Reception
| Reception | |
|---|---|
| Aggregate scores | |
| Aggregator | Score |
| GameRankings | 89/100 |
| Metacritic | 89/100 |
| Review scores | |
| Publication | Score |
| 1UP.com | A |
| Computer and Video Games | 9/10 |
| Eurogamer | 8/10 |
| Game Informer | 9.5/10 |
| GamePro | 4.5/5 |
| GameSpot | 8.4/10 |
| GameSpy | 5/5 |
| GameTrailers | 8.6/10 |
| GameZone | 9.8/10 |
| IGN | 9.9/10 |
| X-Play | 4/5 |
The Xbox version of Jade Empire received very positive reviews from most critics. Garnering a 89% from Metacritic, based on 84 reviews, indicating generally favorable reviews. On Game Rankings the game also received an average score of 89%, based on 98 reviews.
IGN praises Jade Empire as "A completely original universe, hard hitting combat, accessible controls, and the story in an RPG on Xbox". The graphics were also commented by IGN stating, "Environments are beautiful and the characters are real enough to fall in love with", though it was criticized by its slight camera issues. Gamespot states that Jade Empire's "Open-ended role playing involves you in the storyline and fosters replay value" though was poorly received due to its unbalanced Combat system and lack of depth and challenge.
Like the original version, the Special Edition has also been criticized for being too short and for having rather easy battles using a simplistic battle system, getting an average review score of 80% according to Game Rankings. Other criticisms included a lack of cheat codes, and the ease of changing your alignment (hence changing the ending) at a point near the end-game which effectively discounts any good/evil deeds you have done for the majority of the game.
In 2010, the game was included as one of the titles in the book 1001 Video Games You Must Play Before You Die.
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