Jazz Jackrabbit 2 Online

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Nice, whereas some parts of some tilesets are really just a bunch of paint/photoshop FX over badly shaped forms or lookin like flat lil’ kids drawings, some pieces of scenery were very well made, detailed and ‘patterned’. And it gives the lvl maker a big choice in what tiles to use, which is very important. Oh and one more comment, may some tilesets lack an indoor part, which could’ve been added easily. (My rating should be viewed as rating for the average tileset in the pack.)

Nice tileset!

Shen, those 2 other backgrounds aren’t ment to work as textured, they’re made for a moving background (gives the effect of moving clouds, strong winds).

This is one of CB’s nicest tileset, a christmas one, a bit late, but nice. It looks like a cartoon, a very other style than Agama or Disguise or Blade or whatever.
It is a very nice tileset, the pallete (Lol, Violet) is lol because you look like santa, the weapons look nice too, but especially the seekers. They are blue-green. Heheh.
Im too busy too scribble a long review, this is all what i can say now. Download re-co-mo-da-ti-on. Whatever.

Just for what it’s worth, the modified palette colors are intentional, as he told me to do them.

Hmmm….lets start out with the bad points.

The tileset looks to cartoonish and hand drawn, doesnt look very “real” like ET’s, Agama’s or Disguise’s sets. (There are others who make “real looking” sets, but im not going to list you all). Also, the color is a bit screwed when you play. (Jazz is red and the ammo color has turned strange) Some tiles also dont look to good. The good points: The tileset has some very nice christmas and hannukah like tiles. Some of it is drawn very well and gives you a warm welcoming feeling :). It has the needed tiles to make a good level. It also has presents and snowmen and all those holiday things. There are many things im leaving out, but my overall point is that it has good and nice looking tiles which make it above average. It has the needed blocks which boost up the rating. The color is kinda weird which lowers the rating. Its also too cartoonish looking to get higher than a 9, and some tiles are unimportant. But other than that, its still a great tileset and a good addition to any tileset collector’s folder.

This tileset is really cool, but however, the snow looks flat, too flat, the hole tileset looks flat. Overall, I think this is a great tileset, and I recom you download it.

Heh… a Christmas tileset. And not a bad one at that :) like his Compotition entry with more.

This is a great tileset. The tiles are simple, but look great. It’s got everything a Christmas tileset should have: christmas trees, dressed-up snowmen… ‘Jesus was here’ text… plus all the types of destructable scenery, sucker tubes and vines… Yeah. It’s basically snowy mountains with some christmas stuff in.

The eye-candy is good. For example, in the mountains at the background you can see trees growing alone and in forests. Also, there are three types of layer 8 parallax backgrounds – a red one, and a blue and white ones that don’t work too well. There’s layer 7 and 6 stuff as well, and even rain for layer 1 if you need it. Some other stuff includes letters and numbers, a raising green thing, bulbs and lights and stuff, and coloured zones.

The example level is weird. It’s a battle, with two basic ‘zones’, left and right. Still, it shows what you can do with the tileset, and other than its ‘weirdness’ (I can’t think of any other way to describe it) it’s fine.

Overall it gets a 9/10. Download recommendation? Yep :)

Edit: Forgot to rate it. Aren’t I silly.[This review has been edited by Shen]

I work quite slow. CE and CG are very old, but I still needed to upload them. I still only DRAW my tilesets. Just wait for C3. :P

What’s wrong with you lately, CraccoBoy? So many downloads and none of them worth a minute of Jazzing! Slow down and take more time on each work.

