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* MagnificentBastard: [[spoiler:Sun Li, the [[TheStrategist Glorious Strategist]], orchestrated the downfall of the Spirit Monks and upon failing to overthrow his evil brother, Emperor Sun Hai, kills the guardian of the last Spirit Monk and becomes his caretaker in the wilderness. Training the Spirit Monk to defeat Sun Hai one day, Sun Li uses him to defeat his brother and leave the throne of the Jade Empire open before revealing he trained his student with a flaw in his fighting style so Sun Li could exploit it and kill him, before claiming the throne. Taking over, Sun Li plans to [[TheConqueror conquer all he can]], repeatedly showing himself worthy of the title "Glorious Strategist".]]
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* MagnificentBastard: [[spoiler:Sun Li, the [[TheStrategist "[[TheStrategist Glorious Strategist]], Strategist]]", once orchestrated the downfall of the Spirit Monks and upon failing to overthrow his evil brother, Emperor Sun Hai, kills the guardian of the last Spirit Monk and becomes his caretaker in the wilderness. Training the Spirit Monk to defeat Sun Hai one day, Sun Li uses him to defeat his brother and leave the throne of the Jade Empire open before revealing he trained his student with a flaw in his fighting style so Sun Li could exploit it and kill him, before claiming the throne. Taking over, Sun Li plans to [[TheConqueror conquer all he can]], repeatedly showing himself worthy of the title "Glorious Strategist".]]moniker for which he is known]].
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* GameBreakingBug: Newer [=PCs=] with '''Intel''' graphic cards crash in the Level Up screen.
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* OneSceneWonder: [[OverlyLongName Sir Roderick Ponce von Fontlebottom the Magnificent Bastard]] only appears in one sidequest but stands out due to being a MightyWhitey caricature and can give you [[GameBreaker the most powerful weapon in the game]], he was significant enough to get his own slide in the WhereAreTheyNowEpilogue.
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* OneSceneWonder: [[OverlyLongName Sir Roderick Ponce von Fontlebottom the Magnificent Bastard]] only appears in one sidequest but stands out due to being a MightyWhitey caricature and can give you [[GameBreaker the most powerful weapon in the game]], he was significant enough to get his own slide in the WhereAreTheyNowEpilogue. It doesn't hurt he's voiced by the inestimable Creator/JohnCleese.
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* AnticlimaxBoss: The final boss is inexplicably vulnerable to stun attacks. You can easily take them out with minimal preparation.
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* FairForItsDay: The LGBT representation in this game is lackluster compared to Bioware's later games. [[note]]The [[HideYourGays kissing scene before the final battle is censored]] in the console version, but the PC version has a mod that restores it. And Sky, the male GayOption, is [[GuideDangIt a lot more harder to achieve]] compared to romancing him as a female, and involves a deliberate process of rejecting both Dawn Star and Silk Fox.[[/note]] But during the time ''Jade Empire'' was published, onscreen intimacy for same sex couples was still considered taboo and was a result of ExecutiveMeddling.
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* EnsembleDarkhorse: Aishi the Mournful Blade, despite [[PropRecycling sharing her character model with other female bandis]] and only appearing on one side-quest, is well received due to her DarkAndTroubledPast.
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* CompleteMonster: [[BigBad Sun Li]] is also known as [[TheChessmaster the Glorious Strategist]]. Prior to the game he orchestrated the genocide of the spirit monks, the protectors of the Water Dragon, the goddess in charge of rain and reincarnation. Ostensibly he did this to force the Water Dragon to save his empire from a drought, but in reality his plan was to kill his brother, Emperor Sun Hai, and take the power of the Water Dragon for himself, [[AGodAmI becoming a god]]. This would have the side effect of stopping the cycle of reincarnation and cause the dead to rise up and attack the living. After his protégé, the [[PlayerCharacter last Spirit Monk]], kills his brother for him, [[UngratefulBastard he murders the last Spirit Monk]], takes the powers of the goddess for himself, raises his younger brother, Sun Kai, from the dead to be his servant, and has the [[SecretPolice Lotus Assassins]] abduct and murder people to use their souls to power an invincible golem army for himself. Sun Li is a sociopath, incapable of empathy or seeing people as anything other than tools. He raised the last Spirit Monk since infancy, but kills them without a second thought after [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness they had outlived their usefulness]]; and he has no problem with [[OffingTheOffspring trying to kill his birth daughter]], [[spoiler:Dawn Star]], either. While he tries to paint himself as well-intentioned, he's [[NotSoWellIntentionedExtremist obviously lying]] to save himself, and, in the ending where he wins, his "utopia" is nothing more than an [[{{Dystopia}} Orwellian dictatorship]] where everyone blindly worships Sun Li as a god, and the mere act of questioning him can bring death.
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* CompleteMonster: [[BigBad [[spoiler:[[BigBad Sun Li]] is also known as [[TheChessmaster the Glorious Strategist]]. Prior to the game he orchestrated the genocide of the spirit monks, the protectors of the Water Dragon, the goddess in charge of rain and reincarnation. Ostensibly he did this to force the Water Dragon to save his empire from a drought, but in reality his plan was to kill his brother, Emperor Sun Hai, and take the power of the Water Dragon for himself, [[AGodAmI becoming a god]]. This would have the side effect of stopping the cycle of reincarnation and cause the dead to rise up and attack the living. After his protégé, the [[PlayerCharacter last Spirit Monk]], kills his brother for him, [[UngratefulBastard he murders the last Spirit Monk]], takes the powers of the goddess for himself, raises his younger brother, Sun Kai, from the dead to be his servant, and has the [[SecretPolice Lotus Assassins]] abduct and murder people to use their souls to power an invincible golem army for himself. Sun Li is a sociopath, incapable of empathy or seeing people as anything other than tools. He raised the last Spirit Monk since infancy, but kills them without a second thought after [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness they had outlived their usefulness]]; and he has no problem with [[OffingTheOffspring trying to kill his birth daughter]], [[spoiler:Dawn Star]], Dawn Star, either. While he tries to paint himself as well-intentioned, he's [[NotSoWellIntentionedExtremist obviously lying]] to save himself, and, in the ending where he wins, his "utopia" is nothing more than an [[{{Dystopia}} Orwellian dictatorship]] where everyone blindly worships Sun Li as a god, and the mere act of questioning him can bring death.]]
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* MagnificentBastard: Sun Li, the [[TheStrategist Glorious Strategist]], orchestrated the downfall of the Spirit Monks and upon failing to overthrow his evil brother, Emperor Sun Hai, kills the guardian of the last Spirit Monk and becomes his caretaker in the wilderness. Training the Spirit Monk to defeat Sun Hai one day, Sun Li uses him to defeat his brother and leave the throne of the Jade Empire open before revealing he trained his student with a flaw in his fighting style so Sun Li could exploit it and kill him, before claiming the throne. Taking over, Sun Li plans to [[TheConqueror conquer all he can]], repeatedly showing himself worthy of the title "Glorious Strategist".
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* MagnificentBastard: Sun [[spoiler:Sun Li, the [[TheStrategist Glorious Strategist]], orchestrated the downfall of the Spirit Monks and upon failing to overthrow his evil brother, Emperor Sun Hai, kills the guardian of the last Spirit Monk and becomes his caretaker in the wilderness. Training the Spirit Monk to defeat Sun Hai one day, Sun Li uses him to defeat his brother and leave the throne of the Jade Empire open before revealing he trained his student with a flaw in his fighting style so Sun Li could exploit it and kill him, before claiming the throne. Taking over, Sun Li plans to [[TheConqueror conquer all he can]], repeatedly showing himself worthy of the title "Glorious Strategist".]]
