’s nothing to stop you from shooting it through the wall, and if you warp into it, there appears to be no way out unless maybe if you’re Spaz. The whole level needs more oneways. Too much ammo, but other then that, this is a decent level.
Level 3: Project Blaster
Why do people make so many maze like levels using Mez01’s white bricks and only that? Anyway, this is a mazish battle level with some pockets of ammo (so I’m not sure why it’s called what it is) and quite a few carrots. The eyecandy consists of rainbow blocks flying by. Ok, but not enough gameplay, as it’s hard to get around. Oh, and there are those annoying \ (or /) tiles on top of solid tiles, so you can get stuck (sometimes)..
Level 4: Proyect Deathmatch (that’s how it’s spelled!)
Yay. This one actually uses the tileset semi-well (except for the annoying background effect) and the design is ok. There are too many deadends, though, and all the ammo is powerups (which is I guess why Unhit found powerups here), so there could be a lot of deaths here.
Level 5: Project Big war
This level attempts to be big. Yes, attempts. Most of it is trees (which can be hard to get by), almost all the ammo is powerups (again). There are deadends, eyecandy bugs, etc. Still, this one has some good points.
Level 84! YES YOU HEARD ME!: Project Jumpinthefier (fier?)
There is no fire in this level. I just thought I’d say that straight away. You start out with a few powerups you can’t get back to afterwards (unless you die). You jump down into the main area, which is a linear place with lots of powerups. It can take a while to get somewhere, but there’s nothing there. You should have stayed back with the powerups. Tileset use is ok, though.
Project 7: Project Goodbye (not the last level)
Never make a Heaven level unless you know that the key and lock tiles aren’t supposed to be hung around on the wall randomly (and not do anything), and you can make good eyecandy with it. People who see the Heaven tileset want levels with good eyecandy. This one’s eyecandy falls under “ok”. The design is nothing spectacular, and the author needs to use some transparency and one ways. Too many powerups, not enough ammo, and a platform flying through the air with statues on it round off this not so spectacular level.
Level 8: Project Kobra
This level is saved by the tileset, which is decent looking and easy to use enough that it’s hard to be bad in the eyecandy factor. That said, this level actually has decent eyecandy. Nothing special, but nothing terrible. And he shows off that the author (Jaws, I think) put a sea creature in a tileset where water doesn’t work. Enough about the tileset. The level’s design could use some work. It’s basically a flat (well, there are slopes, but you know what I mean) area with a platform or two up above. You also can jump in the water and swim right to the bottom of the level! Is that not enough? Ok.. you can get easily stuck at the top right corner.
Level 9: Project Spaceman
The fact that stands out in this level is that it is hard to see what is solid and what isn’t. The wall and layer 3 are the same tiles often (and sometimes you think the Real walls aren’t solid), and the design isn’t that great. Run around in small passages and get powerups. It’s kind of linear, too, never a good sign. However, tileset use is fair, though admittedly it doesn’t use all that much other then the basic walls.
Level 10: Project Gunfire (I sense a trend in the level names)
I thought Unhit talking about the rain would prepare me. I was wrong. The rain, which is in the foreground but not transparent, actually moves the opposite X direction it faces, as well as not moving Y at all. The design’s ok, though. Tileset use would be good except for the fact that the masking of the sand in Temple sucks, so you should have put it in layer 3 over more normal walls or something. Too many carrots and powerups, and too much ammo sometimes.
Level 11: Project Blue War
A smallish level which feels bigger then it really is. Uses the tileset rather well, except the lightning effect, but the design isn’t incredible. Still, this level has good points, and is IMHO one of the better levels in the pack.
Level 12: Project Boomerang
I’m sorry, but this needs some lighting effects to feel right for me. Its a level set in the caves of the Space Warbase tileset (and it would use them well if not for the fact that the insides of the walls are all repetitive.. repetitive.. repetitive…), and tries to feel like a cave. As in, it’s a bunch of narrow passages, most of which are deadends. Too many powerups, not enough of anything else.

I had a lot of bad comments about the levels, but they have good points sometimes, too..[This review has been edited by Violet CLM]

