Jazz Jackrabbit 2 Online

Sorry to say, this dissapoints me a bit.

The tileset use of the level is unique and strange, but some tiles just didnt go together. Actually, tons of tiles didnt go together. I have no clue what the backround eyecandy is suppose to be (although it looks rather creative) and the backround looks like slime, but ita not to bad. The gems were used for decoration, im sure, but just looked plain strange and didnt fit in well. The transluscent tiles looked strange as well and looked like they were made out of glass. Creative, but looked kinda ugly, sorry. The sparkling carrots were VERY creative, but again, they just looked wrong. Ammo was placed unevingly, some places being VERY bare, and some places clustered with ammo. Layout wasnt to good, just looked empty and strange. Some tiles were placed extremly creative and looked cool, so they upped the mark a bit. There was ambient lighting, but it didnt make a big of a difference in the rating. The music, though irritating sometimes, fits the level. I didnt see much wrong with the base placement.
Pros: Creativity being unimaginable, very unique and “different”
Cons: Ammo not placed the best, tiles didnt fit together a lot. Music irritated me.
OVERALL: Definately creative and unique, which is why im rating it this high. Unfortunately, the number of cons prevented me from rating this too high. Its an interesting and unique level, worth a download reccomendation.

This is good. well what i am going to tell is it`s Hocus Pocus DOWNlOAD NOW

This is funny, that hocus pocus thing…

FlameWitch, you’re dumb like a turtle shell without turtle inside.

THIS CONVERTION ROCKS!!!

So, whats gonna be next? Maybe Commander Keen in Good-bye Galaxy? :)))

EDIT: forgot the rating :P[This review has been edited by ScionFighter]

AAAAH, ‘twas like a long time ago since I last flew by to check j2o…ow well.. the online scene is so…dead.
I am in the proces of creating a new tileset so I will be coming to more dls soon. ANNNNYWAY, the review:

I have not much to add that hadn’t been said, but out of principle here is something:
the set is grand. Better than the old hocus pocus if you ask me (yes I still have that too). There is only one grade for this kind of work – > 10.
Good looks, good feel, good gameplay, excellent conversion.

I haven’t played the original Hocus Pocus so I cannot comment on how wel it resembles it…

I enjoyed the episode right up until I got to the switch combinations with the white bottle. I really hate that kind of puzzle. It basically forces you to systematically try EVERY combination until you get the right one. I used jjnext every time I encountered one of those from that point on.

I thought the big pixels on the tileset were a bit anoying but I guess that had to be done to keep the scale the same as the original.

On the whole a fun episode. Shame about the combination-puzzles…

[edit] With the combination puzzles out of the way I must say I quite enjoyed it.[This review has been edited by Ninja Dodo]

Well, that’s bad I haven’t seen that game “Hocus Pocus” or whatewer the name is.

Puzzles were really fun, and there was lots of enemies to shoot, that’s good. But seemed that you have exaggerated with the quantity of carrots. I think that in that type of level needs 5-8 carrots, but that is too much. But I noticed there aren’t any savepoints, is that the mean of a big quantity of carrots or, is there so much them because in that game (Hocus Pocus) Were so much those “Healing potions,” and weren’t any savepoints.

Ok, I don’t comment more. The number is 8,2.

I can’t unzip the zip file. For some reason, all 3 of the unzipping programs I tried had errors. I could not open it with:

Stuffit expander
Enzip
Cutezip

I like this pack. It fun.

Edit: Rating Adjusted to a 9.5 because I don’t think I have enough justified to make this a 10. It’s a very fun pack. The only thing I dislike is that when I see the Wizard, I immediately think it is Fooruman. Alas, it is not. ;P[This review has been edited by KJAZZ]

BRILIANT REMAKE OF HOCUS POCUS!!!
GREAT WORK, VIOLET!!!
I like Hocus Pocus. I love this pack. It is great way for future. So originally…
So playable…
Lot of thing in Hocus Pocus are impossible to make in Jazz2. <<< HAHAHA!
Violet showed, it is not true. Now, little of things are impossible, but… we don’t know, if anything is impossible…
Mainly for originallity you get so high rating. Again, GREAT WORK, VIOLET!!!
—-[This review has been edited by Danyjel]

OMG COOL VIOLET
Since i have the first episode of the actual game, i can review these levels accurately.

Level 1: OMG COOL BOARD ON BOTTOM WOW
This level is very accurate and matches the game as best as possible, i like the choice of enemies u used in replace of the dragons, gargoyles and mushrooms. The text is copied well. A strait 10 for this level

Level 2:
In the beginning, i saw at first the ledge was to low and jazz could jump on it, but the suckers, ingenius! Perfect placement of goodies and enemies, and nice spikes and all. Even though it is in the game, there is to much live givers (carrots) which makes this easy and turns this into a 9.
Level 3: Love the music, love the idea where crates fall from the ceiling containing gems, because in hocus, when u busted a wall, occasionally a gem was behind it, this is aa nice way of avoiding the problem that 2 events cannot be on the same tile. I dun think sparks are a good idea though. 9.2
Level 4: Interesting sheild idea, but like i said, sparks not good idea. 9.5
Level 5: Interesting enemy idea, but to plain. IT s sometumes hard to press switches 9.6. Also, to much sheilds make it very easy
Level 6: Hmm….Fake secret….good tileplacement etc. a straight 10.
Level 7 Love music, but why u use bats for giant dragonflies….i would of used ravens, but o well, ur pack a 9.8
Level 8 Same comment as level 7 a 9.8 as well
Level 9: Interesting and hard idea for monks, i like it. But, this level isnt as good as a 10. 9.5
In conclusion, this pack deserves either a 9.5 or a 9.7. and a big fat download recc. thnx cya

Hmmm…
Thats realy mysterious…
I`fe played the shareware of HP and I just can Say one thing:
Its just great! The Lvls are the same than in Original HP! When the other people here that say, I don`t know what I can say other! I give 10!

