Jazz Jackrabbit 2 Online

Wow, it has been some time since I’ve written a review. But I’ll just do it for MB =) (I hope this won’t affect my objectivity).

What we got here is a nice tileset coming with a small, but not only 20-seconds-example-level, but 30. Okay, that was lame. But I liked the example level.

When I just checked the tilesets’s masks, I actually spotted the first thing about it which I didn’t like =P No greetings or so, tsk! But anyway, let’s get back to topic.

I’ll give this tileset a 8.5 rating. Recently, there were other tilesets which surely weren’t better than MB’s Mystic Island, but got higher ratings. This is a good tileset nevertheless, every tile is nicely worked out and I see no flaws when trying tiles next to each other, such as strange boarders or so. But overall, I think it features too few tiles for a really big level. If I would ever make a level again (that is when wc3 mapping gets boring, aka NOT TOO SOON.), I might consider using this tileset. However, for a single player level, I dunno, the amount of tiles might now allow you to do more than a little interlude level. But that might as well just be because of my lack of skills using JCS.

Well anyway, I think 8.5 is fair. It’s no Agama tileset, but also no Unhit tileset =P

Use Dark Marshland lil’ Fawriel =|

I’m just writing this because I’m trying to find a good tileset of yours to make a level with, and.. really. This background is so beautiful. Why didn’t you put more effort into the layer 4 tiles? =\
I think you need some more patience.

Well, it seems that Demon Invasion is a pack that full of surprises.
Carrotus In Target: the level design was confusing. There were 2 castles in the level. On of it was in the background, the other one is on the 4. layer which seems bad.
Invasion Of The Castle: there was a small area that needs three trigger crates to save Eva. (for the first two levels, there were too much Tuf Turtles and hidden(!) bats, so they were annoyingly hitting you and you were quickly loosing lives. In this level, the lighting and the goodies-baddies placements were fine!
The Wolf Rabbit: A storytelling level
Sunset Forest: This level, you’re searching for Moonblaze. This level seems like a real forest according to the eyecandy. The bad point of the level was, there were some places that you’re falling into the spikes and cannot rescue yourself.
Meeting With Moonblaze: A good idea! It looks like a non-animated cinematic file:p but it was really good!! You talk with Moonblaze in this level.
Gem Search: You’re searching for three gem rings. A good choosage of tileset! The bad point was some places were too dark!!!
A Flame Of Power: A boring level! You’re waiting for coins falling from the ceiling. Also too long waiting time for falling coins.
Where Bad Rabbits Go: This tileset choosage was worse then the Nature’s Ruins. It’s a quite short level. At last you’re fighting with Devan Shell and then everything is over again!
Generally the pack was good but it could be better. Generally, the goodies were well placed and ete-candy was good (except the false layer tiles in the first level!) Overall a 8.2 from me[This review has been edited by chandie]

Here is my review!!!!

Eyecandy:
Really good!!! The background is really great. The eyecandy is better than the standard jazz2 inferno.

Enemy placement:
Really great!!! It have`s just enough enemy`s. And the enemy`s you have to face are skeletons,ravens,Suckers.

Item placement:
Great!!! It has two kinds of ammo bouncer en toaster.
It has also coins,gems,chekpoints and more.

Other:
Okay!!! The level is a little bit to short. It has a little story but not really good. The music is okay.

I like the level really much could be a little bit longer but still really good it deserve`s a 8.2.

A general comment about this level: I LOVE IT!

At first, the name implied that it was just going to be about a frozen cave presumably using a new tileset or something. After I dled it since it didnt have a tileset in the file it had to be frozen inferno. When I started the level, I was just shocked. The ambient lighting together with the eyecandy (which was also very well done) made the level look ruxor. The layout of this level was a bit crowded, didnt really have much room but I dont mind that. It was mostly just going one way but had some other routes leading to some pickups. There could of been more passages since that could’ve made the level funner to play. Near half way into the level it developed a small storyline (basically youre in a cave,see these alein eggs and need to blow them up). There are so many movies with these kinds of alien eggs that I can’t even begin to guess which one of them gave MB this idea. There were some nice secrets in the layout and stuff, which made the level a bit more interesting. Though, I thought the eggs would hatch into crab’s or something else, but Floating suckers are a great idea. The ending of the level was fabolous, btw. Where you had to place TNT next to a wall and see all these explosions. I love the rumbling, btw. And the falling rocks and all. Though its nearly impossible to get hurt near the end. The music fit ok, could of been a better one, but could of been a lot worse. Overally this level is quite small and crowded yet looks amazing and is fun to play. This feels 8ish, better yet 8.2ish. This is basically an original inferno level. Despite the size of it, it is still very fun and original, and you should download it since it is a good collection to your jj2 folder, and would help on those rainy days. Download Reccomendation. (I need to review more)

