Review by DarkSonic

Posted:
Posted more than 21 years ago
For: Electronic Malfunction
Level rating: 6
Rating
6.2

Ok, I saw this level in Blur’s server and it was passworded and I dont like to host, so I will review it now.
Gameplay: Okay. This isnt good, but there are some nice tubes and some springs, the balance isn’t too good, because there is a blue spring at the left side and no one at the right side to get the Full Energy.
Eye Candy: Good. This is good, although the background is confusing. The other eye candy was quite good, though.
Pickup placement: Good. I cant say I like it, there are too many power-ups and too little amount of ammo. But, I think of it’s good, though. There was a full energy, not really good placed, because you need to jomp to get it. The left side has a spring to get it, the other side doesnt. Also, you can get it with Spaz the easiest. I dont know if you can get it with Jazz, I haven’t tested.
Others: Download this: No.
Host this: No.
I can say this is a quite good first level.
I give the level a 6.2.

Review by DarkSonic

Posted:
Posted more than 21 years ago
For: Un-named Battle pack
Level rating: 8.4
Rating
8.5

Ok, this pack wasn’t rated by me, but it’s great. So, I gonna give a long review at this.
To the Darkness
Gameplay: Good/Very Good. It’s quite good, it’s not too small (what some users say), the spring placement is good, etc.
Eye candy: Good. The eye candy here isn’t that good. This tileset isn’t a tileset with a lot of eye candy for your levels.
Pickup placement: Good/Very Good. This is almost very good, it reminds me from Distopia, only it’s a bit worse.
The food factory
Gameplay: Good. This is good, but it’s quite annoying such at the place of the springs that go horizontal.
Eye candy: Good/Very Good. This is nice, but there could be more, such as at the right side of the level.
Pickup placement: Good/Very Good. This is nice, but at the start you find a gun9 PU. I dont think thats a good idea. The other ammo and food (which is in this level of course) is good placed. The other PU’s also are good placed.
Crystal MaNiA
Gameplay: Good/Very Good. I like the gameplay here, but it’s not perfect. It’s a quite small level, but the gameplay is very good for a small one. The only thing that keeps me from giving this very good is the size.
Eye candy: Very Good. This is absolutely the best aspect of the level, I loved the eye candy here. It just r0x. There is lots of stuff in the layers, and an original background too.
Pickup placement: Good/Very Good. This is also nice, but there could be some more ammo in some places. The power-up and carrot placement is good, every level has 1 full energy of this pack, though. There is a few food, and thats not really unnecessary.
The Space Fortress
Gameplay: Good/Very Good. This is again almost very good, but just as the other levels, if it was bigger, it would be very good, though. The spring placement was good, and the layout and flow were also good enough to make it good/very good.
Eye candy: Very Good. Again a level with lots of eye candy. I loved it also here. Lots of stuff in layer 3, 4 and 5, with some planes in layer 1. Nice. The other layers also had some stuff. That’s also very nice.
Pickup placement: Good/Very Good. This is also almost very good, but again, it could be bigger. If it was bigger and had this ammo placement, it was very good. So that means the power-up and carrot placement was good too.
Ok, I could type a longer review, but I will just do it with this one.
Others: Host this: Sure.
Download recommendation: Yes.
To the Darkness: 8
The food Factory: 7.7
Crystal MaNiA: 9.
The Space Fortress: 8.6
This means I give a 8.5 for this great pack. the average rating is exactly 8.325, but because I’m nice, I give a 8.5. Almost a great job, The ChaiR aka Snooz aka NiQ. [This review has been edited by da man]

Review by DarkSonic

Posted:
Posted more than 21 years ago
For: HappyCTF
Level rating: 8.9
Rating
9

Ok, this is gonna be my 100st review. I will review them in one time and it wont be a long one.
Gameplay: Very Good. Every level has excellent gameplay, but some levels are small(Happy Hell and Happy Jungle CTF). I loved the gameplay in Happy Semiconductor and Happy Castle CTF.
Eye candy: Very Good. Every level has a lot of eye candy, especially Happy Castle, Semiconductor and Desert CTF.
Pickup placement: Very Good. This is also very good, there is enough ammo and one carrot in every level. Some levels had also some +1 carrots, though. The power-up placement is also vey good.
Others: This levels are very original. The layouts are sometimes confusing but it’s very good, though.
Host this: Some levels are hosted a lot, such as Happy Semiconductor CTF, but the others aren’t overhosted. I will give this awesome pack a 9. Great job, stripe!

