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19.12.2005

Jade Empire is a great adventure game with RPG elements. In the game, you take control of a martial arts student as they complete their training and embark on the typical epic quest to save the world associated with this genre; along the way you will partake in much exploration, dialogue, combat and some puzzle solving.Jade Empire, by Bioware standards, is a very streamlined game; you do not have to control much in terms of leveling up and equipment (In Jade Empire you only have to bother about weaponry and bonus gems for your amulet!). Unfortunately, this will disappoint many Bioware fans expecting another KoTOR game, and with the reams of dialogue, it won't tap into the major market of gamers who just want mindless action.There are also various other problems which prevent Jade Empire from reaching the lofty heights of KoTOR: It is too short, weighing in at about 20 hours; there is not quite enough time to become attached to the characters or the world, and so a lot of the weight of teh story is lost in translation. You are also unlikely to feel as gripped as you may have been by KoTOR, though Bioware would always face the challenge without such a recognisable universe to draw on: everyone knows what a Jedi is, but following the idea of the Water Dragon and Chinese morality is somewhat harder for a western audience. Also, the new real time fighting system has its flaws; it looks cool, and when you're used to it, it works well. However, it is possible to get through teh game using a handful of styles and very basic tactics, so you could get bored by the end of the game.However, there are a lot of great points to the game making it worthy of a 5 star score IMO. The combat, for all it lacks in depth, does offer a lot of exciting styles and harmonic combos. Most of hte time, it does the job, and occasionally you will create an excellent and thoroughly enjoyable fight sequence.The characters, despite rather strange names ('Sagacious Zu', 'Furious Ming') are, on the whole, very interesting and add greatly to the game, though you can only take one partner along with you at any one time, so you lose a lot of the banter between characters (such as that between Mission and Bastila on Taris in KoTOR). The enemies are often very interesting; both from an artistic and gameplay point of view too. The world itself has some utterly beautiful areas. The architecture, graphics and scenery can be stunning, and the art direction is gorgeous. It's thoroughly enjoyable to run through a lot of the areas in Jade Empire. The adventure and story itself is also of a very high standard, however, the lack of length in the game makes a lot of this feel rushed as you do not grow so attached to the characters. Had the story been given another 10 or 20 hours to unfold, the revelations and twists in the tale would have had far more impact and made far more sense. Finally, there are some excellent set pieces in the game, particularly a major showpiece near the end.Overall, Jade Empire is an excellent adventure title. It is an excellent stepping stone into Bioware style RPGs if KoTOR or Baldur's Gate on PC seem a little daunting, Bioware fans will probably be disappointed by its simplicity, and it's not nearly long enough, nor does it have enough areas. For all of these failings, the game is of the highest quality. It is beautiful, the storyline is interesting, there is plenty of minor comedy throughout (John Cleese's cameo is excellent!), the thousands of lines of dialogue are pretty much all well acted, the gameplay packs a punch and it can get very addictive.It is not really an option to miss this game if you like adventure titles at all; it is great fun, despite its various failings, and I have great hopes for the promised Jade Empire 2!

8.4.2007

There are no spoilers in this review.I've been playing Bioware RPGs since Baldur's Gate and I must say this is the best one yet! Set in a mythical far East world with magic and combat "styles" instead of weapons. This is the first Bioware game I've seen with a realtime combat system and it is implemented perfectly, adding an extra dimension of strategy and challenge to the genre.The support characters are interesting, but didn't bring their own missions... I am still debating with myself if this is a good or a bad thing. Typically Bioware games give each support character a side mission which distracts from the main game. Not adding side missions to each of them kept things focused,

26.4.2005

It was good but could've been better. I completed it in two days and the similarities to the two Star Wars : KOTOR games are very very noticeable. At one point in the game it turned into fight, cut scene, fight, cut scene, fight, cutscene, dialogue, fight! With nothing to do. The loading screens are often and do take a while and once you reach a certain point in the game there is no going back to finish off your quests.HOWEVER, this is a good game with a good plot that has a massive twist at what I thought was the end of the game. End of the game my ass I was only halfway through!!! The combat is fun and the interface is simple. The story is involving and the characters are really well thought out.Two criticisms of the actual game though,

