[Xbox] Jade Empire, you'll want to preorder

[driver8]

Well, then they got me. I wasn't even paying attention. Oop.

I just assumed that with all the nonsense like "Whip Set" and "Attack of the Show" (The Screensavers never looked so bad) that G4 had totally lost it (as opposed to partially).

Good point..given that stuff like Whip Set is on G4 (which to me seems stretching the networks tech focus) I wouldnt totally count out a boring talk show.

And Im assuming Attack fo the Show is just a rebranded Screen Savers. Its pretty much, to me at least, less helpful and less entertaining.

O yea, and Kevin Perrerra is a tool. The guy has to be the focus of attention in every single segment they do.

(ok end of hijack)

 

[takyris]

Everybody in the offices has been amazingly jazzed about how well Jade has been reviewed.

I will hunt around and ask the folks who'd know if there's any word about porting to the PC -- or at least when we're allowed to confirm or deny stuff for the record.

And re:timing/button-mashing: I can't say for certain, but I believe that while you can win the early fights by simple button-mashing, it eventually pays off to start getting the timing right with certain combos. But they nevertheless wanted to make a game that would appeal to both the RPG folks and the Action folks -- which means limiting the amount of twitch-ability required to play the game.

 

[Welverin]

Everybody in the offices has been amazingly jazzed about how well Jade has been reviewed.

Office, what office? Are you implying you work at the most holy of game developers?

 

[takyris]

Yep. But I'm a complete newb. I had nothing to do with Jade, having started in mid-March.

So while I don't have any great inside information, I can at least ask around and get more up-to-date outside information.

 

[RedSwan78]

I went out and bought an Xbox a little over a week ago. I needed a DVD player, and I figured this way I could get both that (with buying the remote) and something to play console games on- something I haven't done in YEARS!

One of my deciding factors on Xbox over PS2, besides the graphics suppossed to be better thing; Jade Empire. I pre-ordered it when I bought my xbox. Let's just hope that Monk Zheng and his staff rocks! hehe

(really, I want to play some kind of version of Dark Age of Camelot's Friar class - a staff wielding can of whoop ass! lol Minus all the lame DAoC/Mythic crap.. hehehe)

 

[JRRNeiklot]

Bah. I've been disappointed in every rpg since BG2 Shadows of Amn. Bought NWN, it sucked. Skipped KOTOR because it used the NWN engine, bought KOTOR2, it sucked. Including Throne of Bahl, I'm out $150 due to crappy games. Not going there again.

 

[Ranger REG]

I like KOTOR, but I hear the sequel didn't top it.

Still waiting for Jade Empire PC version.

 

[takyris]

Bah. I've been disappointed in every rpg since BG2 Shadows of Amn. Bought NWN, it sucked. Skipped KOTOR because it used the NWN engine, bought KOTOR2, it sucked. Including Throne of Bahl, I'm out $150 due to crappy games. Not going there again.

If you've been disappointed in every RPG since BG2, then you shouldn't be playing RPGs. I'm not saying that in terms of Bioware. There's been some good stuff from a number of companies. There have also been some issues that make RPGs a bit more challenging to make (compare the cost of painting the nice painted maps in BG2 to the cost of modeling the 3-D worlds in KOTOR, and you can make an art department director's head explode, which is at least one of the reasons that the 100-hours-of-play-single-campaign RPGs are behind us until the technology gets cheaper). If you're angry because you don't get 100 hours of play out of your RPG, you can blame the folks who don't buy games unless the graphics are cutting edge. I personally don't think an RPG needs cutting-edge graphics, but then, I don't pay attention to the effects in movies, either. (See Sin City thread...)

I'm playing KOTOR2 right now, and I'm having a good time. I'm not saying your opinion is wrong, but it's possible that your opinion is a) the result of unrealistic expectations and b) the result of a little rose-tinting for games of the past, which look pretty lousy by today's standards. Or, you could really be into graphics, and KOTOR2 is based on a few-years-old graphics engine, the same used in KOTOR, which looked pretty good at the time.

But then, it might be possible to have a more nuanced conversation if you made descriptions beyond "sucked" to explain why you didn't like it. The games that, according to you, sucked, sold enough copies and won enough awards that at least a few people disagree with you.

 

[driver8]

Well gamespots review is up. Slightly critical (as it should be since its a review) but still very good score.

 

[JRRNeiklot]

If you've been disappointed in every RPG since BG2, then you shouldn't be playing RPGs.

. If you're angry because you don't get 100 hours of play out of your RPG, you can blame the folks who don't buy games unless the graphics are cutting edge. I personally don't think an RPG needs cutting-edge graphics, but then, I don't pay attention to the effects in movies, either. (See Sin City thread...)


b) the result of a little rose-tinting for games of the past, which look pretty lousy by today's standards.

Or, you could really be into graphics, and KOTOR2 is based on a few-years-old graphics engine, the same used in KOTOR, which looked pretty good at the time.

But then, it might be possible to have a more nuanced conversation if you made descriptions beyond "sucked" to explain why you didn't like it. The games that, according to you, sucked, sold enough copies and won enough awards that at least a few people disagree with you.

Heh, I love rpgs, I'm just saying the last few games sucked. Is that my opinion? Well, yeah, I could hardly state YOUR opinion. I don't need a hundred hour games. I'd settle for 20. Graphics? Bah, I still load up Zork now and then. And it's not nostalgia, I still play BG and BG2 now and then. They STILL rock. I want a game with multiple party members and interaction between said party. I don't need no stinking 3d. Neverwinter Nights was just ugly. Give me a good, fun game to play and graphics be damned.

Sorry for the rant. I really hope JE is a great game.