Jade Empire vs TwelveSky 2: Rise of the Sky Clan
Jade Empire
Jade Empire is a martial arts-themed action RPG where you get the freedom to choose to become either a noble hero or a treacherous villain. The game also provides you with a vast open world to explore and a host of interesting characters to interact with. As you play an aspiring martial arts master, you'll have access to a wide range of nicely-animated fighting moves and styles that you can mix and match. While you increase in your proficiency of the martial arts, your enemies' difficulty level will scale up accoridngly as well, so every battle you engage in will be as challenging as the next despite having better gear and skills.However, being a rather old game, the combat sequences may feel a bit choppy and awkward today. The graphics looks weathered as well. And if you want to play this game for its story, you might want to reconsider. Jade Empire is famous for mainly its cool moves and well-made combat system back then, and having a completely original and immersive plot isn't one of the selling points.
That said, there isn't a lot of oriental-themed RPGs out there and Jade Empire happens to be one of the best ones. If you love martial art games, you might want to try this game out.
TwelveSky 2: Rise of the Sky Clan
TwelveSky 2: Rise of the Sky Clan is a martial arts MMORPG that's set in a fictionalized Ancient China where four major clans, namely the Ancient Sky, the Imperial Dragon, the Royal Snake and the Fierce Tiger, battle for supremacy. Featuring a fun and flashy semi-action-based combat system, the game will have you joining one of these four clans and set off on a journey to train up your martial art skills by battling powerful monsters and helping the local folk. The game even offers exciting and massive PvP wars, including the clan-based one, the 3-hour-long Holy Stone Battle. TwelveSky 2 also has an intricate election system which allow players to run for their respective clan's government provided that they have attained 1000 Contribution Points that are in turn earned by fighting for your clan. Like most MMORPGs, the game has a myriad of other interesting features as well, ranging from mounts and pets to amazing costumes, guilds and titles.Although TwelveSky 2: Rise of the Sky Clan may not be as graphically appealing as Blade & Soul or even Swordsman because of its age, it is still a pretty decent martial arts-themed game. The game's free so there's no harm in checking the game out if the game interests you.