Jazz Jackrabbit 2 Online

Danyjel has amazed me.
This level is breathless. It’s a new landmark for JJ2 levels from which all levels should be judged. How? Let’s find out. :)
Eyecandy-10/10
Danyjel has created a realistic looking drop area. How this was accomplished with the tileset, or even JJ2 is beyond me. THAT’s just how good the world you play in looks. Nextgen systems got nothing on this. Even Jazz looks better!
Story-NA/NA
There is a very enticing story that is here. But it’s up to you to create it! How astonishing!
Placement-10/10
Everything in the level is placed correctly. No warp bugs or missing warps at the end. Yay.
Gameplay-10/10
This level is beyond words. You can do many things on your plummet. First choice: Do you want to fall as Jazz or Spaz? And using Jazz 2’s cheats you can even change your rabbit midflight! And if you so wish, be a frog or a hip-hop! Amazing! You can also change what direction you are facing! Such grand choices. Clearly the sandboxy nature of this level makes it the most advanced level currently made for JJ2.
Final Verdict-Excellent level, and great music. You just have to play it to belive it. Do I get my 100 euros now?
Final Score- 10/10
Download Reccomendation? Yes!
Play Co-op/Online? Of course! Not sharing this experience would be plain mean!
Also useable as- A handy thermos.

[Inappropiate rating (10) removal. Unfortunately inappropiate, for obvious reasons.. Quite funny tho. – FQuist]

EDIT
I want to thank this level and it’s creator for getting me my first Featured Review. And, White Rabbit, ofcourse. =D

Starting Comments
Best level ever? This I gotta see…

Gameplay
Well… Actually… None… You fall down for lots tiles and start over… Wow… Fun…

Eyecandy
NONE! Black background and 2 blue tubes you fall through… Yawn…

Music Choice
Now THIS is where I like the level! The music made me laugh. The music really speaks for your level: “Hey, this stuff is useless!” This is where you made some score at least!

Good thing
Music choice.
Bonus Points: 2.0!!
Bad thing
No actual level…
Bonus Points: You’d wish…

Score:
2.0

Download Recommendation:
Yes, if you got ADHD or a good sense of humor. It was kinda fun for the hyperactive people on this earthball. =D

Further Comment:
Make some real levels, ok?

It’s interesting how these ratings are actually valid. Then again, I can’t find anything to prove them wrong.

EDIT: Okay, they aren’t. Fooled me.

Ugh…Better review…I don’t know what to say..but I’ll give it a shot…

First of all, DELETE THIS PIECE OF CRAP OF J2O!

Ok I’ll put it into sections.

Eyecandy: A star and some tubes…big whoop. I give this one a… 1.0

Gameplay: Left and right are the only buttons that make you move…oh boy. 1.0

Flow: Alot of this….but it’s involentary flow. 1.0

Overall: Fquist…I don’t know how to make reveiws on stuff like this. This is a huge waste of space. I don’t care if you were in my clan, man. I can’t believe they haven’t gotten rid of this.

Oh, and I hate the music. 1.0

Best level ever. Guarantees for hours of fun!

[Inappropiate (10) rating removal. For a rating this high and extraordinary a very good reason should be given for rating the level thus. None was given at all. – FQuist]

Awesome music. Pointless level.

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(Please stop messing with the downloads section. ~Violet)

I dont agree with that low rating here….

What is wrong with you guys , you just acting like jelous kids… Someone finally made a perfect level WITHOUT ANY SINGLE BUG so we all should give it a 10 ! It really deserves a ten and now even a higher rating because Danyjel put effort to update the level and to add EVEN MORE eyecandy, but that is not all ! Danyjel did all that hard work and he enlarged the level… yes you have to wait untill you will fall on the warp LONGER than before which makes this level more exciting!!

