Hello Grasshoppa,
you are obviously curious into Master Lindsay's view of the ambitious Jade Empire Xbox game, I will tell a tale...
Deep in the lands of BioWare a machination was brewing, this machine was named Jade Empire, past inventions from this land have been award and battle winning near classics (I don't believe I have to recant) beautifully crafted and made with exceeding care. This machine was a glory to be hold, but alass...it would seem the inventors of this land sought beauty over performace and longevity.
Jade Empire was bought as fantastic as Moral RPGs can be as far as the choices you were given, the dialogue is near flawness and entertaining the entire way though with classic reminders of the glory days of Bruce Lee and black & white kung fu flicks. Anyway, besides all that it has a nice small series of mini-games that are interesting if fleeting and short. The characters are creative and elequently dashing...plus the chicks are hott.
Sadly, there is a downside. There isn't much strategy depth to the fighting, it's like a hack/slash battle system but you don't get the combo creativity. You have ONE attack button and you vary your attacks by switching styles mid GREEN button bashing!! If you were only playing the demo, this is game is a perfect 10...if your spending 50 bucks on a good game that will last you awhile, hold your dollars. The creators even admited to only making the game 20+ hours long, I was disappointed to have beaten it in 18hrs and I played most of the sidequests.
If played twice I don't think it would extend past 11-12 hours honestly. It's short.
If you like this review, please respond...I have more to say about it.
First Look: 10/10
Second Look: 8/10
Graphics: 15/10
Gameplay: 8
Longevity: 7/10
Battle System: 6/10
Originality: 12/10
Not a bad game, just killed me on it's shortness.
