Jazz Jackrabbit 2 Online

Dan, you were supposed to be turned into the frog. It’s part of the story, you have no choice but to exit the level.

Nice. VERY nice.
My rating system: Very good, good, okay, bad, very bad.

Eyecandy: Good / Very good
Things I’ve never seen done here are present, and there are hardly any bugs that you can notice without looking in every secret wall you can find. No avoidable errors.

Bugs: Good / Very good
There was… one bug. When you go on the blue spring, spring up through a tight gab that quickly comes to a horizontal blue spring, you can get stuck a little (hardly at all). This happens a lot, it’s just a small issue.

Enemy placement: Very good
You put the bees just where I didn’t want ‘em.

Ammo placement: Very good
Very nicely done, just a little overboard with the food, and maybe a LITTLE bit too many gems….

Originality: Very good ***
Well, I don’t normally give out originality ratings for Diamondus and Castle, like I said in another one of my reviews, but this is just amazing. Things most people probably haven’t even began to think of were here. Very nice.

Fun: Very good
Very fun, kept me occupied for a while.

Overall: Very good
Surprisingly well done for your first level… You must have made some other smaller map besides this, because this is better than most experienced mappers.

Download? Yes!!

Well, it didn’t work. So I took a look at the version in JCS and it was terrible. No eyecandy, about 14 – 20 tiles were used, most of which were used poorly. There is NO background either.

No download reccomendation here.

Not too good… here we go.
My rating system: Very bad, bad, okay, good, very good……….

Eyecandy: Bad
A couple parts had okay eyecandy, but most of it is just bad. Could’ve been much, much better, especially on the edges of the chunks of terrain, and in a lot of other places. Also, in the foreground layer with the blowing leaves, they didn’t have auto x/y speeds, I’m not sure if it might have had x/y speeds (not auto), but it should’ve had an auto x-speed.

Weapons and ammo: Okay
Not very good either, you shouldn’t make levels with three crates just sitting there in a row, it’s just kind of… well… uh, you know, it’s not very “attractive looking.” There was some good ammo placement, though.

Fun: Okay
This level could actually be fun if all the eyecandy was fixed up and all the ammo placement was better. It’s just ugly to look at.

Originality: N/A
Eh, all the Diamondus levels are the same. I don’t even bother rating originality when it comes to Diamondus, Castle, and all the other over-used tilesets. Maybe on tilesets like D*mn, H*ll, Colony, etc. D*mn and H*ll are tilesets, I’m not cursing at you, Powerboy. Don’t worry :-D

Download? Sorry, no download reccomendation.

I can’t believe you made something like King of the Hill after it rated so low. Anyway, I thought this was a nice level. Very small, but the idea is good. However, it wouldn’t work in multiplayer since there is no “End warp” event, it’s a single player “Area end of level” event. Soooo… there’s my suggestion. Make it actually multiplayer compatible. I could see how this would be fun, there is nothing wrong with the eyecandy for the most part.
Download? If MikeeJimbo makes an update so you can actually play it, yes.

Update, 5.5 because he fixed bugs.[This review has been edited by labratkid]

Violet is right in saying that the name doesn’t match the theme, but I like the tileset. The graphics are nice, it looks easy to use, rather simple… a good overall thing.

Download? Yes.
[This review has been edited by labratkid]

It’s all right. The tileset was a bit dull because it was made with Paint, but the level itself isn’t too bad at all.

Eyecandy – OKAY
Well, the eyecandy probably couldn’t be too good with this very simple tileset.

Fun – OKAY
Sort of fun, not too long, though.

Enemy placement – GOOD
Not bad enemy placement. One of the few levels that uses the small bees.

Ammo placement: OKAY
The level didn’t need too much ammo, but there wasn’t much, though.

Overall: OKAY
An average level.

5.0, but +.2 because you made the tileset yourself, and +.3because it came out okay, even though you made it with paint.

6.0
Download? Nah.

“I spent a long time on it.”
You’re kidding, right?

