Fable, KOTOR2 or Jade Empire?

[Lemur]

In the Baldur's Gate V KOTOR debate the winner is clearly Planescape: Torment.

In the Planescape v KOTOR v BG debate, the obvious choice is Fallout.

I never really got the hang of combat on the PC with Jade Empire, and that kinda prevented me from enjoying it. Is it worth another run? When I've got Kingdoms to play with?

[econ21]

I never really got the hang of combat on the PC with Jade Empire, and that kinda prevented me from enjoying it. Is it worth another run?

Definitely worth persevering with. It has a nice main story arc - the closest comparator is Kotor - and some interesting sidequests. I rather liked the romantic element.

There is a cheesy way to make the combat easy - there is a stunning attack (Stone Dragon?) that will disable your opponents long enough to whack them with a conventional attack. This attack will see you through even the ultimate boss.

The other trick I recall is jumping over the opponent - once you have done that you can typically smack them before they can react.

The best thing is just to pay attention to the early training lessons - they tell you all you need to know. Then practice fighting with the monks at the beginning.

IIRC, the pirates with their cannon were hard so early on but don't let them put you off; the game gets much easier afterwards (perhaps because the stunning attack is acquired later?). I rather enjoyed the combat after I got the hang of it - not much to it, but it felt rather Bruce Lee, all the whacking and smacking.

As has been said, your companions are worthless in a fight so I used them in support - or let them fight until they were nearly knocked out and then switch to support (the enemy does not touch them when they are in support).

[frogbeastegg]

I never really got the hang of combat on the PC with Jade Empire, and that kinda prevented me from enjoying it. Is it worth another run? When I've got Kingdoms to play with?

I know someone who had a similar issue. In the end he brought a console style controller, said it made life much easier. Perhaps see if you can borrow one from someone?