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Jade Empire Special Edition Review (continued)
More User Submitted Jade Empire Special Edition Reviews
Date: 2008-07-01
A remastered version of a fantastic game.
It is a game well worth getting evn if you have it for the xbox. If you have a decent rig, meaning a video card that has come out within the last two years it is definately worth getting. The improved visuals and the layout of the controls on the keyboard are better in my opinion. If you fo not want to use a keyboard and mous it does support controllers. If you are going to use a controller I would recommend the 360 wired controller because the wireless one still has a few issues that need to be worksed out. As for the game itself it has not changed. And one complaint I have is while the AI has been dramatically improved there are sections that were fine before that are just plain cheap now. The demons are much more difficult. But you can always turn the gameplay down if it gets to difficult. And to give even more incentive to play the game again, they have Jade Master form which makes for a very interesting playthrough. Overall I give this game a hearty recommendation of five stars.
Date: 2007-07-02
Excellent, Inexpensive, Enjoyable Game
If you've managed to play or see "Neverwinter Nights 2", this game's graphics match or excel it--a significant feat considering that NWN2 is over a year newer, and has extremely steep system requirements that prevent it from working well on most PCs. This game isn't turn-based in combat as NWN/DnD is; you live and die by how fast you use your skills. There are plenty of areas in experience and buffing and alignment to vary the gameplay widely and pleasantly.
The storyline is pleasantly surprising and quite engaging (some of it not quite predictable). Lots of humor in the game as well (when you're able to play the character of Black Whirlwind, read his journal log, then kill 100 human enemies before killing a large golem to see a successive graduation of kill titles). Romance abounds for the "shippers" of RPG games, too: Not only can same-sex relationships work, but male players can romance two females at once (add 70's music here). This addition, as well as some blood fountains on killing some enemies, makes this game as M for Mature, however, parents needn't worry about language, but should be mindful of the sexual suggestive content in terms of threesomes and same-sex romance (the male-female kiss is shown, but BioWare does not show same-sex kisses). The price is agreeable, too.
PCs need a good DirectX 9 video card to make this work. Mac users with MacBook Pros or Intel-based Macs with non-integrated video (sorry, MacBooks) will find this game a blast (and is what I played this game with using Apple Boot Camp). Martial-arts gaming fans (particularly monk players from Neverwinter Nights) should consider this a must-buy.
Date: 2007-05-30
Nice!!
A truly fine RPG and a real treat for anybody who played and enjoyed KOTOR 1. Jade Empire has all the Bioware trademarks: Good graphics, a fine story, great dialog, romance, challenging combat (on higher settings) and interesting characters/locations. Like KOTOR, it has two paths to follow (something like good and evil), plot twists and even the ability to completely change your alignment near the end. Some people say it's "cartoonish", but I definitely don't agree. Rather I think it tries to impart a sense of another culture's mythology, and it succeeds beautifully in my opinion. Think Titan Quest if you want an example (or Star Wars for that matter). I did almost everything in the game, and it took me about 30 hours to complete. There are a lot of cut scenes, but they can be easily skipped by pressing the ESC key. If dialog screens bother you, you shouldn't be playing this type of game in the first place. It's really a shame that it took so long for Bioware to port Jade Empire to the PC. It would have been much more popular if it had come out a year ago. Even so, I count this as among my favorites to be played many times.
Date: 2007-05-20
Cutscene after cutscene.. more like watching an animated movie.
If you like watching animated movies, especially foreign Asian animation, you might like this game because that is what you do in Jade Empire. If you like some good button mashing and then watching cutscene after cutscene after cutscene, then this might be the game for you. I like SOME cutscenes in my games, but too many will take me out of the immersion factor. Also, the graphics in Jade Empire just feel cartoony.
Your character fights scripted linear enemies and then triggers another cutscene. Then your silent voiced character will have choices of dialog to select from leading eventually down the path of good or evil. Once you choose your dialog, you continue to the next cutsene. I just couldn't get into this game no matter how hard I tried.
Date: 2007-04-27
Looks great - nice balance
The fighting system in this game is a nice balance of "arcade style" (click a lot) and more of an RPG style like Neverwinter Nights (the character does a lot of the basic fighting on its own). I think they did much better than Oblivion, for example, which I find frustrating to control. The graphics are some of the best I have seen and the faces look really good. In fact, the women are quite attractive and the shaping and movement is good enough that they read as very athletic young women. The way hair and clothes move is very good as well. Although the core story is pretty standard stuff, I thought there were some nice innovations and details. If you like martial arts movies, you are quite likely to enjoy this game.
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