Lets start

First, ill do a report on the rooms

The rooms: I must say I was expecting quite more rooms, but the detail in those few rooms make up for it. It is well detailed, goes beyond what a normal room should have etc.
The games/fun: They are interesting and fun, just like the name. The rollercoaster idea, i dun care about originality, was marvelous. I felt it could of been abit longer, but ingenius nonetheless. The pinball was above average, to say the truth, ive never seen a better pinball :O:O:OThe test was irritating and hard, but thats what you get out of tests, but it was good as well. The freeze idea rox, and was really well made and fun. The shaking was cool too, an interesting idea. I did have trouble getting out when i first tried shaking, but got used to the routine later on. Disco rocked, like the red and black tiles. Springroom also looked cool
Sports: The sports were also well done, i cant remember all of them so i cant say much. Some could of been expanded, but i dont think SuperSaiyan did that because the filesize is already big.
Swiiming pool/Bank: The swimming pool was good, some what i think are diving boards are included, a sauna etc. The bank had creativity but lacked size.
Store: Lacked size, but still was interesting. The prices were a bit unfair, having a seekr pu as much as a sugar rush etc.
What else did i forget, oh yeah, battle: The battle room rocked, love the tile and weapon placment etc. I also liked the secret way, it allowed you to explore the level more and stuff. I cant remember anything else, and really arent in the mood for checking, but i will mention what I think is by far the best in this level than any other hotel. That thing is eyecandy. No hotel ive seen so far had eyecandy even half as good asthis. People just think OMG HOTELS ARE ONLY FOR ROOMS AND GAMES, WHO CARES AOBUT EYECANDY, THIS IS ONLY A HOTEL. Well, that aint true, any level should have good eyecandy, even if its 10×10 tiles small! This is certainly the best hotel level which is made form the best hotel tileset and i reccoemend you to download this. Its better than most levels, really (i mean non hotel levels)
Hm..This review didnt take as long as i thought, and it was fun, counting as my 250th review=)
Woops, forgot mah rating=P
Ill leave it NA, since my rating is undecided…. [This review has been edited by Derby since Blackraptor now has only 249 reviews since he deleted 1][This review has been edited by Blackraptor]

The helicopter is supposed to be like a FAN. As in FANolint. I know it sounds like a helicopter. Kills MPTracker

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hmm….

I HATE THE HELICOPTER!!!
:@ #_$

Nope, sorry. Doesn’t do it for me. And what’s that helicopter doing in there? :P
Though it’s a welcome relief from your usual style, I do somewhat prefer your other remixes.

indeed, it is a small level, but in the beginning it is a bit tricky, for the open area you can’t enter… So my first round was over 1 minute, but it is not sush a good race level, so I won’t rate this so high. But still an 7,5

The evil reviewer strikes back…finally a review after months of only watcging others rating levels :).

Project Black Battle: if this is a battle level, it misses powerups. The eyecandy is honestly very bad. The background hurts the eye, and there is nothing you can say “wow, cool”.

Project Electroman: This level reminds me of a singleplayer levels. There are several upgrades, but it is plenty of dead ends and it seems to me as if the level goes straight to a certain direction. The foreground eyecandy also is not good here.

Project Blaster (ow heck, get rid of that “project” in the levelname!): Not much to say. Few weapons, no eyecandy, slow and bad gameplay.

Project Deathmatch: There is a typo in your levelname, you typed “poryect”, a y instead of the j :D. Finally some pups here. They respawn WAY too fast though. The background is nice here, but the foreground is actually NASTY. Also, the level is very Jazz unfriendly and has a bad overall gameplay.

Project Big War: This level has a farily good eyecandy. The gameplay is quite ok as well, but the weapon placement sucks. There are several upgrades next to each other, and then you won’t find one for hours.

Project Jumpinthefier: I like the idea of this level, but the gameplay is very bad. Awful is e.g. that there are NO one ways. This fact makes the level extremely Jazz unfriendly and also bad to play for Spaz.

Project Goodbye: I like the foreground you used here. But the level overall is empty. And Agama’s tilesets offer so much eyecandy you can us…it is just kind of a misuse of the tileset, a more simple one would have been enough for the level…

Project Cobra: This level misses one ways, and it has that single player structure again.

Project Space Man: You should not use dark lighting in a tileset that is dark already. This makes the level quite hard to play, and also, it is so empty again…

Project Gun Fire: The rain is interesting, lol. Rain that moves only in x-direction and not y, and even on the x-direction, it moves in the completely wrong direction!!! The level’s structure is again like a SP level, and the weapon placement is bad.

Project Blue War: Though this level finally has the structure of a battle level, it is very boring, and the flashs are annyoing.

Project Boomerang: You seem to be a fan of Disguise’s tilesets. But please. If you use them, USE THEM CORRECT! You did not make use of the places to hide which Space Warbase offers so well. That makes the level quite stupid in some parts. Also, you only used the soil tiles and no base tiles. That’s again a bad use of the tileset.

Here we are…time for an overall rating, or what I did not like in most levels:

Level Structure:
Most level’s structures remind on singleplayer levels. You come back on your old patch only seldom, except on dead ends.

—> 3.5

Tileset Usage:
You used many very good tilesets. But you did not use them at their full cost. I already said that in the reviews about the single levels, use all tiles the tilesets offer, if possible! And it was possible in your levels.

—> 4.0

Eyecandy:
I have to differ here. If you mean that eyecandy is that the tiles fit good to each other and there is no single water block in the middle of land, the eyecandy is good. But if you think that eyecandy is making usage of the several layers, it is mostly not good.

