Step into the role of an aspiring martial-arts master and follow the path of the open palm or the closed fist. In this multi-award-winning action-RPG, your choices and actions will determine the fate of the entire Jade Empire. Will you prevent the destruction of this beautiful land, or will you c...
Step into the role of an aspiring martial-arts master and follow the path of the open palm or the closed fist. In this multi-award-winning action-RPG, your choices and actions will determine the fate of the entire Jade Empire. Will you prevent the destruction of this beautiful land, or will you crush it beneath your heel? Are you a warrior who uses his strength and fighting mastery to bring peace, or will you instead use your power to bring pain and ruin?
The choice is yours.
The Original Award Winning Jade Empire
An incredible, engaging story that makes you the noble hero or the treacherous villain!
A wealth of fascinating characters to interact with.
Beautiful, mysterious lands to explore, discover, and save...or conquer.
A rich blend of role-playing and exciting real-time combat.
New monsters and enemies.
New fighting styles.
Customizable, intuitive controls including support for game-pads and keyboard/mouse.
Increased graphics resolutions and new visual effects.
This is my favorite game. Great story, a vibrant kung-fu fantasy setting, and gameplay focused around learning and combining various fighting styles.
The soundtrack is amazing and the graphics, while certainly outdated, hold up even 20 years later.
Unfortunately, it doesn't work on Windows 11 at all, but I've managed to run it on Windows 10 without issue.
Underrated both as an RPG classic and as part of BioWare's portfolio. If you enjoyed the Knights of the Old Republic games, you will find Jade Empire to be familiar ground.
Give this hidden gem a spin if you haven't already!
I love martial arts movies. I can't name all Bruce Lee's Movies. I can't even name all the Bruce Lee movies I've seen. I'm not posing as an expert, but I have spent many hours cheering gormlessly at old videotapes.
I understand that this makes me a terrible person, but I loved old Grasshopper and Kung Fu back in the day. My son and I still watch Karate Kid pretty regularly, and I intend to introduce him to Forbidden Kingdom as soon as he's old enough to see booze as a punchline.
I love martial arts movies.
This game is a martial arts movie. I LOVE this game. So... I shout 5 stars at the clouds!
The combat system is a hoot, and the fighting styles are unique. The characters are epic and ridiculous. The twist is... well... not that big a twist, but who cares because it's martial arts movie, and the fight is epic!
And... Yes. That IS John Kleese's voice you hear in the garden.
So... Not an open world, but the maps were huge, for their day. They are packed with interesting NPC's, side quests and treasures so it does have a lot of fun exploration.
There's not a lot of player agency, here, but there is a story. It is the equal of all but the very best kung fu movies, which means it's actually not really all that great. But people don't watch kung fu movies for the story. These movies are EXPECTED to be formulaic and predictable, and Jade Empire skillfully obliges.
If you love RPG's, this is a Bioware classic.
But, if you love Martial Arts movies, this is a Bioware masterpiece.
Either way, buy it.
.... is that it was WAY too short (and that's the only reason it got 4/5)..
The music was absolutely amazing, the story was great (though predictable) and there were some really emotionally touching moments.
A brilliant RPG!
I won't bother about the story since it's laid out in the description. But I will explain a few things.
This is an action RPG set in the... honestly I don't know when this is set in, but seeing as though mythological creatures still exist it must be way back in the times of China. The structure of the levels are fairly linear, you come across an event you solve it, you come across another even you solve it. A couple times you'll come into a town where there will be side missions.
Combat is kung fu style based, you pick a style and you associate your moves to that style, and they all stem from what karma you choose (good/evil), and you can get friends to be party members along the way. I do believe there is also magic and weapons you can use/buy.
What I like:
1: Mythology. I do see some games based in China, but none of them ever touch on the myths that have been a part of that land for thousands of years, and it's so refreshing to see some of that.
What I don't like:
1: Story. It's just a product of the times, it used to be cool back when but now it's just predictable. And considering this is Bioware, that's a bit disappointing.
Everything else is ok and works fine. Give it a shot if your wanting something different.
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