Personally I found the setting, story, and characters to be extremely intriguing, more so even than many of their more recent titles such as Dragon Age (I loved the first, but the second was painful).ĭoes anyone know or have any theories why Jade Empire is Bioware's forgotten child? Is it simply a matter of creating the highest grossing games? Bioware has claimed it's a valued IP but I find it overall disheartening to see such an original game and world continuously shelved in favor of games like Dragon Age 2, which I think largely failed to expand well on its own universe and seemed far more a cash grab than serious iteration of the series.Įdit: There have been some awesome points here! Thank you for the discussion! I can't find any data indicating that Jade Empire was a financial failure, and it's reviews are largely positive praising the games story and originality.
What I can't seem to understand is why Jade Empire never moved forward, where nearly every single other Bioware IP has had newer iterations. Despite it's numerous and obvious flaws, I consider it to be one of my favorite Bioware (as well as general RPG) games.
I've recently started playing Jade Empire again.
