Jazz Jackrabbit 2 Online

Rating Devan’s Secret Weapon

Rating Story: (X1)
There is a story, but it is not very clear.
Rating: N/A

Rating Obstacles: (X2)
Both levels are very, very hard! Lots of puzzles, enemies and traps!
Rating: 9,1

Rating Bonus Placement: (X1)
The bonusses are good placed. Not too much and also not too less.
Rating: 8,8

Rating Length: (X2)
Just two levels, but level one is very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very long. And level 2 has a normal length.
Rating: 6,7

Rating Gameplay: (X2)
The gameplay for both levels are very good! The best are the routes that you need to complete to open the next part of the level.
Rating: 9,2

Final Rating: 8,4
Download recommendation: YES!

I would find this level pack a LOT more fun if whenever I pushed the wrong button jj2 didn’t crash.

Why Got This an 8?
The First Level is much to hard and the using of Platforms and spike bolls is really too often. Here is why because you cant have more enemies in your level: You have too much 3d-spike bolls! They are filling your RAM (Random Access Memory) completely up!
This isn`t soo good than you think.
(o no this is to hard i cant beat it i giv it a 4!!!!!!!!!!! Unsupported rating removal edit. Please provide more detail in your reviews. ~Violet)[This review has been edited by Violet CLM]

SuperJazz: There actually aren’t that many enemies. The errors are due to the huge amount of animations and triggers in the level. As for the boss being really hard, well that’s kind of the point. And yes, both the level and boss are possible, as I’ve completed both many times. And to my knowledge, Devan never actually stays out of the arena. He goes back in, don’t worry.

This ain’t again a level which would be some possible to rate for me as I didn’t play it through properly. But let me review this some without rating as I wouldn’t be sure how to rate this. So I say some things straightly now…

It seemed that devan has some kind of secret weapon? How’s this all begun? There aren’t any readme or story about the idea.

It’s always easier to make a level from a JJ1-tileset. So it’s simple anyways. There is some flying objects at the main background and it looks quite good. But millions of bolls and some other weird stuff make the eyecandy confusing. At least you linked tiles well.

What’s done with the originality, it’s like a jj1-level in jj2. So it’s your made level in jj1. You know.. I don’t mean you steal anything..Just ok.

Gameplay is rather average as the difficulty of this is quite big. There seemed to be no save-points or a few but it’s so darn hard because the flocks of spike-bolls. There’s no difficulty settings. One thing which sucks even more is that there is no hope to save in the first level because the amount of enemies. Did you put an enemy block into somewhere where is 100 lizards or something? There didn’t seem to be quite much of them into the point till I played. I got too bored into the level as I didn’t any time complete the level. I didn’t get further than the trap-doors and then I skipped.

There’s quite less of ammo, no food and no gems. and they’re placed averagely. Music doesn’t fit the level very much but I think it wouldn’t also be a horrible idea.

At the 2nd level where you meet Devan..The boss action doesn’t work very well..There’s tree tufmans behind the wall and the arena is so small that Devan runs out from the arena itself. Now I really wonder did you even tested and completed these levels before you uploaded them..I wonder…
This wouldn’t probably get very high rating from me but it’s a riddle by this stage..

-Superjazz was here

Wow, cool level pack! It really overdoes my expections. Here is my review (Lam Canadian, you reviewed my stuff, so I will do the same with your stuff now :-) )

CHECKLIST
[x] Single player mode available
[-] Multiplayer mode available
[x] playable with Jazz
[x] playable with Spaz
[x] playable with Lori
[-] easy/medium/hard setting

LVL DESIGN, EYECANDY AND…STUFF
The lvl design was very original, the concept is to find crates or computers which open doors. This is well done, but alltough very hard. It took me very long after I finished the level and there are no savepoints so I had to save frequently. But don’t get mad, savepoints would be impossible because of all the trigger stuff.
Eyecandy is not my cup of tea. I don’t really care for the rackets in the background (hehe :-p) and the open places looked a bit empty. In the closed areas could have been some more layer 3 stuff.
Sadly I stuck on level 2, the boss is too hard to beat.

GAMEPLAY
The gameplay is really hard, and I bet most of the level with only one heart (and saving all 5 seconds). It all seems to work, but sometimes you don’t know where the door is which you just opened. Also in level 2, the boss is just….I can’t beat it, it’s too hard. You are in a small room, a door closes behind you and Devan appears. Fighting him is hard enough because he can jump through walls and you can’t. Also from the right side Tuf’s are attacking you and you probably will die so many times that you get frustrated and quit (like me).

AMMO AND OTHER WEAPONS STUFF
Ammo placement was very good. There is not too much and not too less. There could be some secrets, tough.

BADDIES
The baddies fit well into the place and are strategically good placed. Sadly the boss placement in level 2 is bad (because it’s so hard).

HURT EVENTS AND OTHER OBSTACLES
This pack has got a lot of obstacles, there are very much doors which you have to open, spikes, moving platforms, spike balls, etc. Sadly the swinging vines don’t fit into the place.

TILESETS
The tileset which was used is the megairbase conversion from JJ1. I like this tileset. :-)

USE OF TILESETS
Tileset use was ok, no tilebugs but could have more in the background (I played the example level of the tileset and saw much bigger spaceships in the background).

CONCLUSION
Overall this is a very cool level pack, but only reccomended for good jazzers, others may get frustrated fast.
DOWNLOAD: Yes, if you are experienced Jazzer
LEVEL RANK: Above average
HOST: It isn’t reccomended to host this, because of all the trigger stuff it may not work correctly.
FINAL RATING: 8.0
[This review has been edited by PHT]

And now, my interpretation…

Prison Sewer CTF

GAMEPLAY: Mostly balanced but a dull layout and a bit too Spaz-biased.
EYE CANDY: Basic but a little annoying.
CARROT PLACEMENT: Full energy carrot placed well. +1 carrots are questionable.
AMMO PLACEMENT: Can work, but could be better.
HOST THIS OFTEN? Maybe once (with the music off).