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* GameBreaker: Mirabelle: A gun in a setting with swords and fists, though it's somewhat balanced by the large amount of focus and the time needed to load after each shot--significant even when fully upgraded--the occasional misfire, and an arguable lack of power compared to its rate of fire. However, it is incredibly unfair in the arena though due to the fact that you are usually fighting one on one and it deals enough knockback to throw the opponent far enough away that you can reload another shot. Similarly, the FinalBoss is laughably easy to defeat with Mirabelle as you can simply stun-lock him with it until he croaks.
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* GameBreaker: Mirabelle: A a gun in a setting with swords and fists, though it's fists. It's somewhat balanced by the large amount of focus and the time needed to load after each shot--significant shot (both significant even when fully upgraded--the upgraded), the occasional misfire, and an arguable lack of power compared to its rate of fire. However, it is incredibly unfair in the arena though and other one-on-one duels due to the fact that you are usually fighting one on one and it deals enough knockback to throw the opponent far enough away that you can reload another shot. Similarly, the FinalBoss is laughably easy to defeat with Mirabelle as you can simply stun-lock him with it until he croaks.
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* GameBreaker: Mirabelle: A gun in a setting with swords and fists, though its somewhat balanced by the large amount of focus and the time needed to load after each shot--significant even when fully upgraded--the occasional misfire, and an arguable lack of power compared to its rate of fire. However, it is incredibly unfair in the arena though due to the fact that you are usually fighting one on one and it deals enough knockback to throw the opponent far enough away that you can reload another shot. Similarly, the FinalBoss is laughably easy to defeat with Mirabelle as you can simply stun-lock him with it until he croaks.
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* GameBreaker: Mirabelle: A gun in a setting with swords and fists, though its it's somewhat balanced by the large amount of focus and the time needed to load after each shot--significant even when fully upgraded--the occasional misfire, and an arguable lack of power compared to its rate of fire. However, it is incredibly unfair in the arena though due to the fact that you are usually fighting one on one and it deals enough knockback to throw the opponent far enough away that you can reload another shot. Similarly, the FinalBoss is laughably easy to defeat with Mirabelle as you can simply stun-lock him with it until he croaks.
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** [[spoiler:Sun Li crosses it for the player when he kills them and reveals that he was using them as a pawn the entire time, and then crosses it for Dawn Star, ''his own daughter'', during the final battle when he coldly brushes off her attempts to reason with him and smugly declare that she was "just another tool".]]
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** [[spoiler:Sun Li crosses it for the player when he kills them and reveals that he was using them as a pawn the entire time, and then crosses it for Dawn Star, ''his own daughter'', during the final battle when he coldly brushes off her attempts to reason with him and smugly declare declares that she was "just another tool".]]
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* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot: The description of the philosophies behind Open Palm and Closed Fist given by Smiling Mountain at the beginning was an interesting new take on morality, with Open Palm being gentle and supportive while Closed Fist advocated for tough love and teaching people to support themselves. It had the potential to make the in-game morality meter less about what was being achieved, in both cases improving the life of the recipient, and more about the method in which it was accomplished. Unfortunately, the description given at the beginning is [[StoryAndGameplaySegregation rarely representative of how it actually functions in game]], almost always forgetting the complexities and nuances of the philosophies in favor of a [[BlackAndWhiteMorality good/bad]] karma meter.
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* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot: The description of the philosophies behind Open Palm and Closed Fist given by Smiling Mountain at the beginning was an interesting new take on morality, with Open Palm being gentle and supportive while Closed Fist advocated for tough love and teaching people to support themselves. [[note]]Smiling Mountain explained the difference between Closed Fist and evil thusly: If a traveler was attacked by bandits, an evil man would ignore the cries for help, but that's because he doesn't care. An adherent of Closed Fist would argue that the traveler should learn to take care of it himself, because there won't always be someone nearby to rescue him. On the other hand, the CF follower might intervene if he felt the odds were unreasonable.[[/note]] It had the potential to make the in-game morality meter less about what was being achieved, in both cases improving the life of the recipient, and more about the method in which it was accomplished. Unfortunately, the description given at the beginning is [[StoryAndGameplaySegregation rarely representative of how it actually functions in game]], in-game]], almost always forgetting the complexities and nuances of the philosophies in favor of a [[BlackAndWhiteMorality good/bad]] karma meter.
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* GameBreaker: Quite a few:
** Mirabelle: A gun in a setting with swords and fists, though its somewhat balanced by the large amount of focus and the time needed to load after each shot--significant even when fully upgraded--the occasional misfire, and an arguable lack of power compared to its rate of fire. However, it is incredibly unfair in the arena though due to the fact that you are usually fighting one on one and it deals enough knockback to throw the opponent far enough away that you can reload another shot. Similarly, the FinalBoss is laughably easy to defeat with Mirabelle as you can simply stun-lock him with it until he croaks.
** The Jade Golem transformation is completely unbalanced and will break through pretty much anything in seconds while exposing the player to almost no damage, even when fighting the game's final boss enemies. While there is a Chi drain active while using it, battle tends to end so quickly with it active that you lose little Chi (and one of the more useful party member's support ability is chi regeneration anyway.)
*** Oddly, the Jade Golem is weakest to, well, groups of {{Mook}}s. Jade Golem's strength comes from being invulnerable to all unarmed styles, status effects and most advanced attacks...but not weapons, which in groups most Mooks usually have. Groups of Mooks can simply surround whale on you, and the ones have weapons will chip away at your health while you slowly kill them one by one. On top of that, if there are enough mooks, they could quite easily outlast your chi reservoir.
** Before the Jade Golem transformation is unlocked, there is also the Storm Dragon style which has a near ten-second stun effect, during which the play is free to attack away with impunity. Combined with its resonance combo producing an endless supply of Focus orbs, the player can easily activate and remain in Focus Mode for the entire duration of combat so long as the combos are activated. This was the only style significantly changed for the "Jade Empire In Style" mod. This effect does not work on ghosts, however - and many of the harder enemies cannot have Resonance Combos used against them. The Jade Golem transformation, on the other hand, works on ''everything''.
** Earlier still, the Toad Demon transformation is pretty unbeatable too.
** Paralysing Palm. Hit your enemy a few times, go into focus mode, switch to a damaging style, go to town. Notably, it's more-or-less a cut-down version of Storm Dragon.
** The final transformation style unlocked in the game is the Red Minister Style. While not as ludicrously strong as the Jade Golem Style, this style drains health and Chi with each successful hit. If you run towards your enemy, transform into the Red Minister and continually hit the enemy, you can win the fight without losing one drop of health or Chi.
** In-story, the [[DoppelgangerSpin Phoenix Unity style]] was banned from arena matches for this reason; the player, sadly, can't learn it.
** Hell, at the default difficulty even the sword you get a few minutes in will make you an unstoppable whirlwind through most of the game as long as you fill in the upgrades and buy or find the stronger swords later. The dual-swords style makes everything but spirit fights from that point on a total joke even at the hard setting. Dual-axes are even worse, if only because it doesn't cost Focus points to use when fully upgraded; however, if you can kill the guy who carries the Tang's Vengeance axes, [[InfinityPlusOneSword you probably don't need them anyway]].
