Jade Empire – 26h and still going strong.
Playing Radiant Jen Zi on the Way of the Open Palm. 😄 I’ve picked *Thousand Cuts* for my martial arts style, didn’t use too much magic at first and thus abandonened Dire Flame for *Stone Immortal*. I’ve never really used support styles, either. So my Heavenly Wave was underdeveloped, too. Yes – I’ve been fighting using my Thousand Cuts and lots of Focus most of the time... 😄 When I learnt *Paralyzing Palm*, however, I started using it a lot. I also used my staff a lot. From the beginning, I liked to use Golden Star, too. When I reached the Imperial City, however, I bought *Flawless* – another staff – and used it instead. Never got used to using Mirabell as a first-strike weapon as suggested by the review I read in my German magazine (Man!ac).
Later...
Gah. I’m about to cleanse the fountain, confronted with Xian Wu and two traitors. ¹. My status is lousy, no way back, and no shrines to be found. I can’t believe it! What if I did not have earlier saved games around? This must be a serious design bug.
As for difficult fights in general. You can change the difficulty of fights (and of the minigame) at will. This is excellent news. I’ll have to try that for the Xian Wu fight, too. I used this twice until now: For the last minigame mission, and for the fight with the Ravager (”der Verwüster”).
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