r/pcmasterrace • u/TheocraticAtheist • 7h ago

News/Article BioWare is closing down.

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u/TaiTW 7h ago

I know. Arguably one of their best from that era and it’s like no one remembers it.

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u/crowcawer ⚝ 1700x >> 5800x3D ⚝ | ⚝ 1070 >> 7800 XT ⚝ 7h ago

I’d raise the question, “where are those Jade Empire developers today,” and expect to quickly find that they are doing important work, after 5 minutes of googling:

Exodus 2027 - developed by Archetype Entertainment

It looks like Archetype is a pretty hype gaming industry rendition of The Blues Brothers.

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u/Alucard-VS-Artorias RTX 5090 FE | R7 9800X3D | 2TB 9100 PRO G5 | 64GB DDR5 7h ago

I loved Jade Empire it was such an awesome game.

An have very much been looking forward to Exodus, next year (that and the "Mass Effect inspired" Expanse game too).

Very happy to see that some of the staff from Jade Empire are working on Exodus.

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u/Amdusiasparagus 6h ago

It was rough around the edges, but I also have a soft spot for it. I think the spot is even bigger in that many parts of the gameplay like the closed/open fist choices served as a rough draft for Mass Effect including the paragon/renegade choices. Had Jade Empire not existed, Mass Effect wouldn't have been as smooth an experience.

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u/n4zarh 2h ago

where are those XXX developers today

"Former developer of XXX" is a trap that people should be very aware of. I mean, I hope I'd see something as fun as JE, but I'll be sceptic until proven wrong.

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u/Almalexia42 7h ago

I remember it 🥲 one of my earliest games and still one of my favorites

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u/TaiTW 7h ago

A low effort but fully playable remaster with maybe some upscaled textures released on a modern console or PC would really be all it would take for me to be happy.

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u/thegood_habit 7h ago

Honestly with all of the AI decompiling of games, I'm surprised somebody hasn't just upscaled Jade Empire and released it already.

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u/jasta85 3h ago

An older single game with no major IP attached to it, unless you actively look through Bioware's list of games to find it it really is easy to miss. I played it after playing Dragon Age Origins and Mass Effect 1 and I just wanted to play more games from them. Good times.