Jade Empire.
If you've played any of biowares many RPG's in the past ( Kotor,NWN) then you'll know that bioware has a nack for great storys and deep gameplay. However, with Jade Empire biowares first true "Action RPG" they seem to focus more on a unique setting and great story and less on deep and compelling gameplay. The surprising thing is... that doesn't hold Jade Empire back from being enjoyable. Like any good bioware game you start out as a normal person oblivious to you true destiny, untill of course that destiny is thrust upon you. Over the course of the games 20 hour story, which is sadly not enough time to fully flesh out all of the characters. you'll fight tons of ghosts, demons and good old bandits all using the games action focused combat system. It's basically a button masher with a few RPG trappings. You'll level up and put points towards building up you characters health and chi, but aside from that the RPG elements are mostly only present in the games interactive conversations. Like Kotor you can be Good or Evil and it actually does change a lot of things ( not just your characters appearance.) Overall Jade Empire is a great game, sure it's a little short and yes it is a bit simple, but in the end it has a great story and a unique setting that do a lot of tings for it.
Graphics 8/10
Gameplay 6/10
Sound 9/10
Value 8/10
