Jade Empire

[Riggswolfe]

Anyone else getting this? IGN gave it a 9.9. I haven't checked other sites yet but I'm expecting good scores because, well, frankly, it's Bioware.

[Strazos]

My wallet says I've had it on reserve since 9/14/2004, so I'll go with a resounding "Yes."

It is BioWare. They can do no wrong, even if I didn't like NWN.

[schild]

The guys at my local EB said they played a demo of it and that it blew chunks. That said, I've good reason to believe it's awesome because some of the guys at my local EB wouldn't know fun if it hit them in the face in the form of bricks. Buying the limited edition myself.

[Rodent]

Deffinatly getting it, haven't seen anything of/about the game since their last year E3 trailer I think, but that was enough to convince me that I must have this game.

And like Strazos said, it's Bioware. Sure NWN was dissapointing and I never did go back to it once it supposedly had enough mods etc. to make it a good game, but Baldur's Gate and Kotor fucking owned.

[sinij]

Too bad Jade Empire is another X-box abortion. Lets hope they do better job porting it to PC than KoTOR2.

[schild]

How is Jade Empire an Xbox abortion?

Edit: Oh, and I just went and looked at IGN. As much as I like Bioware, and I'm sure it wasn't their doing - the only way you can get a member of their staff to write a SIX page review is with cashmoneys. They've no reason to spend that much time pimping a game and that's....lame. That said, I don't doubt that Jade Empire is indeed awesome.

[Strazos]

It's probably their publisher, who is, if I'm not mistaken, now Vivendi via Atari.

Yeah, they have the cashmoneys.

[Margalis]

It's probably a good game, but the TV commercials look terrible.

[schild]

It's probably a good game, but the TV commercials look terrible.

God yes, I still haven't figured out what's up with that.

[stray]

Hmm...I'm cashed out. I wonder if it's roughly the same length as KoToR. Could just rent and beat it then.

[schild]

IGN said 22 hours. So I suppose it's probably 15-18 hours.

[Riggswolfe]

I have a demo disk I got with my Xbox mag. I'll give it a play in the next day or two and let you know what I think. (Yes, feel free to throw rotten fruit at me for having an XBOX mag sub. What can I say? I like the demo disks and I need bathroom reading that won't get me in trouble with my daughter.)

[SirBruce]

I had my order in with EB for the Limited Edition yesterday.  Also, Still Life comes out on Thursday (for the X-Box as well; PC players will have to wait another month.)

Bruce

[Stormwaltz]

The guys at my local EB said they played a demo of it and that it blew chunks.

The demo is not the best way to judge the final game, as it was done immediately before a major combat polish and balance pass.

[MrHat]

The guys at my local EB said they played a demo of it and that it blew chunks.

The demo is not the best way to judge the final game, as it was done immediately before a major combat polish and balance pass.

Good to know.  Going to EB tonight to make sure I get my preorder in.

[Strazos]

I was in a Gamestop the other night, and a friend of mine asked the guys working what Jade Empire was going to be like. They were having trouble finding their words, so I threw in "The Baby Jesus" as a descriptor....they lost it for about the next 5 minutes.

TEH WINNAR IS ME!

[Alkiera]

Too bad Jade Empire is another X-box abortion. Lets hope they do better job porting it to PC than KoTOR2.

It's been repeatedly stated that they aren't going to port it to PC.  It's an X-Box exclusive.

They are working on a different engine/system(no more d20) and setting for doing more RPGs on the PC.

Alkiera

[Trippy]

This is the game that'll probably get me to finally buy an Xbox. Every other Xbox-exclusive game I've been tempted to buy has ended up on the PC (Halo, KotOR, Riddick) except for Ninja Gaiden and that's the kind of game that might frustrate me and make me stop playing after only a few hours.

Edit: I preordered it, cause, well the whole exclusive preorder Limited Edition character/style thingy kind of sucks (frickin marketing people). I'm not going to open it until I see if Fry's a) gets in LE copies even though they are supposed to be preorder only and b) has their usual $10 off sale on the big new release titles.

[Riggswolfe]

Ok. Well I played the demo.

Good graphics. Cool lucking cutscenes. (Yes it had a couple of cutscenes in the demo.) The fighting was interesting and pretty fast paced. Definitely an action RPG which I like. I spent alot of time using my characters flip like Yoda and land behind the opponent technique. Mostly cause it was fun and I was fighting a big giant ogre thing.

[NiX]

The guys at my local EB said they played a demo of it and that it blew chunks. That said, I've good reason to believe it's awesome because some of the guys at my local EB wouldn't know fun if it hit them in the face in the form of bricks. Buying the limited edition myself.

Coming from someone who works for EB: I agree. I had another manager come in and tell me it sucked. And that Bioware should of went with the awesome combat system they CREATED for KotOR. Somehow, after the created part, I just stopped listening to what he had to say. With that said, I have pre-ordered it recently as I've made the decision to ditch my PSP in favor of loving my XBOX.

[Tebonas]

Too bad its an X-Box exclusive. Was looking forward to playing it.

For purely selfish reasons I hope the EB people are right and it sucks. But I doubt it.

And no, I won't buy a third nonupgradeable gimped PC for one game. Thats kinda insane, and just encourages them. Technically there is no reason for X-Box exclusives. Its all in the bribes exclusivity right payments from Microsoft.

[schild]

And no, I won't buy a third nonupgradeable gimped PC for one game.

Yea, I know. Who would want to play Ninja Gaiden, Phantom Dust or the best of the crossplatform games? It's positively insane.

[Tebonas]

I wouldn't. I don't care for Ninja Gaiden or Phantom Dust one way or the other. Not my type of game.