** The forward flip evasive move allows the player to easily avoid almost every attack the game can throw at you, hitstuns all but the larger enemies in the game if you land on them, and puts the player in the perfect postion to hit enemies a couple of times before they can turn around even if they haven't been hitstunned. A typical battle with a player that has realized this will probably be something like: Flip! Strike! Flip! Strike! Flip! Strike! and so on and so on. it makes it incredibly easy to curbstomp countless battles against multiple foes in succession without ever taking a hit.
** The simple act of switching styles in the middle of a standard combo can be repeated for eternity, stunlocking many enemies into oblivion. Combine that with a slowing status effect and most enemies simply cease to be problems on their own.
** Focus mode, which puts the world into black-and-white BulletTime while you move at full speed. It doesn't matter how strong an enemy is if you've put them down before they can make their first attack.
** Mirabelle: A gun in a setting with swords and fists, though its somewhat balanced by the large amount of focus and the time needed to load after each shot--significant even when fully upgraded--the occasional misfire, and an arguable lack of power compared to its rate of fire. However, it is incredibly unfair in the arena though due to the fact that you are usually fighting one on one and it deals enough knockback to throw the opponent far enough away that you can reload another shot. Similarly, the FinalBoss is laughably easy to defeat with Mirabelle as you can simply stun-lock him with it until he croaks.
** The Jade Golem transformation is completely unbalanced and will break through pretty much anything in seconds while exposing the player to almost no damage, even when fighting the game's final boss enemies. While there is a Chi drain active while using it, battle tends to end so quickly with it active that you lose little Chi (and one of the more useful party member's support ability is chi regeneration anyway.)
*** Oddly, the Jade Golem is weakest to, well, groups of {{Mook}}s. Jade Golem's strength comes from being invulnerable to all unarmed styles, status effects and most advanced attacks...but not weapons, which in groups most Mooks usually have. Groups of Mooks can simply surround whale on you, and the ones have weapons will chip away at your health while you slowly kill them one by one. On top of that, if there are enough mooks, they could quite easily outlast your chi reservoir.
** Before the Jade Golem transformation is unlocked, there is also the Storm Dragon style which has a near ten-second stun effect, during which the play is free to attack away with impunity. Combined with its resonance combo producing an endless supply of Focus orbs, the player can easily activate and remain in Focus Mode for the entire duration of combat so long as the combos are activated. This was the only style significantly changed for the "Jade Empire In Style" mod. This effect does not work on ghosts, however - and many of the harder enemies cannot have Resonance Combos used against them. The Jade Golem transformation, on the other hand, works on ''everything''.
** Earlier still, the Toad Demon transformation is pretty unbeatable too.
** Paralysing Palm. Hit your enemy a few times, go into focus mode, switch to a damaging style, go to town. Notably, it's more-or-less a cut-down version of Storm Dragon.
** The final transformation style unlocked in the game is the Red Minister Style. While not as ludicrously strong as the Jade Golem Style, this style drains health and Chi with each successful hit. If you run towards your enemy, transform into the Red Minister and continually hit the enemy, you can win the fight without losing one drop of health or Chi.
** In-story, the [[DoppelgangerSpin Phoenix Unity style]] was banned from arena matches for this reason; the player, sadly, can't learn it.
** Hell, at the default difficulty even the sword you get a few minutes in will make you an unstoppable whirlwind through most of the game as long as you fill in the upgrades and buy or find the stronger swords later. The dual-swords style makes everything but spirit fights from that point on a total joke even at the hard setting. Dual-axes are even worse, if only because it doesn't cost Focus points to use when fully upgraded; however, if you can kill the guy who carries the Tang's Vengeance axes, [[InfinityPlusOneSword you probably don't need them anyway]].
** The forward flip evasive move allows the player to easily avoid almost every attack the game can throw at you, hitstuns all but the larger enemies in the game if you land on them, and puts the player in the perfect postion to hit enemies a couple of times before they can turn around even if they haven't been hitstunned. A typical battle with a player that has realized this will probably be something like: Flip! Strike! Flip! Strike! Flip! Strike! and so on and so on. it makes it incredibly easy to curbstomp countless battles against multiple foes in succession without ever taking a hit.
** The simple act of switching styles in the middle of a standard combo can be repeated for eternity, stunlocking many enemies into oblivion. Combine that with a slowing status effect and most enemies simply cease to be problems on their own.
** Focus mode, which puts the world into black-and-white BulletTime while you move at full speed. It doesn't matter how strong an enemy is if you've put them down before they can make their first attack.
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* GameBreaker: Quite a few:
**Mirabelle: A gun in a setting with swords and fists, though its somewhat balanced by the large amount of focus and the time needed to load after each shot--significant even when fully upgraded--the occasional misfire, and an arguable lack of power compared to its rate of fire. However, it is incredibly unfair in the arena though due to the fact that you are usually fighting one on one and it deals enough knockback to throw the opponent far enough away that you can reload another shot. Similarly, the FinalBoss is laughably easy to defeat with Mirabelle as you can simply stun-lock him with it until he croaks.
** The Jade Golem transformation is completely unbalanced and will break through pretty much anything in seconds while exposing the player to almost no damage, even when fighting the game's final boss enemies. While there is a Chi drain active while using it, battle tends to end so quickly with it active that you lose little Chi (and one of the more useful party member's support ability is chi regeneration anyway.)
*** Oddly, the Jade Golem is weakest to, well, groups of {{Mook}}s. Jade Golem's strength comes from being invulnerable to all unarmed styles, status effects and most advanced attacks...but not weapons, which in groups most Mooks usually have. Groups of Mooks can simply surround whale on you, and the ones have weapons will chip away at your health while you slowly kill them one by one. On top of that, if there are enough mooks, they could quite easily outlast your chi reservoir.
** Before the Jade Golem transformation is unlocked, there is also the Storm Dragon style which has a near ten-second stun effect, during which the play is free to attack away with impunity. Combined with its resonance combo producing an endless supply of Focus orbs, the player can easily activate and remain in Focus Mode for the entire duration of combat so long as the combos are activated. This was the only style significantly changed for the "Jade Empire In Style" mod. This effect does not work on ghosts, however - and many of the harder enemies cannot have Resonance Combos used against them. The Jade Golem transformation, on the other hand, works on ''everything''.
** Earlier still, the Toad Demon transformation is pretty unbeatable too.
** Paralysing Palm. Hit your enemy a few times, go into focus mode, switch to a damaging style, go to town. Notably, it's more-or-less a cut-down version of Storm Dragon.
** The final transformation style unlocked in the game is the Red Minister Style. While not as ludicrously strong as the Jade Golem Style, this style drains health and Chi with each successful hit. If you run towards your enemy, transform into the Red Minister and continually hit the enemy, you can win the fight without losing one drop of health or Chi.
** In-story, the [[DoppelgangerSpin Phoenix Unity style]] was banned from arena matches for this reason; the player, sadly, can't learn it.
** Hell, at the default difficulty even the sword you get a few minutes in will make you an unstoppable whirlwind through most of the game as long as you fill in the upgrades and buy or find the stronger swords later. The dual-swords style makes everything but spirit fights from that point on a total joke even at the hard setting. Dual-axes are even worse, if only because it doesn't cost Focus points to use when fully upgraded; however, if you can kill the guy who carries the Tang's Vengeance axes, [[InfinityPlusOneSword you probably don't need them anyway]].
