About to start Jade Empire...

Post by **xer0s** » Fri Jun 17, 2005 6:04 pm

Loved Neverwinter Nights. Loved Knights of the Old Republic. Bioware makes good shit, so I thought I'd give Jade Empire a shot. There has got to be some people here that have played this, so I'll take any tips I can get (open or closed fist, ect.)

Post by **tnf** » Fri Jun 17, 2005 6:16 pm

It's not bad, but I grew a bit tired of it after 2 weeks. There is a LOT of conversation to read and listen to. But some fun mini-games. Make sure you learn how to pull of the harmonic combos. The instructions don't do shit to explain them.

Post by **xer0s** » Fri Jun 17, 2005 6:30 pm

Cool. Conversations usually don't bother me, as long as it has a good story.

2 weeks? Did you not finish it? I read it was a bit short. Something around 22 hours of gameplay.

Post by **Geebs** » Fri Jun 17, 2005 6:32 pm

It is quite short. It's good fun, but the endgame part takes about 5 hours, and you eventually get to that Unreal "is it over yet?" sort of state of mind.

It's about an 8/10.

Post by **SplishSplash** » Fri Jun 17, 2005 7:02 pm

Trust consoles to make even Bioware games seem short.

Post by **MKJ** » Fri Jun 17, 2005 7:03 pm

nwn. urk
bg is where its at

Post by **xer0s** » Fri Jun 17, 2005 7:09 pm

SplishSplash wrote:Trust consoles to make even Bioware games seem short.

KOTOR (XBOX version) had about 60 hours of gameplay for me. I can't see how it would be a consoles fault.

Post by **xer0s** » Fri Jun 17, 2005 7:10 pm

MKJ wrote:nwn. urk
bg is where its at

Didn't understand a work of that. It looks like this to me:

Neverwinter Nights. blah

Blah is where its at

Post by **MKJ** » Fri Jun 17, 2005 7:11 pm

xer0s wrote:
MKJ wrote:nwn. urk
bg is where its at

Neverwinter Nights. bleh

baldurs gate is where its at

[edit] ofcourse this is from a DnD & crgpists POV

Fri Jun 17, 2005 7:37 pm

It's a good game and all, but if you played other Bio games, it's starting to feel a little like the same ole recipe. If you haven't played the older ones then this will be a great game for most.

Post by **Geebs** » Sat Jun 18, 2005 10:23 am

Yeah, bits of the plot are "reminiscent" of KOTOR.

I miss HK-47.

Post by **Geebs** » Sat Jun 18, 2005 10:24 am

xer0s wrote:
SplishSplash wrote:Trust consoles to make even Bioware games seem short.
KOTOR (XBOX version) had about 60 hours of gameplay for me. I can't see how it would be a consoles fault.

Yeah, but 30 of those hours are loading times

Post by **Pauly** » Sat Jun 18, 2005 10:30 am

I am still only about 20 mins into KOTOR2, I must play it again. The first level is so utterly dull though and coupled with the dreadful animation of the main character, I turned it off and haven't played it since.

Post by **xer0s** » Sun Jun 19, 2005 11:55 pm

Have you guys gone Open or Closed Fist? I've been heading toward Closed. I think it's just more fun that way. Plus I seem to have quite a bit of silver. Are there any benefits to the Open?

Post by **Geebs** » Mon Jun 20, 2005 9:54 am

Yeah, it saves on all your party members whining and moralizing at you.