I am not a fan. It's worth playing for that much to see if you like it and see what's it's like, but I don't think it's a good game. It is interesting though. I played it when it released and recently tried replaying it a month or so ago. The story is incredibly contrived and the combat is unreliable and poorly designed. The progression is boring, and the quests are rarely interesting. The most interesting thing is probably the morality system where you don't have to take the standard good vs evil stance and instead can take a more pragmatic stance if you want. Realistically, it doesn't change much, but that makes the story just a little interesting. After I replayed it recently, I was curious what the perception of similar people was, and I found that I agree with most of what the author says in this article. http://www.bit-tech.net/blog/gaming/2010/07/23/i-hate-jade-empire/
Great game that was just a bit too short. The game is also a combination of a bunch of classic Chinese novels. I think they would of have been better off sticking to one of those stories instead of trying to combine all of it.
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