** The forward flip evasive move allows the player to easily avoid almost every attack the game can throw at you, hitstuns all but the larger enemies in the game if you land on them, and puts the player in the perfect postion to hit enemies a couple of times before they can turn around even if they haven't been hitstunned. A typical battle with a player that has realized this will probably be something like: Flip! Strike! Flip! Strike! Flip! Strike! and so on and so on. it makes it incredibly easy to curbstomp countless battles against multiple foes in succession without ever taking a hit.
** The simple act of switching styles in the middle of a standard combo can be repeated for eternity, stunlocking many enemies into oblivion. Combine that with a slowing status effect and most enemies simply cease to be problems on their own.
** Focus mode, which puts the world into black-and-white BulletTime while you move at full speed. It doesn't matter how strong an enemy is if you've put them down before they can make their first attack.croaks.
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** The Jade Golem transformation is completely unbalanced and will break through pretty much anything in seconds while exposing the player to almost no damage, even when fighting the game's final boss enemies. While there is a Chi drain active while using it, battle tends to end so quickly with it active that you lose little Chi (and one of the more useful party member's support ability is chi regeneration anyway.)
*** Oddly, the Jade Golem is weakest to, well, groups of {{Mook}}s. Jade Golem's strength comes from being invulnerable to all unarmed styles, status effects and most advanced attacks...but not weapons, which in groups most Mooks usually have. Groups of Mooks can simply surround whale on you, and the ones have weapons will chip away at your health while you slowly kill them one by one. On top of that, if there are enough mooks, they could quite easily outlast your chi reservoir.
** Before the Jade Golem transformation is unlocked, there is also the Storm Dragon style which has a near ten-second stun effect, during which the play is free to attack away with impunity. Combined with its resonance combo producing an endless supply of Focus orbs, the player can easily activate and remain in Focus Mode for the entire duration of combat so long as the combos are activated. This was the only style significantly changed for the "Jade Empire In Style" mod. This effect does not work on ghosts, however - and many of the harder enemies cannot have Resonance Combos used against them. The Jade Golem transformation, on the other hand, works on ''everything''.
** Earlier still, the Toad Demon transformation is pretty unbeatable too.
** Paralysing Palm. Hit your enemy a few times, go into focus mode, switch to a damaging style, go to town. Notably, it's more-or-less a cut-down version of Storm Dragon.
** The final transformation style unlocked in the game is the Red Minister Style. While not as ludicrously strong as the Jade Golem Style, this style drains health and Chi with each successful hit. If you run towards your enemy, transform into the Red Minister and continually hit the enemy, you can win the fight without losing one drop of health or Chi.
** In-story, the [[DoppelgangerSpin Phoenix Unity style]] was banned from arena matches for this reason; the player, sadly, can't learn it.
** Hell, at the default difficulty even the sword you get a few minutes in will make you an unstoppable whirlwind through most of the game as long as you fill in the upgrades and buy or find the stronger swords later. The dual-swords style makes everything but spirit fights from that point on a total joke even at the hard setting. Dual-axes are even worse, if only because it doesn't cost Focus points to use when fully upgraded; however, if you can kill the guy who carries the Tang's Vengeance axes, [[InfinityPlusOneSword you probably don't need them anyway]].
** The forward flip evasive move allows the player to easily avoid almost every attack the game can throw at you, hitstuns all but the larger enemies in the game if you land on them, and puts the player in the perfect postion to hit enemies a couple of times before they can turn around even if they haven't been hitstunned. A typical battle with a player that has realized this will probably be something like: Flip! Strike! Flip! Strike! Flip! Strike! and so on and so on. it makes it incredibly easy to curbstomp countless battles against multiple foes in succession without ever taking a hit.
** The simple act of switching styles in the middle of a standard combo can be repeated for eternity, stunlocking many enemies into oblivion. Combine that with a slowing status effect and most enemies simply cease to be problems on their own.
** Focus mode, which puts the world into black-and-white BulletTime while you move at full speed. It doesn't matter how strong an enemy is if you've put them down before they can make their first attack.
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* CompleteMonster: [[spoiler:[[BigBad Sun Li]] is also known as [[TheChessmaster the Glorious Strategist]]. Prior to the game he orchestrated the genocide of the spirit monks, the protectors of the Water Dragon, the goddess in charge of rain and reincarnation. Ostensibly he did this to force the Water Dragon to save his empire from a drought, but in reality his plan was to [[CainAndAbel kill his brother, Emperor Sun Hai]], and take the power of the Water Dragon for himself, [[AGodAmI becoming a god]]. This would have the side effect of stopping the cycle of reincarnation and cause the dead to rise up and attack the living. After his protégé, the last Spirit Monk, kills his brother for him, [[UngratefulBastard he murders the last Spirit Monk]], takes the powers of the goddess for himself, [[AndIMustScream raises his younger brother, Sun Kai, from the dead to be his servant]], and has [[SecretPolice the Lotus Assassins]] abduct and murder people [[HumanResources to use their souls to power an invincible golem army]] for himself. Sun Li is a [[TheSociopath sociopath]], incapable of empathy or seeing people as anything other than tools. He raised the last Spirit Monk since infancy as a [=son/daughter=], but kills [=him/her=] without a second thought after [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness s/he had outlived his/her usefulness]]; and he has no problem with [[OffingTheOffspring trying to kill his birth daughter]], Dawn Star, either. While he tries to paint himself as well-intentioned, he's [[NotSoWellIntentionedExtremist obviously lying]] to save himself, and, [[TheBadGuyWins in the ending where he wins]], his "utopia" is nothing more than an [[{{Dystopia}} Orwellian dictatorship]] where [[AGodAmI everyone blindly worships Sun Li as a god]], and the mere act of questioning him can bring death upon the asker.]]
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* OneSceneWonder: [[OverlyLongName Sir Roderick Ponce von Fontlebottom the Magnificent Bastard]] only appears in one sidequest but stands out due to being a MightyWhitey caricature and can give you [[GameBreaker the most powerful weapon in the game]], he was significant enough to get his own slide in the WhereAreTheyNowEpilogue.
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* SpiritualLicensee:
** ''Jade Empire'' is not a straight rip-off of ''Literature/BridgeOfBirds'', but it is certainly heavily inspired by its concept and takes several important character names (Master Li, Henpecked Hou) straight from the novel, although the characters themselves are different. Additionally, "Lu the Prodigy" seems much like ''Lu'' Yu, a.k.a. Number Ten Ox, and they share a plot point: [[spoiler:a flooded city hiding a secret artifact.]]
** ''Jade Empire'' is not a straight rip-off of ''Literature/BridgeOfBirds'', but it is certainly heavily inspired by its concept and takes several important character names (Master Li, Henpecked Hou) straight from the novel, although the characters themselves are different. Additionally, "Lu the Prodigy" seems much like ''Lu'' Yu, a.k.a. Number Ten Ox, and they share a plot point: [[spoiler:a flooded city hiding a secret artifact.]]
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* SpiritualLicensee:
**SpiritualLicensee: ''Jade Empire'' is not a straight rip-off of ''Literature/BridgeOfBirds'', but it is certainly heavily inspired by its concept and takes several important character names (Master Li, Henpecked Hou) straight from the novel, although the characters themselves are different. Additionally, "Lu the Prodigy" seems much like ''Lu'' Yu, a.k.a. Number Ten Ox, and they share a plot point: [[spoiler:a flooded city hiding a secret artifact.]]
