Do You Remember Jade Empire?

kosten07

Back when Bioware meant quality, they put out a string of amazing RPGs, one of them was Jade Empire. They never got around to making a sequal. Now, after playing Absolver, and how much I enjoy combat, I have my dream game in mind:

Absolver combat + Jade Empire type of story RPG = Greatest game I have never played.

Probably not going to happen anytime soon (if ever) with the focus on PvP, which lately I have avoided because a) the hacking and b) can't log into the servers so I can only play offline after the latest patch.

Just throwing it out there if you devs are paying attention. Seriously, Absolver combat + Jade Empire type of story RPG = win for everyone.

Galoyal

I certainly do remember Jade Empire fondly, but I did buy Absolver because I was attracted by the Dark Souls type of storytelling. An semi open world, where you learn the story bits by bits by reading description in objects, and where much of it is left to your imagination.

The other thing I like is the fact I can explore the game and meet up with other players, some who will help me, other who will challenge me, and some who will be utter ass. I like this kind of unpredictability. That is another aspect of the game I enjoy. I can do PvE, but I never know when someone will appear and mix things up, it create a sort or thrill a game that is PvE only cannot give.

To create a Bioware style storyline that makes sense would require to remove the PvP aspect of the equation, and quite frankly, I think that, as it is with every other fighting game I know of, it cannot live on as a single player experience.

I really wished there was a more sizable chunk of the game that provide PvE, with more maps to explore, more bosses to fight, more secrets to uncover, but I really want that to go along with the fact that other players are roaming my world, and mix things up.

Jeantall

I will say the new games form bioware are not quite as good as the older but by no means bad games in way shape or form. Its more just that you now have really high exceptions form them and no one can be perfect all the time. That being said Jade empire was a good game but I can only say absolver really does not feel like that game other then its a Oriental inspired game. Story,combat,gear, and character progression is so different that really cannot be compared to each other.