Review by DarkSonic

Posted:
Posted more than 21 years ago
For: Prime Retribution
Level rating: 8.6
Rating
8.5

Ok, I just want to review this pack.
CTF levels:
One Spot
Gameplay: Good/Very Good. I agree with LRK, but the flow isn’t that bad. The base placement is original. The Full Energy placement is also original.
Eye Candy: Very Good. I loved the eye candy. It was just very good. Nothing bad about it. Excellent Sprite layer eye candy, good background enz…
Pickup placement: Very Good. It’s also very good. Although one place only had a bouncer Power-up, other places had a lot more. But there is enough ammo for every player. The carrot placement is good too.
The Melting Point
Gameplay: Good/Very Good. It’s a small level, but the gameplay is nice. It’s original that you used the wind to get the carrots.
Eye Candy: Very Good. Well, I think that it’s very good here. There is enough stuff to make it very good.
Pickup placement: Good/Very Good. It’s also nice. There is one Carrot and Power-Up at each side, and another Power-Up in the middle. There is no Full Energy, though. Well, I don’t think that’s bad, cause it’s a small level.
Medieval Skyscrapers
Gameplay: Very Good. This level is absolutely a new top level. The gameplay r0x of course then. I can’t say more about it.
Eye Candy: Very Good. This is also very good. This level is probably one of the levels with the best eye candy.
Pickup placement: Very Good. This is also very good. I won’t say all the things, because others already said.
Non-Typical Battle
Gameplay: Good/Very Good. It’s not perfect or very good, but it’s nice. Good use of springs, Tubes and float ups, but the only thing is that it’s too small for a very good gameplay.
Eye Candy: Very Good. Every level of this pack has very good eye candy, so this also has. The background is also original.
Pickup placement: Good/Very Good. This level doesnt have a lot of ammo, but it’s good spread.
Well, I guess this was my longest review so far.
One Spot: 8.6.
The Melting Point: 8.3.
Medieval Skyscrapers: 9.
Non-Typical Battle: 8.2.
34.1:4=8.525=8.5. Almost great job, I will just say that this levelpack r0x.
da man

Review by DarkSonic

Posted:
Posted more than 21 years ago
For: Salad Dish *finished again*
Level rating: 6.7
Rating
6.5

Ok, I will give this a review.
Gameplay: Good. It’s quite good. There are some vines and the layout isn’t that bad. The spring placement could be better, though.
Eye candy: Okay. It’s good, but it’s over-used I think. Too many things in layer 4, 6 and 7. Also, there are many tilebugs. That makes it Bad/Okay.
Pickup placement: Good. This is also quite good, but I think there are too many Power-Ups. I found 5 of them. Toaster, Blaster, Bouncer, Seeker and RF. The Seeker Power-up ruins the gameplay as some users say, but this one is in a bonus and that’s much better. Also, no Full Energy. I also think there is too many Fast Fire.
Others: Host this: No.
Download this: I don’t think so.
7.5 is overrating, I give 6.5.

Review by DarkSonic

Posted:
Posted more than 21 years ago
For: High Volume CTF
Level rating: 8.5
Rating
8.5

Ok, I want to review this.
Gameplay: Good/Very Good. I like it, spring placement is very good, only the level is quite small, if it was that big with this gameplay, it was very good.
Eye candy: Very Good. I loved it. This is how you need to use this tileset. I don’t care about that it’s overused.
Pickup placement: Good/Very Good. The ammo placement is really good, but you must get up again to get the ammo at some places. There are more levels which have that. The amount of ammo was very good. The carrot placement was also good.
Others: Well, this wasn’t a long review, but this level does rock, and FS also does. I give this level a 8.5.

