Jazz Jackrabbit 2 Online

Is there a POINT to this?
No hotels are allowed on J2O. That is a new rule (I think). I’ve heard rumors about this, but I’m not sure if they’re true. I hope to God they are, because when you see a good concept abused like this… it’s not fun anymore.
Eyecandy – Bad / very bad
It doesn’t get much worse than this. No textured background, no sprite layer eyecandy, etc. The only good thing is that SOME of the tiles fit together.
Now, correct me if I’m wrong, but I didn’t find a store. How do you have a hotel without a store, especially if there are coins? And why don’t you host this hotel so people can come and play in it, rather than them emailing you and saying “OMG CAN I HAVE A ROOM LOLOLOL ROFL :D < 3 @ HOTELS LOL :),” and you uploading another copy of this level that is updated (I noticed you notice you forgot to upload the tileset, so you simply say, “Oops,” and you don’t reupload; that tells us you aren’t aware of the reupload function).
The rest of the hotel’s layout is just plain bad. There are some games… that are boring. But a game is a game. Then again, Jazz Jackrabbit 2 is a game, and this makes a fun game boring. Or something.
Overall…
NO HOTELS ON J2O PLZTHX OMG LOL :D :) ;)
Download: No.
Host this often: No.

Nooo, my reservation review was deleted >(

Eyecandy – Okay / good
What the part of the tileset the author uses offers is there, basically. But, this still isn’t much. The cave walls, especially underwater, look very plain. The sprite layer eyecandy isn’t much. Just the ground, which is platforms. The background looks nice, however.

Gameplay – Very good
Nothing wrong with the gameplay here. The level seems fairly balanced to me, all though I can’t tell for sure since FS makes the teams unbalanced with his amazing CTF skills no matter what. You can only get 15 seconds from the shield because you are forced to use a physical attack on it, and since it’s a fire shield, you can’t use it underwater. The side that doesn’t have the shield close to base has a +1 carrot, and a seeker powerup that is slightly closer to them. However, it’s very difficult to get the powerup. Half of the level takes place underwater, which can be slow moving at times, but can also be really fun. There is little to no biasing here; if anything, it’s Jazz biased because of the vine at the top – Jazz can get accross that faster by helicoptering. Spaz can get around, too, by jumping, but not as easilly.

Flow – Very good
Good flow here. You don’t have to jump all that often, which is definetely okay. Some people dislike levels where you have to jump a lot, in particular, Defost. This level’s flow, and tendency for you not to have to jump is somewhere in the middle. Which makes the best flow possible, in most cases.

Ammo placement – Good / very good
Very original ammo placement. There’s a shield, like I mentioned earlier, and the seeker powerups closer to the base that doesn’t get the shield (and a carrot close to that base as well). There is a toaster powerup in the middle surrounded by several fast fires. I like how the pepper sprays on the right side of the level are placed. It must’ve taken a while to test them so they could be placed in such a precise path.

Layout – Very good
I enjoy… you don’t get lost often, and the level is easy to learn.

Size – Good / very good
Medium / large level. Not too small, not too big. Maybe a tiny bit too small.

I’ll leave the giant reviews to the other people who only tend to review really good levels like this, which is why I’m ending this review now.

Download reccomendation: Yayayayayaya.
Host this often: Yayayayayayayaya.[This review has been edited by labratkid][This review has been edited by labratkid]

BlurredD, the shield is at the top left. ;p[This review has been edited by labratkid]

I can’t really see how this would make a good race, but it’d make a good test. No race should be any harder than Foo Races, which are on the borderline. Bad eyecandy… not much fun to me because I don’t like tests. Frusturating… I never got past 20, which is when I got really bored.
Download reccomendation: If you like tests, this is a great example of what they should be like.
Host this often: No, but you might want to.
No rating since I didn’t beat it all, and don’t really want to.

I seem to get a fatal error when I try to run this. It’s an error in the tileset. Oh, well.

I think you need JazzForce 1.1 to use this, Amstel.

Good job, Cata. There are loads of other things like this, but with this you can see the character and the colors. It looks kind of slow compared to most, though. I have no use for it, but the link is useful. I’ll stick with the server list on jazz2online.com, anyway.
Download reccomendation: Maybe. You might not have use for it.

Bjarni, .php is like .html. Open it up with Internet Explorer or Netscape. Jazz2online was coded with .php.[This review has been edited by labratkid]

Average level. Eyecandy is very scarce, and the background is only visible when you’re really low. Same with the foreground, which, IMO, moves too fast.
The gameplay is average. By rule of thumb, I’m going to take off points for the inconvinience of Jazz and Lori not being able to play here. Lots of springs would fix this.
Flow… well, there’s no flow here. Having little flow isn’t all ways bad, but having a good flow is usually good.
Ammo placement isn’t bad at all, really. Plenty of ammo… pretty good ammo placement. There is one powerup on either side of the level: seekers on the right, and blasters on the left. The two most deadly weapons, I suppose.
Download reccomendation: If you want. This is nothing really special that you’ll be missing out on, though.
Host this often: Nope. If I’m really bored, I might think about it, but there’s really not much chance I will, especially because it’s TSF.

I like it.

Eyecandy – Very good.
Great eyecandy. There’s a foreground layer of candles, a couple background layers, all pwning, and lots of stuff in the sprite layer.
Gameplay – Good / very good
Ammo placement – Good
Overall – Good / very good
Download reccomendation: Yes.
Host this often: Yes.

Good levels, Bjarni =D The gameplay is a bit dull, but the backgrounds look very good. The ammo placement is original, too. Not neccasarilly something I’d ever host, but these are pretty nice. If you want a higher score, don’t make the level so linear. These levels take place on a lot of flat ground. Put platforms and stuff.
No download reccomendation.

