Where The Hell Is Jade Empire 2?
701When you think of Bioware, odds are the first things to pop into your mind are Mass Effect, Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic. You certainly wouldn’t be wrong for thinking of those titles as they are certainly emblematic of Bioware’s golden age and had something for just about everyone. Bioware had their hands in a whole bunch of other sorts of games though.
MDK2, Neverwinter Nights, and Baldur’s Gate are also examples of great games that Bioware either had a hand in or just made themselves. Among those lesser-talked about titles lives Jade Empire; the action role-playing game spearheaded by BioWare and published by Microsoft Game Studios way back in the year 2005 for the popular Xbox and later ported to Microsoft Windows PC.
Jade Empire was an interesting beast as it was a departure from the typical Bioware game and took place in a universe largely governed of Chinese Mythology. With a similar morality mechanic seen in Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic, that clearly worked well for that game, mixed with its own brand of a more cartoony art style and a more arcadey combat system, Jade Empire would quickly carve out its own little spot in the action/adventure RPG genre within the XBox and PC gaming audience.
On top of that, it would review fairly well with lots of 8s and 9s out of ten across the board, which put it in a pretty good place to see a sequel. However, that sequel never came, which is odd. With a game that reviewed so well, sold decently considering its limited audience at the time, and even continues to get ported to mobile devices to this day, why would Bioware neglect to continue the franchise? Perhaps we won’t be able to know that just yet. But there is cause for speculation that Jade Empire might not be going too much longer without returning in some form.
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