So since Jade Empire 2 has basically been announced, what do you think it'll be like. I think it'll just be huge and great, Jade Empire was great, but it just wasn't as good as I expected, especially length and story, and the game was easy, very easy. So I just think that it'll be a vast improvement over the first one. Since bioware is working on this one as well, and bioware pretty much never makes a bad game, like Sid Meier.

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The first wasn't the longest RPG, but I definitely think I got my money's worth, playing it through with three characters.  I think it was a dope story, and I'd rather have a short enjoyable RPG, than a long one with a gang of filler.  I'm hoping that they add more animations for the realtime combat, and maybe put the breakable objects more in the middle of the fight environments (it was always fun to kick an enemy and see them fly and crash into a table or what not, but it didn't happen too often with most objects being at the edges).

Now that they have a really solid engine to build off of, that's already been configured for the series, I definitely think they'll successfully make vast improvements in the second game, possibly a longer story as well.  Just based on KOTR and Jade Empire, Bioware have become my favourite RPG developer, I'll always cop games they are directly involved with.

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I can't wait for the 2nd Jade Empire game the first one rocked, I been playing their games since Baulder's Gate on the pc.

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 Zod Rafterman wrote:

So since Jade Empire 2 has basically been announced, what do you think it'll be like. I think it'll just be huge and great, Jade Empire was great, but it just wasn't as good as I expected, especially length and story, and the game was easy, very easy. So I just think that it'll be a vast improvement over the first one. Since bioware is working on this one as well, and bioware pretty much never makes a bad game, like Sid Meier.

I just hope it's better than the first.

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I liked it and plan on finishing it will all the characters. I hope number 2 is longer, and done by bioware not pimped out to anyone else. Bioware is a great company they are literally the only reason I have a PC for games for the 1 PC only game, and playing BG1/2 and NWN

 Craigboy wrote:

 Zod Rafterman wrote:

So since Jade Empire 2 has basically been announced, what do you think it'll be like. I think it'll just be huge and great, Jade Empire was great, but it just wasn't as good as I expected, especially length and story, and the game was easy, very easy. So I just think that it'll be a vast improvement over the first one. Since bioware is working on this one as well, and bioware pretty much never makes a bad game, like Sid Meier.

I just hope it's better than the first.

Indeed that would be sweet + with x-box Live co-op

Anyone have a link as to where Jade Empire 2 was stated as a future project? I would love to read it. I personally love Jade Empire now I could just imagine how the second part would be.

 INVADERONE wrote:

Anyone have a link as to where Jade Empire 2 was stated as a future project? I would love to read it. I personally love Jade Empire now I could just imagine how the second part would be.

this is all i know but ck it out

http://xbox360.ign.com/articles/646/646723p1.html

As long as the game is much....much longer.

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I agree that a sequel needs to be longer but most of all the combat needs to be better. I have said it before but KOTOR was a menu based game that almost felt like an action game but Jade Empire was an action based game that almost felt menu based. It felt like all they did was hide the menu and link the different commands to buttons.

So Bioware is making a second one? are the going to finish Dragonage before they start though? or is it like long forgotten and never to return? I havn't heard much of recent on it.
Here is their webpage on Dragonage, I don't htink they have updated since they started development though.
<http://www.bioware.com/games/dragon_age/>
I don't know how to make a linky but thats their page. Let me here from ya on it, what you think and such.

Bioware hasn't mentioned anything about making a Jade Empire 2 officially yet, we are all just hoping and going off of what Bioware employees have supposedly said.

P.S. Links are made like <a href="url to link to">the text you want to be a link</a>

I'd love to see JE2, especially on the 360 hardware.  I loved the first game quite a bit, but I did wish it were longer, and didn't rush through the story so much.

Yeah I really hope they make a 2nd J.E. and co-op would be a pretty awesome feature, maybe an even deeper character customization or a create a character would work.

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 Rykin Poe wrote:

Bioware hasn't mentioned anything about making a Jade Empire 2 officially yet, we are all just hoping and going off of what Bioware employees have supposedly said.

P.S. Links are made like <a href="url to link to">the text you want to be a link</a>

 

A few issues back in one of the many game mag's I pick up all the time (at work so I can't check which one it was right now)... they DID announce that JE2 will be made, BUT... that most likely it would be a PS only game for some odd reason... hopefully that will change when they realize how many of us want it for the box also...

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No Jade Empire 2 has not been officialy annouced nor has the platform it will be releaesd on yet. Lets not start jumping to conclusions yet. There may be a 2 but we dont even know if Bioware will work it like KOTOR 2. Lets hope we get one for 360.

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If it is true then i hope they really fix up the loading times , cause that really took me out of the expeirence

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 Samurai Mix wrote:

No Jade Empire 2 has not been officialy annouced nor has the platform it will be releaesd on yet. Lets not start jumping to conclusions yet. There may be a 2 but we dont even know if Bioware will work it like KOTOR 2. Lets hope we get one for 360.

well we have to wait and see what system it's goin to be on.

