I had this game in my library for a long time and finally got to stream all of it! It took quite some time though, as RPGs usually do. One warning going forward, however, you need to look up some ways to modify the code and some mods to improve it's appearance. Here's a fix I found, thanks to the wonderful community on steam
So this game was a pain in the ass to get up to run and had to instead load directly from the .exe. This is sadly something common with a lot of older games. Especially ones that were on the xbox too. Regardless, my points aside, here's my first experience whilst I was streaming it as a little preview of it
That aside, I'll continue with my written review:
Jade Empire is set in a fictional far-east location ruled and known as the Jade Empire. You can choose your abilities or go with a pre-set character, much like Bioware's Mass Effect series. Three types of focuses, one of each gender. One is Body where you're high in health and physical strength, One of Spirit which is focused on magic power and powerful with the movesets that require a lot of magic like transforming into a demon and Mind which specialises in weapons, but also gives you the ability to slow down time for both trap-dodging and combat.
You start out as a student at a martial arts school, often seen as the teacher's favourite much to the ire some students. After a bit of sparring you meet up with a childhood friend to hang out a little, learning about the stories of ghosts and the dead not resting, though many don't believe in this kind of thing. That said your friend, Dawnstar, has the ability to sense spirits. However, after some exploring you are attacked by bandits!
After you make your way through the mods of bandits and come to their leader, he summons ghosts who you manage to punch and disrupt. Seeing this, he freaks out until your master arrives and destroys the boat in a single move! Afterwards he warns you that there is stuff to talk to you about your true origin and where you came from along with your unique abilities.
So this game was a pain in the ass to get up to run and had to instead load directly from the .exe. This is sadly something common with a lot of older games. Especially ones that were on the xbox too. Regardless, my points aside, here's my first experience whilst I was streaming it as a little preview of it
That aside, I'll continue with my written review:
Jade Empire is set in a fictional far-east location ruled and known as the Jade Empire. You can choose your abilities or go with a pre-set character, much like Bioware's Mass Effect series. Three types of focuses, one of each gender. One is Body where you're high in health and physical strength, One of Spirit which is focused on magic power and powerful with the movesets that require a lot of magic like transforming into a demon and Mind which specialises in weapons, but also gives you the ability to slow down time for both trap-dodging and combat.
You start out as a student at a martial arts school, often seen as the teacher's favourite much to the ire some students. After a bit of sparring you meet up with a childhood friend to hang out a little, learning about the stories of ghosts and the dead not resting, though many don't believe in this kind of thing. That said your friend, Dawnstar, has the ability to sense spirits. However, after some exploring you are attacked by bandits!
After you make your way through the mods of bandits and come to their leader, he summons ghosts who you manage to punch and disrupt. Seeing this, he freaks out until your master arrives and destroys the boat in a single move! Afterwards he warns you that there is stuff to talk to you about your true origin and where you came from along with your unique abilities.