Jazz Jackrabbit 2 Online

Can’t compete with all the great tilesets and levels here (they probably need more time), but it’s quite original, i guess.

P.S.:
I always knew that you dutchmen are weirdos :-)

Yay! Very good idea to make a good single player level using the awesome Inferno Night set. It’s one of my favourite tilesets and it’s quite hard to use in the JCS.
But the resulting level is pretty cool: design and eyecandy are great (the layer with the snowflakes is very neat in my opinion) and the enemy placement fits well. Same with the background music tune (qsystem51.j2b).
Overall, “The Hive” is a great thing to DOWNLOAD. I would recommend you to DO THAT NOW (very high seven points)!

Very basic tileset but still useful because it features some helpful geometrical structures. As Gargoyle stated, it’s pretty colourful and it has a neat (3D) background.
The example level is okay but it’s also very simple and doesn’t have a "Jazz start" (makes it harder for me to test you know :-).

P.S.:
I hope the "Pain Shop" above is a typo. And please don’t use reviews for chat :-)

Okay, actually i dislike edited and re-uploaded stuff (because its kinda annoying for the reviewer :-) but here we go AGAIN…

A slightly edited old review for a slightly edited old level:
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Unfinished Epic map? Hmmm.
However, despite its quite old (i had the old version from J2C for some reason :-), "Retro Wasteland" are two pretty good single player levels.
The levels have a great design und neat eyecandy. Only downfall is that they are too easy (even easier than the original Epic/Orange levels) and not too original. The new music from Sweden fits better than old one from Finland (it was by PM though, you should STILL bow down to him! He was the master! :-).
Overall, i recommend this as a DOWNLOAD for EVERYONE. It’s five minutes of pure parallax scrolling 2D fun :-)
Still seven points.

"Total Insanity" is a nice tileset in my opinion. It has some useful platform structures, some basic animations and loads of useless stuff* like pictures of Devan, letter tiles, bulbs etc.. (I fear hotel makers will like it.). The author also included a confusing example/battle level which is below the average.
However, i think it’s very low six points from me.

*No doubt, i liked the "Supersheep" and the cows…

For some reason, i don’t feel like writing another long review on this.
It’s a bunch of thirteen levels, two custom music files and the J2LC "easter" tileset. The author tried to write a story around it and used loads of text events to explain it.
Unfortunately, the design of the levels is, apart from some interesting ideas (Frog, witch etc.), quite boring and below the average. But there are also some very annoying "bugs" like the "Type JJNXT to complete" idea, bad tile placement, horrible enemy placement, the supermarket level (nice idea but annoying because it’s overdone) etc etc..
Same with the layer work. KJAZZ used three of the easy to use and extremly overused tilesets: Carrotus, Castle, Diamondus (apart from the one Jungle level :-).
The background music is weird, somehow, and the music selection doesn’t fit in all places.
And yes, it’s seems to be inspired by stripe’s AS. I didn’t find the "Credits level" by the way.
As you can see, i pretty much agree with iCED (as always).
I don’t recommend to download this pack.

KJAZZ: gradually it gets boring. I only can repeat it one more time: SPEND MORE TIME ON YOUR LEVELS. PLEASE!!!

Where is the original Red’n‘White set? I planned to cut and paste parts of my review from there. Wasn’t it at J2O?

First off all, blue is my favourite colour so i’m sorry to say that i’m very biased here.
No, seriously: “Blue world” (which i already downloaded at UJ or was it J2C?) is definitely one of my elite Top 50 tilesets. It has everything a good set needs plus loads of useful structures and many other goodies like tubes, signs, numbered blocks, textured backgrounds, rain etc..
Tileset guru Disguise also jampacked the ZIP with four (one for each effect…like rain, 3d background etc.) neat example levels that show how his sets should be used. The design and eyecandy in those battle levels is definitely first class (very open and playable).
Even if that “Eiffel 65” techno tune back in ’99 was a bit too cheap ;-)
Apart from that, “Blue world” is an absolute MUST DOWNLOAD for everyone! GET IT NOW!!!

Sure, "Midnight Battle" is, despite its unoriginal name, a very decent battle map.
The platform placement is very good and so is the eyecandy. The selection and placement of weapons could have been improved in my opinion (you should make it harder to get lots of weapons and esspecially power-ups).
I think Jazz fans will like this level so don’t hesitate to DOWNLOAD iT.
(However, i’m kinda sick of Diamondus levels, thats why its low seven points.)

“Spiral” is another very basic, simple battle map by Gargoyle.
The layout is okay and somehow original but there is a major lack of eyecandy (below the average) and it’s a tad too small in my opinion. The tileset choice is boring, too. And the background music is kinda chiptunish (01d5k001!) but still a bit annoying :-)
Overall, its slightly below the average (very high four points).

"Jungle BunnyWar" are two old battle levels that are kinda different (i like that :-). The layout is, as the author, mentioned, quite flat and also a bit boring in my opinion. The eyecandy is only very slightly above the average (i liked the "forest" in level 2, though).
The music choice (hell.j2b) doesnt fit that good from my view.
However, battle fans will like this in any case. They and all other level collectors should click on DOWNLOAD.

P.S.: battlelevel1 and battlelevel2 aren’t very handy as filenames (for hosting for example and some other reasons).

