Jade Empire Preview
GameSpot, IGN and GameSpy have all posted Jade Empire previews, checking out the enhanced PC version of this 2005 Xbox action RPG.
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baron calamity
replyI kind of hope this and Halo 2 fails so maybe they will get the idea that PC gamers aren't their two years after the fact port bitches.
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You want us to fail? And that would convince us of what? Seriously, what do you think that consequences would be?
In spite of your feelings, bringing Jade to the PC stemmed from the demand from our community. It was pretty strong considering it was for a game that had never been planned to be on anything else but the Xbox. I hope that you will give Jade Empire a try and make your decision on that.-
Sadly, I think the so-called 'demand' your speaking of will consist of the 100 - 1000 gamers who clamored for it on your website. The rest of us were pretty disenfranchised by the decisions that Bioware made concerning this title and the direction they seem to be going with future titles. Bioware and Activision, two publishers that appear to have clearly forgotten their roots. :(
I can understand your desire, Mr. French, for your product to succeed but when you basically show your back to your original fans like you did with JE, KOTOR (PC version came out later even though it was announced first), and now ME, what do you expect? That we'll fall all over ourselves to buy an older console title that's been mildly polished and had some relatively unimpressive extra bits thrown in to give the appearance that you actually care about your PC fans still?
I think I speak for many of us when I say, "Thanks but no thanks." :(
I hope someday you guys return to the fold, so to speak, but it doesn't look like it'll be happening any day soon.-
First, I want to thank you, wytefang, for your continued well written posts on this subject.
We are certainly not asking for supplication or any other kind of blind faith in us or any other developer. Our goal with each title should be to bring you with our ideas and let you judge them on their merits. I apologise if I sounded incredulous or otherwise ridiculous.
I can understand some of the sentiment towards console titles. I am a PC gamer. I do not own a console nor a handheld device. The only titles I care about are the ones on the PC. I have never played Jade on the Xbox and have only done so now that it runs on the PC.
All I ask is that you judge our games as they are made and I am just not so sure how bringing platform resentment allows any person to judge a title fairly. Sorry if we are disappointing you. -
Oh, and I meant to say that no, we didn't base the "demand" for Jade PC off of forum posts on our web site. :) You know how the ole intarweb is...
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Fair enough and I have to give you credit for remaining friendly deespite some of us bashing the game. You know what, your polite demeanor has convinced me to at least give it a try. It better not cost $50 at this point, though! (I hope...)
One thing that all of us have to admit, regardless of how annoyed we might be about not getting this game until now, is that Bioware makes spectacularly great games, regardless of other issues. On that I believe we can all agree. :)
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