This is a very good single player pack! Tileset was useful and also trigger scenery was good.(Disappearance of the blocks were very well.)And the switch parts were interesting also. But the enemy types were not so good according to the levels. And the 9.level was a super end boss level.(this must be the longest end boss level in jj2!) Anyway, this pack is one of the best single player levels after a long time

Hmm….I planned on rating this a 9.2, but I have been bribed. Well, not really. But this pack is very good. and here comes a review that will most likely end up being very long.
start review and spoy bashing

Well, when Violet told me he was converting the first episode of Hocus into jj2, I had my doubts. I told spoy about it in the form of calling him foo.
Which I do anyway.
Then, after a long time, I was allowed to play the first level. It was a VERY faithful conversion to the actual game Hocus Pocus…the main difference being the poorly drawn heroes….Normally, hocus is somewhat well drawn, and jazz……is jazz. ;p
Anyway, the level lived up to the game and more. I found it more fun to play than the actual game, truthfully. I enjoyed it more, probably because I get to play as Jazz, who, although isnt at all better drawn, has some good…moves.
Even though we arent supposed to use them, I find it really adds to the game. And, having beaten original Hocus ep. 1, I dont feel too bad. Anyway, it was an incredibly faithful conversion, probably as close as it can get.
Later, I was given the opportunity to play many more levels from the pack. I figured the first one would be the best…..but no! The rest of the levels are also exact conversions. I couldn’t believe that in only a year and 3 months Violet could create something so….good. (no, i’m not saying he makes bad levels ;p) So, I played various levels, which were surprisingly done in no order that I can tell.
Next, after playing most of the 8 levels, the Mad Monks of Mellenwah were finally finished. I couldn’t wait, as the monks are probably the best part in the entire game Hocus Pocus. I eagerly recieved the file from Violet, and went straight to the level in JCS to press run. I dont know why, as my levels list is not full at all. but oh well.
So, i began my long fig ht against the monks. Hard at first, but it was well worth it. THis is probably the most fun I’ve ever had playing a single player Jazz Jackrabbit2 level. And then there’s the music. For some reason, my sound card only worked with Hocus ONCE, and then Hocus wouldn’t detect it. But i DID hear the music from one of the levels……and the music here is a nearly perfect conversion, as is the rest of the pack. The tilesets are perfectly converted, as well. I was amazed that this wasnt one of Spotty’s high-quality type tilesets such as Land Of Blode v5. I let out a sigh of relief, and continued on with my life. Then, a while later, Violet told me he planned to release the Hocus pack. All the levels were done. I was happy. I asked if he’d like an episode file to go with that. So, we set to making one. He did the images, and I created the files. The menu selection text worked well, but it took quite a few tries to get the main image to work. after a while, it did work, though. Vio let then prepared to submit the pack to J2O. I waited. And then, a few hours later (he gave up at first because the pack took forever to upload), the pack was on. and now i reviewed it, as i finally finished almost all of the pack. (still cant beat level5 for some reason).
SO there is some history, and the reason why i hereby give Violet this well-deserved 10. I am very glad that this is such a good conversion of a great game. Download recommendation for sure.

Boy, this is pretty awesome!! Another old game converted to Jazz2! I got some special thanks in that cool outro…and i guess i know why. The whole thing reminds me pretty much of the Blues Brothers remake i tried with some guys (which i like a bit more, esspecially regarding the graphics, but that’s probably not your fault :-).
Unfortunataley, i don’t have the time to give a detailed review of the very good levels and tileset. But i hope i will be able to write one soon.
Then, i will eventually change my rating to fat NiNE POINTS then, too :-)
However, my first impression is that this is definitely one of the ALL TIME TOP 50 DOWNLOADS IN JAZZ2 HISTORY!

VERY COOL!
AND: Its so mysterious how about the Original HP Adventures!
Super!
Mega!
Giga!

sniff he finally did it- he said he would be makin sumthin big- and he did.

Ahem!*

Now review- Great levels- practically exactly like the actual hocus pocus game!

Put as the fist post said bad enemy placement- i know they dont have the same enemies but, for the ememies you could’ve tried “stop enemy” personally, ive never used it. But it might work.

Good join violet, and good luck for making episode 2! (for us that dont have the full version- like me :()[This review has been edited by KILLERRABBIT]

Wow! Nostalgia time! I had the full version of Hocus Pocus, and loved it. These levels are emulated perfectly! It must have taken a lot of work.

The trick with the switches is really cool, however I found it hard at times to flip them just right. Still, a minor complaint. And I also have some others, but they aren’t your fault. Stupid JJ2 drops fastfires from enemies, and makes the game too easy. Oh, and in the boss level, you can get hit while stomping the trigger crate.

The credits level at the end is worth beating the pack for, it is very cool and original.

It was great fun reliving the first episode of Hocus Pocus. Of course, Jazz jumps higher, but not as far, and runs much faster. But that cannot be avoided. Your enemy replacements were usually pretty good choices. Overall, I am very impressed. Great job. You know, I’d love to play the other episodes ;P. (Although they might be a bit more difficult to do, I’d imagine. Like elevators, for instance. Well, I’d give Jazz a hoverboard in the elevator shaft and have fly off zones at the exits.)

I know, we aren’t supposed to ask for the other episodes. Alright, fair enough. I’m still wondering how you converted this so well. Great job! A 9.2 for great levels, and lots of effort.

A 100% perfect conversion! Here Violet, you deserve this! I think this is the first time I give somebody 10!