It's not quite reached the levels of distraction which Yu Suzuki's fantastic Shenmue games managed - at least you're consistently reminded that there's a world that needs saving, unlike Shenmue, which was perfectly happy to let you spend weeks feeding kittens and playing old arcade games while your father's killers gradually died of old age. Jade Empire is all about procrastination. After all, it's not like I'm in any hurry to sort out the disrupted balance of heaven and earth or anything, is it! Oh. Then maybe I'll find a small girl's lost cat, or something. Wait, what's this? Someone's nicked something from you? I'll go speak to the ruffian. First, I think I might help this woman find a husband. And who's got to clear up this mess? Muggins here, that's who.īut first. Ghouls walk the earth in a downright distressing way, places are getting firebombed left, right and centre, and there's a bloke with really, really bad fashion sense marching around in black armour, which can never be good. Someone's only gone and screwed up the natural balance of all creation. We're not just talking about personal revenge here, although there's a healthy dose of that involved, of course. This is a truly Epic Quest, deserving of not one but two capital letters.
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