CompSci Posted November 12, 2005 Posted November 12, 2005 nuff said http://www.gamespot.com/news/6139680.html
Stocka Posted November 12, 2005 Posted November 12, 2005 Is JE worth it? I am getting a 360 but don't have an Xbox and its in list of compatible games and i've always been interested so I've been thinking about getting it... ...I expected it to be a deep RPG but it seems to be more button bashing action RPG ??? help me out
Dan_Dare Posted November 12, 2005 Posted November 12, 2005 it's an action rpg, but not in the baldurs gate: da form where theres no real story. JE is a proper rpg tale in the true bioware fasion with multiple endings, morality choices and subquests. it just happens to have a really meaty action game fighting style. buy it sucker.
Stocka Posted November 12, 2005 Posted November 12, 2005 Bah I hate alternate storylines. I'll probably get it though
Dan_Dare Posted November 12, 2005 Posted November 12, 2005 do. personal favourite rpg of mine for a while (besides the godlike bg2 and nwn: hotu)
Athriller Posted November 12, 2005 Posted November 12, 2005 Perhaps my expectations were too high, but I found the first to be very dissapointing. The combat, although varied, was just too simple. I thought the characters lacked a lot of depth, heck, I can't even remember their names. And compared to Knights of the Old, the plot was standard. I also guessed what would happen over the course of the game in the first 10 minutes. Yeah, that killed the experience. But it had a solid premise, and I'm hoping the sequel will fufill its potential.
Android18a Posted November 13, 2005 Posted November 13, 2005 *shudder* I have an Xbox, and have ordered my 360, but I'm gonna go on record here as saying I can't stand Bioware's games. SW:KOTOR and Jade Empire are really poor RPGs, IMHO. Sure JE is pretty, but it's battles (like KOTOR before it) are il-conceived and implemented. I have no intention of buying another Bioware RPG.
Aimless Posted November 13, 2005 Posted November 13, 2005 *shudder* I have an Xbox, and have ordered my 360, but I'm gonna go on record here as saying I can't stand Bioware's games. SW:KOTOR and Jade Empire are really poor RPGs, IMHO. Sure JE is pretty, but it's battles (like KOTOR before it) are il-conceived and implemented. I have no intention of buying another Bioware RPG. Perhaps you're suffering from culture shock after playing so many Eastern RPGs. Not that I can't see where you're coming from, in fact I agree to a certain extent. I think my main problem with KOTOR is that I simply didn't find the battles fun. It wasn't quite turn-based, nor action orientated, and in the end it came across as a jack of all trades. Jade Empire fixed things a little, but to be honest I found the game's numerical foundations jarring. Action games and a reliance on stats don't mix, in my opinion. Still, I liked some of both games' ideas, although if I see another 'morality' meter it'll be too soon.
Android18a Posted November 13, 2005 Posted November 13, 2005 I found Fable was what KOTOR should have been - any stats were behind the scenes, really, and the battles were all-out action. I agree it was trying to be action and turn based together, and failing dismally. The way I see it, they should have either given us total lightsabre control, or made it totally FF-styled. I mean, I really LOVED Fable. It was the best Western RPG I've ever played, but that's partly because it felt like I was almost playing a Zelda title with the RPG elements I wanted Zelda to have. The good/evil thing was fun, and the locations were far more beautiful than KOTOR's dull browns and greys ever managed.
Dan_Dare Posted November 13, 2005 Posted November 13, 2005 KOTOR was awesome. imo the battle system is pretty good as its real stratergy mixed wiith a far, far better and satisfying than the 'i hit you, you hit me' crap that has plagued ff games and their ilk since their conception. god i hate that type of combat so hard.
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