A Sagacious Exit - Jade Empire - Open Palm - Episode: 34
0With a path open for us to enter the Lotus Assassins headquarters, our companions want to discuss our next move.
We ain't going to the fortress yet, we still have a lot of side quests to do within the city (and I mean a lot)
[Chapters & Highlights]
00:00 Recap
01:34 Returning to Camp/Hangar(?)
06:13 Talking to: Mechanic Hin
09:23 Camp Talk: Silk Fox
17:23 Camp Talk: Henpecked Hou
19:40 Camp Talk & Regret: Sky
23:02 Camp Talk: Wild Flower
23:40 Camp Talk: Dawn Star
26:27 Jinlin (Quest)
31:00 Prefect Jitong (Turning in Quest)
[Game Description]
"The fate of an empire is in your hands. Will you save or doom the ancient realm? The Jade Empire suffers from the violent upheaval of rebellion. The once-beloved Emperor Sun Hai falls prey to a corrupting influence that turns his brothers against him. Now, you must choose sides as the dark mysteries of the crumbling empire unfurl before you: why do the dead now walk the earth? What has caused Sun Hai to become twisted and evil? What was your role in the past and what is your destiny for the future? - Jade Empire GoG Store Page
To put it bluntly, I freaking LOVE Jade Empire. An excellent RPG developed by Bioware around 2005 with the aim to stand out from their previous title Knights of the Old Republic, while keeping to the same style.
Instead of the fast round based combat system they had for KOTOR, they went with a sort of arcade-real time martial art system where you use various styles and weapons on the fly, complete with combinations to fit your style; despite some bugs, it works out pretty well.
This, coupled with an interesting game world and a complex morality system, adds to a pretty solid experience.
I have a lot of love for Jade Empire and it's been high time I play through it once again. I hope you join me and the Shirtless Man as we uncover what has happened to the dead of the Jade Empire!
[Playthrough Details]
In this playthrough, I am going for an Open Palm run. We are aiming to do as much as we can: quests, dialogue, exploration, followers, romance, as much as possible! I'm playing it how I would have played it a long time ago.
Eventually we'll come back to do a Closed Fist run in the distant future!
[Technical Details]
Jade Empire, sadly, is one of those games that needs a bit of help to get working, especially for the Steam version. Thankfully there are a fair few guides out there to help you get the game working on modern systems.
The one I followed for this playthrough was found here: https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=197207529
The "Extra Tweaks" section really helped smooth out most of the stutters.
My NVIDIA settings for this are:
Anisotropic Filtering: 16x
Anti-aliasing – Transparency: 4x (Supersample)
Max Frame Rate: 60 FPS
VSync: On
[Mod Details]
The main mod I used for this was "Dialogue Overhaul (With High Resolution Fonts)" which removes the black border during dialogue. This was a personal preference as I never liked it, plus for some reason I was dropping frames when talking to NPCs. If you have this issue, this might fix it for you.
You can find it here: https://www.nexusmods.com/jadeempire/mods/82
Please note: I not affiliated with this mod in anyway. If you decide to download/use it, do so at your own discretion.
[Purchase]
You can buy a digital copy of Jade Empire on GoG or Steam at a fairly decent price.
GoG: https://www.gog.com/en/game/jade_empire_special_edition
Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/7110/Jade_Empire_Special_Edition/
A note: if you do aim to mod Jade Empire, I highly recommend getting the GoG version as it doesn't have the restrictions that Steam has when it comes to modifying game files and EXEs (see KOTOR and Steam for examples of that).
[Big Thank you!]
Ashcup - My wonderful partner for fixing up my descriptions cause I suck at these generally. She's been so helpful for that!
Her channel: https://www.youtube.com/@Ashcup
Reece42Draws - For fixing me up a basic template for thumbnails! I generally dislike doing them so having him along is always a boon.
Reece's Twitter: https://twitter.com/42Draws
[Tags]
Jade Empire, Jade, Empire, Martial Arts, Kung Fu, Combat, RPG, Bioware, Action RPG, Open Palm, Arts, Chi, Focus, Master Li, Martial, Demons, Mythology, Swords, Companions, Dawn Star, Silk Fox, Dragon, Shirtless Man, Choices, Playthrough, Let's Play, Betrayal, Please give that man a shirt,
[Hashtags]
#JadeEmpire #Playthrough #Medivak #OpenPalm
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