Jazz Jackrabbit 2 Online

its ok but i still fail to see a good one
(Unsupported rating (4) removal. Please explain why this upload is “ok”. What was the eyecandy like? Level design? Gameplay? Anything? Surely you can write more than this! I also took the liberty of fixing your code. ~Violet)

There ive reviewed

“Spiral Full Version” is a very simple battle level using the Diamondus tileset. I expect very good eyecandy out of any level using Diamondus, but I was sorely disappointed in this area. There is nearly a total lack of eyecandy, in fact. Gameplay doesn’t fare much better. It’s a very small level, but that doesn’t mean flow is good. Flow and ease of navigation were simply average. The level was too closed in. Also, weapon placement was bad. Sorry, but I can’t give this a download recommendation. Spend more time on your levels.

Eyecandy
These levels suffer from a lot of eyecandy bugs, which severely detract from the overall experience. There were numerous tile glitches, which ranged from annoying to purely ugly.

Gameplay
There were a few annoyances in this category, but generally moving around was fairly easy. However, the levels’ layouts, with their several dead ends and walls that are easy to hit into, quickly became aggrivating. Not up to standards.

Item Placement
Item placement was fairly good, but still not as good as it could be. Most items were placed well, but some seemed to be randomly dropped in at the last minute.

Conclusion
This level suffers from huge amounts of minor annoyances that severely detract from gameplay. There are numerous errors that could have been avoided through more testing and longer time spent on this level. Sorry, but I can’t recommend this for download.[This review has been edited by Trafton AT]

Not head no tail.odd level,but nice trampoline fun:&

Pointless indeed, a program should had been better.

There have, over time, been countless attempts to make user tutorials for almost everything. From J2C’s Tip sections to JCF’s FAQ, there have been tips and Frequently Asked Questions for almost everything in existance. Levels seem to have even more tutorials alloted to them. This is only the second name making tutorial I have ever seen. The first would be the old Jazz2City one, which definitely set the golden standard. However, this tutorial is not gold anything. The entire document’s contents could have easily been turned into an article or a JCF post, and it is a bad idea to have uploaded it here. Then again, a name tutorial is not all that useful anyway. Nearly everyone who uses Jazz2Online and frequents the download section probably is already aware of how to change the color of their name (along with a short list of other effects) and does not need any reminding. There is, amazingly, a mistake in the exact first instruction that makes the entire document as a whole practically useless:

1-Open Regedit by typing “redegit” in the “Run…” selection in the “Start Menu”.

While some may realize that you probably wouldn’t open Regedit by misspelling its name, others would find the generated error a little dismaying. Regardless, it is unacceptable to make such major errors in a document that is supposed to make the whole process simpler. And then, another oversight on the second instruction:

2-Open “HKEY_USERS”.

While I always do use HKEY_CURRENT_USER (the data is stored in both), some choose not to. However, this presents a problem. The next instruction calls for the user to open the DEFAULT user, which may not effect the other users when the change is applied. Thus, there is some chance that all the effort that is put into this will be nullified by a small oversight like this. Sigh. After the normal instructions of navigating to the Jazz Jackrabbit 2 key area, it makes another oversight. It tells the user to either go to 1.23 or 1.24, when, in fact, 1.24 is stored elsewhere. Also, not all users have 1.23, so the instructions would be better off saying “go to the highest number you can find.” In addition to this, the instructions have no wording to alert the person who is changing the keys to the fact that some of the steps involve making changes to keys that appear in Regedit’s right hand side pane. I can picture some poor soul desperately trying to find “Player0” on the left pane, completely looking over the fact that it is actually on the right side. There are a few small inconsistincies that are too small to mention in the instructions for writing, colorizing, and changing the characters in your name, but these small glitches are no where near the forementioned bugs such as the misspelling of “Regedit.” After telling the person how to change their name, it offers some “neat tricks” that you can do with your name in fair detail. However, it does leave out one big thing: squished names. The use of §(1-9) before a name can let your name become squished. This is often used, and I have been asked how to do it many times. I believe it should at least include how to do that. Also, it forgets to mention the “stealth mode name”, but that isn’t as common knowledge as squishy names are. There are a few typoes (such as where the writer mentions how to “remove the two dots before your name in chat”, when he obviously meant “remove the two dots after your name (before your text) in chat.) That’s pretty much all that is in the document. But just as I was considering whether it should warrant a 2 or 3 verdict, I noticed one huge oversight: the author forgot to tell you how to backup Regedit, or even warn what damage it may cause. Big oops there. This is completely and absolutely intolerable in a document such as this. This can seriously damage someone’s computer if they do not properly backup the registry first. And the writing did not even mention the harm that this can cause. This could easily damage someone’s Windows installation or even stop it from booting. For this, I reduce the verdict to a 1.2. I was wondering why I gave it a 1 before when it had some useful information, but now I know. The morale of the story: if you are going to release a how-to document, make an article that you can easily edit, and make sure to warn when editing the registry. Always. I will give it a verdict of 1.2 and absolutely no download recommendation until this document is revised to not be potentially dangerous and also more useful information is added.
[This review has been edited by Trafton AT]

