Jazz Jackrabbit 2 Online

Good:

-Not to easy.
-Two bosses(one is protected and can’t be killed, but he throws his spike thingy at you. It’s the tuff boss.)
-Originality

Bad:

-Not much eyecandy.
-Boring layout.
-Bad event placement.

Overall: Nice try, but practice a bit.

Y’all should be a bit nicer to the authors…

At least making 8×8 levels is original…

Kinda cool.

I’m too lazy to mention all the good things that have been mentioned above, so I’ll just say which things lowered the rating in my review.

The tileset use: some tiles weren’t used as Blade intended, I think. Especially in the background. -0.5

The layout: the bad part about the layout is that it makes the level way to easy. The path from the red base to the blue one is almost just straight. And I don’t think anyone will go to all the stuff in the upper part of the level when it’s hosted online. -1

That’s all. Apart from that, great level.

10-1-0.5=8.5

Rather good, I’d say…

Tileset use: teh tileset use was correct. I didn’t see any mistakes. Some tiles didn’t really seem to fit together, and I looked for other tiles that might, but none could fit one those spots. So I guess it’s the tilesets fault.

Events: v-poles and weapons. That’s it I think. The weapon placement was a little below average. Too much RF and seekers, I say.

Layout: Interresting layout. Nothing new or anything. Very playable level, kinda fun.

Eyecandy: Nothing on layer 5-7. On layer 4, only those eyes, and that’s about it. I must say the tileset doesn’t offer a very great choise of eyecandy, and thus the eyecandy won’t be taken into consideration in my rating.

Overall: fun level, nothing special thoug. Maybe good to host sometime.

7.2

I hate it when the author says “give this a good rating”. You can’t just get good ratings by asking it. You must deserve them. And in this case, you don’t.

“Don’t give my levels bad ratings” you said. It’s not up to you to say others not to give bad ratings, reviewers may give whatever rating they want.

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Ok, a first set. Always fun to see that…

Inventory:
There’s some xtra stuff, such as blocks, spikes I think, vines,… And some eyecandy for layer 4 and 5-7.

Graphics: Plain bad. But at first graphics hardly ever turn out well.

Ease of use: This is very easy to use, and not to big. Good!

Competition/Originality(doesn’t count in rating): In my list of favorite nature tileset, this one would probably end up somewhere at the bottom, to say things clearly. There’s nothing original about the set. But originality isn’t the most important thing with me…

What it all looks like: It doesn’t look that great, actually. It’s not “jazzy” either(that means it doesn’t really fit the game).

Overall: nice try, but didn’t reach the average. Keep making sets, this one’s promissing.

No download reccommandation.

I give 3.

They don’t work? Did you compile the sets with the imges? If you didn’t, I suggest you do it, and otherwise I don’t think I can really help you…

Labratkid: “Never in my life will I give a tileset made with MS Paint over a 5.0. I refuse to, because they just come out looking bad.”
So, you never rate paint tilesets above 5? All my tilesets use paint, and none of them ever got lower than an average rating of 6(I even think my WORST tileset got 6.6). It’s not that hard to get things right with paint. Just check out my sets, they all use Paint, as I said. And I want you to take back what you said about paint sets, cuz you were wrong.
And using the “made with Paint” and “this is TSF” arguments as cons is just childish and unfair. Not evryone can aford something better than paint. And not evryone knows you can send a set to someone to let him compile it.

Ok, I might rate this stuff later, I didn’t even download it yet. I just saw Labratkids review, and I really wanted to say the things I wrote above.

Now for the tileset:

I’m sorry to say this, but this is probably the worst Paint tileset I’ve seen. Keep trying though, you will get it some day. I’m not gonna give a rating. It would seriously damage you’re average rating. But I know how people often struggle with Paint, but it’s possible to get good things out of it. Check out my article about making tilesets. There’s a hint for a better palette. My sets use paint to. And they’re almost all above average, and that might encourage you.[This review has been edited by Waz]

hits self on head

Of course! I edited the level! Sorry, guys. I always thought a level made with a 1.23 tileset could work in 1.23 even if it’s made with 1.24.

Labratkid: This IS 1.23. BlurredD compiled it in 1.23. Everyone can have it, normally.
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De description moet in het engels, niet iedereen is nederlands hier.

That was dutch, in case you wouldn’t know. I didn’t even download this actually… I just said to the author things should be written in english.

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Kinda useless, but fun.

Good for a first try.

Cool tileset! :P

Tileset use: very good. A few bugs with flipped tiles, but mainly good.