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** The description of the philosophies behind Open Palm and Closed Fist given by Smiling Mountain at the beginning was an interesting new take on morality, with Open Palm being gentle and supportive while Closed Fist advocated for tough love and teaching people to support themselves. It had the potential to make the in-game morality meter less about what was being achieved, in both cases improving the life of the recipient, and more about the method in which it was accomplished. Unfortunately, the description given at the beginning is [[StoryAndGameplaySegregation rarely representative of how it actually functions in game]], almost always forgetting the complexities and nuances of the philosophies in favor of a [[BlackAndWhiteMorality good/bad]] karma meter.
** The description of the philosophies behind Open Palm and Closed Fist given by Smiling Mountain at the beginning was an interesting new take on morality, with Open Palm being gentle and supportive while Closed Fist advocated for tough love and teaching people to support themselves. It had the potential to make the in-game morality meter less about what was being achieved, in both cases improving the life of the recipient, and more about the method in which it was accomplished. Unfortunately, the description given at the beginning is [[StoryAndGameplaySegregation rarely representative of how it actually functions in game]], almost always forgetting the complexities and nuances of the philosophies in favor of a [[BlackAndWhiteMorality good/bad]] karma meter.
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* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot:
**TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot: The description of the philosophies behind Open Palm and Closed Fist given by Smiling Mountain at the beginning was an interesting new take on morality, with Open Palm being gentle and supportive while Closed Fist advocated for tough love and teaching people to support themselves. It had the potential to make the in-game morality meter less about what was being achieved, in both cases improving the life of the recipient, and more about the method in which it was accomplished. Unfortunately, the description given at the beginning is [[StoryAndGameplaySegregation rarely representative of how it actually functions in game]], almost always forgetting the complexities and nuances of the philosophies in favor of a [[BlackAndWhiteMorality good/bad]] karma meter.
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* MagnificentBastard:
** Sir Roderick Ponce von Fontlebottom the MagnificentBastard seems to think he is one, judging by his name.
** [[spoiler:Sun Li, however, actually is. He and [[TropeNamer Rommel]] share more in common than "just" tactical genius.]]
** Sir Roderick Ponce von Fontlebottom the MagnificentBastard seems to think he is one, judging by his name.
** [[spoiler:Sun Li, however, actually is. He and [[TropeNamer Rommel]] share more in common than "just" tactical genius.]]
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* MagnificentBastard:
** Sir Roderick Ponce von FontlebottomMagnificentBastard: Sun Li, the MagnificentBastard seems [[TheStrategist Glorious Strategist]], orchestrated the downfall of the Spirit Monks and upon failing to think he is one, judging by overthrow his name.
** [[spoiler:Sun Li, however, actually is. Heevil brother, Emperor Sun Hai, kills the guardian of the last Spirit Monk and [[TropeNamer Rommel]] share more becomes his caretaker in common than "just" tactical genius.]]the wilderness. Training the Spirit Monk to defeat Sun Hai one day, Sun Li uses him to defeat his brother and leave the throne of the Jade Empire open before revealing he trained his student with a flaw in his fighting style so Sun Li could exploit it and kill him, before claiming the throne. Taking over, Sun Li plans to [[TheConqueror conquer all he can]], repeatedly showing himself worthy of the title "Glorious Strategist".
** Sir Roderick Ponce von Fontlebottom
** [[spoiler:Sun Li, however, actually is. He
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* AlternateCharacterInterpretation: There's a big one with the issue of the Emperor, [[spoiler: Sun Li]], and the gods as relating to the drought which afflicted the kingdom. [[spoiler: We only know the actions of the Emperor and Sun Li after the drought, which include massacring the Spirit Monks as well as enslaving the Water Dragon but some fans believe their behavior may have been bad beforehand and resulted in the gods sending the drought to punish them. Others believe they may have been motivated by IDidWhatIHadToDo and RageAgainstTheHeavens to save their Empire against a horrific curse. Others may note the gods may simply have been maintaining the natural order that would have caused the drought in the first place while others believe that's yet another reason for the Sun family's actions. In the end, the game gives no clue to the moral character of either man before they ended up JumpingOffTheSlipperySlope.]]
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** Some people consider this to be the best Franchise/AvatarTheLastAirbender game ever made.
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* JustForFun/XMeetsY: ''[[VideoGame/KnightsOfTheOldRepublic KOTOR]]'' meets ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender''.
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* CompleteMonster: [[spoiler:[[BigBad Sun Li]] is also known as [[TheChessmaster the Glorious Strategist]]. Prior to the game he orchestrated the genocide of the spirit monks, the protectors of the Water Dragon, the goddess in charge of rain and reincarnation. Ostensibly he did this to force the Water Dragon to save his empire from a drought, but in reality his plan was to [[CainAndAbel kill his brother, Emperor Sun Hai]], and take the power of the Water Dragon for himself, [[AGodAmI becoming a god]]. This would have the side effect of stopping the cycle of reincarnation and cause the dead to rise up and attack the living. After his protégé, the last Spirit Monk, kills his brother for him, [[UngratefulBastard he murders the last Spirit Monk]], takes the powers of the goddess for himself, [[AndIMustScream raises his younger brother, Sun Kai, from the dead to be his servant]], and has [[SecretPolice the Lotus Assassins]] abduct and murder people [[HumanResources to use their souls to power an invincible golem army]] for himself. Sun Li is a [[TheSociopath sociopath]], incapable of empathy or seeing people as anything other than tools. He raised the last Spirit Monk since infancy as a [=son/daughter=], but kills [=him/her=] without a second thought after [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness s/he had outlived his/her usefulness]]; and he has no problem with [[OffingTheOffspring trying to kill his birth daughter]], [[spoiler:Dawn Star]], either. While he tries to paint himself as well-intentioned, he's [[NotSoWellIntentionedExtremist obviously lying]] to save himself, and, [[TheBadGuyWins in the ending where he wins]], his "utopia" is nothing more than an [[{{Dystopia}} Orwellian dictatorship]] where [[AGodAmI everyone blindly worships Sun Li as a god]], and the mere act of questioning him can bring death upon the asker.]]
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* CompleteMonster: [[spoiler:[[BigBad Sun Li]] is also known as [[TheChessmaster the Glorious Strategist]]. Prior to the game he orchestrated the genocide of the spirit monks, the protectors of the Water Dragon, the goddess in charge of rain and reincarnation. Ostensibly he did this to force the Water Dragon to save his empire from a drought, but in reality his plan was to [[CainAndAbel kill his brother, Emperor Sun Hai]], and take the power of the Water Dragon for himself, [[AGodAmI becoming a god]]. This would have the side effect of stopping the cycle of reincarnation and cause the dead to rise up and attack the living. After his protégé, the last Spirit Monk, kills his brother for him, [[UngratefulBastard he murders the last Spirit Monk]], takes the powers of the goddess for himself, [[AndIMustScream raises his younger brother, Sun Kai, from the dead to be his servant]], and has [[SecretPolice the Lotus Assassins]] abduct and murder people [[HumanResources to use their souls to power an invincible golem army]] for himself. Sun Li is a [[TheSociopath sociopath]], incapable of empathy or seeing people as anything other than tools. He raised the last Spirit Monk since infancy as a [=son/daughter=], but kills [=him/her=] without a second thought after [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness s/he had outlived his/her usefulness]]; and he has no problem with [[OffingTheOffspring trying to kill his birth daughter]], [[spoiler:Dawn Star]], Dawn Star, either. While he tries to paint himself as well-intentioned, he's [[NotSoWellIntentionedExtremist obviously lying]] to save himself, and, [[TheBadGuyWins in the ending where he wins]], his "utopia" is nothing more than an [[{{Dystopia}} Orwellian dictatorship]] where [[AGodAmI everyone blindly worships Sun Li as a god]], and the mere act of questioning him can bring death upon the asker.]]