I would give it a ten because Danyjel has construct something different, he came up with completely new idea , this is the modern level where you dont have to even put effort to play !.. You know when I was bored before Danyjel has made such a thing I didnt know what to do with my self… But now when I am bored I just start this level named The Drop. I shut my eyes, listen to music and I am guessing when jazz will warp to the top of this level.. Man I am getting better with it !! Try it -this is FUN !! And most important is that my fingers can relax too.. I dont have to force my fingers to do all that hard work on my keyboard, I dont even have to destroy my eyes in front of the screen, I’m just using my ears to listen the music and warp sound :)

Sorry Danyjel I would give you a 10 one more time but you can see how the people on J2O are… They just dont understand needs of those who like to play games in modern and easy way…

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GRATZ FOR DANYJEL :D

~ NOKA

[Nice review, but please don’t mess with the downloads section like this – FQuist]

Ahoj, Dany! :)
I give you 8.0 for that wonderful level!
There are very good points:

1. PU’s are hidden in good-to-train points for new players (RF climb, Bouncer shooting).
2. Good strategy points (open air etc…)
3. Your first steps in levelmaking causes that I gave you 8.0… I didn’t do so nice level at first my time! You have a talent!
4. Good sort of music :D
5. It reminds me Scrap Brain Zone Act 1 from Sonic 1!!!

I’m not writing a book so this review will be short but I think you can enjoy :D
Just keep making levels!

DL REC! You must… there is my remix and very good level ;)

Summer review!

Space Sucks is a battle level I had fun betatesting in, and it’s quite a good first attempt at an multiplayer level. At first impressions, the level was quite tight and small, but it has good flow and there are always places to go…even if it is a dead end. ;-)

The gameplay, flow and event placement is this level’s strongest aspects, because the eyecandy hardly takes advantage of all the tiles available in Blade’s Space tileset. There is a measly one animated tile in JCS, which I don’t think is even used in the level, the background consists of grey walls, a canyon/Martian landscape, and a boring, dark sky, while the foreground is mostly just fencing. The whole level is so monochromatic, with moat of the tiles being either grey or white. Space, as everyone knows, should be mainly black space occasionally dotted with stars, but people tend to like to put in flashy nebulae and meteor showers. Space Sucks should really have been more unrealistic, in my opinion… However, everything that is there fits in well, with the exception of a minor tile bug in layer 2.

A lot of tiles get in the way in Space Sucks, but thanks to clever layer useage and float-ups, is fairly easy to navigate this level with all rabbits. Maybe not Lori. There are some dead ends, but they lead to useful stuffness like seeker PUs and carrots. The flow is all right, and I don’t think it can get better than this for such a small and semi-tight level. However, it is darn easy to camp at the top carrot’s suckertube, because of the presence of a blaster PU and fastfires. Using triggers that enables people to shoot in but not out (thus rendering the camper’s advantageous position useless) would be nice.

I think Space Sucks is good for all servers, especially insanely laggy YACR JDC events (mwahahahahahah), and duels, of course. It’s a good attempt at a battle level, and slightly above average. I guess I’ll give it a 6.5…it’s not that great, but you should download it because people are already beginning to duel in it for JDC. ;-P

EDIT: Yay! I got the longest review!

And the most dull…oh well. :-P

EDIT: Level has been re-uploaded with triggers, some eyecandy (I think) and other bug fixes.

Thanks for review and soo high rating :p!
Yes, powers are easy to find on purpose, I hate those secrets, when people playing it first time can make absolutely no roast. But of course, power-ups are things what give your weapon double damage, so of course, it can’t be so easy to get. And one more thing I forgot – I made it in one day ;)

It’s an OK level. Good enough to host though. The level isn’t too big that you hardly could find anybody on the map and not too small that you keep getting hurt :) There’s enough weapons to keep your ammo up enough. The powers are eazy to find but usaully take some effort to get to them

Hehe… This isnt that bad. Although I do like the beeps. I cant say I quite like the strange BG guitar at about 30… Sounds akward. Theres a long beginning, but made it sound nice with the chords at about 4. Also I REALLY love the opening at 9 :D

(+) Electronic style( I like elecronic)
(+) Nice Chords
(+) Some well chosen samples
(-) Beginning = WAY TOO LONG
(-) The weird guitar at 30

DL rec… If you want…

Omigod. This IS unfair. I hate this mix so much and it’s my second best mix (by unfair Josephed ratings) at J2O… OMG.

OMG I LOVE THIS RMX i cant stop listening to it……… its danceish….i dont have the original so ill have trouble rating it. this is prob one of my fave danyjel RMXs. it quiet… makes u wait for the next section of the song… and its a fun song really…

Introduction:
Marbelara, done in a sort of fast-paced style. Not really “club” so much as “techno”.

Song Analysis:
The arrangement of this song isn’t very good. It’s basically Marbelara with some added drums, a very basic bassline, some xylophones, and a pitch climb about 3/4 the way through the song.

