After an intense session of lurking around the internets, I stumbled across a rumor that Bioware will be releasing jade empire 2 exclusively on the 360. Dean Takahashi of MercuryNews.com claims to have recieved word of jade empire 2 through an undisclosed who claimed to have seen the source code labeled "Jade empire 2".
IS THIS TRUE ?
Maybe or Maybe not. No one has said anything official and EA's got a tendency to go for money rather then quality and thus whore itself and its products out to every plateform available.
WHY DO I CARE ?
If you love RPG's, then you're either aware of or should get around to playing jade empire. It's set in an asian atmosphere with martial arts in place of swords, lightsabers (KOTOR), or elves (oblivion & morrowind). What made the game appealing to me is that rather then go for turn based fighting, jade empire allowed you to attack and upgrade said attack with your regular D pad (A,X,B,Y), controls.
Bioware has a rich history pre-EA of shipping innovative and immersive role playing games. Its latest blockbuster Mass effect generated high reviews and high sales for the canadian developer. The key behind many of bioware's games at least to me has been that you can connect emotionally with the characters you interact with. You don't get mindless NPC's that are just there to distract the bad guys from shooting at you. They have history's, relationships can often be formed with them on a romantic level even. The last major sticking point for bioware games has been that they always give you two or more choices on how to play the game. You face moral questions throughout bioware games and what actions you take define you in the game and your party's reactions to you.
| Recent Bioware Games | IGN | GameSpot | GameInformer | Amazon.com |
| Jade Empire | 9.9 | 8.4 | 9.5 | 4.5/5 |
| Mass Effect | 9.4 | 8.5 | 9.75 | 4.5/5 |
| Knights of the old Republic | 9.0 | 9.1 | 9.5 | 4.5/5 |
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