Posted on: September 17, 2016

eberg

Игр: 94 Отзывов: 2

Fun... until bugs stop the game

This game is enormously fun & engaging, but I have run into three really unpleasant bugs that deserve to be the focus of my review. I will present them in the order that I encountered them: 1.) Occasionally the viewpoint will switch from forward to straight down. Even more rarely, it will switch back on its own, but more often I have reset it by moving to a different map. Not the most fun workaround in the world, but that still makes this bug the least intractable of the three. 2.) People that are supposed to attack me instead stand around being all neutral and invulnerable, with no conversation. Two of these people blocking a path ended my first playthrough; I physically could not get my character to the place where act 2 finishes. Backing up to a previous scene did not open the path. On my second playthrough I experienced the same bug in a different (and non-blocking) location. 3.) On my second playthrough, shortly after the end of act 1, the framerate dropped to <10fps. This is (ahem) highly incompatible with the quick and decisive real-time combat mechanics. I will also be submitting this list to GOG directly, and hopefully I will be able to write and updated 4- or 5-star review on some future date. In the meantime, people who might buy this game deserve to know. P.S.: My system is brand new as of July 2016, runs win-10 on an AMD A10-9600P with Radeon R5 graphics.

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Posted on: April 10, 2017

MrFoxer

Владелец игры

Игр: 129 Отзывов: 8

Experimental

This game feels very experimental. Sure it's got your standard Bioware mechanics like decision-making, romance, parties etc. but the lore is horribly shallow and the game's world is a confusing mish-mash of different influences. The story is your standard "you're the chosen one and you gotta save the world" and perhaps Bioware took this too seriously because there are basically no consequences for killing everyone you meet, despite being repeatedly told that messing with the wrong people is dangerous. The voice acting is also extremely hit and miss. Some characters just sound awful and few if any even have a remotely Asian accent. I appreciate Bioware's attempt at replacing the terrible turnbased combat of KOTOR, but the Jade Empire's combat is just garbage. Upgrade one skill to the max then just mash left mouse until the enemy dies and repeat with the next. You can even get a gun at one point which you can upgrade to absolutely cheese the more difficult bosses without even getting hit once. On the bright side, Jack Wall did an absolutely phenomenal job with the soundtrack to the game, which is graciously included with the GOG edition.

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Posted on: June 5, 2025

Kira_Daisy_Jones

Игр: 149 Отзывов: 7

A very unique experience (if it works)

I never experienced any bugs with this game. I know a lot of people had issues, bugs, even game-breaking bugs, or the game would simply not start for them. I think the GoG version is the best version of the game, but be warned. When it does work though it's an amazing action game, the martial arts aspect is surprisingly deep and balanced with many different fights challenging your mastery in various ways. The choice of which martial arts styles to focus on feels very meaningful and deeply impacts how the gameplay feels. This makes the game surprisingly replayable. The story is hard to surpass. This action game has a better story than most "story-rich" games published in the last decade. The downsides of the game (bringing it down from a hypothetical 7 stars to a mere 5 stars) in my eyes are: The end game railroads you a bit which is an unwelcome change after the very free, hub-based early and mid-game that offers a lot of choice. I know a lot of games do this, but I felt the balance was a bit off in JE, perhaps the game could have used one last hub somehow combining the areas of the 5th and 6th chapters. The new game + feature (Jade Master) is generally fun, but especially the bossfights involve a lot of repeated moves that are hard on the fingers. Still overall an amazing game and well worth at least one play-through!

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Posted on: June 12, 2025

Arwing20

Игр: 48 Отзывов: 10

Its Okay Not Amazing

Biowares first attempt at an action RPG, which they would perfect with Mass Effect. Combat is basic and not that fleshed out but serviceable. Story is interesting enough and the game is a decent length if you do a lot of side quests. The RPG elements are pretty light in terms of character customisation and it lacks the interesting characters and story variety of Mass Effect. You won't feel ripped off at the price of the game as it is but its not one of those games that offers much reason to go through it again

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Posted on: July 30, 2025

SirZdanius

Владелец игры

Игр: 120 Отзывов: 1

Favorite game of all time

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!

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