Genocide City

GAMEPLAY: Same as above, except with blocks instead of hooks near the carrot. Somewhat better this way.
EYE CANDY: Better eye candy than previous, although it’s more confusing/annoying and misuses some tiles.
CARROT PLACEMENT: Same as above.
AMMO PLACEMENT: Same as above.
HOST THIS OFTEN? Maybe twice.

Overall review: These two levels aren’t bad, aside from erroneous/dull eye candy and a questionable layout. What I disliked the most was the eye candy in the foreground, which isn’t really needed and just gets in the way. I might like the carrots more if they didn’t have to be accessed through such a narrow opening, but this arrangement does have its strategic points. Similar applies to base placement; I just don’t recommend using one-tile passageways too often. There also isn’t too much to these levels. I could imagine how long they took to make. And I probably wouldn’t want to play in this level as Jazz, although I can’t really speak for players who use Jazz. Another thing: the start positions need work. Using well-placed “Multiplayer Level Start” events for each team would be a good idea. As for my rating, this is about a 7. I’m feeling nice today.

PS: Does anyone else find the Prison Sewer CTF music incredibly annoying? The music literally hurt my ears.

The PRISON

the level is kinda boring but the ammo placed is very good. mayby its to small but eh ok.
its spazzzzzzzzz based and that sucks.
i think carrots ar to easy to catch,
because ther in a cage ( or whatever ).
the music choosen is nice
tileset to ( for a prison ).
the eyecandy is quit boring. ther ar pillars at the fourground
but the background is only a wall with some windows!

rating: 7.2

7Th lava fall level

Its just the same level only with BETTER eyecandy
and its more fun. some towers and
other stuff and the background.
this level is ALSO based on spazz because its just the same level
as that prison, but ther is more fun.
take a look at the layer 5, thats good
also the fourground. only some bugs
i found.

1- The tuve is just ONE stuck no end
2-on the other side you CANT get up because a strange block or like thst
3-just like 1 only at the other side.

more i did’t found :)!

Rating:7.666666666666666 >>>>> 7.7

overall: good

download: yes sure
host: mayby only the 7th lava fall level.

rating: (=) 7.5 (=)

~Ðx

Yay i am a l33t Reviewer review! [This review has been edited by dx dc]

Well, well, “Ultimate Warzone” (hmmm, if i remember right there was a pretty cool level with the same name years ago…by Distruct of J2LC i think, well, seems like it’s a boring name many people think of, eh?) is a quite average battle level using Overlord’s “Plastic 2” tileset. It is eventually a tad too large regarding the width (210*30 tiles).

The layout is okay, but somehow not really exciting. There are a lot of annoying dead ends and warps that warp you back to the level start at the very left. The weapon placement could have been improved as well: a whole lot of powerups, which are all very easy to get (and that “secret room” isn’t really secret, if you ask me).

Furthermore, i think there is a major lack of eyecandy in “Ultimate Warzone”. A few background layers are used, but not much in the foreground. And on a side note, i don’t like the look of the tileset too much. Quite boring.

The very guitar orientated “Boss” music doesn’t really fit here as well, i think.

To sum it up, “Ultimate Warzone” isn’t my favourite download of the week. There’s just something cool missing. No download recommendation from me, sorry (slightly below the average=4.5).

Another school by I am Canadian. Like i dont have enough homework. To little guns though, maybe they’ve been banned from the school. =P

Hey, I had the same idea! :(

Oh there’s ammo…you just have to look for it in secrets… >=P

Avmasing level, but we need more guns for this small level. I can´t waiting for “saw”

edit= “Ian I KNOW they ARE guns. I´m talking about TNT, freeze and more! And have some more powerups”[This review has been edited by Bjarni]

School Wars is an interesting level by Mr. Iam Canadian that is mainly focused upon a medium-sized school (nothing like the behemouth schools in MidN’s levels, though.) using School v2, an older version than the Tip-winning School v3 (10.0/10.0). This level is interesting, and I would say worthy of a download recommendation if you like school levels.

“School Wars”, using SchoolV2 by MidN, has the school in the middle, and playground areas on either side. The playground areas are fairly flat.
The school itself is mainly a flat area with a room above it, except there are some warps to other rooms. The whole thing is rather boring and the ammo is incredibly sparse.
Work a little more on the wars and a bit less on the school, I should say.
(Unsupported rating removal edit. I think. ~Violet)[This review has been edited by Violet CLM]

I am Canadian does host a lot.

Well, I have played these, and assuming that they are the ones you have hosted, than I can give a safe rating. They aren’t great in eyecandy or anything, but they’re fun. Download but only play if Iam Canadian hosts. ;p

Actually, I like this level in many ways. It makes for a very nice Instagib, in fact. The level is a tad small and shows disregard for anything other than powerups, however. It’s a good level, but you should remove some of the powerups and replace them with 3x ammo or ammo crates.

And so, Iam Canadian has uploaded his first level to J2O. But is it good, or is it crap? Lets see.

I have played this level online, and it is pretty fun. The disapearing blocks and the chatroom are a bad idea IMO, and the “Canada Rulez” thing only deducts from the rating…(j/k)..

So, in conclusion, umm, I will tell you part of a chat I had earlier with Trafton.

“KJAZZ: iam canadian submitted a lvl
KJAZZ: Ultimate Warzone
Trafton: The verdict?
KJAZZ: now, in my past experiences
KJAZZ: anything with “ultimate” in its name (cept for JMMB) is usually inferior
Trafton: lol”