Review by DarkSonic

Posted:
Posted more than 21 years ago
For: Galactic Warfare
Level rating: 8.3
Rating
8.2

Ok, I gotta review this level.
Gameplay: Good/Very Good. It’s excellent, there are a few springs but you can’t put many here. The balance and flow are nice, if you learn the left side you learn the right too. And others is also good.
Eye candy: Good/Very Good. It’s well-done. There could be some more in some places, it would be a higher rating and maybe it will be very good then.
Pickup placement: Good/Very Good. There is not that many but there is space between the ammo and the power-ups are good placed. One power-up at each side and the third in the middle-center of the level. Nice. The Full Energy is also good placed, of course. In a symmetrical level it’s always easy to put a Full Energy at the right place.
Others: Host this: Yes, I will host it sometimes.
Download this: Yes.
Good job Snooz, your best level. I give a 8.2.

Review by DarkSonic

Posted:
Posted more than 21 years ago
For: Hare's Lairs (Reloaded)
Level rating: 5.5
Rating
5.5

Ok, I am gonna give this a review.
Gameplay: Bad. I’m sorry, but this is bad, this level has one of the most confusing layouts of all levels. The flow is bad, it’s just a very strange level.
Eye candy: Good. I must say this is good, but its also confusing and not very good at all. There are also too many secrets and that is not really good at all too.
Pickup placement: Bad/Okay. I can say this is OK, but this is a very big level with not alot of ammo. There are some crates with ammo, but they’re all at one place. Other places had not many, such as the start with only some bouncers and a few freezers. I didnt look at the amount of power-ups, and I didnt even find one. So, I don’t know how many there were but I should say that this level needs 4 or so. There are carrots, but I should say there are too many of them.
Others: Well, I have some advice. Just make your levels not that big as this one. Also, don’t make a too confusing layout. Don’t put strange events in the level. Don’t put too many crates in your levels. Don’t put too many carrots in your levels. Make it more open. Well, I hope your next levels will be better.
Host this often: No.
Download this: Nah.
I give this level a 5.5.

Review by DarkSonic

Posted:
Posted more than 21 years ago
For: Swampie Flags
Level rating: 4.8
Rating
4.7

Ok, let me give a fun review.
Gameplay: Bad/Okay. It’s bad cause its hard to get around and there was a hidden spring. I saw dead ends and there was no border around the level, which means a flag bug.
Eye candy: Good. The eye candy is good, cause everyone who uses this tileset makes good eye candy. Its a small level and if it was bigger I’d give it good/very good.
Pickup placement: Bad/Okay. Sorry, this is also bad. There were a few carrot+1 instead of Full Energy. Thats bad. There was almost no ammo and there were no power-ups too. Also, two carrots were hidden in a wall and they were placed near the base. Also, one carrot was closer to the red base.
Others: The music doesnt fit the level. And: the red base was floating. LOL. Well, I dont know if this is your best level, And I cant wait for BlurredD his review. For now, I give a 5.2.
P.S. I think that I overrated. So I give it now a 4.7[This review has been edited by da man]

Review by DarkSonic

Posted:
Posted more than 21 years ago
For: Sky Hell and Sea
Level rating: 6.1
Rating
6

Ok, time to review.
Gameplay: Good. Its a small level, but the gameplay is good for a level of it’s size. There were coins and a coin warp too. The spring placement was good, its quite fun yes. There were too many MP starts, though.
Eye candy: Good. Its good, but not too many in this level. Some use in layer 5 and in 3 something and something in the sprite layer 4. Thats standard, which makes the eye candy good.
Pickup placement: Okay. It was not too spectacular, there were way too many power-ups and its a small level so thats something really unnecessary. The rest of the ammo was ok placed, and the coins too. There was some fast fire, that is good, but I think that four is too many for a level of this size. Also, there were too many carrots, which means, the pickup placement was good, but some pickups were overused, so that makes it okay.
Other: Host: No.
Download: No, not recommended.
My rating is 6.

Review by DarkSonic

Posted:
Posted more than 21 years ago
For: J2VF: Floating Fortress
Level rating: 7.7
Rating
7.5

Ok, time to review this level
Gameplay: Good/Very Good. Excellent gameplay, great balance, the level is small. That its small is not bad, but the two ways that go up at every base, could be better cause you can camp there and there is not many space in there.
Eye candy: Good/Very Good. Also, excellent eye candy, although some places(like BlurredD said)have less then others.
Pickup placement: Good/Very Good. Excellent placed, but three power-ups is maybe 1 too many, but its OK, cause my levels often have three power-ups too. Thats the only thing what keeps it from very good. The Full Energy was just in the middle, but if it’s a symmetrical level that’s always good.
Overall: Good/Very Good level.
Host often: Sometimes.
Download this: Yes.
My Rating is ¤7.5¤

