Jazz Jackrabbit 2 Online

Good Test! 10/10

I enjoyed playing this test. It has some tricky levels, but not tricky enough to be annoying.

Beside the fact that Test is my least favorite kind of upload, there are some things making this level not very enjoyable.
First of all, it’s way too short and easy for a test. I completed the second two tests in less than 3 minutes. The first one, I had totally no clue how to complete. Did you test your test before uploading it? (pun intended)
The tests theirselves are ok, especially the one with the wind currents. You need to calculate your running and jumping carefully to make it through. And there are flags indicating the checkpoint, which is good too.
As for the eyecandy, there is a lot of blank space, and the only notable eyecandy used is some leaves on the foreground, a few trash bins here and there and a properly used background layer 6-7.
Another bad thing is that the fade color is darker than the textured background, making it unrealistic, AND you didn’t set jjUseLayer8Speeds to true, so the textured background shifts faster than the sprite layer, and that’s definitely unrealistic.

I don’t recommend the download of this, but it doesn’t mean you should stop trying. You have potential.

EDIT: About the first one, I tested it in SP and there were no platforms. That’s why I though it wasn’t properly tested.

EDIT 30th April 2020 – Ok well in my original review I gave an 8.5 and later stated that it’s worth a 10 apparently, which makes me wonder why didn’t I just rate it 10 straight away no matter what people think, but whatever. Though honestly I still don’t think that I’m far off from the truth.

However, times have changed and in the meantime we got absolutely amazing new scripted test levels such as The Mighty Switchtest series, and a whole lot more which are sadly not on J2O. The tests I mentioned kinda upped the standards for this gamemode in my opinion. This is why I’m going to lower my rating by just a little bit, as I still think there’s a lot of good things in this test – the difficulty curve is definitely spot on. It starts easy and slowly begins to be harder with each new level. The 50 and 100 milestones are probably the best examples. However I am not a fan of walljumps and pixel hunts as those are just too random (yes I know I made a test which revolves around pixel hunts). It’s enjoyable though and there are still people who are willing to take the 150 level challenge. Would definitely recommend this test to anyone, it’s pretty fun for the most part, though it starts being hard after the first 100 levels. Actually passing it is recommended only for pro players who are willing to spend time on it, but if you just like playing tests casually, passing the first 100 is good enough of an acomplishment.

I like that test It is long and hard :) Good Job ;)