Overall: 7/10

And really, that's what it boils down to. You already knew, mostly, what you'd be getting into, and now you know pretty much all the way. Jade Empire is a watered-down Knights of the Old Republic with a simple realtime battle system and pacing that gets you ready for a longer story than is delivered. For all this, it's not a bad game, but it's entirely possible to have a decent game that's disappointing, which is exactly what we have in Bioware's latest Xbox offering.