Jade Empire: SE - Review @ Mortismal Gaming
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I remember getting Jade Empire in a fancy steel box, and I remember it being pretty good. I also appreciated the uniqueness of the setting. Are there any other martial arts themed RPGs at all?
If I were to re-buy it, I would probably get it on GOG rather than Steam. GOG actually seem to care if the games they sell work.
If I were to re-buy it, I would probably get it on GOG rather than Steam. GOG actually seem to care if the games they sell work.
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That could have been Five Fingers of Death, a project that BioWare started before Jade Empire, which was implementing Kung-Fu combats, but it was cancelled and evolved later into Jade Empire. Then there was the Jade Empire 2 / Revolver ideas, but cancelled too.
Sleeping Dogs has a martial art theme, though it's an urban setting and even more an action RPG, vaguely like GTA with martial art (but more interesting mechanics).
EDIT: I remember the fancy box too
We're such easy preys.
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Me, too.
Unbelievable in this current age of downloading.
In which even boxes are sold for downloading ...
Soon you can buy and own boxed game NFT's in the metaverse
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I was years late to the party in playing this one, yet when I did I enjoyed practically every moment! I always hoped we'd see a worthy sequel to this fine game.
I still have my boxed copy somewhere. It was an interesting game. Not something I'd go out of my way to replay, but it was fun enough. I still remember those arcade shooting sequences they mixed in which was really bizarre for a Bioware title.
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Reasonably good game that was hard to digest due to the lame setting, much as is the case with asian themed Soulslike games. Kinda worth playing once when it was released, and worth never looking back at it ever again.
I liked the setting, but hated the combat and thought that the arcade sequences were some of the dumbest shit I've ever seen squeezed into an RPG. I didn't get far.
However, I'm a lot more open minded about RPGs these days so I'd at least have a look at any re-make/master. Preferably minus the arcade bits.
However, I'm a lot more open minded about RPGs these days so I'd at least have a look at any re-make/master. Preferably minus the arcade bits.
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I also hated combat in JE but I did manage to finish it. For me, it was very meh - it has a rarer settng and there were some fun moments but ultimately, it was very forgettable.
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I'm just saying the eastern setting made Jade Empire a worse game than it could have been, as it usually does to most other RPGs. I'm okay with your preferences. I would probably play GoldBox games over buying FIFA lootboxes, and that's saying a lot.
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More on topic this is one of the few Bioware games I never played. Sometimes consider it but I have too many new games I am interested in to go back in time these days.
Jade Empire at it's release was a decent RPG, and BioWare deserves credit for releasing something different. The combat though was basically modified from KoToR.
I'm guessing sales weren't great as the two followup games were both canceled.
I'm guessing sales weren't great as the two followup games were both canceled.