Bjarni, you put too much eyecandy in Layer 4. Don’t put so much stuff, because it looks crowded. The backgrounds are nice.[This review has been edited by labratkid]

DX, 6.5 is above average, not bad ;p

Eyecandy – Okay / good
Not much here. Not the normal CelL quality you’d expect. The ground looks nice. While Blade wanted us to us simple ground blocks, CelL used complex combinations of different blocks, much like you would use in Death Metal, etc. The background is a nice, scrolling, starry background, telling us it’s on a spaceship, which is why it’s not all that good. There are some little generator like things that move up and down which looks cool. There are also some other little bits and peices around, like pipes.
Gameplay – Good / very good
While the gameplay is fun and interesting, the flow isn’t all that good. But, levels with good flow only make them easier, after all. “Floating Town,” has so much focused into the flow, you rarely need to jump. Other levels, like, “BloodBunny’s Lair,” require you to jump more, thus making them more Spaz biased then others. The flow here is okay. Not much is focused on flow, in other words. It’s done in a way where you still don’t have to jump enough to make it Spaz biased. After all, CelL uses Jazz.
Ammo placement – Very good
The sexiest and best ammo placement since Distopia. Unique, nicely placed, and balanced. It’d be nice if there were bouncers, though. The ammo placement reminds me of in, “Security Breach,” by BlurredD. There are also coins that you need to get into the bases. CelL says they are for, “Another level of annoyence.” He spelled annoyance wrong, OMB!
Overall: Good / very good
Good overall level. A bit small… about the size of, “Bleached Diamondus.” It can be too small in some cases, and just right in others. Not the type of thing you’d host in JDC because it can’t handle too many people. More than 8 people in the server would probably be way too much. Ideal for duels and 2v2’s. The coin system may make duels a little frusturating, but it gives you all the more reason to base camp not die when you have the flag.
Download: Yes.
Host this often: Sometimes, but it’s not something I would host every day.

PS: The background reminds me of, “You Can’t Scream in Outer Space.”[This review has been edited by labratkid]
DX, don’t put ‘Host This Often’ because you can’t even play online ;p[This review has been edited by labratkid]

You forgot me in the mask message D:

Interesting, Trafton’s name backwards – which is “Notfart”, as most of you know – is also :No TF Art.” WATCH HIM RATE THIS LOW =(((
Or something.[This review has been edited by labratkid]

Litenante, this is a tileset, not a level.[This review has been edited by labratkid]

The shortcut for SELECT NONE is the same as NEW FILE so if you press CTRL + N, you automatically start a new file without a prompt.

You can’t open other palette files well.

Very buggy.

Final rating: 5.5

I won’t rate it, since I feel bad giving something that has so much potential a low rating.

That was uncalled for, DX. Bjarni doesn’t understand what it’s for. Bjarni, it’s for creating tilesets and making special colors in them. In the Swamps tileset, green colors turn out to be brown. That’s what it’s for; doing that stuff.[This review has been edited by labratkid]

Survivor is plagurising BlurredD’s name for the gametype created by ET, “Ground Force.” Calling this survivor is the same as calling your CTF level “My First Happy CTF Level.”

Doesn’t matter to me, but some people get angry ;p[This review has been edited by labratkid]

You get a 404 error because PHT used the character, “’” in the filename. Read the newsposts, and don’t do this. Only use letters and numbers.[This review has been edited by labratkid]

Everything DX said goes opposite for me.

He said:
Good eyecandy
nice story
good ammo placed
good food placed

I say:
Bad eyecandy
Corny story
Bad ammo placement
Bad food placement

No download reccomendation.

Umm..
Eyecandy – Very bad
What is there is awful.
Gameplay – Very bad
None here.
Originality – Good
Well, it’s original… which saves it from 1.2.
Ammo placement – Very bad
Minimal ammo. What is there looks like it was just thrown down for no reason at all.
Host this often: Never.
Download this: Never.

Eyecandy – Bad
Needs work. There is no background, and not much anywhere else. The rain is ugly.
Gameplay – Very bad
Lacks springs, is Spaz biased, has bad layout and flow.
Ammo placement – Bad
No good. No powerups, at least none that I saw, and limited ammo.
Carrot placement – Bad
I didn’t see any.
Host this often: Noooo.
Download this: Nooooo.

Litenante: And I care because?[This review has been edited by labratkid]

Great job. Some of my favorite tiles are gone, but, oh, well. Great masking, great colors, etc. Basically, look at my review of the other version (if I reviewed it, I forgot ;p). Still, definetely download this. Now I can make levels with it, hooray.

Pink version sux.

Argh, out of all the things to take out, it was the cars >( >((((((( You could’ve left some ;p[This review has been edited by labratkid]

There are no invisible tiles here >( Put some in if you updated this plzthx.[This review has been edited by labratkid]

Bjarni, any module music file works in JJ2. I think they include .mod, .s3m, .669, .xm, and .j2b. J2B’s are only compressed module files, and they are slightly smaller; you also do not have to put the filename extension in the music box in Level Properties. For this, you’d put in jjsong03.s3m, rather than jjsong03.
Anyhow, good song. It sounds mostly like an instrument change, but it’s nice… it makes a more peiceful version out of Tubelectric. Original, too. The fill that leads to the 1337 part of the song that the morons Epic cut out in the JJ2 Tubelectric remix is really cool. Most people fail to make a good one, but you did that nicely.
Download: If you’re making a Christmas level, definetely.
Use this: If I’m making a Christmas level, most likely.

Joe, Bjarni has autism at a moderate level. Most definetely not severe, and not mild, but he has it, so don’t get angry at him.[This review has been edited by labratkid]

Being new is no excuse for being extremely bad, on the other hand.