It also features a heavily streamlined interface and simplified battle and character progression systems, so it would be even more accessible to a curious iOS audience. Jade Empire is built on the same engine as KOTOR, so we know it will run just fine on iPad. Rather, it gets top billing because it seems like the best fit for iOS. This mash-up of mythologies also represented a refreshing departure from the usual Tolkien-aping Western fantasy tropes we're often presented with in RPGs.īut BioWare's first crack at a console-focused RPG doesn't win top billing on our list because it's BioWare's best game. Jade Empire's oft-maligned (or just plain forgotten) mish-mash of heavily Westernised Chinese myths and cliches didn't please everyone, but the game did at least contain a cohesive and beautifully rendered world. Which BioWare games would YOU like to see on iOS, by the way? Share your suggestions in the comments section below. But KOTOR has left us with us an itch that only BioWare's immersive, widescreen productions can scratch. Heck, some of them probably aren't even technically possible at present. We doubt many of these conversions will happen. It's also thrown the odd finely executed curveball into the mix, as we'll see later. During this time, it has turned out some of the finest and most influential RPGs ever seen. This distinguished Canadian developer has been going for 18 years. I thought I'd take a breather from acting all proto-Vader (Mon Jundy makes Darth Maul seem like an Ewok) and consider some of the other potential iOS conversion treats in developer BioWare's back catalogue. Aspyr Media's ace iPad Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic ( KOTOR) conversion went live on the App Store a week ago, but it's still fresh in our minds and sucking up our time.

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