Sample Analysis:
Samples bad. Samples very bad. Period.
The xylophone is well out of tune with the electronic trumpety sound. Also, the pre-fab drum samples have been done to death. I know it saves on song space and crap, but it gets boring after a while.

Final Analysis:
Rather boring for something this fast and furious. If it wasn’t so noisy, you could probably put someone to sleep with this tune. Heck, it’s making me yawn. Heh.

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The “Simon Cowell” of Jazz 2 Online‘s Music Scene. . . Joseph Collins
“Dr Lithius” or “LithiuServer” on Jazz 2

Man. It’s been a while since I’ve been here, apparently.
Now, I know I said I was going to bother reviewing anything Danyjel does, but apparently, I’m the only person on J2O who doesn’t instantly pump his music up past the 8.0 mark, thus giving is a Checkpoint Box on the file listing. And that’s just me telling it like it is. So. . .let’s get on with this. I got dishes I need to do.

Introduction:
This is a Deserto arrangement done in a pseudo Jazz Jackrabbit 2 style. But did it pull it off well?

Song Analysis:
Upon listening to the song, there aren’t any original parts to it, but instead, Danyjel chose to rearrange the entire girth of the song. Why? Dunno. He somehow thinks it’s “unremixable,” from what he wrote. But apparently, he’s full of hot air.
The song kind of repeats itself in some spots, and the pre-fab drum loop(from many Jazz 2 songs) gets a little dull after a while. But overall, the arrangement of this song isn’t total garbage, which is more than I can say for some of the earlier arrangements people have posted. In fact, I sort of like it, dispite the repetition.

Sample Analysis:
The samples chosen sound to me to be mixed Jazz 1 and Jazz 2 samples. Oh, they work perfect fine and all, but there is a vast number of good samples out there that could’ve been used in place of these, I’m sure.

Final Analysis:
It’s kind’a cool. . . Definately better than a lot of Danyjel’s other works. Glad to see he’s finally getting with the program and cranking out something I don’t instantly want to delete from my hard drive. On the contrary. This is one of his few works I might actually keep. So keep it up.

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The “Simon Cowell” of Jazz 2 Online‘s Music Scene. . . Joseph Collins
“Dr Lithius” or “LithiuServer” on Jazz 2

Author of this remix claims that the song is “unremixable”. Come on, that’s illogical. If something is impossible to remix, how did you make this one? Every song is remixable, because even if the melody can’t be improved even more, you can always go for a style change. There are so many possibilities!

And yes, this is the first Deserto remix indeed. We had a rearrangation already made by Jackhabit, which was nice and all but didn’t change the melody itself enough to notice the difference. This one’s a fresh look on the song, which was my favourite from the A-C ones.

S is for style
I expected a techno remix and so I got it.. sorta. The beat is well expanded and uses good drumloops, giving a “nasty” style, especially thanks to those power-uping parts with snares going wild, ya gotta love’em! The samples are chosen well, fitting to each other. At first I thought marimba is out of place, but later I noticed that it greatly fits as a integer for other parts. Everything makes it a jumpy and cool tune, I think it would be neat as a background music for breakdance show. Hmm, gotta ask JSZ Arkardo about that.

A is for arrangement
Most of the original melody is there. Tiny bits that are gone are the scratching-like instrument on the end of loop and one “riff”. I liked them in original but I doubt they’d fit the remix, so let’s let that be. What I really like in this remix is the beggining – kind of approaching the listener, being made of short, silent parts in the very beggining and then quickly building and speeding up to reach the actual tune. Among with well chosen samples that gives a nice climax.

N is for nice
Hey hey, I didn’t expect that to be so entertaining! At first I listened it just because it was my duty. Later I found myself playing it again… and again… and again… man, it’s addictive! This is definetely different than other Danyjel’s remixes – I don’t know if this is caused by getting to see TIMM WIPs, daring to get a higher rating from JC or just a nifty idea, but whatever it was it was worth the trick.

D is for Danyjel!
C’mon, give it a try and download now, you won’t regret it!

YO man i love this song=) the begining isnt so great though. i can say the drums are the biggest part of this song because they were my favorite thingies. the complex parts were relly good too =)

Hmmmmmm. the beeps are WAY too loud. if u could lower the volume of those it would really help alot. otherwise its a good dancish song =)i believe that it is sample 2/channels 1-10. dany, its very ovbious, but still w/e. plz lower the volume a bit