Review by aiko

Posted:
Posted more than 22 years ago
For: Yoshi's Land
Level rating: 2.2
Rating
3

So why did you post it then at all? Waste of webspace!
The author is right, his level is not really a Top 10 level. It uses a rather interesting Yoshi (Japanese console hero as far as i know) tileset but the tile & event/enemy placement is wrong or bad in most areas. Also, it’s way too short and easy for a single player level, sorry.
However, the author should really go on making levels and if he thinks they are good, he should post them here.

Review by aiko

Posted:
Posted more than 22 years ago
For: Castle Drakemoore
Level rating: 6.2
Rating
6

“Castle Drakemoore” is a very basic battle level that has some nice platforms and the famous module from FC’s “Panic” playing in the background.
But i don’t like custom music for levels that use Epic tilesets, sorry. It doesn’t fit very good here anyways.
The level design and the eyecandy are both kinda boring. It’s still six points because this map allows fluent gameplay. I recommend you to download this only if you like pure hardcore battles.

Review by aiko

Posted:
Posted more than 22 years ago
For: Aztec Adventure
Level rating: 7.4
Rating
7

Cool! Finally something "story based" after a long time. Everything else is great, too. Design and eyecandy are very good and so is the background music (which is another first class module).
The level is only "a tad" too short, as iCED would put it. I could as well give eight points here. But its too easy (about 3 minutes to make it thru’ without cheats) so its very high seven points :-)

Review by aiko

Posted:
Posted more than 22 years ago
For: Warp Center
Level rating: 7.2
Rating
7

Not bad. Eyecandy and design of "Warp Center" are pretty good (except some minor tile placement bugs). It allows a very fluent navigation (means: FUN! :-). Apart from that i don’t have much to say.
Conclusion: another good level that at least every battle fan should check out (of course, all others will like it, too :). Very very low seven points. Maybe i’ll change it to six someday :-)

Review by aiko

Posted:
Posted more than 22 years ago
For: oh_a_sys....
Level rating: 6.2
Rating
N/A

Everything goes into my ratings: including the name, the music, the filesize, the file name, the tileset choice and, surprisingly, the level. And lots of other things prolly. Remember, these are SUBJECTiVE opinions, influenced by EMOTiONS.
And please, ElectroPizza, would you mind not making one comment after the other about our reviews? Better do some reviews yourself :-)

P.S.: This comment will destroy itself in about one week. Because this ain’t a chatboard.

Review by aiko

Posted:
Posted more than 22 years ago
For: oh_a_sys....
Level rating: 6.2
Rating
7

Stupid name as FireClaw already said, but another great battle map by Cmdr. Dats. Just what i need when the winter comes at the shores of northern germany where no beaches are and its raining cats & dogs all day long (greetings to the southern hemisphere :-)
Design is very good and open, as always. Same with the eyecandy. Not much to add. DOWNLOAD NOW, host a server and play to get the summer feeling back (good seven points).

Review by aiko

Posted:
Posted more than 22 years ago
For: The Red Diamond
Level rating: 8.3
Rating
8

"The Red Diamond" is a pretty cool single player level that has a good layout and very good eyecandy. Some ideas for using certain tiles are new and original and if you like small details you will like this.
However, i found it a bit boring to play (maybe thats because i’ve seen too many Diamondus SP levels) and as iCED said, "a tad too short" :-)
Very low eight points but still a MUST DOWNLOAD for everyone.

Review by aiko

Posted:
Posted more than 22 years ago
For: Blade's Battle Pack
Level rating: 9.5
Rating
9

WOW!!! This is so darn cool! First of all, i’d like to say that words aint worth much here…you have to see all the great stuff yourself! But i’ll try to describe what i saw:
"Blade’s Battle Pack" is a huge compilation of six homecooked tilesets and 10 battle/example levels using them.
The tilesets could definitely be described as "AWESOME!", they are just beautiful with all the drawings and details. I already reviewed most of them when they originally came out so i won’t repeat everything. They just ROCK!!!
Same with the levels: completely terrific! design and gameplay as well as a good weapon selection makes this one of my favourite collections of Battle levels of all times.
But this isnt the end…Blade also added custom music files for the levels and he seems to have a VERY very good taste. All of the modules are from scandinavian trackers and thats why they sound pretty demostylish (in other words: WOW!!!).
To finally conclude my review: this is one of the few MUST DOWNLOADS that belong to "la creme de la creme" of the J2O file archive! GET iT NOW! My congratulations to Blade (member of tha iSDN army ™ ;-). I love this pack and will host it a lot!

Review by aiko

Posted:
Posted more than 22 years ago
For: WeIrD cApTuRe
Level rating: 6.8
Rating
7

It’s a Disguise release! What else to say? Seriously: “Weird Capture” is a pretty good Capture the Flag level that uses the “Psych” tileset (which i dont like much but it isn’t used very often so its quite original) and has very good design. The layer work is also pretty cool and, again, kinda original (dang! blame it on my VERY limited english vocabulary ;-).
All in all a great thing that everyone should DOWNLOAD NOW, esspecially the CTF fans around here.
“Disguise” is just the south african word for “quality levels” i think.

Review by aiko

Posted:
Posted more than 22 years ago
For: The Castle
Level rating: 6.2
Rating
6

Not much to say here. I think this battle level is VERY slightly above the average: the design and eyecandy (back layers are okay, fore layers aren’t) is okay, not much to complain. But the level itself is too small and boring (heard about events? :-). However, weapon selection is okay, too. Nothing special. Of course, the author didnt forget the usual annoying bugs: no background music, wrong next level setting.
I don’t know if i should recommend to download “The Castle” (sorry, but boy, thats a boring name!) or not. But as FoD said: if you like small battle maps…(low six points!)

