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"Jade Empire broke BioWare's mould of pseudo turn-based combat, preferring instead a button-bashing action system similar in many regards to Dragon Age II."

 

Sorry, dude, quality aside, the combat of these two games couldn't be any more different. JE is the true definition of an Action RPG while DA2 is a full fledge RPG. Amount of combat (JE actually has BIO's elast amount, imo) notwithstanding.

 

 

"You have to see this in proportion. Back then this was a lot of profit. Today a sequel would easily sell at least the double, with Bio's growing popularity."

 

I am. JE sold 1.5-2mil. their game ebfore that,a nd their game after that (S:RPG not counting) sold 3milish. Now we have DA1 and ME2 both selling over 3mil copies and those two are way more popualr franchises than JE. So, that either emans JE gets a smaller budget to deal with the fact it won't sell as much or they'll expect too much from it and it won't meet their projections. If 1.5-2mil is not enough to satisfy BIO then JE2 is likely doomed before being released sales wise.

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I hope so. JE is their most underrated game 9as opposed to KOTOR (which is their most overrated game). English translation for an english forum?

 

I won't hold my breath though.. JE is 6 years ago, and BIO talked big about a sequel but 1.5-2mil copies wasn't worthy of a sequel at that time. *shrug* :p

 

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I hope so. JE is their most underrated game 9as opposed to KOTOR (which is their most overrated game). English translation for an english forum?

 

I won't hold my breath though.. JE is 6 years ago, and BIO talked big about a sequel but 1.5-2mil copies wasn't worthy of a sequel at that time. *shrug* :p

 

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You working for Bio/EA or why is it you can't comment?

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Is it a different comment than when you mentioned that JE2 was Bioware's only cancelled project and you called Laidlaw a tool?

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I am. JE sold 1.5-2mil.

Do you have a source on that? IIRC Xbox version bombed hard and I doubt PC version sold that well.

 

Afaik it was published on the old Bioware homepage, before they were consumed by EA..

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I liked JE for what it was, but I was dissapointed in the setting.

 

I was expecting more of a traditional wuxia fantasy setting with a lot rival schools battling for power, a few reclusive and powerful masters, a mysterious martial arts manual that everyone covets, but only the hero discovers through a series of strange and lucky events.

 

I loved the music though.

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I am. JE sold 1.5-2mil.

Do you have a source on that? IIRC Xbox version bombed hard and I doubt PC version sold that well.

 

Afaik it was published on the old Bioware homepage, before they were consumed by EA..

Nope, which spoke volumes. 5 million selling Baldur's Gate Series!! 3 million selling NWN!!! 3 million selling Kotor!!!! Jade Empire, a game we also made at some point...

 

(Sold around the 800k to 1M mark, by best estimates. Cost MS a great deal as it was late in the xbox's life and a lot of people bought its loss leading console for JE and never bought another game, probably made Bioware money as MS was publisher and supposedly paid a very large exclusivity bonus.)

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Is it a different comment than when you mentioned that JE2 was Bioware's only cancelled project and you called Laidlaw a tool?

Wasn't DA:O's lead working on a game that was eventually canceled prior to his resignation from Bioware? Maybe it never actually entered production and thus couldn't have been canceled.

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BIO loves RPgs but they don't make RPgs just for Monte Carolo (oer Volourn). In essence, youa re mad, because you aren't #1 on their list of 'who to please'. They have to make RPGs for lots of people not just a loud handful.

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Dude sure pounces on any mention of Bioware it seems. Still, have to laugh at Lenton saying that, and making a Flashpoint game.

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Every genre is getting dumbed down for the Playstation Generation.

If anything, it would be Xbox generation. Since so much of the modern following seems to originate with KOTOR.

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