Sigh…Another ripped tileset from CraccoBoy, and not a very interesting one at that. The other tileset that he recently uploaded, CG+, at least contained some non-ripped files. This, on the other hand, contains very few non-ripped tiles, and even less if you do not count the numerous uncalled for clan advertisements (as a rule of thumb in my book, it is usually OK to put your clan abbreviation in your name, but much beyond that can be a little over-the-top, and stops non clan members from using the tileset.) The tileset is a Final Fantasy one mainly. It consists of a large amount of Final Fantasy characters, all of which are – you guessed it – one hundered percent ripped. Now, you ask, why would anyone make a tileset so easy? Well, to be honest, ripping can be a pain – but, still, it requires a lot less effort than going the “real” way and drawing your own characters. Then there are some tiles from a Jazz 1 tileset I am unsure of that I recognize from JJ1: Viper’s Pick, another very ripped tileset. There is not much more to say about this tileset. It is small, bad, and almost totally and completely ripped.

+ PROS: This tileset did not destroy anything, nor did it explode.

- CONS: Ripped, bad-looking, and generally unusable.

VERDICT: A 2.7 and no download recommendation.

I can not honestly say that uploading this is a good idea. Nearly the entire J2O reviewing group dislikes Pokemon and even moreso ripped tiles. And this tileset is full of both of those. There is not much to say about this tileset at all. The idea behind it is pretty derned simple. There are Pokemon (plenty of them), various rainbow blocks, a “clan globe,” and various other pieces of propeganda. Is this tileset very interesting? Not really. Most of it features blalantly ripped tiles from various Pokemon merchinside which looks blotchy and pretty ugly. The rainbow area is just way too happy for everyone’s good. Still, it is fairly well-drawn and is probably my favorite part of this otherwise unremarkable tileset. Masking is fairly good, though especially in the Pokemon, there are some minor bugs that could cause a player to be stuck. I can not see this tileset being used in any levels, for it is both too happy and too surrounded by dead copyrights. No download recommendation and a verdict of four point five for this bad, Pokemon-themed tileset.

Realy old and realy bad, the point is why I give you an 4, is tht you can walk on the rainbow…

Just as Trafton said, I think I should not rate this highly. But I still think this is a very high-quality tileset and also the music file is very christmasy. It’s quite small, but it has everything it needs: exit- and text-signs, poles, vine, tubes, hook-stuff and direction arrows. Also, the tree looks good. The snow is red. :-P

CraccoBoy, you asked if someone had ideas or suggestions for the full version of the tileset. Here comes some:
There could be some presents under the christmas trees or just on the ground, and those red- and white-striped christmas candies etc. And 2(or more) different-coloured sky-tiles, that would maybe look nice… If you understand what I mean.;)

Cool and useful tileset. A download recommendation. Yeah.[This review has been edited by FlameWitch aka BunnyCr]

The Holiday Hare tileset triplets have pretty much monopolized the Christmas tileset realm and for good reason. They are packed full of everything Christmasy – trees, houses, decorations, snow, etcetera. There have been many attempts to make a better holiday tileset, but very few of them have actually left a mark. This could be because there was not enough effort in them, or maybe it was because the Holiday Hare tilesets are just so darn well done. Whatever it is, people still seem to continue to try to dethrone them from the crown of most loved holiday tileset(s). The newest attempt is C3mini, by CraccoBoyCC. C3Mini was originally an entry into Disguise’s rigerous tileset competition, which accounts for its small size and lack of varied colors. For such a small tileset, it captures the spirit of Christmas fairly adequately. Within it is snow (which almost looks like clouds), signs, a block, red tapey stuff, one tile for background creation (actually turns out looking better than you would think), a very nice looking Christmas tree, and some jewel-covered item that I can not seem to figure out. The first thing I checked about this tileset was the mask. Not only has this been a problem with past CraccoBoy tilesets, but this is one part of the tileset that the competition did not limit. Gladly, the mask was fine. Such a simple tileset is not hard to make a mask for, but it is good to see that it was not messed up badly. The colors were surprisingly accurate and generally cheery. Still, as I can not rate higher just because it is a part of Disguise’s contest, my rating seems a bit low. This tileset is good, especially for the size. If this did not come close to winning, I am very anxious to see the other entries.

