So Bioware can´t do no wrong..

[EndR]

Jade Empire is the game of course..

10 Presentation
A completely original universe, hard hitting combat, accessible controls, and the story in an RPG on Xbox.

9.5 Graphics
The level of activity during a battle is astounding. Environments are beautiful and the characters are real enough to fall in love with. Slight camera issues prevent it from being a perfect score.

10 Sound
The music is perfectly suited to the subject matter and the voices are expertly acted. A special appearance by John Cleese solidifies the 10.

10 Gameplay
One of the greatest action RPG's of all-time. Combat is easy to learn but immeasurably deep.

10 Lasting Appeal
A single game lasts at least 22 hours, and you will definitely play through more than once. The mini-games will make the hours fly by.

9.9 OVERALL
(out of 10 / not an average)

http://xbox.ign.com/articles/602/602787p6.html
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Kinda makes you dream about the stuff they´ll be doing with Xbox2.
Dreamscenario for me is that MS hands the Shadowrun-license to Bioware and let the make something out of it... but that ain´t gonna happen..

(Maybe for Shadowrun2 when MS buys Bioware? hehehe)

 

[pahcman]

Bioware is famous as a powerful, a very very powerful rpg dev. Seem they strike gold again!!! Jade Empire shld end this gen as THE critical rpg at least IGN.

9 dot 9 ... goodness...

 

[DuckThor Evil]

I absolutely loved KOTOR and this seems to be even better, it's good to be a gamer nowadays with lot's of AAA-titles coming from all directions.

 

[Pozer]

Thats impressive considering everything I've been reading on forums claims Xbox wasn't suppose to have any good releases this year and IGN gave..

The Wind Waker 9.8
God of War 9.6
Resident Evil 4 9.8
Halo2 9.8
Gran Turismo4 9.5

Still, not my type of game and I've never put much stock in ign reviews. Can't wait to see the gamespot score though. I'm sure its still an amazing game regardless.

 

[GwymWeepa]

I believe Star Fox Adventures also scored in the 9's, so I don't respect IGN's opinion lol.

 

[hey69]

what's with those 9.X's? can't they just give 9/10 or something like that?
they like to bitfuck for 0.1 point i think (and like a lot of other sites)

 

[MfA]

-1, it is not BG3

 

[Pozer]

I believe Star Fox Adventures also scored in the 9's, so I don't respect IGN's opinion lol.

They also gave Mario Sunshine a 9.4. IGN has more of a tendency to get caught up in the moment on their reviews. Not putting down Jade Empire, becasue Im sure its an amazing game and probably one of the best RPG's this gen. I just wanna see some more reviews before I run to Gamestop.

 

[Teasy]

That's nothing, Xbox IGN gave Deathrow 93%, Dead or Alive 3 94% and get this, Dead or Alive Xtreme Beach Volleyball 92%!

Just joining in with the examples BTW, no comment on Jade Empire itself, I haven't so much as seen a video of it.

 

[marconelly!]

The Wind Waker 9.8
God of War 9.6
Resident Evil 4 9.8
Halo2 9.8
Gran Turismo4 9.5

GoW also got 9.8. They've been giving quite a few 9.8s this gen, but I think only one 9.9 so far - GTA:SA. Different reviewers for all those games though, so I don't know how much anything can be compared.

 

[Pozer]

That's nothing, Xbox IGN gave Deathrow 93%, Dead or Alive 3 94% and get this, Dead or Alive Xtreme Beach Volleyball 92%!

Just joining in with the examples BTW, no comment on Jade Empire itself, I haven't so much as seen a video of it.

I agree, their smoking something over there. Cube.ign.com gave Eternal Darkness 9.6, Viewtiful Joe 9.5, Super Mario Sunshine 9.4

 

[mistan]

all of those games that you listed deserved those scores
only game i disagree with is GTA:SA which gotta 9.9

 

[Pozer]

The Wind Waker 9.8
God of War 9.6
Resident Evil 4 9.8
Halo2 9.8
Gran Turismo4 9.5

all deserve those scores.. completely agree

 

[Teasy]

I agree, their smoking something over there. Cube.ign.com gave Eternal Darkness 9.6, Viewtiful Joe 9.5, Super Mario Sunshine 9.4

They're definitely a bit high I agree. But IGN are always at least a few percent higher then the average score from all reviews. So these scores aren't unreasonable for IGN:

Eternal Darkness - IGN - 96% - Average - 91%

Viewtiful Joe - IGN - 95% - Average - 92%

Mario Sunshine - IGN - 94% - Average - 91.5%

The games I mentioned are a different story though:

Deathrow - IGN - 93% - Average - 80%

DOA3 - IGN - 94% - Average - 85.5%

DOA: Extreme Beach Volleyball - IGN - 92% - Average - 74.3%

 

[Pozer]

Good point Teasy. Cant say much about DOA:bv or Deathrow but I know people that swear by them. Especially Deathrow, it seems to have established a big cult following. DOA3 on the other hand I own and while beauitful does feel a bit shallow and limited. But then again it was a launch title and should be judged by 2001 standards. I'd give it a 8 (maybe high 7) but a 10 in graphics considering it still holds up today quite well.

But that aside you may have to accept the unthinkeable. Jade Empired could be awsome and xbox may have a great game.

I havent been watching this one cause I dont care much for RPG's and I didnt like the setting very much. But if I see a few more 9.X reviews I maybe inclined to give it a shot.

IGN giving only 2 games this gen a 9.9 (gta:sa the other) shows they think very highly of it. IMHO the only game I'd give a 9.9 to this gen that I've played is GTA3 original. But I have played alot of games that deserve a 9.x. I say GTA3 cause it was very much ahead of its time.

 

[Teasy]

But that aside you may have to accept the unthinkeable. Jade Empired could be awsome and xbox may have a great game.

That's not unthinkble at all, I have no idea how good Jade Empire is, it might be brilliant for all I know. As I said earlier:

Just joining in with the examples BTW, no comment on Jade Empire itself, I haven't so much as seen a video of it.

 

[Qroach]

oh brother was this another thread where people tried to prove how IGN cube rated games beter or more objectively then IGN xbox? Common, what's the point, it's the same website.

 

[Pozer]

oh brother was this another thread where people tried to prove how IGN cube rated games beter or more objectively then IGN xbox? Common, what's the point, it's the same website.

haha has there ever been a thread on this forum that didnt turn turn into a PS2 > Xbox > GC > PS2 > GC > Xbox > PS2

 

[Qroach]

true, however the one section of IGN is less biased then others argument is so pathetic and untrue.

 

[clem64]

not necessarily less biased, but overrates games more. Call me a fanboi all you want but it seems to me like IGNXbox overrates games a little. There are many high scoring reviews on all three channels I didn't agree with, it just seems a bit worse on IGNXbox. just my 0.02$