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You can choose one companion as a battle buddy, either fighting alongside you or offering magical support.

Empire plays down the statistics-centric approach of most role-playing games, making it difficult to figure out if one weapon or power is more effective than another, although the game does let you know when an enemy is immune to one of your weapons. There is little difference between hurling flames or rocks at ghosts. Paralyzing Palm can be used to freeze an opponent temporarily, but Storm Dragon's burst of electricity also leaves your enemy immobile. There are a remarkable number of fighting styles in Jade Empire, but there is less variety than that would lead you to expect. Switching styles is easy, and some can be used one after another for extra power. You start out with a few simple styles, but as you progress through the game, you will learn to throw flames and transform into a giant toad demon. You can make these moral choices fairly whimsically the game does not create any moral dilemmas in which it is genuinely difficult to do the right thing.Įmpire has a fast-paced, action-oriented battle system centered on various martial arts styles, and you can block, duck and use quick, weak blows or slow, powerful ones. While the game insists that these philosophies do not represent a simple dichotomy of good and evil, in practice you don't choose between harmony and strength but between heroism and villainy. The noble path is called the Way of the Open Palm the ignoble is the Way of the Closed Fist. You can save vulnerable villagers or indulge in wanton destruction, work for the good of all humanity or trample others in your quest for power and riches.

To fulfill that destiny you will battle demons, ghosts, soldiers and assassins and befriend an odd assortment of traveling companions.Įmpire allows you to choose how good or bad your character will be. In Empire you take the part of a martial arts school's star student pursuing a mysterious destiny. A tale of magic and martial arts set in a fanciful version of imperial China, Empire would seem unlikely to conjure up images of star fighters and storm troopers, yet the game is instantly recognizable as a follow-up to Bioware's 2003 game Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic, with a similar interface and almost identical morality and dialogue systems.įor those disappointed with last year's Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic II: The Sith Lords, an uninspired retread not developed by Bioware, Jade Empire is, in essence, the sequel they were waiting for, an imaginative game that retains the best aspects of the original while changing things enough to make it fresh. No Jedi knights, no droids, no light sabers. There are no wookiees in BioWare's new role-playing game, Jade Empire.