Jade Empire Review

There's also minigames, like one in which you fly around your little ship, your flier, as if you were in one of those top down space shooters like Galaga. You just shoot and shoot and shoot, and blow up wave after wave of incoming ships that don't really do anything that makes sense. It looks bad too. Why on Earth did they put this in there? Just show them landing the flier somewhere, and I will infer that they made it there all right. No need to make this an action-role playing game arcade flight simulation - that's just trying to hard.

As I've said before, Bioware is just trying something new. They're expanding, and they've done a very good job with this foray into new ideas. I really can't complain about any of it, as I really do enjoy this game, but I am going to make one little proviso in my recommendation for this game. Come into it with an open mind. If you're expecting Knights of the Old Republic, or Baldur's Gate, or Neverwinter Nights, but with ancient magical Chinese warriors, you've come to the wrong place. This is a very different game. But a very good one.