Review by DarkSonic

Posted:
Posted more than 21 years ago
For: Polyglotics
Level rating: 7.8
Rating
8

Ok, I review this.
Gameplay: Good/very good. Excellent gameplay, great balance, the size of the level isnt that good, that water makes it a funny level, and the use of suckertubes is very good
Eye candy: Good/Very Good. Alse excellent eye candy, but not enough to make it very good.
Pickup placement: Good/Very Good. Its also excellent, but there are two things:
1. Why is there a RF powerup at the left side and no one at the right side?
2. There is a bouncer power-up at the right side with at the other side a Blaster. I dont think that that’s fair, cause bouncers are better I think. There was 1 other: Seeker, with a Full Energy above it. That’s good.
Overall: Excellent level.
Host often: yes, but not every day.
Download: Yes
I give this level a 8. Good job;).

Review by DarkSonic

Posted:
Posted more than 21 years ago
For: A CTF LEVEL BASED ON SPACE
Level rating: 6.4
Rating
6.7

ok, I am first rater.
Gameplay: Good. It is good, but I saw many warps on JCS that are unnecessary. Spring placement was good, and the level is small.
Eye candy: Good. There was not that many, the background was good and the sprite layer and layer 3 didnt have alot. layer 5 also didnt. Other layers were used too, except 1.
Pickup placement: Good. This is the best point in the level , although there was not many. There were 2 +1 carrots, which one at each base. Its not that good, cause one full energy in the middle should be better. There were 2 power-ups. There is not many space between them, the bouncer is closer to the red, the toaster to the blue.
Others: Host often: Not often, 1 or 2 times maybe.
Download: maybe.
I give this level a 6.7[This review has been edited by da man]

Review by DarkSonic

Posted:
Posted more than 21 years ago
For: J2Vf : Fifty Feeds Later ( Updated )
Level rating: 7.9
Rating
8

Ok, I am first rater. Finally!
Gameplay: Good. Its good, but not better then that. There were only a few springs. You used some sucker tube, thats nice. There was a coin warp which is original in battle levels. Its almost good/very good.
Eye candy: Very Good. I loved it, although it was confusing in some places. Excellent sprite layer eye candy and other layers were used too. Not all layers were used but its very good.
Pickup placement: Good/Very Good. Some good ammo placed although there was some ice too and some carrots. Thats good. The bonus has a Seeker Power-up and a Full Energy, it could be more in a bonus of 20 but OK. There were four other power-ups, Bouncer, Ice, Toaster and Blaster. I think that four power-ups is too many in a level of this size.
I gonna give this level a 8 and a download recommendation. Good job, Dx;)
You may also host this. Bad that its 1.24 cause I could include it in my pack with the best 1.23 levels of 2003.[This review has been edited by da man]

Review by DarkSonic

Posted:
Posted more than 21 years ago
For: Spider Swamp
Level rating: 8.5
Rating
8.5

Ok, I want to review this great level.
Gameplay: Good/Very Good. Excellent gameplay, but, some places without springs. It would be perfect if there were some springs in some other places.
Eye candy: Very Good. I loved the eye candy, everywhere in the level was something to see. I cant give a perfect for it cause there is not on every place the same amount of eye candy. On some places there could be not the same as in others, but its very good, though
Pickup placement: Good/Very Good. Ammo placement was very nice, the pickup placement too, but there could be more ammo in some places. There were a few carrots, which is good. The power-up placement was also nice.
Overall: Good/Very Good level. Almost very good, which means a 8.5
Host this: Of course
Download: A big download recommendation for this excellent level

Review by DarkSonic

Posted:
Posted more than 21 years ago
For: Battle in the castle (1.1)
Level rating: 7.9
Rating
8

Ok, I promised to give a review, I saw that this level is uploaded, so here I go.
Gameplay: Good/Very Good. Excellent gameplay, but there are places where you run in for some ammo and you need to go back. Thats a con but for the rest, excellent gameplay.
Eye candy: Good/Very Good. Very nice eye candy here, but there could be more in some places. But its well-done.
Pickup placement: Good/Very Good. It’s also nice, but there could be more ammo cause it is a big level. That coin warp was not too good, though. 6 Fast fire for 10 coins and 1 Seeker power-up and some Seeker ammo for 20. The rest of the ammo was nice placed.
Others:
Download: Yes.
Host: Yes. Maybe I will host it sometimes for Satan cause he can’t host.
Overall: Good/Very Good level. I give it also a 8. Nice work.

