If you see my little conversation with Nick above, it looks like we're going to try and organize some sort of community playthrough of the game in the next month or two. I'd say wait for that if you can. Should be easier when your friends are suffering too lol
After talking with Nick (above) I think I'm gonna wait to continue till we can get some kind of group playthrough organized. A little moral support and motivation, you know. And it gives me a reason to take a break from it right now 
I have plenty of other games to keep me busy in the mean time...
That's kind of scary, Cary, but you must also be a very happy person lol
Oh, the rapid-fire pause trick for slo-mo? Yeah, doubt that will work on the PSP lol
Melee is my favorite in the series, though my wife and I have a used copy of Brawl we picked up a while ago that has hardly been played 
Yeah, there were a lot of rhythm games for the PS2 but I didn't have my own till a couple years, so I missed out on those. Now I just keep an eye out for games like that when I go to used game stores.
HarmoKnight just came out on the 3DS eShop. It sounds really good, so you should try it if you have a 3DS.
That'd be cool. I don't have a shortage of games to keep me busy till then 
Yeah, and we're moving next month. Nothing huge, just across town, but there's always extra expenses when moving.
Great write up! I never had an original Xbox and so never played Jade Empire but I've heard lots of good things. The world they built sounds like the most intriguing part, really, and it'd be cool if BioWare could make a more action-oriented RPG without having to piss off a segment of their fanbase to to do (Dragon Age 2). At the very least an HD port on XBLA and PSN would be a good way to gauge player interest.