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* CompleteMonster: [[spoiler:[[BigBad Sun Li]] is also known as [[TheChessmaster the Glorious Strategist]]. Prior to the game he orchestrated the genocide of the spirit monks, the protectors of the Water Dragon, the goddess in charge of rain and reincarnation. Ostensibly he did this to force the Water Dragon to save his empire from a drought, but in reality his plan was to [[CainAndAbel kill his brother, Emperor Sun Hai]], and take the power of the Water Dragon for himself, [[AGodAmI becoming a god]]. This would have the side effect of stopping the cycle of reincarnation and cause the dead to rise up and attack the living. After his protégé, the last Spirit Monk, kills his brother for him, [[UngratefulBastard he murders the last Spirit Monk]], takes the powers of the goddess for himself, [[AndIMustScream raises his younger brother, Sun Kai, from the dead to be his servant]], and has [[SecretPolice the Lotus Assassins]] abduct and murder people [[HumanResources to use their souls to power an invincible golem army]] for himself. Sun Li is a [[TheSociopath sociopath]], incapable of empathy or seeing people as anything other than tools. He raised the last Spirit Monk since infancy as a [=son/daughter=], but kills [=him/her=] without a second thought after [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness s/he had outlived his/her usefulness]]; and he has no problem with [[OffingTheOffspring trying to kill his birth daughter]], [[spoiler:Dawn Star]], either. While he tries to paint himself as well-intentioned, he's [[NotSoWellIntentionedExtremist obviously lying]] to save himself, and, [[TheBadGuyWins in the ending where he wins]], his "utopia" is nothing more than an [[{{Dystopia}} Orwellian dictatorship]] where [[AGodAmI everyone blindly worships Sun Li as a god]], and the mere act of questioning him can bring death upon the asker.
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* CompleteMonster: [[spoiler:[[BigBad Sun Li]] is also known as [[TheChessmaster the Glorious Strategist]]. Prior to the game he orchestrated the genocide of the spirit monks, the protectors of the Water Dragon, the goddess in charge of rain and reincarnation. Ostensibly he did this to force the Water Dragon to save his empire from a drought, but in reality his plan was to [[CainAndAbel kill his brother, Emperor Sun Hai]], and take the power of the Water Dragon for himself, [[AGodAmI becoming a god]]. This would have the side effect of stopping the cycle of reincarnation and cause the dead to rise up and attack the living. After his protégé, the last Spirit Monk, kills his brother for him, [[UngratefulBastard he murders the last Spirit Monk]], takes the powers of the goddess for himself, [[AndIMustScream raises his younger brother, Sun Kai, from the dead to be his servant]], and has [[SecretPolice the Lotus Assassins]] abduct and murder people [[HumanResources to use their souls to power an invincible golem army]] for himself. Sun Li is a [[TheSociopath sociopath]], incapable of empathy or seeing people as anything other than tools. He raised the last Spirit Monk since infancy as a [=son/daughter=], but kills [=him/her=] without a second thought after [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness s/he had outlived his/her usefulness]]; and he has no problem with [[OffingTheOffspring trying to kill his birth daughter]], [[spoiler:Dawn Star]], either. While he tries to paint himself as well-intentioned, he's [[NotSoWellIntentionedExtremist obviously lying]] to save himself, and, [[TheBadGuyWins in the ending where he wins]], his "utopia" is nothing more than an [[{{Dystopia}} Orwellian dictatorship]] where [[AGodAmI everyone blindly worships Sun Li as a god]], and the mere act of questioning him can bring death upon the asker.]]
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* CompleteMonster: [[spoiler:[[BigBad Sun Li]] is also known as [[TheChessmaster the Glorious Strategist]]. Prior to the game he orchestrated the genocide of the spirit monks, the protectors of the Water Dragon, the goddess in charge of rain and reincarnation. Ostensibly he did this to force the Water Dragon to save his empire from a drought, but in reality his plan was to [[CainAndAbel kill his brother, Emperor Sun Hai]], and take the power of the Water Dragon for himself, [[AGodAmI becoming a god]]. This would have the side effect of stopping the cycle of reincarnation and cause the dead to rise up and attack the living. After his protégé, the last Spirit Monk, kills his brother for him, [[UngratefulBastard he murders the last Spirit Monk]], takes the powers of the goddess for himself, [[AndIMustScream raises his younger brother, Sun Kai, from the dead to be his servant]], and has [[SecretPolice the Lotus Assassins]] abduct and murder people [[HumanResources to use their souls to power an invincible golem army]] for himself. Sun Li is a [[TheSociopath sociopath]], incapable of empathy or seeing people as anything other than tools. He raised the last Spirit Monk since infancy as a [=son/daughter=], but kills [=him/her=] without a second thought after [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness s/he had outlived his/her usefulness]]; and he has no problem with [[OffingTheOffspring trying to kill his birth daughter]], [[spoiler:Dawn Star]], either. While he tries to paint himself as well-intentioned, he's [[NotSoWellIntentionedExtremist obviously lying]] to save himself, and, [[TheBadGuyWins in the ending where he wins]], his "utopia" is nothing more than an [[{{Dystopia}} Orwellian dictatorship]] where [[AGodAmI everyone blindly worships Sun Li as a god]], and the mere act of questioning him can bring death upon the asker.]]
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* CompleteMonster: [[spoiler:[[BigBad Sun Li]] is also known as [[TheChessmaster the Glorious Strategist]]. Prior to the game he orchestrated the genocide of the spirit monks, the protectors of the Water Dragon, the goddess in charge of rain and reincarnation. Ostensibly he did this to force the Water Dragon to save his empire from a drought, but in reality his plan was to [[CainAndAbel kill his brother, Emperor Sun Hai]], and take the power of the Water Dragon for himself, [[AGodAmI becoming a god]]. This would have the side effect of stopping the cycle of reincarnation and cause the dead to rise up and attack the living. After his protégé, the last Spirit Monk, kills his brother for him, [[UngratefulBastard he murders the last Spirit Monk]], takes the powers of the goddess for himself, [[AndIMustScream raises his younger brother, Sun Kai, from the dead to be his servant]], and has [[SecretPolice the Lotus Assassins]] abduct and murder people [[HumanResources to use their souls to power an invincible golem army]] for himself. Sun Li is a [[TheSociopath sociopath]], incapable of empathy or seeing people as anything other than tools. He raised the last Spirit Monk since infancy as a [=son/daughter=], but kills [=him/her=] without a second thought after [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness s/he had outlived his/her usefulness]]; and he has no problem with [[OffingTheOffspring trying to kill his birth daughter]], [[spoiler:Dawn Star]], either. While he tries to paint himself as well-intentioned, he's [[NotSoWellIntentionedExtremist obviously lying]] to save himself, and, [[TheBadGuyWins in the ending where he wins]], his "utopia" is nothing more than an [[{{Dystopia}} Orwellian dictatorship]] where [[AGodAmI everyone blindly worships Sun Li as a god]], and the mere act of questioning him can bring death upon the asker.]]