"An Impossible Mission" is another pretty nice level from Arjans home country :-) The use of the MEZ02 tileset is very interesting and kinda original. Layout and eyecandy are good. The background music is from Jazz1 so it has to be good and it fits okay here in MY opinion.
Overall, i didn’t find any real flaws.
Without any doubt A GREAT DOWNLOAD for every battle fan (very HiGH six points).

Mercy? Always. But this is a site where levels are reviewed and rated so…bad luck, Gargoyle :-) And i’m not the only rater. If other reviewers like the level, the average rating will increase.

The level uses the easy to use-MEZ01 set, has a very simple layout and, as iCeD said, hardly any eyecandy. The background music is from JJ2’s Race mode. The usual minor(!) tile placement errors are also included (hide Jazz after foreground layers etc.).
If Unreal looks like this level, i finally know a reason why i didn’t buy Unreal :-)
Not my favourite download (EXTREMELY LOW four points).

Unfinished Epic map? Hmmm.
However, despite its quite old (i had the old version from J2C for some reason :-), “Retro Wasteland” is a pretty good single player pack (it includes a bonus map).
The main level has a great design und neat eyecandy. Only downfall is that it is too easy (even easier than the original Epic/Orange levels) and not too original. Also, the music by Purple Motion^FC (Bow down to him! He was the master! :-) doesn’t fit here at all in my opinion.
Overall, i recommend this as a DOWNLOAD for EVERYONE. It’s five minutes of pure parallax scrolling 2D fun :-)
Low seven points.

“Emerald Forest” has proper design and eyecandy and uses the Diamondus tileset (not my favourite set). But the gameplay isn’t fluent enough and the use of hurt events was not the best idea. All in all, an average level that collectors may want to download. I don’t know.

Another decent battle map by Laguna.
Design and eyecandy are pretty good and it uses one of my favourite tilesets.
The stopwatches behind the ice are kinda original (and annoying :-) and the background music sounds pretty cheap (the original freeze.j2b would have been a much better choice; custom music for Epic tilesets isn’t a good idea most of the times).
But Battle fans will like this anyways so they should DOWNLOAD NOW. Lucky LOW seven points from me.

Newest.j2t tileset for the warm-up.j2l is not included and therefore not working. If there were a working re-upload function…;-)))

PLEASE check your ZiPs before uploading :-)

Despite the fact, i still didn’t manged to finish this awesome pack by Kejero, i will give a short review (i hope you allow me to do so).
First of all, "Tomb Rabbit" is probably the most original homecooked creation for Jazz2 i’ve ever seen.
As the advertisements promised, it really is a whole new "Adventure", that includes 18 superb levels and three all-new-tilesets (one of them for the credits of the episode).
The tilesets alone are completely breathtaking with all their useful and beautiful tiles. Definitely some of the best tilesets there are.
The levels itself, as the heart of the pack, pretty much introduce a new style of level design. There are so many original puzzles, obstacles and secrets, you have to see yourself to believe it. You already noticed it: the design is UNBELIEVABLE! It rocks!!!
Same with eyecandy. You will love it!
My only complaint is that the author adjusted the difficulty level a bit too unfair. "Tomb Rabbit" is by far the hardest SP pack i ever played and in some places it gets a bit too extreme.
However, to create the mystical atmosphere of an ancient egyptian temple, the author also included some very awesome background modules by some of the best trackers out there (Jogeir L. to name an example). The music really fits well in all places.
In addition to that, i really love the way Kejero explained and illustrated everything in his readme files (one readme would have been enough tho’ :-).
I admit that i am a bit undecided about the rating for this iNCREDiBLE pack. I hope you allow me to give out SUPER HiGH nine points in advance, because what i’ve seen so far is MOST EXCELLENT!, but i still didn’t finished it. Unfortunately i got stuck in some places very often so that i wasnt able to make it even using cheats. Maybe i’ll change the rating to a 10 later :-)
If you don’t DOWNLOAD this pack iMMEDiATELY, you can’t be a Jazz2 fan.

If you think i was too rude, i am sorry.
However, i never mean to attack someone personally. I just don’t like the levels you released so far. They need A LOT more work. And i never said i could do better. Of course, you are allowed to rate and review my levels and programs here at J2O as well.
On a side note, i recommend you, KJAZZ, to read my article on reviews. It could be of interest because it has the same topic.

P.S.: My english vocabulary is pretty limited so maybe it sometimes sounds more rude than it was meant to be. Sorry. Do you speak german? :-)

Hmmm, KJAZZ, no offense…but did you actually notice that you released A WHOLE LOT of levels that got a average rating far below the average. Maybe you should focus a bit more on quality instead of quantity (did i mention "spend more time on it"? :-).
Oh well, here is another one using Everlasting’s cool "Jazzed Realm" set. It is supposed to be a demo of a pack, and to be honest, i hate DEMOs of levels and packs. Better finish your thing even if it takes a long time. If we would all post Demos of our stuff, this site would be even more flooded with useless files.
Now, to the good sides: i like the idea that its story-based. Makes it a lot more interesting. But don’t over do it. The number of text events is limited.
And on a side note: this is very obviously inspired by "Another Story" (btw "Story" is a VERY boring name, KJAZZ).
Unfortunately i didnt managed to find the stomp scenery at the beginning without cheating (JCS :-). Confusing design. And very blocky.
Apart from that, there is hardly any eyecandy. Music is the example file of ModPlug Tracker; not exceptional but ok.

And, this review is too long. Poof.