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Bioware RPGs and Gao the Lesser
Friday, November 25, 2005

I just started yet another game of Jade Empire, this time on the Xbox 360. Luckily, this game runs a lot smoother than poor ol' KOTOR did. (Knights of the Old Republic, the best Star Wars game ever. Period.) KOTOR suffers from occasional framerate problems, particularly if your character is running, and some of the cut scenes don't look so pretty anymore. But the story is still neat, the amusing bickering with Carth, getting the Sith drunk and taking their armor. The fighting queue (where you can list what you want your character to do) and the plot twist. Just super.

What can I say? I'm a fool for Bioware RPGs. It took all of my willpower to stop playing Jade Empire after only one hour. One hour is like playing only one tennis match, eating half a cookie, drinking a sip of a chocolate margarita.

Two things made me want to play Jade again -- finding out that Nathan Fillion is Gao the Lesser and also checking out how bad a beating this Xbox game is taking on the new system. Luckily, it still looks awful fetching, the animations are still smooth. It may not have all the polish of a 360 game, but it looks better than Gun, a recently released game created for (I think) all consoles.

And then there's Gao. He still sounds like a brat, a slightly drunk brat, not at all like Mal, which is just as it should be. Ah, Gao, all the threats, jealousy, sleaze. It's just like old times. It makes it even more rewarding listening to the dialogue when one knows who the actor is.

And my character's name -- Aaiyah the Exclaimer, somewhat inspired by "Firefly."

Edited for my poor grasp of the English language

COMMENTS

Tuesday, December 6, 2005 5:30 PM

CUB


You're awfully cute when you're obsessed.

Friday, November 25, 2005 8:08 PM

BROWNTROUSERS


Look out for their Mass Effect game on the Xbox 360. Looks cool.


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