—> 4.5

Weapon Placement:
I am sorry to say that, but the weapon placement just sucks. In all levels. See, you walk around for years, and finally find 5 powerups next to each other. But before you find the next powerups, you will need to walk through the whole level again.

—> 3.0

Gameplay:
Not good. See level structure.

—> 3.0

Overall: ==> 3.6 = 3.5 . I will though give a bonus because it is a pack and you probably spent a lot of time in it.

===> 4.2

It is nice if these are your first levels. You should watch levels by, e.g. Cell or Evilmike. Just play them and let them enspire you.

Ow, and FlameWitch, please do not rate the level just because Blackkiller is your friend. Also, you can’t review a whole levelpack with only one sentence!

Ok a bit hard, but a lot of savepoints. I have nothing else to say except “WELL DONE!!!!!!!!” 9.7

But oh, I found the secret episode, playing was hard but interesting space adventuring. The end of story was sad.

Ps. What’s wrong with marquee?[This review has been edited by Superjazz]

I can tell one thing, this one lost its old atiode, and for say it honestly, I found very disguistng to listen to.
I don’t like the tunes you used, and it dosen’t really mind me much of Fanolint anymore.

I must agree with its wroth a 7, its intresting and its acceptable to listen to.
Nice job.

Hmmm……Strange name. Yes, i can tell that you drew some parts yourself, because i have the full version of jj1, including the lost episodes, so i know how deserto looks. The eyecandy in the level is ok, sometimes confusing, and overused, but ok. The placement is good, not over or under used, but ok and well placed. The gameplay is also good, although if i can remember properly, i did stumble onto 1 or 2 dead ends, which deducts from the mark.

Nothing more….

Ok, to start off my review

EYECANDY: It was well done, i saw few errors. There were some sucker semi-secrets in this level which made it interesting.GAMEPLAY: I liked the gameplay here, good platform positioning etc. PLACEMENT: It was ok, i kinda liked it and all, well it was good. OTHER: This CTF level which was made by EvilMike uses the wartorn tileset which was made by toxicbunny. Looking at the level i really must comment toxicbunny on his great tileset. i liked that sucker thing and how u placed the powerups and stuff, although the oneway above he seeker pu was placed to low andwhen i jump i accidentaly touch the oneway and go up which puts me in danger if anyoone is lurking above, and it causes me to lose more time and get a greater risk of the seekr pu being reached by someone else before me. I liked the eycandy of this level, i think it was well done. Although this level is 1 point below my maximum Rating for single levels, this is still a fun and interesting level made by EvilMike. I can tell lots of effort was put into this and it gets a big fat download reccomendation from me. Keep Making levels Mike, ur rivaling CelL in CTF! Keep at it and good job.

Sadly to say, i didnt like this as much as most of you. The backround is good, but the settings…..I really dun like the fire place, the water is ok, but still not good. The grassy place is the best, for it looks normal and detailed. I really cant say this deserves a download reccomendation, and it got a 7 because i just dont see much wrong with it except the bacround and sutff.

It is textured ok, and lacks detail, like i said before, and that is mainly the reason i dont like it much. I only reccomed this with ppl with a different opinion, or just all-out disguise fans.

Hmmm……Ill just do a basic review

EYECANDY: 3.5/5
The levels looked plain, i found VERY few eyecandy errors, im not usre if i found any infact. But the eyecandy is plain, simple, but still better than your basic eyecandy. Nothing special about eyecandy in these levels though
GAMEPLAY: 4/5
Hmm..Some levels have good gameplay, some have average. I liked the gameplay of most levels though. Better than the eyecandy, on my opinion, but not perfect
PLACEMENT:3.3/5 The springs were placed ok, nothing wrong, some were placed very good infact, but the ammo placement kinda got boring sometimes. I got frustrated with the warps in the Ultimate Hotel level, and that wasnt very good, but i still liked that level nevertheless.
EVERYTHING ELSE: 4.4/5
The backrounds and tilesets were used properly and all, nothing more to say about this.

OVERALL:7.8 approx. A good effort worth a download

I like thistileset. Guess both Disguise and Distuct are talented. Well, back to rewieving. I just love the backround, looks awesome. The ground isnt bad either, i like how distruct drew the rocks. The flowers hanging form vines look a bit cartoonish though, the rain looks very thin. The color is good, and textured, this tileset is so rox and good, so i give it a download reccomendation and a big, solid 8.

OMG WOW?!?!?!STRANGE

I agree with Violet there, it isnt music, and it isnt jazz related. Although I actually thought of the sound to be interesting, it was to short to get a higher mark than a 5. Im being nice and giving it .5 more points just because it had a funny beat to it. I still dont reccomend anyone to download this though.