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About to start Jade Empire...
Posted: Fri Jun 17, 2005 6:04 pm
by xer0s
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.)
Posted: Fri Jun 17, 2005 6:16 pm
by tnf
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.
Posted: Fri Jun 17, 2005 6:30 pm
by xer0s
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.
Posted: Fri Jun 17, 2005 6:32 pm
by Geebs
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.
Posted: Fri Jun 17, 2005 7:02 pm
by SplishSplash
Trust consoles to make even Bioware games seem short.
Posted: Fri Jun 17, 2005 7:03 pm
by MKJ
nwn. urk
bg is where its at
Posted: Fri Jun 17, 2005 7:09 pm
by xer0s
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.
Posted: Fri Jun 17, 2005 7:10 pm
by xer0s
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
Posted: Fri Jun 17, 2005 7:11 pm
by MKJ
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
Posted: Fri Jun 17, 2005 7:37 pm
by Pooinyourmouth_needmerge
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.
Posted: Sat Jun 18, 2005 10:23 am
by Geebs
Yeah, bits of the plot are "reminiscent" of KOTOR.
I miss HK-47.
Posted: Sat Jun 18, 2005 10:24 am
by Geebs
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
Posted: Sat Jun 18, 2005 10:30 am
by Pauly
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.
Posted: Sun Jun 19, 2005 11:55 pm
by xer0s
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?
Posted: Mon Jun 20, 2005 9:54 am
by Geebs
Yeah, it saves on all your party members whining and moralizing at you.