AAAAH! Sonic lies. Due to popular belief, there is infact an exit. Thanks to Radium for pointing this out. And, Sonic, you can’t review this twice with your two accounts.[This review has been edited by labratkid]

Not too bad, could’ve been better.
LABRATKID’S RATING SYSTEM – Very Bad, Bad, Okay, Good, Very Good

EYECANDY: OKAY
Many places had good eyecandy, but for the most part, it wasn’t all that impressive. For example, on the foreground layers, sometimes you can see parts of Jazz through the covered areas. Other times, the same tile repeats over and over again, looking rather dull.

WEAPONS PLACEMENT: VERY BAD
There were literally no weapons. 2 crates of flamethrower ammo, and 1 well hidden crate of RF Missles.

ORIGINALITY: N/A
Castle levels really can’t be original, really, since they are so simple. Well, the level by Renegade where you are teleported if you make a wrong move was original, but that’s a rare sight.

FUN: OKAY
This level might be fun for a battle level. I can’t see how you would play a good game because there are so little weapons around, and at times, the map can be hard to maneuver around in.

BUGS: VERY GOOD
No bugs, other than a few in the eyecandy. Overall very “bug-free.”

Honest to God, do you expect anybody to beat this without saving ever 2 seconds, literally? I hope not, because I’ll be really embarassed :-[ Okay, anyway, here’s the review.
I wanna give this level an 8.0 no matter what I decide about the eyecandy, enemies, etc. So I’ll give them as the follow…
VERY BAD, BAD, OKAY, GOOD, VERY GOOD

EYECANDY: GOOD
He did some great stuff that I’ve never seen done with this tileset, like making little patches of the background bricks with torches in the middle. Very nice.

ENEMY PLACEMENT: GOOD
There were lots of devils in just the places you didn’t want ‘em that generate every 5 – 10 seconds. VERY annoying.

AMMO PLACEMENT: GOOD
Not much ammo, but that’s not bad. It just adds to the effect of the level! Okay, actually, there’s a lot of ammo, but I didn’t want to go near any of it, and you’ll see why if you play the level!

FUN: VERY GOOD
A great level, very frusturating, but fun. It can ruin your perfect day, so be careful what day you pick to play it on, okay?

OVERALL: VERY FRUSTURATING, VERY FUN, VERY VERY ANNOYING!

Download? Only if you don’t mind getting in a bad mood.

My reccomendation: Remove some of the warps, and also, make it so you get through the beginning part where you go through the walls in a sucker tube very slowly. If you didn’t save, and you have to restart the level, it takes a good 20 seconds to get through the tubes. So…. save a lot!!! :-b

Download? Oh, wait, I did this, all ready, right? Hehe, okay.

Let me know if you can beat this without cheating, the maker said to let him know (in the readme.txt file)… I wanna know, too! I could get up to the part where the whole level gets really dark and you have to fight like 20 devils. Than I had to cheat… :-[

Hey, this is 1.24, right? It didn’t work for me.

Here goes.

Eyecandy: 3.0
Not very good at all, much of the eyecandy work is incomplete, or doesn’t go along. Nothing special, either.
Enemy / Ammo Placement: 2.0
Very bad. You can take on all the waves of enemies with one kick, and there is no ammo.
Originality: 5.0
Done much in the style of “Another Story.” You are reading half the time.
Bugs: 3.0
Well, considering the fact that you can walk right off the side of the map and get stuck on the bottom, I couldn’t give you a high rating here. Also, there is no end of the level.

13/40 = 13 × 2.5 = 32.5 = 3.25 (I’ve all ways been known to make up my own math rules, like you just saw, and it really bugs my teachers).
Anyway, 3.25, rounded down to 3.2. Make more of the level, get rid of the bugs… make the text punctuation good (it’s all lowercase, no periods, etc.).

Nice try, though, keep practicing, and take more time on your levels.