Review by DarkSonic

Posted:
Posted more than 21 years ago
For: Wasted Time
Level rating: 7.8
Rating
7.7

Ok ,here is my review
Gameplay: Good. It is good but it is a quite hard level and there were some places where it was annoying such as that place with that trigger crate where you need to stomp and where a sucker tube is that brings you back right. The rest was good.
Eye candy: Good/Very Good. It was very good, but there were some places with overused eye candy.
Pickup placement: Good/Very Good.
There was good ammo placement, there could be more carrots in it but that’s ok. The food placement was very good, I think.
Other:
Download: Yes
Overall Rating: 7.7
[This review has been edited by da man]

Review by DarkSonic

Posted:
Posted more than 21 years ago
For: 3 in 1 Battlepack
Level rating: 6.5
Rating
6.5

Ok, I am not going to give a rating at each subject from now on.
Jungle Battle
Gameplay: Bad/Okay. It was quite good, but the spring placement was bad and there were dead ends.
Eyecandy: Good. It was good for a small level, not more then that
Pickup placement: Good. It was also good, but you could select other types of ammo. There was a Full Energy so it can also be a CTF level. I saw two powerups, Seeker and Blaster. Well, I already said, I think one powerup is enough.
Rating for this level a 6.2
Labrat Battle
Gameplay: good. It was good this time. Good spring placement and no dead ends.
Eyecandy: good. It was also good for a small level.
Pickup placement: Good. There were 4 types of ammo used in 5 groups of 9. There were also some fast fires. Also, there were chests of ammo. The level also has a full energy, so it also can be a small CTF level. There were two powerups, Blaster and Toaster this time.
Rating for this level a 6.7
Diamondus Battle
Gameplay: Good. It was good, but this time I liked some other colors of the springs. Example: There was a red spring which could be a blue spring.
Eyecandy: Good. It’s still good, and the eyecandy in this one was the best of the 3 levels.
Pickup placement: Good. There were 4 weapons used, and 1 in two crates. 4 of the weapons you used are the ones I also do in my levels. There were also some fast fires here. And a full energy, so I can say this pack can also be a CTF pack. There were also 2 powerups ( this time Seeker and Blaster ).
Rating for this level a 6.7
6.7+6.7+6.2:3+6.520=6.5
-da man

Review by DarkSonic

Posted:
Posted more than 21 years ago
For: Diamondus CTF
Level rating: 6.1
Rating
6

Ok, this will be a fun review.
Gameplay: Okay. There were dead ends and there was a flag bug. Also, I would like to put one blue spring in the place of the full energy instead of that platforms without one. the spring placement was good, so that makes it okay.
Rating:5.7
Eyecandy: Okay. It was ok, but I would like more caves that would be good. The other things were okay too.
Rating:6
Pickup placement: Good. It was quite good, but there were too many crates of ammo and there wasn’t many ammo in the other places. There was one powerup, the blaster powerup. I think that a small level like this doesn’t need more than one powerup, so that’s good. The Full energy was good placed.
Rating:6.5
Others: It’s an okay, but small level.
The final rating:6.5+6+5.7:3+6.066666=6

Review by DarkSonic

Posted:
Posted more than 21 years ago
For: Martian Megatropolis
Level rating: 8.7
Rating
8.2

Ok, here is my review.
Gameplay: Good/Very Good. It was very good. There was good spring placement but that horizontal springs were annoying. You don’t have to jump alot that’s very good. There are dead ends, that’s the only bad.
Rating: 7.8.
Eyecandy: Very good. The eyecandy was also very good. There were lots of things in layer 3 and 5, and the other layers were used good too.
Rating:8.6
Pickup placement: Good/Very good. It was almost very good, but I liked to use one type of ammo less, that would be good. The other ammo was good, because it was on the platform and not above. The full NRG was in the middle, thats good.
Rating: 8.2
The final rating: 8.2+9+8.7=8.633333=8.2. Edit: 8.7 seems too high, but this is an 8.2.
[This review has been edited by da man]

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