Jade Empire: Special Edition

Stunning Setting, deep characters, smooth (although somewhat simple) Gameplay, wonderfully executed philosophy and the best Story-twist I have ever seen. Even if you are not a "Fan" of eastern Style or Kung Fu, for that alone it is worth playing. IF you are a Fan: why haven`t you played it already? If it was deeper gameplaywise and regarding character developement I would name it Best RPG ever. The way it is its "Only" Top 3 material.

Visuals: ** + Good lipsync and facial animations. + The pre-recorded scenes include the model we've chosen as our character. - Some character designs are terrible. - Inadmissible lack of effort results in non-solid crowds of NPCs, camera glitches that can only be solved reloading the game, camera that doesn't center on the faces of people talking and very ridiculous scenes. Sound:** + Nice music and a fraction of the voice acting. - Repetitive score. The battle music is sometimes too short for the length of the battle and is slow to loop. - Evil characters talk stereotypically cartoonish evil. Playtime length: *** + The game is around 26 hours length. - I hear fans of the game don't think this is enough, and non-fans will feel it drags for too long. - Dialogues drag a lot and they are often derivative. You can have entire play sessions all dialogue. Fun factor: + Nice overall story. - Horrible writing which is often not supported by the actions you see taking place. E.g: The inventor Kang will talk to you about a device with a lever that he apparently has, but since you can't see what's going on the dialogue turns completely absurd and abstract. And it happens a lot. - Badly designed combat everything. Personal experience: I felt like playing this for the setting, too bad I couldn't stop yawning for a minute of the 28 hours I put in it.

I loved this on the Xbox and I keep hoping they will convert it for Mac users, as my Xbox has died. Does anyone know if this will ever happen?

this game is released on 2005 - is it not a bit to much money for? i remember that i owned it - i got 5 € for the disc - and this was generous offer ;)

Graphics are nice but i couldn't stand the combat