Boring a bit. So empty…O.o

eck

Regardless of how long you worked, this tileset is poor. It is basically only platforms. The level, which I omitted from the above rating, has serious problems.

When I went in the level, I automaticly found the level interesting from the start. It can be a fun level, and it is multi-purpose which can be handy. The fish backround was neat, although they move weird if i swim left. That should be fixed. 4 or 5 powerups in one room is a bad idea. Shields are bad too. Download if you wish, although I don’t highly recommend this.[This review has been edited by MR MAGOO]

Very original idea, aquafilled
battle. This really
deserves an 10!

Well balanced level, and no empty
places. This is kinda hotellish,
so just remove Food Sub. Shield
isn’t good in battle too.
0.2- for shield.. sorry.
Good pick of music. It’s
very good for a aqua battle :)

Recommend: YES
Music: 3/3
Balance: 3/3
Items: 2.7/3
Tileset: 1/1

Overall: 9.7

PLEASE NOTE THAT I WORKED ON THIS FOR A VERY LONG TIME!!!!

Umm… it has been reviewed, the tileset has hardly anything to use enjoyably, the demo level a wont rate or talk about for resons.
The tileset is just pink, blue and orange stairs and platforms with a few peaces of scenary.
Ty making a tileset in more than 20 minits Gargoyle.
This tileset isn’t recomended for download by moi.

Does ANYONE intend to review this?…

im not a Hotel Hater Im neutral
but i realy Dont like this lvl
The Design was Quite Bad
its Very Hard too move with hazz trough the lvl
try to make it in a other Style
No Download Recommedation from me Sorry,

Why wont anyone review this??? =\

Battle level:
Story: A bit inters=esting
Level: Trash :). Serious, it’s too linear and too little.
Rating: 3.0

Treasure:
Story: NO story
Level: Boring, not enough variation. Also not big enough
Rating: 5.0

Sorry for the little review :)

5.0 + 3.0 = 8.0 / 2.0 = 4.0
Overall rating: 4.0
Conclusion: Again a level from Gargoyle. LISTEN TO ME! Put more time in your levels. At the stats from quarter 3 at JCF (Generall Jazz2 Talk, Topic by Aiko) you can see YOU are the level spammer. That says enough :p

Not much of a use for this. Just Use a program to do it for you or edit the registry.

I am going to rate the level and not the tileset here, because the level information states that it is a CTF level, and not a tileset.

This makes for a good 1VS1 or 2VS2 CTF level, but I wouldn’t reccomend any more. I think the layout has an interesting concept, but the tubes going into each others bases RUINS it. UT’s level CTF-HallOfGiants has a similar idea, however it has two major differences that make the tubes not so much of a problem.

1. The tubes go to the middle, and not each other’s bases.

2. The level is HUGE!!

This level is tiny, and those tubes really ruin the level. If you got rid of them or made them do something else this level would get a 7.