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Posted June 11, 2013
The Way of the Jade Dragon.

Jade Empire: Special Edition, BioWare's role-playing epic set in the colorful realm inspired by legends of the Orient, is available 33% off on GOG.com. That's only $9.99 for the first week.

[url=http://www.gog.com/gamecard/jade_empire_special_edition][/url]Jade Empire: Special Edition opens the land of kung fu legends before you and lets you immerse yourself in the fantastic version of the Orient. In this RPG classic brought to you by people who gave us RPG gaming monuments like Baldur's Gate and Neverwinter Nights, experience an epic tale of courage, power, honor, and betrayal set in one of the most colorful and suggestive gameworlds ever created. Master the unique fighting styles and train your own disciples who will rise to power along your side. Choose your own path and become a hero or a villain in your very own martial arts legend. This is the extended Special Edition of the game and it even comes bundled with an MP3 soundtrack. Don't miss this fantastic opportunity for an epic adventure!

Become the hero of your very own epic tale of far east in Jade Empire: Special Edition for only $9.99 on GOG.com. The 33% discount offer will last until Tuesday, June 18, at 9:59AM GMT.
Posted June 11, 2013
Dear GOG.com:

As a costumer, I demand you cease your threats to my wallet, your awesomeness and to stop blowing my mind.

Seriously talking, you have surprised me all these weeks! GREAT and AWESOME releases!

GOG.com, great job! I simply can't be more happy with you guys! :D Here goes a virtual digital beer ^^
Posted June 11, 2013
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JMich: I got one (first one actually) with Wizardry. Didn't get one for Chaos Overlords, even though I had voted for it. Haven't received one yet for Jade Empire.
What makes it look even more random, since I got mine 12 hours ago.
I guess it depends on you having voted for the game on the wishlist
That goes without saying.
and possibly the game having more than X votes.
Doesn't explain why I got one while you don't.

I guess it's just a new feature that doesn't work the way it should.
Posted June 11, 2013
glad to see this, I was kinda thinking that EA had blown its load and gone home.

as much as everyone is calling for KOTOR, and it would be nice to have #2, I would still prefer if we were to get SW:Battlefront 1 on here at some time.
Posted June 11, 2013
Wow. So this was the clue of the week's solution... well, i still don't get it but this game is pretty epic.
Posted June 11, 2013
how modifiable is this thing?

I know that KOTOR-2 wasn't officially modable (as in, shipped with a tool set) so this one -could- get some work done to it too, right?
Posted June 11, 2013
I never heard of this game. I'm intrigued, like the setting but will need to wait - currently broke. I saw this on wikipedia:

Like the original version, the Special Edition has also been criticized for being too short and for having rather easy battles using a simplistic battle system

From reading previous posts, it seems the battle system is simplistic, but do the battles get very repetitive and boring because of the simple system and easy fights? Considering its more action-oriented, this would seem to be a negative, yet it seems most people here who've played it have really enjoyed it. If you played the game, how are the battles? If they do get a bit boring, what about the game kept you playing despite this?
Posted June 11, 2013
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CrowTRobo: I never heard of this game. I'm intrigued, like the setting but will need to wait - currently broke. I saw this on wikipedia:

Like the original version, the Special Edition has also been criticized for being too short and for having rather easy battles using a simplistic battle system

From reading previous posts, it seems the battle system is simplistic, but do the battles get very repetitive and boring because of the simple system and easy fights? Considering its more action-oriented, this would seem to be a negative, yet it seems most people here who've played it have really enjoyed it. If you played the game, how are the battles? If they do get a bit boring, what about the game kept you playing despite this?
I enjoyed the game for what it's worth. :D (X-box version before I gave it away)

Firstly, it's pretty much a bioware game. If you liked Star wars knights of the old republic, Mass effect series and Dragon Age's style of RPG, story and dialogue + romances (This includes Jade Empire), most likely, you will find fun out of this game. Otherwise, this may not be your cup of tea.