FIRST LEVEL
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Nothing special, just a boring maze full of goodies.
SECOND LEVEL
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A little bit better, nothing special.
THIRD LEVEL
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A boss level, again, nothing special.
FOURTH LEVEL
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Not as bad as the others, actually pretty good.
FIFTH LEVEL
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Another boss level, horrible because the boss wouldn’t get hurt :-/

I gave it a 5 because the enemy placement was nice, and… well I don’t think this level pack was awful.

Nice try, in the future, I reccomend the usage of one way events, getting interesting eye candy, and making it so you can only get to the coin warp destinations if you go through the coin warp (I could easilly get to the secret area in level 4 without the warp).

Download? If you want, nothing really impressive, though.

Now, the sewers I thought were awesome, but the the top area wasn’t as good, so I thought I’d review the sewers as one… and the top area as one… than average them together.

TOP AREA
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EYECANDY: 7.0
Could have been better, some of the tiles just didn’t seem to cut it. Nothing “special” here, either.
WEAPON PLACEMENT: 7.5
Nice, but I think you should never put food in your battle levels; Sugar Rush isn’t fair sometimes.
BUGS: 9.5
Good, but at the upper left corner of the map, after you climb the one way window-sills… there is a small area (like 5×1) covered up by Layer 3. Nothing is here. Was there something in an earlier version?
OVERALL: 8/10

Sewers area
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EYECANDY: 9.5
Perfect. Nothing is wrong here, but not too much is impressive. Great, though.
WEAPONS PLACEMENT: 8.5
Still, too much food, but not as much here. Also, I think it was smart to make the carrot in a place where you needed bouncy ammo to get to it. You can’t give away free carrots, now can you? :-b
BUGS: 10
No bugs.
OVERALL: 9.3/10

9.3 + 8.0 = 17.3
17.3 / 2 = 8.65 = 8.7

8.7 (ding, ding, ding!)

I think this tileset is better than “Heaven,” and I’m not kidding. People say, “Spend time on your things!” Well, BlurreD did, and here’s what you get… a perfect space tileset.

This review is too small and has been set to N/A[This review has been edited by Newspaz]

Wha-what? What tilesets? What music? The only file with Bilsy in it on J2O is this one… this is 5 levels.

Very nice… I played this level in it’s early stages, and gave raptor some pointers on how to make it a little better… and well, it’s better!

EYECANDY: 8.0
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The eyecandy was very nice, but one of the background layers with the trees looked a little funny because of the X-SPEED setting… it moved a little weird, but there were no other problems with the eyecandy, all though nothing was extraordinary.

WEAPONS AND AMMO: 7.0
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There weren’t too many weapons and powerups compared to the old version, but that’s all right. For some reason, I didn’t think the placement of the ammo was all that amazing, though. Still good.

BUGS: 9.0
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Well, there were a couple secret areas that used to be there that had, for example, airboards in them, that had nothing in them now, but that’s not much of a bug. Also, in the old version, there were ‘wind tunnels’ under water, that you could only go through one way. I got stuck in them a lot, but fortunately, they are gone now.

CREATIVITY: 8.0
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Nothing new about the eyecandy, but I’ve never seen water in a Diamondus level, and there were tons of secret places.

Now, my little sister is pressuring me into hunting for Easter eggs around the house, and all though I really don’t want to, I’m gonna. I’ll pretend Jazz hid them, that’ll be more fun, right? Lemme average this together quick…

Okay, 8.0! Great job raptor, if you ever make a future update, my recomendation (I can never spell that word, it’s probably spelled wrong, right?) is to fix up the ammo placement a bit, and get rid of empty secret areas!

Good job, keep up the good work.

(yay, my longest review ever, and it’s short, too!)

Geez, it’s like war of the reviews! Anyway, I’m not done playing through these yet, but I’ve played the first and second level, and they are good so far.

It’s about time!
The old conversion wasn’t very good, but this one is great. 8.0, +.2 for a big improvement, +.3 for a night tileset along with it.

Eyecandy was horrible, all most as bad as my sister’s old levels.
There was a lot of originality, though. There were no copied ideas, and many new ones.
The levels weren’t very fun, but I can tell the author just uploaded these for fun.