I'm in love (aka why I now am anticipating Biomass)

[Horrorfan]

I just finished Jade Empire, and it was awesome.

It was the first game I can remember with martial arts done well, and not in a half assed sluggish kinda way (coughtruecrimecough).

It also had a pretty good story line and characters too, with genuinely moving moments, and a lot of humour (which is actually funny, unlike many of those painful ''trying too hard'' 'humour based games).


Plus, asian chicks are hot. Even pixilated ones.

Now I am hugely anticipating mass effect, Bioware's next gen rpg. I was a bit meh at first, though it did have a lot of scope and ambition, but if they work half as hard on that as they did on Jade empire it should be worth it completely.

I have been reading up on it and I am shocked I didn't realise the potential before. real time conversations? total customisation of characters? a cool sci fi setting that lets you travel to WORLDS? (I hope your ship can be at least controlled in some form).

It's on my most anticipated list now

 

[Axid]

Biomass?

 

[WhatsHisFace]

Bio........shock, maybe?

 

[Horrorfan]

How embarassing....it seems I meant mass effect

 

[WhatsHisFace]

Bio Mass sounds like Bio ASS!

 

[Extromaniac]

Hey, living asses are a good thing.

 

[Mr. Credible]

Jade Empire wasn't that good... at all.

the story? ha! generic!

the characters? again, generic!

moving moments? psh! where at?

humor is about the only thing i'll give you, because i did laugh once or twice... even then, though, they were moreor less unintentional.

knights of the old republic > jade empire x 14,982.

 

[Horrorfan]

Jade Empire wasn't that good... at all.

the story? ha! generic!

the characters? again, generic!

moving moments? psh! where at?

humor is about the only thing i'll give you, because i did laugh once or twice... even then, though, they were moreor less unintentional.

knights of the old republic > jade empire x 14,982.

Maybe.....if you're a star wars geek

 

[Extromaniac]

Maybe.....if you're a star wars geek

I thought they were both good.

Jade Empire didn't seem that generic to me, though? Most asian-themed RPGs I see out there (Yes, I realize Bioware isn't in Asia) are filled with a bunch of emo kid heroes and the same old cookie cutter storylines. Jade Empire seemed a wee bit different than that to me.

 

[Horrorfan]

I thought they were both good.

Jade Empire didn't seem that generic to me, though? Most asian-themed RPGs I see out there (Yes, I realize Bioware isn't in Asia) are filled with a bunch of emo kid heroes and the same old cookie cutter storylines. Jade Empire seemed a wee bit different than that to me.

I got nothing against Knights, never played it (I'm not a big star wars fan).You're right about JE though. I thought it had amazingly rich stories and legends interwoven into the plot. It made me wonder how many of the myths and legends were real and what was strictly created for the game. I loved the whole ideas about heaven and the wheel of life and how they explained everything has its place, and the celestial buracracy and whatnot. It made more sense than most religions to me anyway

 

[블라스]

I love KOTOR 1 and 2 and Jade Empire.
I'm pretty sure I will love ME
YES!

 

[Extromaniac]

Yeah. I'm pretty sure that Jape Empire wasn't as generic as Mr. Credible makes it sound. Compared to many games based in Asian myth, in the RPG genre, it was a refreshing step out of the ordinary for me.

 

[XwolverineX]

Mass Effect for GOTF '07

 

[Extromaniac]

Mass Effect for GOTF '07

GOTF?

Don't you mean GOTY?

 

[Horrorfan]

does anyone know what real legends and myths were used for the game?

 

[XwolverineX]

I love KOTOR 1 and 2 and Jade Empire.
I'm pretty sure I will love ME
YES!

I love Kotor 2 and JE also, though I have not played Kotor 1.

 

[Master Chief]

lol, Biomass. Bioshock and Mass Effect do look sooo badass in their own ways.

 

[WhatsHisFace]

Gears of War is going to be "Game of the Rest of Your Life" from 2006 on, so nothing released after really matters.

 

[Horrorfan]

Gears of War is going to be "Game of the Rest of Your Life" from 2006 on, so nothing released after really matters.

I really don't see ANYTHING beating dead rising. I mean gears is gonna be fantastic, but dead rising is going to be god's personal reason for making console gaming.