Jade Empire Special Edition – a New Chinese Venture Into Rpgs

 Hello fans of gaming. You might have earlier heard about the game called as Jade Empire which was earlier released on XBOX by Bioware and Microsoft. Now in the year 2007, this game was re-released on the PC as a Special Edition with new features. Basically, this game is an improved version of KOTOR (Knights of the Old Republic) with better controls, new story, better gameplay, etc. Other games made by Bioware are Mass Effect PC/Xbox, Jade Empire Limited Edition, Jade Empire Original, KOTOR, etc.

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The Limited Edition which was on XBOX

Jade Empire: Special Edition

This game is an entirely different RPG created by Bioware and instead of choosing actions and strategies, a gamer gets to participate in the fight.

You can select through 7 characters. Each character looks different and have different advantages. There is the female balanced character who has medium damage and speed, her opposite is the male balanced. There is also male Fast character with an opposite female character. Two magic characters are provided. The only exception is the strong character which is only for males. Also throughout the protagonist encounters other martial artists who help them on the journey by fighting or healing their specific stats.

The Different Possible Protagonists along with Fellow Students

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The game is based on three main stats which are mind, body and spirit. Mind is then further divided into focus which is a yellow bar which slows down time in battles and is depleted when a weapon is used. Spirit is for the blue chi bar responsible for healing and increasing damage. Finally body is the health. These aspects are then further responsible for  the conversational skills Charm, Intimidation and Intuition which can be used in conversations for increased bonuses, avoiding battles, etc.

This game is based on 6 main areas with small maps of their own. When changing areas, the map is loaded with the quest and NPCs. The game starts with the main player in a school of martial arts.