Posted on: July 8, 2022

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Gry: 883 Opinie: 12

Wuxia-themed Bioware RPG

Jade Empire is a fantasy RPG, with demons, ghosts, martial arts, magic, firework-propelled aircrafts and huge dose of "vaguely oriental" themes. It still looks and sounds beautifull, even if the graphics ar erather dated. The game runs on the same engine as kotor (And, from what I've heard still uses turns "under the hood"), but is more real-time action oriented. Theough it is much *much* lighter on the RPG elements, Uses 3 stats, which determine a buch of stuff, the equipment is "pick 3 items that grant me bonuses I want" (later on you can equip more of them) There are multiple "styles", each having a light attack chain. a heavy attack and an AoE attack. Styles are separated into: physical straight up damage dealing (they also finish "combnations"); Support - debuffs and opening "combinations"; Magical - ranged attacks using up chi (which also can be used to heal or deal more damage); Weapon - they use a weapon bigger damage, attacks use up Focus (bullet time you can use basically at will), as well as Transformations, which let you well, transform into one of several forms. The combinations can be used to spawn health/chi/focus pickups on killing the target, which is their only use. Also, now you have only one companion at a time, in one of 2 modes: attack or support, attack is rather straightforward, they will fight together with you (and they ar erather useless), support on the other hand makes them buff the player, some regenerate resources, some increase damage dealt with certain styles. It presents a unique moral framework, based on the martial arts philosophies described in the tutorial... but almost immediately shallows it into old "good" and "evil", which is a tremendous shame. The game is also linear, at few points allowing you to choose in which order to do the current selections of subgoals. It is a fresh breath of novelty between all the typical western fantasy settings. On a side note: I recommend using the "Jade Empire in Style" mod

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Posted on: December 21, 2017

IamWhatIam69

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Gry: 239 Opinie: 5

Console KOTOR with an asian setting

Listen, i get it. Jade Empire has its flaws. Its limited. Its not going to appease a lot of Old School Bioware fans that need their deep DnD system. But this game right here still has Old School Bioware written all over it. Its systems may not have been the deepest but they are far from shallow. The world and its lore are beautifully realized, the characters are memorable, the quests interesting, the dialogue is great, there are minigames and overall this is very much a "console KOTOR with an asian setting." For all the things that Jade Empire did wrong the things it did right it did well enough to have reached cult classic status in the hearts of some gamers (such as myself). If you like games like Knights of the Old Republic and you appreciate games like Mass Effect but think they could use a bit more of an oldschool approach when it comes to roleplaying your character then you should absolutely give this game a try. Because of nitpick reasons and limitations that a lot of new and old games both acclaimed and disliked also share the game has never got the attention it deserves. No its nothing for hardcore RPG fans. Its nothing for CRPG fans that need a deep DnD esque System but its certainly not a shallow piece of work. One can tell its a game that came out between Kotor and Mass Effect. Its kind of oldschool Bioware and its kind of newschool Bioware. Just love the game for what it is and dont hate it for what it isnt. Kotor Fans are surely going to enjoy this one.. if you can live with hack n slash esque combat. You dont think this can be called an RPG? fine. I mean you are wrong but okay. Dont call it an RPG then. I call it a great game.

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Posted on: November 16, 2022

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Gry: 166 Opinie: 4

Classic that still holds up

I love this game and its setting. It was my first introduction to eastern philosophy and religion years ago. I'm particularly fond of the karma system, which I thought was done better than KOTOR. The game also ran better on my PC than it ever did on my xbox/xbox 360 with fast loading times. I used both an xbox one and a gamecube controller, both work marvelously. If you like KOTOR and want something a little more action-packed, buy dis

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Posted on: August 29, 2023

jomorim

Gry: 493 Opinie: 2

The best Bioware game ever.

I played Bioware games since Baldur's Gate, and this was the most fun I had with any of them. In true Bioware fashion, the dialogues can be absolutely delicious (Egregious Prevaricator anyone?), and it's full of memorable NPCs (I'm looking at you, Lustful Lao, Zhong, and Qi the Promoter). Looking at the overland map, you can clearly notice that the game was intended to be considerably larger that it was, which is a shame, as it left me hungering for more. It is a love poem to the martial arts genre, sometimes with meme levels of hilarity, and a truly unique gem of a game.

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Posted on: March 9, 2018

Sachys

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Gry: 761 Opinie: 17

Worth playing for various reasons.

Just finished this. A nice departure from the usual trappings, though at times the game feels... well, not unfinished, more half done and squeezed out to shipping. Thats not a terrible thing though - one of its strengths is the fact that with a simplistic combat system, the game isnt too long (I spent maybe 24 hours on it), but compared to other games of the genre (and Bioware games in particular) the last couple of acts feel heavily edited down. If you find you don't ever seem to have the time to fully enjoy something like Kotor or NWN, maybe give this a shot. The look of the game is top notch, as is the OST, and some of the characters are pretty memorable. Similarly if the mentioned flaws are putting you off, but you enjoyed other bioware games, give it a shot. However, if you're looking for a full on action game, this is probably not for you! Oddly would have made a great animated series as well.

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