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* CompleteMonster: [[spoiler: [[BigBad Sun Li]] is also known as [[TheChessmaster the Glorious Strategist]]. Prior to the game he orchestrated the genocide of the spirit monks, the protectors of the Water Dragon, the goddess in charge of both water and death. Ostensibly he did this to force the Water Dragon to save the Jade Empire from a drought, but in reality his plan was to [[CainAndAbel kill his brother, Emperor Sun Hai]], and take the power of the Water Dragon for himself, [[AGodAmI becoming a god]]. This would have the side effect of stopping the cycle of reincarnation and cause the dead to rise up and attack the living. After his protégé, the last Spirit Monk, kills his brother for him, [[UngratefulBastard he kills the Spirit Monk]], takes the powers of the Water Dragon for himself, [[AndIMustScream raises his younger brother, Sun Kin, from the dead to be his servant]], and continues the former Emperor's policy of having [[SecretPolice the Lotus Assassins]] abduct and murder people [[HumanResources to use their souls to power an invincible golem army]] for himself. Sun Li is a [[TheSociopath sociopath]], incapable of empathy or seeing people as anything other than tools - in his own words, "a man with no remorse, no pity". He raised the last Spirit Monk since infancy as his own child, but kills them without a second thought after [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness they had outlived they usefulness]], and has no problem with [[OffingTheOffspring trying to kill his birth daughter]], Dawn Star, either.]]
* CrazyAwesome: Black Whirlwind, and how.
* CrazyAwesome: Black Whirlwind, and how.
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* CompleteMonster: [[spoiler: [[BigBad [[spoiler:[[BigBad Sun Li]] is also known as [[TheChessmaster the Glorious Strategist]]. Prior to the game he orchestrated the genocide of the spirit monks, the protectors of the Water Dragon, the goddess in charge of both water rain and death. reincarnation. Ostensibly he did this to force the Water Dragon to save the Jade Empire his empire from a drought, but in reality his plan was to [[CainAndAbel kill his brother, Emperor Sun Hai]], and take the power of the Water Dragon for himself, [[AGodAmI becoming a god]]. This would have the side effect of stopping the cycle of reincarnation and cause the dead to rise up and attack the living. After his protégé, the last Spirit Monk, kills his brother for him, [[UngratefulBastard he kills murders the last Spirit Monk]], takes the powers of the Water Dragon goddess for himself, [[AndIMustScream raises his younger brother, Sun Kin, Kai, from the dead to be his servant]], and continues the former Emperor's policy of having has [[SecretPolice the Lotus Assassins]] abduct and murder people [[HumanResources to use their souls to power an invincible golem army]] for himself. Sun Li is a [[TheSociopath sociopath]], incapable of empathy or seeing people as anything other than tools - in his own words, "a man with no remorse, no pity". tools. He raised the last Spirit Monk since infancy as his own child, a [=son/daughter=], but kills them [=him/her=] without a second thought after [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness they s/he had outlived they usefulness]], his/her usefulness]]; and he has no problem with [[OffingTheOffspring trying to kill his birth daughter]], Dawn Star, either.]]
* CrazyAwesome: Black Whirlwind,[[spoiler:Dawn Star]], either. While he tries to paint himself as well-intentioned, he's [[NotSoWellIntentionedExtremist obviously lying]] to save himself, and, [[TheBadGuyWins in the ending where he wins]], his "utopia" is nothing more than an [[{{Dystopia}} Orwellian dictatorship]] where [[AGodAmI everyone blindly worships Sun Li as a god]], and how.the mere act of questioning him can bring death upon the asker.]]
* CrazyAwesome: Black Whirlwind,
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** The description of the philosophies behind Open Palm and Closed Fist given by Smiling Mountain at the beginning was an interesting new take on morality, with Open Palm being gentle and supportive while Closed Fist advocated for tough love and teaching people to support themselves. It had the potential to make the in-game morality meter less about what was being achieved, in both cases improving the life of the recipient, and more about the method in which it was accomplished. Unfortunately, the description given at the beginning is [[StoryAndGameplaySegregation not at all]] representative of how it actually functions in game, forgetting the complexities and nuances of the philosophies in favor of a [[BlackAndWhiteMorality good/bad]] karma meter.
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** The description of the philosophies behind Open Palm and Closed Fist given by Smiling Mountain at the beginning was an interesting new take on morality, with Open Palm being gentle and supportive while Closed Fist advocated for tough love and teaching people to support themselves. It had the potential to make the in-game morality meter less about what was being achieved, in both cases improving the life of the recipient, and more about the method in which it was accomplished. Unfortunately, the description given at the beginning is [[StoryAndGameplaySegregation not at all]] rarely representative of how it actually functions in game, game]], almost always forgetting the complexities and nuances of the philosophies in favor of a [[BlackAndWhiteMorality good/bad]] karma meter.
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**The description of the philosophies behind Open Palm and Closed Fist given by Smiling Mountain at the beginning was an interesting new take on morality, with Open Palm being gentle and supportive while Closed Fist advocated for tough love and teaching people to support themselves. It had the potential to make the in-game morality meter less about what was being achieved, in both cases improving the life of the recipient, and more about the method in which it was accomplished. Unfortunately, the description given at the beginning is [[StoryAndGameplaySegregation not at all]] representative of how it actually functions in game, forgetting the complexities and nuances of the philosophies in favor of a [[BlackAndWhiteMorality good/bad]] karma meter.
**The description of the philosophies behind Open Palm and Closed Fist given by Smiling Mountain at the beginning was an interesting new take on morality, with Open Palm being gentle and supportive while Closed Fist advocated for tough love and teaching people to support themselves. It had the potential to make the in-game morality meter less about what was being achieved, in both cases improving the life of the recipient, and more about the method in which it was accomplished. Unfortunately, the description given at the beginning is [[StoryAndGameplaySegregation not at all]] representative of how it actually functions in game, forgetting the complexities and nuances of the philosophies in favor of a [[BlackAndWhiteMorality good/bad]] karma meter.
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* CompleteMonster: [[spoiler: [[BigBad Sun Li]] is also known as [[TheChessmaster the Glorious Strategist]]. Prior to the game he orchestrated the genocide of the spirit monks, the protectors of the Water Dragon, the goddess in charge of both water and death. Ostensibly he did this to force the Water Dragon to save the Jade Empire from a drought, but in reality his plan was to [[CainAndAbel kill his brother, Emperor Sun Hai]], and take the power of the Water Dragon for himself, [[AGodAmI becoming a god]]. This would have the side effect of stopping the cycle of reincarnation and cause the dead to rise up and attack the living. After his protégé, the last Spirit Monk, kills his brother for him, [[UngratefulBastard he kills the Spirit Monk]], takes the powers of the Water Dragon for himself, [[AndIMustScream raises his younger brother, Sun Kin, from the dead to be his servant]], and continues the former Emperor's policy of having [[SecretPolice the Lotus Assassins]] abduct and murder people [[HumanResources to use their souls to power an invincible golem army]] for himself. Sun Li is a [[TheSociopath sociopath]], incapable of empathy or seeing people as anything other than tools. He raised the last Spirit Monk since infancy as his own child, but kills them without a second thought after [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness they had outlived they usefulness]], and has no problem with [[OffingTheOffspring trying to kill his birth daughter]], Dawn Star, either.]]
