Jade Empire
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the_gneechMy in-laws gave me Jade Empire for Christmas, and so far I'm really enjoying it. :)
Jade Empire, for those who don't know, is a martial-arts adventure game that uses the same basic engine as Knights of the Old Republic, albeit tweaked to remove the d20 system components and add a button-mashing martial arts system. Right now it's X-Box only, alas, and the upcoming sequel is rumored to be X-Box 360-only ... although they won't absolutely come out and say there won't be PC versions.
As you can probably guess, I'm playing Tiger Shen, the big burly dude, although I customized him to have a slightly less ponderous combat style than he defaults to. (Unfortunately, realizing that I could do that made me go back to the beginning after I was almost through the second chapter, but I don't mind.)
Unfortunately, I've only been able to play in the occasional stolen hour here and half-hour there, between art, Bowflex, and just the usual busy-ness of life, but so far it's a terrific story, and the Kung Fu aspect is just plain cool. In its own way, it's been inspiring me to keep up with the exercise, by reminding me how much I like Kung Fu. I am still pondering the idea of going back to that next year, assuming I keep improving with the Bowflex. It would be nice to be in good enough shape to to keep up with class!
There haven't been that many really good martial arts adventure games. Tai Fu was fun (and had the benefit of being a furry game), except that the last level was unbeatable. But most martial arts games are arena-fighters, which certainly makes sense. (There was a Bruce Lee licensed game, but it wasn't very good.) I suppose it's no coincidence that Jade Empire is an adaptation of a Star Wars game, is it? ;)
But c'mon -- one of your quest items is called "the inscrutible power source." How can you not love a game like that?
I just wish it wasn't exclusive to X-Box.
-The Gneech
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kung_fu: Furries duel. :)
Jade Empire, for those who don't know, is a martial-arts adventure game that uses the same basic engine as Knights of the Old Republic, albeit tweaked to remove the d20 system components and add a button-mashing martial arts system. Right now it's X-Box only, alas, and the upcoming sequel is rumored to be X-Box 360-only ... although they won't absolutely come out and say there won't be PC versions.
As you can probably guess, I'm playing Tiger Shen, the big burly dude, although I customized him to have a slightly less ponderous combat style than he defaults to. (Unfortunately, realizing that I could do that made me go back to the beginning after I was almost through the second chapter, but I don't mind.)
Unfortunately, I've only been able to play in the occasional stolen hour here and half-hour there, between art, Bowflex, and just the usual busy-ness of life, but so far it's a terrific story, and the Kung Fu aspect is just plain cool. In its own way, it's been inspiring me to keep up with the exercise, by reminding me how much I like Kung Fu. I am still pondering the idea of going back to that next year, assuming I keep improving with the Bowflex. It would be nice to be in good enough shape to to keep up with class!
There haven't been that many really good martial arts adventure games. Tai Fu was fun (and had the benefit of being a furry game), except that the last level was unbeatable. But most martial arts games are arena-fighters, which certainly makes sense. (There was a Bruce Lee licensed game, but it wasn't very good.) I suppose it's no coincidence that Jade Empire is an adaptation of a Star Wars game, is it? ;)
But c'mon -- one of your quest items is called "the inscrutible power source." How can you not love a game like that?
I just wish it wasn't exclusive to X-Box.
-The Gneech
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kung_fu: Furries duel. :)
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Date: 2006-01-06 08:16 pm (UTC)-The Gneech
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Date: 2006-01-06 08:32 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-01-06 08:34 pm (UTC)-TG
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Date: 2006-01-06 10:11 pm (UTC)we just picked up a bunch of dance games and an eyetoy, but preliminary reviews are... mixed.
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Date: 2006-01-06 11:31 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-01-07 01:37 am (UTC)onyx
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Date: 2006-01-07 01:08 pm (UTC)Tai Fu
Date: 2006-01-08 04:07 am (UTC)An easy way to kill him was to keep bouncing
on his head with monkey style. He'll block most
of the attacks, but you'll be hitting him fast
enough that he will take a hit when ever he
tries to attack. And when he's flying around,
just dodge and/or shoot at him. I was never
good at aiming those chi shots, so i usually
just dodge.
I think I've babbled about this game too much,
I think I should shut up now, sorry.
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Date: 2006-01-08 02:57 pm (UTC)Legendary Strike (the Heavy attack is a jump kick with great reach)
Storm Dragon (Shock effect = eeeebil)
Ice Storm (Harmonic creates Chi orbs)
Never really used the Weapon or Transformation styles much.
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Date: 2006-01-09 10:08 am (UTC)