17.5.2005

A truly awesome experience, Bioware have done it again after the brilliance of KOTOR. This game takes many of the best features of KOTOR and improves upon them and in many ways this feels like more of sa sequel to that game than the disapointing (and frankly baffling) KOTOR 2 did. What can i say, superb graphics, amazing sound and voice acting and one of the most fun combat systems ever. The game also has the best twist since Deus Ex (much better than KOTOR's rather obvious revelation in the middle).Downsides, well maybe its a tad too short (tho it took me 40 hours to complete), and at times I found myself yearning for some Morrowind-esq freedom. Still overall well worth buying.

1.12.2005

I had been told by so many people that I sould get this game, and that it was worth every penny.So many people were right. This game is completely awsome. It's so deep! The graphics are pretty slick aswell, when you consider it's not a brand new game. There's a nice large selection of characters to choose from, and you can customise small things like name/statistics, etc. But the further you progress, the more stuff you find. You can update weapons and styles of fighting, and since leveling up takes quite a long time, every time you progress a level you feel a great sense of achievement.So basically, the game is fantastic, mostly because of its depth. You can also change the difficulty if its a little too hard/easy for you.

11.8.2005

This is simply a fantastic game that balances fantastic gameplay with awesome graphics, well rounded characters and a great musical score. The combat system, which would look complex to the uninitiated, I'm sure, builds up gradually and smoothly so that when you get to the real tough baddies you are ready for some top stomping. The cut scenes also look great and really help the plot to evolve, which incidentally has a fantastice twist to it.I've played it through twice now without getting bored and I'm sure there are still a couple of side plots that I haven't discovered. Believe the hype, this game is that good,

21.5.2010

This was the first xbox game that I was ever addicted too. I love games in which you can choose your own dialogue and fate so this game was perfect for me. The story was incredibly well planned out and you find yourself spending more and more time try to uncover the secrets surrounding your past and the dark secrets within the Jade Empire. The music and the beautiful graphics are what original attracted me to the game and they continue to enchant you as you progress through the different chapters. I highly recommend this game to anyone even if you are not a gamer because I wasn't when I played this but it didn't stop me from throughly enjoying this incredible game!

13.9.2011

This is an [RPG]Roll Playing Game,i rate this game alongside Halo & Fable a long game to play but very fun & entertaining with a fair bit of interaction with caracters best played on the easiest setting to start untill you are familliar with the controls then you can always restart the game on a higher difficulty level to make it more challenging a very good game for those who don't just want to rush through a game & shoot everything that moves,a game where the right tools for the job applies.

23.5.2015

I am not going to spend long on this, but its a little gem of a game. It works on the 360 bc with minor graphics issues on one small bit of the game. Although there is admittedly not much difference in fighting given how many skills the game has, for which it has been critisized, it just does not detract enough from everything else, not least because the combat is fun anyway.Great characters, plot and twist at the end which had me, environments, dialogue and John Cleese is in it.

11.7.2004

I have downloaded may videos for Jade Empire and seen loads of pictures and i was amazed at the graphics of the game, it is like no other game. the fighting system is great you get to do martial arts stunts and you can also transform in creatures you have beaten and i think this will be one of the best games of 2005. so please pre-order it, its worth it.

30.3.2005

well having played the demo version only i'm really looking forward to this, the demon morph is fantastic (taking on the form of monsters you've defeated)and the combat system works well with intuitive dodge.If it's half as good as biowares' (the developer) Knights of the old republic we are in for a real treat!

31.5.2012

I bought this game after reading the reviews. Needless to say I was very pleased with the purchase. The game has a fantastic storyline and the fighting is smooth and the conversation and choices great and varied. All in all a wonderful all around game. I couldn't just play it once.

14.7.2010

Excellent game from the creators of Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic. It has a new system more suitable with the oriental theme. Very good grafics and very playable with exciting storyline. One of the must have for the former Xbox game console.