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* CompleteMonster: [[spoiler: [[BigBad Sun Li]] is also known as [[TheChessmaster the Glorious Strategist]]. Prior to the game he orchestrated the genocide of the spirit monks, the protectors of the Water Dragon, the goddess in charge of both water and death. Ostensibly he did this to force the Water Dragon to save the Jade Empire from a drought, but in reality his plan was to [[CainAndAbel kill his brother, Emperor Sun Hai]], and take the power of the Water Dragon for himself, [[AGodAmI becoming a god]]. This would have the side effect of stopping the cycle of reincarnation and cause the dead to rise up and attack the living. After his protégé, the last Spirit Monk, kills his brother for him, [[UngratefulBastard he kills the Spirit Monk]], takes the powers of the Water Dragon for himself, [[AndIMustScream raises his younger brother, Sun Kin, from the dead to be his servant]], and continues the former Emperor's policy of having [[SecretPolice the Lotus Assassins]] abduct and murder people [[HumanResources to use their souls to power an invincible golem army]] for himself. Sun Li is a [[TheSociopath sociopath]], incapable of empathy or seeing people as anything other than tools.tools - in his own words, "a man with no remorse, no pity". He raised the last Spirit Monk since infancy as his own child, but kills them without a second thought after [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness they had outlived they usefulness]], and has no problem with [[OffingTheOffspring trying to kill his birth daughter]], Dawn Star, either.]]
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* GoddamnBats: Lost Spirits attack in groups (that tend to be spread out), have homing ranged attacks that drain both your HP and Chi, and give ridiculously paltry EXP. They turn into DemonicSpiders when they're supporting an actual dangerous boss. Also, they respawn in most areas you find them in. At least their strong attack doesn't home...
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* GoddamnBats: GoddamnedBats:
** Lost Spirits attack in groups (that tend to be spread out), have homing ranged attacks that drain both your HP and Chi, and give ridiculously paltry EXP. They turn into DemonicSpiders when they're supporting an actual dangerous boss. Also, they respawn in most areas you find them in. At least their strong attack doesn't home...
** Lost Spirits attack in groups (that tend to be spread out), have homing ranged attacks that drain both your HP and Chi, and give ridiculously paltry EXP. They turn into DemonicSpiders when they're supporting an actual dangerous boss. Also, they respawn in most areas you find them in. At least their strong attack doesn't home...
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* MagnificentBastard: Sir Roderick Ponce von Fontlebottom the MagnificentBastard seems to think he is one, judging by his name.
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** Sir Roderick Ponce von Fontlebottom the MagnificentBastard seems to think he is one, judging by his name.
** Sir Roderick Ponce von Fontlebottom the MagnificentBastard seems to think he is one, judging by his name.
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* MoralEventHorizon: [[spoiler:Sun Li crosses it for the player when he kills them and reveals that he was using them as a pawn the entire time, and then crosses it for Dawn Star, ''his own daughter'', during the final battle when he coldly brushes off her attempts to reason with him and smugly declare that she was "just another tool".]]
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* MoralEventHorizon: MoralEventHorizon:
** [[spoiler:Sun Li crosses it for the player when he kills them and reveals that he was using them as a pawn the entire time, and then crosses it for Dawn Star, ''his own daughter'', during the final battle when he coldly brushes off her attempts to reason with him and smugly declare that she was "just another tool".]]
** [[spoiler:Sun Li crosses it for the player when he kills them and reveals that he was using them as a pawn the entire time, and then crosses it for Dawn Star, ''his own daughter'', during the final battle when he coldly brushes off her attempts to reason with him and smugly declare that she was "just another tool".]]
** Gao the Lesser crosses the line from "arrogant and petulant" after murdering junior student Si Pat for [[spoiler:impeding his kidnapping of Dawn Star]] and leaving his body burning in the street. Everyone in town is horrified and/or enraged by this act.
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* SpiritualLicensee: ''Jade Empire'' is not a straight rip-off of ''Literature/BridgeOfBirds'', but it is certainly heavily inspired by its concept and takes several important character names (Master Li, Henpecked Hou) straight from the novel, although the characters themselves are different.
** Additionally, "Lu the Prodigy" seems much like ''Lu'' Yu, a.k.a. Number Ten Ox, and they share a plot point: [[spoiler:a flooded city hiding a secret artifact.]]
** Additionally, "Lu the Prodigy" seems much like ''Lu'' Yu, a.k.a. Number Ten Ox, and they share a plot point: [[spoiler:a flooded city hiding a secret artifact.]]
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* SpiritualLicensee: SpiritualLicensee:
** ''Jade Empire'' is not a straight rip-off of ''Literature/BridgeOfBirds'', but it is certainly heavily inspired by its concept and takes several important character names (Master Li, Henpecked Hou) straight from the novel, although the characters themselves aredifferent.
**different. Additionally, "Lu the Prodigy" seems much like ''Lu'' Yu, a.k.a. Number Ten Ox, and they share a plot point: [[spoiler:a flooded city hiding a secret artifact.]]
** ''Jade Empire'' is not a straight rip-off of ''Literature/BridgeOfBirds'', but it is certainly heavily inspired by its concept and takes several important character names (Master Li, Henpecked Hou) straight from the novel, although the characters themselves are
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* ThatOneLevel: Rather late in the game [[spoiler: you are killed, must navigate the afterlife and the defiled temple of the Water Dragon, and face one of the hardest battle in the game against three very tough copies of yourself and no support character, in order to be resurrected.]]
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* ThatOneLevel: ThatOneLevel:
** Rather late in the game [[spoiler: you are killed, must navigate the afterlife and the defiled temple of the Water Dragon, and face one of the hardest battle in the game against three very tough copies of yourself and no support character, in order to be resurrected.]]
** Rather late in the game [[spoiler: you are killed, must navigate the afterlife and the defiled temple of the Water Dragon, and face one of the hardest battle in the game against three very tough copies of yourself and no support character, in order to be resurrected.]]
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** The Necropolis can be one due to wearing your character down throughout all the fights. It's a huge area full of the above mentioned GoddamnBats of the Lost Spirits. And especially since most of the enemies are ghosts, anyone who specialized in weapons will be near helpless against the onslaught of ghosts attacking him.
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** As a child, Captain Sen let a young boy die to avoid getting in trouble.
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** As a child, Captain Sen let pushed a young boy die to avoid getting into a river and let him drown rather than save him and let anyone know his part in trouble.the incident.
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* CultClassic: While well received, it didn't quite set the world on fire the way Bioware's other two major franchises have. Despite that, there's still a dedicated fanbase for the game still asking for a sequel.
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* DemonicSpiders: Lost Spirits have the potential to become these. Especially at higher difficulties or NewGamePlus, which automatically makes your game much more difficult. They have an annoying homing ranged attack, are immune to many useful styles and tend to move away from the player while shooting at him. At lower difficulties, they avoid being DemonicSpiders due to having low health. On higher difficulties, they have huge amounts of health, making them ridiculously hard to kill, while doing insane amounts of damage, turning every fight against them into a frustrating ordeal.
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** The final transformation style unlocked in the game is the Red Minister Style. While not as ludicrously strong as the Jade Golem Style, this style drains health and Chi with each successful hit. If you run towards your enemy, transform into the Red Minister and continually hit the enemy, you can win the fight without losing one drop of health or Chi.
