Jade Empire Reviews

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Two more reviews for BioWare's Jade Empire have trickled in just as the game makes its way to retail stores across North America. The first is at Electronic Gaming Monthly with apparently three different overall scores - 10/10, 9.5/10, and 8.5/10:

Luckily, Jade Empire has much more than good graphics. Impressive, emotional, moving, with all the twists and turns BioWare plots have become famous for, the story rewards those gamers who enjoy involved cut-scenes and cunning dialogue trees. It's in the story and character development that the choices in your character's alignment—the Way of the Open Palm versus the Way of the Closed Fist—really hit home. I thought playing a selfish, egotistical, heartless Closed Fist master would be a fun sort of lark; I didn't realize some of my crueler decisions would stick me with a very real sense of guilt. I even replayed the ending, changing choices to redeem myself slightly (but I must say, the evil ending was better).

And the second is at Experience Gaming with no overall score:

Depending on your expectations of how well Jade Empire should perform, Bioware's latest creation can either blow you away or disappoint you heavily. If you have had a lot of experience with games and game development technology alike, you will realize Jade Empire has a lot of technical merits and does extremely well as compared to its predecessors on the Xbox. On the other hand, if you are expecting the game to be better than anything the market can offer, you may be a little disappointed. Nevertheless, if you are a role-playing fan, this title should be on your shopping list.