+ PROS: Excellent use of colors. Looks quite cheery. Christmas tree looks spiffy.

- CONS: Inept background eyecandy. Small. A string of Christmas lights would have been a nice addition.

VERDICT: Overall, this is probably pretty good for its size. Unfortunately, it still is very small. I can not rate higher just because it was in the competition (that would be unfair), so I will give this tileset a 4.7 and a download recommendation. I know it seems strange that I am giving a 4.7 tileset a download recommendation, but it is an interesting use of the provided space. I can not wait to see the other tilesets (especially ET’s) that were in this competition. While I’m waiting, however, this one will keep my attention long enough.

UPDATE: Oh, yes, and a note: I await the final, expanded version of this tileset. The mini version is high-quality, and I hope that the same high-qualityness (is that even a word?) will also be there in the final version. The “big”, non-contest version may give the Holiday Hare tilesets a run for the money if you keep up the quality through the entire tileset and – most importantly – avoid ripping of any sort. ;-P[This review has been edited by Trafton AT]

Err……I dont understand.

Are we suppose to rate the tileset, the level or the new gametype you just came up with. If its for the level, i cant say much, the tileset, not to good, the gametype, very complicated, could of been easier….

Happy Holidays from Blackraptor :)
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When i first read all the reviews, i thought, this couldnt be that bad, but it is. Almost all, or all (hard to tell) tiles are ripped from many other games (mario, final fantasy and a lot of other games probably) and the tiles have nothing to do with each other (slime in one place, fire in another). It WOULD of been a cool idea to have a tileset with many themes like this one (hint hint) but unfortunately the majority of ripped tiles overcovers that good point and doesnt make it stand out much. Although, one thing is, when i look at other tilesets like this in the past, they have received a way higher rating like this. Why? I dont now, but it seems unfair.
Download it or not, depends if you like ripped tiles or not, but i wouldnt necessarily reccomend this. Sorry.
Edit: Small bug in the review which i had to fix :P

[This review has been edited by Blackraptor]

Indeed, it is difficult to tell what is and what is not ripped in this tileset. However, I am frankly disappointed at any ripping. Sure, I can understand taking the fire animation from the original tilesets, but ripping from games is just bleh. I can not tell what is or is not ripped in this tileset, though it is plainly obvious that the characters have been ripped from various Final Fantasy incarnations. The morale of this story is: draw it yourself. Sure, it is the easy road just stealing it from another tileset, but that is not what tileset making is all about at all. If you insist on using those characters, why don’t you just draw them yourself? That is not the only reason why this tileset is disappointing. What is obviously not ripped is not well done or crafted. Levels using this tileset always end up looking bad and closterphobia-inducing. Not only does CraccoBoy rip from Final Fantasy, but he also takes tiles from Carrotus and Castle. These tiles not only look out of place, but they just look plain ugly. Pretty much all of his tilesets look a bit the same to me. Final Fantasy characters, a few related land pieces, and rips from Jazz 2. I liked Desert of the Lazy Donkey, but it seems ripped tilesets are now back in season. While I can not say that I think this deserves such a low score as 2.5, the truth is that this tileset tries to be too many things at once while not doing anything in particular well PLUS is ripped. There are few redeeming qualities to the tileset, but there still are some. I’m sure Final Fantasy lovers will swarm over this tileset, but even FF fans probably have seen this all before – again, and again, and again.

+ PROS: Final Fantasy is a cool game, and fans probably will like this. It has more tiles than the original. This tileset did not cause my computer to explode and set fire.

- CONS: A lot of rippings. Too much different kinds of tiles. Mask has not improved.

VERDICT: My verdict is a 4.7 and no download recommendation. This tileset just is not anything that has not been seen before, nor is it high-quality in any way. If you have any other C(Any letter) tileset, you have seen this before, probably more than you would like. However, if you do not have any other Cracco tilesets, I suppose this would be worth getting.

Y r all yer tilesets CE CR CR+ CT CE+ Ect. ?