Jade Empire
June 12, 2008
Another game released by Bioware Corporation. I am a huge fan of the previous installment of Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic 2 and Neverwinter Nights. What separates these three games from the rest, is the richness and complexity of each game’s storyline. Careful transition between plots seemingly creates a flawless Jade Empire gameplay. If you want to experience a new genre of digital storyling, I definitely recommend this one!!!
Jade Empire follows the style of the wuxia genre and is based in a mythical setting inspired by ancient China. The player (who can be either male or female) progresses through an adventure based on traditional martial arts, and he or she is able to discover and develop new fighting styles (either martial arts, weapon styles, magic styles, support styles or transformation styles). During combat the player can switch between styles by hitting a pre-assigned direction on the D-Pad. Combat is not turn-based, but is in real time and gives players the ability to control how and when his character dodges or attacks. In this fashion the player has the ability to change styles during combat and possibly initiate a Harmonic Combo.