But that gets off-topic here. This thread is supposed to be about Jade Empire, neither about people being played by Microsoft, nor about Ninja Gaiden.

[Azazel]

How is Jade Empire an Xbox abortion?

Edit: Oh, and I just went and looked at IGN. As much as I like Bioware, and I'm sure it wasn't their doing - the only way you can get a member of their staff to write a SIX page review is with cashmoneys. They've no reason to spend that much time pimping a game and that's....lame. That said, I don't doubt that Jade Empire is indeed awesome.

Well, Bioware has a good, solid rep. But then again it wasn't so long ago that Peter Molyneaux could do no wrong. After this http://xbox.ign.com/articles/542/542632p1.html managed to sell me the piece of shit that was Fable (greatest RPG EVAR!    on pre-order) I wouldn't be so quick to follow the IGN review and (totally) ignore the EB salesdroids..

[Riggswolfe]

I wouldn't. I don't care for Ninja Gaiden or Phantom Dust one way or the other. Not my type of game.

But that gets off-topic here. This thread is supposed to be about Jade Empire, neither about people being played by Microsoft, nor about Ninja Gaiden.

Yeah, cause, you know, it's not like any of the other systems have exclusives. PCs don't get exclusives, but that's because there's no market reason for it currently. (Unless Microsoft decided PC gaming was competing against consoles. "Exclusive to Windows" might then be a reality. )

[Murgos]

PCs don't get exclusives, but that's because there's no market reason for it currently. (Unless Microsoft decided PC gaming was competing against consoles. "Exclusive to Windows" might then be a reality. )

Yeah, man, tell me about all those hours I blew playing WoW on my X-Box.

[Rodent]

And no, I won't buy a third nonupgradeable gimped PC for one game.

Yea, I know. Who would want to play Ninja Gaiden, Phantom Dust or the best of the crossplatform games? It's positively insane.

Steel Batallion. If you're a mech fan and don't own an Xbox, you possitivly suck.

[Riggswolfe]

Yeah, man, tell me about all those hours I blew playing WoW on my X-Box.

Well, I can tell you about all the hours people spend playing it on their Mac. Smart ass. Seriously, when was the last time you saw "PC Exclusive" as part of the advertising or labelling on a PC game? You haven't. In a generation or two, you might see it start happening if consoles continue to compete with PCs.

The game might literally be exclusive to a PC, but it's not something that is touted liike an "XBOX exlusive" or a "PS2 exclusive".

The PC market is different.

[Murgos]

A Mac is a PC.

But whatever.  Exclusivity is what it is, artificial exclusivity is just a marketing gimick.

[NiX]

and (totally) ignore the EB salesdroids..

Fable sucks. I said it from day one. To EVERY customer. Blow me.

[schild]

and (totally) ignore the EB salesdroids..

Fable sucks. I said it from day one. To EVERY customer. Blow me.

Fable didn't suck. I preferred what it was trying to do than Windwaker. And at the very least, I liked gallavanting around boasting and marrying women.

But they both sucked comared to most of the other shit on the market at the time. Neh.

[HaemishM]

I liked Fable. If it's at least as fun as that, I'd buy it and play it.

As for console exclusivity, it moves hardware. Chances are when you buy a console, even if it's only for one exclusive game, you WILL buy at least one or two more. I see no problem with console exclusivity, it's good business when you are talking about competiting entertainment standards. I mean, we all need at least one Betamax system out of each console hardware cycle. You know, like the Game Cube.

[Riggswolfe]

A Mac is a PC.

But whatever.  Exclusivity is what it is, artificial exclusivity is just a marketing gimick.

What did you do? Go to the SirBruce school of arguing by picking on semantics and pretending you don't know what common terms people are using.

When people use the word PC they mean an IBM compatible machine that probably uses Windows. You know it. Stop being a dumb fuck.

When people mention exclusive, they mean the marketing gimmick, not whether or not it is a literal exclusive. Again. Stop being a dumb fuck.

[Rasix]

I guess the mods are just broken people.  I too enjoyed Fable.

I really wish this wasn't coming out right now as I'll have to wait until at least May before buying it.  Spending $400 bucks on a PSP + stuff to go with it (well, it was an anniversary gift, but that money all comes from the same bucket) kinda smashes my gaming budget for this month.  I think my wife would flay me if I came home with an Xbox game the week after also. 

GRRRRRRRR.  Been looking this title for a LONG time.

Edit: settle down, kids.  Yeesh.

[Murgos]

What did you do? Go to the SirBruce school of arguing by picking on semantics and pretending you don't know what common terms people are using.

When people use the word PC they mean an IBM compatible machine that probably uses Windows. You know it. Stop being a dumb fuck.

When people mention exclusive, they mean the marketing gimmick, not whether or not it is a literal exclusive. Again. Stop being a dumb fuck.

Nope I put up with a lot of dipshittedness on these boards but the OS confusion thing isn't one I tolerate.  Historically I point it out whenever it makes sense to.

And exclusivity is still exclusitivity.  WoW and about 1000 other games are exclusive to the PC and no amout of crying about how "Thats not OFFICIALLY SANCTIONED exclusivity!!!^^%!" isn't going to suddenly make them not-exclusive to the PC.

Someone doesn't have to tell me something is exclusive for it actually to be fucking exclusive.

Let me use simple words.  If a game exists on the PC and only on the PC then it is exclusive to the PC.  Because there are many, many excellent games that are exclusive to the PC I, and many others like me, prefer to use a PC as our game platform of choice.

"Har-dee-har-har, we didn't say it was exclusive in 20 point red font on the cover of the box so that doesn't count!" ?

What are you smoking?  And why don't you share?