Jade empire is definitly a good game. With it's great asian touch right at the beginning it sets a great inttroduction for the game that it keeps more or less until the last areas of the game. Everything has sort of a "Mulan" feeling to it. The gameplay is split between fighting and simply walking around and taking quests or buy stuff. But here is one of the shortfalls this game has to offer: while there are plenty of attcks to learn it doesn't get even remotly challenging to defeat foes or solving quests. So you will make your through this game rather quickly and see the other big problem of this game: it seems heavily cut towards the end, right after an important story twist. I do not want to spoiler anything but right after an important story twist it feels like you will make a long way to your final enemy and confront him in an epic battle. But what the game gives you instead is a surprisingly similar sequence you had gone through just a hour ago. While this might seem like a minor issue considering the game does fairly good until then, it leaves a sour taste on the tongue. Anyway, if you like such settings and want to play a not too long RPG for the next two weekends, this might be just what you're looking for.
