Product Description

The Jade Empire has withstood countless attacks, but the greatest threats come from within. As a master of the martial arts, will you restore this ancient land to its former glory, or crush it beneath your heel?

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #13233 in Computer & Video Games
• Brand: Microsoft
• Released on: 2005-10-21
• Platform: Xbox
• Dimensions: .26 pounds

Customer Reviews

Outstanding
When thinking of a title for this review I was quite simply lost for words. No pithy one liner can do justice to this unique game. This is an RPG in a class of it's own. So many of the classic pitfalls of the genre have been avoided without affecting gameplay. The pacing is perfect with never a moment to wonder where your next quest is going to come from. The quests meld with the storyline so perfectly that you always feel like an integral participant in great things. There is never the sense that you're working your way down an arbitrary checklist, completing quest simply because they are there. Even the side-quests feel like a smaller part of the whole. In short, playing Jade Empire is like playing a part in a well directed and perfectly edited movie.

That is not to say that the game is not challenging. One of the great aspects of of Jade Empire is the combat system. Guess what ... you are actually in control of the combat. Sure, character generation and experience work towards building up the skills and knowledge of your warrior, but the real-time combat system demands the player to take control using the skills he / she has earned. In order to succeed you need to take control - to be strategic, vigilant and responsive in equaly measure. In fact the combat system is so deep it could easily stand as a game in it's own right without the RPG.

The fact that Bioware have created a game that is rich and deep in both RPG content and combat is to be commended.

The graphics and sound both deserve special mention - beautiful, lush enviroments, superbely rendered characters and excellent voice acting all serve to immerse the player in the world of Jade Empire without even realising its happening.

I'm not normally one for RPG but Jade Empire has stolen my life. I simply cannot put the game down - I've thrown myself into my character and I just have to keep playing to find out what happens next.

I really cannot recommend this game enough, but only buy it if you have a understanding family - you won't be seeing them for a few weeks.

An epic game.
This is a game that everyone should try at least once if you're a serious RPG fan.

Set in a mythical version of ancient China, you start as a student of a wise master in a temple near a quiet village. After your training you have a whole world to explore full of choices that will affect how the people around you behave towards you. The chances for character development are epic with dozens of different decisions to make as you progress.

Aside from the beautiful graphics and quick game play the lands are peopled with fantastic characters. Talking to different people opens up side-quests and mini adventures.

With multiple combat styles to master you can even bring friends you meet along the way with you as help. You'll find certain styles will suit you better than others and will learn to perfect these in favour of other systems that you come across. Switiching between styles during fights can be difficult, but stick with it and you should come through easily.

As with most console RPG's the plot is rather linear. You have time to wander around and take in the sites, but you aren't really free to wander as much as you'd like.

Apart from that small fact this is a fantastic game for expert RPG players as well as anyone who would like to start in the genre. Well worth having a look at.

Amazing
I got this game pretty cheap, and thought it would be fun playing it, specially as I am a MASSIVE KOTOR fan, and its made by the same dudes that made KOTOR. Nothing could prepare me for what I was about to witness when I started to play. let me put it in point form, cos i can go on talkin forever.

1. AMAZING STORY
2. Superb characters supporting the story
3. Amazing detail in Graphics.
4. So many other quests to complete apart from the original story
5. Great detail in Animation of the various martial arts techniques.
6. Amazing speech system.
7. It is upto you where you end up.

The story is so involving and addictive, that I had to stay up 2 days straight to finish one quest. the animation flows smoothly and there are little quests apart from the main ones that you can follow to further shape ure character.

I would highly recommend this title for any KOTOR / just RPG fans, or even if you're not, the game can be a great pass time. the only thing that concerns me know is what next? i think they should make like an online version of jade empire, but ill leave that to the experts haha!