As with bioware's creed sometimes, combat tends to be more style than substance. The combat looks nice in execution, and gives you a great feeling of being in action. However, if you are expecting a ninja gaiden level of fighting strategy with tons of moves to use and intricate combos, you are better off looking elsewhere.
Post edited June 13, 2013 by Nicole28
Posted June 11, 2013
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CrowTRobo: I never heard of this game. I'm intrigued, like the setting but will need to wait - currently broke. I saw this on wikipedia:

Like the original version, the Special Edition has also been criticized for being too short and for having rather easy battles using a simplistic battle system

From reading previous posts, it seems the battle system is simplistic, but do the battles get very repetitive and boring because of the simple system and easy fights? Considering its more action-oriented, this would seem to be a negative, yet it seems most people here who've played it have really enjoyed it. If you played the game, how are the battles? If they do get a bit boring, what about the game kept you playing despite this?
it is KOTOR with Kunf-Fu instead of Jedi, the battles are exactly the same kind of "offer suggestions while your characters pretty much auto battle" ... which is funny because people gush over KOTOR's combat.

as far as length, I do not know as I never finished my Xbox version; I think if it -seems- short it is because this game has more branching based on if you are evil or good than what KOTOR did.

in KOTOR you pretty much did the exact same things, in the exact same places, regardless of if you were Jedi or Sith; if I remember right, this game starts taking you different places depending on your alignment and you won't see every location on a single play through ...... I think, it has been a while.
Posted June 11, 2013
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CrowTRobo: snip
As JudasIscariot mentioned, you can expand combat with this mod:

http://jade-empire-in-style.com/
Posted June 11, 2013
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Nicole28: Firstly, it's pretty much a bioware game. If you liked Star wars knights of the old republic, Mass effect series and Dragon Age's style of RPG, story and dialogue + romances (This includes Jade Empire), most likely, you will find fun out of this game. Otherwise, this may not be your cup of tea.
I've actually never played those games. :) From Bioware's catalog, I've only played Baldur's Gate (in the middle of playing for the first time now) and Neverwinter Nights. I like both games, very well done.

As with bioware's creed sometimes, combat tends to be more style than substance. The combat looks nice in execution, and gives you a great feeling of being in action. However, if you are expecting a ninja gaiden level of fighting strategy with tons of moves to use and intricate combos, you are better off looking elsewhere.
That actually might be a positive for me, I found the modern Ninja Gaiden extremely difficult.


Thanks all for the help! I'll grab it when I get paid and give it a shot with the in style mod installed.
Post edited June 11, 2013 by CrowTRobo
Posted June 11, 2013
This was a nice game - I liked it a lot. But for $9.99 on sale it is still overpriced at this point I think...
On my wishlist for a better sale.
Posted June 11, 2013
Seriously tempted to get this. Never got to play it back in the day, but I absolutely loved the original KOTOR (which I hope will come to GOG as well). My wallet is hating GOG more and more every week.
Posted June 11, 2013
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ddmuse: As JudasIscariot mentioned, you can expand combat with this mod:

http://jade-empire-in-style.com/
Does this change the flow of the combat for melee?

I recently played through it and at first I tried to play at Hard as I recall playing normal the first time and I wanted a challenge. Sadly enough, the controls are a bit sketchy for my part not to mention on hard your enemies don't only become more aggressive but they deal more damage and you deal less on them which required a bunch of reloads or excessive training to make any sort of progress so I lowered the difficulty and ended up abusing spells and transformation abilities instead.
Posted June 12, 2013
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JMich: and possibly the game having more than X votes.
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Bavarian: Doesn't explain why I got one while you don't.
I haven't voted for Jade Empire, thus I didn't get a notification e-mail. The point about X votes was because I had voted for Chaos Overlords, but there wasn't an e-mail notification for it.
Posted June 12, 2013
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MasodikTiasma: I own this game on disc, it's really fun and the setting is cool.
Still, seeing the rhino demon ennemies on the screenshots, I can't help but be reminded of this:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/africaandindianocean/mozambique/10028738/Last-rhinos-in-Mozambique-killed-by-poachers.html

Sad, really sad...
Very sad, that superstitious people, with money and little in the way of brains or compassion are funding their extinction.
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