I really enjoyed Jade Empire, except that I didn't like only having two characters in your party at one time (I like a party size of at least 3, preferably 4 or 5) and thought that a few specific styles shattered the game's balance in the second half (looking at you, Jade Golem). Even with those setbacks it's a fun little RPG with decent characters and great dialog. Final sequence of good/evil decisions are pretty cool for what they are, but EXTREMELY black/white. My favorite party members were Silk Fox and Black Whirlwind.
Also, Jade Empire has at least two plot twists that are "so he was his brother the whole time!" Not a joke. I wanna say there are three, but I only remember two....