I pre-ordered this from EB. They told me it's guaranteed to be in stock on Tuesday at 11am. Best Buy, Circuit City and Gamestop all said Wednesday or Thursday.

BioWare did both Baldur's Gate games for the PC. I don't think they had much to do with the Dark Alliance console versions.

Is this turn based combat like KOTOR? Or can you actually move during battle?

To my understanding it's "real-time" much like Ninja Gaiden. As a matter of speaking, this game reminds me of Ninja Gaiden but with more RPG elements.

As of today, the game is still on a roll...

Gamespy 5 out of 5 100.0%
IGN 9.9 out of 10 99.0%
Official Xbox Magazine 9.4 out of 10 94.0%
Console Gold 98 out of 100 98.0%

These stats taken from Gamerankings.com.

You can move during battle. KOTOR wasn't turn based, you can move in that as well.

KOTOR gave you the freedom to move around during combat, but it is still very much turn based.

The combat in Jade Empire (from the demo and what I've read and seen) closely resembles an action game, think Prince of Persia, God of War, Ninja Gaiden, Devil May Cry, etc.

Hmmm..anyone think the Limited Edition Version is worth getting for an extra $4 bucks?
Its $34.88 shipped for the regular version and $38.88 for the LE at outpost.com. I think you get an extra playable character with the LE and some making up documentaries.

I know the regular and limited editions are both $49 everywhere else, so why wouldn't they be the same price ($34.88) there?

Good. That was the deal breaker if I buy this game or not. I hate not being able to run around beating the crap out of people.

Got my Phantom Dust rebate from gamestop so it went straight towards this, haven't even been looking at screen shots for this one, going in fresh.

[sidetrack]
Phantom Dust rebate? Also, does this mean you will be playing PD? I'm on the prowl for others who are addicted to this game as well. [/sidetrack]

Gamespot gave it an 8.4. The reviewer is generally harsh on most games, though. His highest ratings are for Halo 2 and World of Warcraft I believe. He gave several really good games lower then 9's.

IGN is a bit too nice but Gamespot does seem to be harsh for the sake of being harsh....

wow there is a big difference between 8.4 and 9.9. I will hold off until I read reviews from board members. I don't know if the setting of the game appeals to me.


wlj

The gamespot review is a bit odd.. he rants and rants about the perceived negatives and then towards the end says 'the positives far outweigh the negatives'. Not much time is really spent talking talking about these positives.

Either way the review is unbalanced. Just from the text alone you'd assume he'd come up with a score of around 6-7. So either he should have given it a lower score than 8.4, or he should have spent more time in the review discussing why the game deserves 8.4.

I haven't bothered to read the content of the IGN review yet (trying to avoid spoilers) but I assume it must be orgasmic .

so it's out at EBgames and not at bb and so on yet? that ain't right. I guess I'll have to call around to see who has it.


ebgames said they will get it in after 7pm tonight. bb and the like say Thursday. is it out anywhere else? or should I just wait. I'd rather pick it up on my way home from work than have to leave again

Game stores always get the games out a couple days early.

The big stores like BB always advertise Thursday (for a tuesday release) to be sure they can have it on the shelf on the advertised date.

I just heard from my local EB that it won't be in until tomorrow. This after the guy that took my pre-order on Sunday guaranteed that it'd be in stock today. I specifically asked him "Will it be here or won't it?" and he assured me it would.

What is the point of my pre-order when everyone that didn't pre-order can get the game on the same day or earlier then me?

Not to mention Fry's has it for 37.99 or something like that. Man, Fry's has been killing me lately with all these new release sales...

Unfortunately for me, the nearest Fry's is an hour away.

it's a few thousand for me. looks like I'll have to wait until tonight like a geek at the store. I never thought I'd be that guy.

GR won't get JE till tomorrow

At least you know what Fry's is. What is it an electronics store?

Yes, www.outpost.com is the online site for Frys. You can get the deals online most of the time.