An interesting level…Not much else to say. ;P

_BeckY

How do you do own tileset?
The tileset was the best!
I will give you…
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10 in rating!

Email me on rat10000@hotmail.com

//Litenante_91

Dis episode is great!

yeah!

1- great eyecandy.
2- nice tilesets :D
3- nice ammo placed.
4- nice goodies+food placed.
5- Nice baddies placed.

This is an good episode!

9.5 from me!

download recommed!

Good job Blade!

Good job but Its too small, so i cant rate this as a 8. its small , and the smallness of it remover one point.
so my rating number is 7.

It’s easy to use, but looks good too, I like the sucker tubes and the background gives it a feeling like you’re stranded on an island.
A 7.7 will do. (:
Don’t wanna drink that milk….

A nice tileset

gameplay:good
Colors:good
backround:nice

and i like the falling star :)

and why a milk in the ground :D

i give it a 7

I hate you MoonBlaze. Yes You suck. Yes this is an attack. Because your tilesets always pwned ;). I like your bg and clouds (how did you manage to make those? Thats the reason why i dislike you. You do everything better than me ;p) Anyway, a really really good tileset. The not-many-tiles give the tileset ease-of-use. and 8.0 from me. The grass looks like a bag of pwn. I like the overall theme of it too. Good Job moonblaze. An 8.0 from me, you deserve it.

Hey! How many of you noticed i said an 8.0 from me 2 times? Yay for stupid me.[This review has been edited by spazzyman]

GRAPHICS : GOOD / VERY GOOD
The graphics are very nice looking, and the color choice is cool. You should’ve included a dark textured background, like the one in Haunted House. It’d be nice if you made a day version, too. If this was all ready day, it wouldn’t be as neccasary to include a night, but you should usually make it so people are not forced to make it night. I can’t say I like the slopes, but they are nice, and original. Sort of Hocus Pocus style, if you’ve ever played the game. The clouds are simply the most wonderful clouds ever created by man, or moose. The moon is okay. A 64×64 moon in the set would be nice (2 tiles x 2 tiles). If there was a day version, you could put a 64×64 sun so you can make it go over the water horizon, so it looks like sunset (or sunrise). The blocks are very hard to see, and they are purple, which doesn’t look good with the tileset. It’s good that you didn’t rip them, though. I like the style, you just have to look really closely to see them. The “cave” tiles aren’t my favorite, either, but they bear a lot of eyecandy tiles, which is all ways nice. It’s diamondus style, sort of. Lots of eyecandy, and you can make slopes in the wall. You included plenty of stars, so the sky can have lots of variation. The waterfalls should’ve been darker. They look like they belong in a broad daylight tileset. They look indeed very nice when animated, but we’re not going to get to the animations yet. The signs are nice, and not ripped. Upward slopes for the bottoms of the main building tiles would be nice (if you don’t know what I mean… too bad ;p Like the slopes in Diamondus that go on the bottoms of the terrain, not the grass slopes… never mind, I can’t explain). Anyway, as for the spikes, I think you should’ve made one spike tile without blood on them, and one with blood. If you make a big area with spikes, it’s not good to have blood on so many of the needles. It looks too repetitive (sp?). A transition tile between the grass tiles with dirt under them and the grass tiles that are just kind of floating is not present… as far as I know. I couldn’t find one.
MASKING : VERY GOOD
There is nothing wrong with the mask.
COMPATABILITY : VERY BAD
This is where a lot of tilesets get points taken off. Compatability refers to if poles work, if water works in 8bit, if pinball events work, etc. Also, if snow looks nice. Heaven doesn’t have a lot of this, and nobody really noticed.. if I could edit my review of it (for some reason, I can’t), I would change it from 10.0 to 9.0 because of this. Anyway, poles do not work here. I’m afraid I might have to take off some for this. Carrotus poles and jungle poles would be nice to see. Water in 8bit mode does not work. Water can be very neccasary here, being that this is an island tileset. Lots of people with slow computers use 8bit, and they like the water to look nice. It looks like toxic slime here, which is cool in the right situations. The pinball events don’t work, either. The 500 bump looks cool, but this way, of course, unintentional. In tilesets like this, pinball events really aren’t too neccasary, since this isn’t a futuristic type tileset. Pinball events are a must in Tubelectric, Sirius, etc. I wouldn’t expect to see a pinball event in a set like this, so I’ll go easy and not take anything off.
ANIMATIONS : GOOD
The animations here are minimal, but they are still very nice. The waterfalls look cool. The lightning animation is a bit corny, but I really wouldn’t find much of a reason to use it, anyway. It doesn’t look all that good non-animated, anyway. I don’t really understand how the moving cloud animation should work, so I’ll leave it alone. As for the bug, it looks very smooth and nice for a 3 frame animation. Good job. ;p I don’t know how the shooting star animtion works, either, but it looks nice.
EASE OF USE : VERY GOOD
This tileset is very easy to use, and it still manages to look nice.
OVERALL : GOOD / VERY GOOD
The graphics are nice, and so is the masking, but the compatability is teh sux.