I think it is pretty safe to assume that if they do make it it will be available for the Xbox 360. While it would probably be in Bioware's best interest to branch out to other consoles they do seem to be in pretty tight with Microsoft so even if it isn't exclusive it will probably be available for the platform. If Microsoft is smart they will do everything in their power to insure that Bioware continues to make their console titles Xbox exclusives. Of course since the Pandemic merger and the Elevation group sticking their noses in things may have changed.

I loved "Jade Empire" and the soundtrack it might have been a little to short but it was still an awsome game!

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I only wish the loading times were shorter, it seems like they just keep getting longer between KOTOr I then KOTOR II and now Jade Empire. Also being able to customize the main characters would be a nice addition for JE2.

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Since this was brought back up... anyone know anything about BioWares new console game they're working on??  On their website there's a console game in the list, but no info on it that I can find... no name or anything?? 

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I guess you are referring to the "New Next Gen Game" at the bottom of their "BioWare Games" navigation item. I think that Jade Empire 2 or KOTOR3 could be safe bets but other than Mass Effect I haven't heard anything about any new console titles from them. Just because it says "Next Gen Game" doesn't guarantee that it is going to be a console title either. Often PC games are branded with the "Next Gen" label when they use a new generation of engine like Unreal Engine 3 which BioWare just happens to be working with these days.

 Rykin Poe wrote:

I guess you are referring to the "New Next Gen Game" at the bottom of their "BioWare Games" navigation item. I think that Jade Empire 2 or KOTOR3 could be safe bets but other than Mass Effect I haven't heard anything about any new console titles from them. Just because it says "Next Gen Game" doesn't guarantee that it is going to be a console title either. Often PC games are branded with the "Next Gen" label when they use a new generation of engine like Unreal Engine 3 which BioWare just happens to be working with these days.

 

JE2 or KOTOR3 would be nice... tho' I'm wondering if Obisidian would do the work on KOTOR3 like they did on 2...

Well, guess I'll just keep tabs on them then... hopefully they'll put out something soon about what they're working on...

 

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It is really up to LucasArts to decided who makes KOTOR3. That announcement earlier today that Day 1 (the developers of Mech Assault) is going to be working on a LucasArts title may turn out to be KOTOR3 (doubtful but not impossible).

I think Lucasarts made a huge mistake by selecting anyone but bioware for the second game for kotor, I enjoyed the leveling up and the new items but that was about it the story was short and not that great. Bioware have done Baulders Gate 1 and 2 and Neverwinter nights (soon to be 1 and 2), those have possibly been the greatest RPGs on any platform so far. Jade Empire was a bit short, it took me 24 hours to complete every little mission (except ones requiring knowledge of the closed fist) without a walk-through with furious ming (it may not be fast for you but I'm a bit crap). Still the story was good, I think if they were to make a new game, more weapons should be avalible for a start, longer game, more customisation, but we all know if a new game were arriving these things would probably be done anyway. I'm just really excited about the prospects. Sorry for goin on I'm not even sure there is a point to this but what would everyone else want to see in a new game. Oh plus I think Jade Empire is actually owned by bioware unlike kotor which is owned by lucasarts.

Yeah Bioware does own the Jade Empire IP as well as the Mass Effect IP. Neverwinter Nights 2 was made by Obsidian and the IP is owned by WizKids (I think they also own the Baldur's Gate IP). Key people at Bioware
have stated that they wish to work more with original IP than with licensed IP which causes me to think that they may not be interested in working on KOTOR3.

I am worried that Mass Effect may do the same thing for shooters that Jade Empire did for action games (basically stick a slow, unresponsive RPG combat system into a genre that it doesn't belong in) but we will have to wait and see. Other than the terrible combat system and a somewhat predictable story, Jade Empire was a pretty good game though and I wouldn't mind playing a sequel to it. Hopefully they will be able to make a sequel feel more like an action game than menu based game with hidden menus.

 Kenshin DX wrote:

No Jade Empire 2 has not been officialy annouced nor has the platform it will be releaesd on yet. Lets not start jumping to conclusions yet. There may be a 2 but we dont even know if Bioware will work it like KOTOR 2. Lets hope we get one for 360.

Nothing has been officially announced, but a year ago Bioware sent a very revealing survey to some of their Jade fans, myself included. It started out asking preferential questions about a mystery game and then revealed the game to be JE2. It was clear from the survey that the game was in a conceptual phase.

At one point in the survey, they said something along the lines of: "the game in question is Jade Empire 2 and it is being developed for both the Xbox 360 and the PS3."

The big juicy part that they were feeling fans out for was this - they are considering setting the game in a modern city in China in which magic is thought to be dead, but awakens within the main character. Personally, I hated the idea because the beauty of Jade is its fantasy setting.

I never even played Jade Empire bcuz I never had enough money to buy plus I was completely consumed by Halo 2 on Live when I had my Xbox 1, but I can't wait for Jade Empire 2. I think I'm going to buy Jade Empire now that I figured out its BC

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I really liked that game, and yeah it was easy but still really fun