Review by aiko

Posted:
Posted more than 22 years ago
For: Africa
Level rating: 8.2
Rating
8

Oh yeah, this really really rocks! This “Africa” tileset by one of my favourite level & tileset creators Disguise is a tribute to his “continent” (which is in a very difficult situation but thats an other story) and the landscapes down there.
It has all elements a tileset needs (like backgrounds, objects for the fore layers etc.) and really looks beautiful. The author also included five cool CTF levels (actually one level but using different background: lowlands, jungle, desert and night) that have very good design and eyecandy.
The background music is pretty “chiptunish”/demostyle so it has to be cool (Besides, it fits perfectly!).
To sum it up: this is a super l33t tileset and a MUST DOWNLOAD FOR EVERYONE interested in Jazz2 (high eight points!).

Review by aiko

Posted:
Posted more than 22 years ago
For: Jazz 2 Winamp Skin
Level rating: 3.4
Rating
3

You two guys…WinAmp is much cooler than "iCQ" :) Or can you listen to 44 KhZ music in "iCQ"? Prolly not :)
However, this skin isn’t very good. The graphics doesnt fit for the WinAmp interface, sorry and are obviously made in 10 minutes or so. There was a better J2 skin made by Haze as far as i remember. This aint worth a download (only my opinion).

P.S.: This aint a chatboard. Better visit the JMMB for that purposes.

Review by aiko

Posted:
Posted more than 22 years ago
For: Brinxtacha
Level rating: 7.7
Rating
7

What else would you expect from Commander Dats than a great level using DethMan’s awesome 7th Lava tileset. Here is another one (good design and weapon selection, good eyecandy, quality music choice [but this one is really WAY too large]).
In short: DOWNLOAD NOW!

Review by aiko

Posted:
Posted more than 22 years ago
For: Christmass hills
Level rating: 7
Rating
7

Well, Laguna produces lots of levels but you won’t see anything bad from him.
This is another good example: it has a very open style, a good weapon selection and is pretty playable.
There isn’t much eyecandy but thats mainly because of the limitations of the custom tileset used (NewSpaz’s Christmas set, which is quite good either!). The background module is okay, nothing special, just the usual christmas sound.
All in all "Christmass hills" is a cool thing to download for Christmas (thats means in December not already in October or November ;-). Lets Battle (Low seven stars))!

Review by aiko

Posted:
Posted more than 22 years ago
For: early easter
Level rating: 3.9
Rating
4

iCeD already mentioned everything…
lots of useless sucker tubes, bad tile placement, no next level setting, bad design so its hard to navigate and so on…
The music also doesn’t fit very good in this level, i think. So if you want to download this, don’t say i didn’t warn you :-)
Very very very LOW four points. I’m still undecided between three and four points…

Review by aiko

Posted:
Posted more than 22 years ago
For: Newspaz's Christmasy Set.
Level rating: 7.2
Rating
7

Not bad, this tileset. It features some snowy landscapes and some additional christmas goodies.
I don’t care if you want to hear my opinion on the example level: Its unfinished and it doesnt look very good. You should have spent more time on that.
Apart from that, i don’t have much to say here. It is a good tileset that everyone should download for christmas and make a level or two out of it.

Review by aiko

Posted:
Posted more than 22 years ago
For: Checkmate
Level rating: 2.8
Rating
3

I agree with Blade here. Pretty useless tileset (only 19 tiles, most of them just black/white squares or edited graphics of Jazz/Spaz.
The example level isn’t worth downloading either (well, a textured background and some layer animations doesnt automatically make a good level). Sorry, its always a pity but i can’t give a download recommendation here.
Oh and one thing, in my opinion it doesn’t make sense to waste J2O webspace with completely unfinished stuff (like this).

Review by aiko

Posted:
Posted more than 22 years ago
For: Mediev(i)al battle
Level rating: 6.7
Rating
7

Another very handy level from the Netherlands. Laguna seems to like this classic battle style using a very open design, which i appreciate.
The eyecandy is good but i think it still could need more. Weapon selection is good also.
All in all a good download for all passionate roasters! Not much to critize (or to praise :-).
I was very undecided if to give six or seven points. Maybe i’ll decrease the rating once in a while, who knows :-)

Review by aiko

Posted:
Posted more than 22 years ago
For: Hallowe'en Hare 99
Level rating: 7.6
Rating
7

Helloween Hare 99 is a very good single player pack that contains two levels using JJ1 tilesets, which arent used too often.
The design is great and allows very easy navigating and fluent gameplay. The eyecandy is okay (there are some real nice details).
The reason why i decided to give seven instead of a eight points is that the pack is way too easy! The author should have put lots more enemies and less savepoints.
Also, i didnt hear any music in "Bloxonius Bunny" (should be "xmas2.s3m" i guess).
But overall, these two levels will bring you 10 minutes of pure single player fun! A GREAT DOWNLOAD (High seven points)!

Bobby: TSF rocks!

Review by aiko

Posted:
Posted more than 22 years ago
For: Burning rock!
Level rating: 3
Rating
N/A

Admins: this should better be deleted, so that the guy gets a chance to re-upload a working version.
By the way: you should calm down a bit, chris11, and spend more time on working on your levels.

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