Download reccomendation.

007, tilesets do not have gameplay. That’s for levels.[This review has been edited by labratkid]

MAJOR FLAW! The dark grey tile that goes under the big clouds isn’t placed properly, meaning there is a visible black line. -.1, but it still rounds up to 7.2.[This review has been edited by labratkid]

Pretty good tileset. It has a good background, which almost looks like it is nin multiple layers but is actually just on layer 8 (and I like the star smilyface and text). Sadly it lacks eyecandy for any layer other than 4. The fireflys looked strange, but it dosen’t matter.

Small, but nice tileset. It is easy to use and it is important. Cool background. I think work was not hard, only Moonblaze used brain. Not hard, but, GOOD WORK!!!
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COOL!!!
I HAVE “J2O ADDICT” RATING!!!
+ 0.2[This review has been edited by Danyjel]

170 tiles ar enough.
Nice animations.
Nice Backgrounds.
(The Watter-fall i think is from jazz1 isn`t it?)
Overall:
Classic tileset kind.
I Like it.
Download recommandation:

From 1 to 10

*******

7 !!!!:
Download is fact.

I gonna review this tileset too! Gwappa!

This tileset is not big (17 × 10 = 170 tiles) but it’s nice for it’s size. It don’t feel really like a island, you see sea on the BG but there are too many cave things and too less things like beach etc. The BG anyway is the best thing of the tileset, there are many clouds and you can put in thunder, too. There is rain if you want and like I said, sea. The tileset for other layers is a bit lacking of tiles because of only one ground where you can walk on and one for cave backgrounds. There is a little waterfall too, but it’s not so special. THere are cool destruct, buttstomp and trigger tiles, I don’t know really what it is but it looks like a purple PacMan. Nice fireflies are in the tileset for light, too. The sucker tubes are just a bit the same like other MB Tilesets.
Overall a nice tileset, it don’t have the feeling of an island (Beach music don’t fit) but it haves a great background and you must download this.

Nice Tileset! i like it to make levels with it! cool bg and nice for SP levels! only one bad thing, a little bit to dark, and the level is to easy ;) Nice work!+

I have no real system of reviewing tilesets so I’ll just get to the point. I was on the verge of making a level with this tileset until I realized I didn’t like the 4th layer BG tiles (or in other words, the light brown tiles) too much. It’s a shame this tileset is so small. A common flaw in several of Moonblaze’s tilesets is lack of variety in tiles. And what I mean is that most of the ground tiles are just one general color. It would be nice to see a tileset as varied as Tubelectric or something. I wonder if this review made any sense so far. Anyway, it’s a good tileset for it’s size.

8.0 because I’m nicer than Unhit and the BG pwns so much.