While BioWare is aware of there’s a fanbase crying out for a Jade Empire sequel, the studio’s not but dedicated to a follow-up… though Dragon Age’s inventive director, Mike Laidlaw, admits the developer “certainly had some plans” for Jade Empire 2.
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“I don’t wanna say that there isn’t a ardour to construct it, as a result of we haven’t constructed it… it’s extra that you simply want ardour, you want expertise, you want the proper folks, and the proper workforce… after which capability, proper?” Laidlaw advised Josiah Renaudin in The 1099 podcast.
“Jade Empire 2 was talked about. It was actually thought-about. And right here’s the factor […] In a universe the place there generally is a Beyond Good and Evil 2 14 years later… I feel it’s very attainable there may nonetheless be a Jade 2.”
Wait, wait, wait – don’t get too excited but. Laidlaw goes on to confess that regardless of this, the workforce that introduced the unique Jade Empire to life is presently “pretty distracted” by Dragon Age.
“If somebody stated to me hey, what may you do with Jade Empire 2, I’ve a solution – I’ve a really clear reply in my head. But I additionally recognise that almost all of the management of Jade Empire 2 – the people who find themselves actually the passionate imaginative and prescient holders – are all on Dragon Age, proper? […] And Dragon Age is pretty distracting. It’s a reasonably full-time job.
“Someone someplace’s going to jot down an indignant suppose piece saying, ‘Aha! Dragon Age killed Jade Empire!’ But it’s like… no. But quite a lot of the parents that I feel nonetheless have actually fond recollections of Jade – and form of understand it of their bones – are nonetheless fairly actively engaged in working in your Inquisitions which once more take up a hell of quite a lot of time. It’s no secret we’re doing one thing with DA. I can’t discuss what, however we’re actually concerned in one thing…”
“That stated, I’d be a idiot to say that we weren’t contemplating [Jade Empire 2],” Laidlaw stated. “We actually had some plans for a [Jade Empire 2] which I’m detest to speak about however… it existed.”
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