Eyecandy: not much of that, but it’s a race, so we’re not there for sight seeing…

Events: ice gun, a few warps, springs. The warps were kind of interresting. They made the game a bit like a “game of chance”, you know… Not always sure where you’ll end up with these warp. They have several targets.

Layout: this level was made “on one side”, and then flipped to “the other side”. Rather basic. But not bad.

Overall: an average level, worth a download.

I give 7.2.

Exellent? Give a better reason for that kind of rating, Flash.

This level was at least above average, and rather big. There were a tiny bit to much ennemies, and there was a bad weapon placement. Eyecandy was also bad. But the layout was great! And there was a good gameplay. To bad there’s no background scenery on layers 5-7.

Anyway, a good level, worth a download, just to see it.

I give 8.2.

Don’t put passwords on your levels. No one will try to edit them. Anyway, I can’t rate this. It doesn’t appear in my homecooked level list. And I can’t look at it in JCS.

—Try launching it using the command line
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Violet:
“Ok, correct me if I’m wrong, but is this much different from saying “This level has horrible gameplay, so don’t rate the gameplay.”? “
Er… you’re kinda right there Violet.
Though I believe this is a bit different…

“The tilesets are small, so you can not rate the eyecandy of the levels (but you CAN rate the tileset use…. hmmm).”
You mean tileset use goes with eyecandy?

“No hook in the smaller one, only one type of block.”
Actually, the vine can be used as a hook. But I understand that you don’t consider it as a hook… Maybe I had to show it in the levels. I’m not asking you to change what you said, since you’re more or less right.

I’m not annoyed with reviewers. Are you saying that because of my article? I wrote that article more for the others than for me, I already said that. I made these cuz I like small tilesets. And I suddenly felt like making some.

Ok, so much for the comments on your review for now.

Say, you’re not going to actually give the rating, are you? You rated the theme of the tilesets. And, as I asked in the text file, ONLY rate by following what I said. In case you wouldn’t, I asked you not to rate. That’s my right, isn’t it?

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Well ,there’s kind of an idea in it… but this gets boring real fast. Maybe, the same type of game would be more fun in a bigger level, why not with obstacles. But, in a bigger level, the goalkeeper might have a problem… Another problem is the fact that the shell can get buttstompt, and broken. That way it would be to easy in a bigger level to prevent the shell from going into a goal. In a small level, the other player might not act quikly enough to do that. But this gametype sucks in a small level, so were kinda getting in a vicious cercle(I don’t know if the word “vicious cercle” exists in english :P).

I won’t give this a rating, since I consider it as some sort of demo level to show a gametype. And the soccer gametype already existed before today, which leaves me with nothing to rate.

Don’t worry Bjarni. You’ll get it some day, you will see.

I’ll be a bit more generous since this is your first attempt to make a battle pack.

The first level is average, nearly below average. Eyecandy was good, event placement could have been a bit better, and ammo had a too short regenerate delai. The tileset use had a few bugs, but nothing terrible. The layout wasn’t that interresting, I think. A bit to straight. There’s some kind of gameplay…

This level would be good for quik battles, or duels, due to its size.

The second level was better than the first one. Better layout, better weapon placement(still a short delai). Eyecandy was good, other events like shields and food should have been left out. Bad tileset use thoug, I saw some mistakes.

Also a small level, good for duels and quik battles.

Overall: average pack, that could be used for duels.

Advice: make bigger levels next time, and set the weapon delai between 20 and 31.

A very basic tileset, but not a bad one…

Graphics: most of the graphics were just fine. Nothing special.

Eyecandy: lots of that. This tileset almost CONSISTS of eyecandy…

Animations: many animations. And good ones. The skeleton is kinda weird, though…

Competition: I don’t think there are many tilesets with the same theme. Actually, the theme is hard to describe.

Masks: very good. Nothing to say.

Overall: average tileset worth a download.

7

Trafton, instead of writing such a long and irritating review, you could have just said something about the thing the author actually changed, which is a spring and a copter… it’s totally useless to write all taht stuff about the tileset use, the eyecandy… we all know it, ok?

Ok, now for the real review…

So, you changed the copter with springs. That was a good idea. I actually never had any problems with that copter, and this level has been edited so many times, but it’s still nice to think about fixing problems… I’m glad you changed the shield with a fastfire. Nothing is more irritating than a polish or dutch rookie who doesn’t know a word of english and who always uses that shield…(I’ve got nothing against dutch or polish folks, mind you. I’m dutch myself. But these two nationnalities are very often seen online and not all of them speak english.)

Overall: good you though about it, but it’s not nececarry to download. Evrybody could do it.

I won’t give a rating for this, since all you did was adding a few events.