The recent Prince of Persia Trilogy is a good example. You need the first game to understand the second and the second to understand the third. God of War II also makes much more sense if you've played the first.On the flipside, there are games like Final Fantasy, The Legend Of Zelda, and...fighting games where each game might as well be a stand-alone adventure.Very few sequels absolutely require that you play the first, but it always enhances the experience and makes the story much easier to understand. So, the reply isn't always ''No''. It's ''yes'' on quite a few occasions actually.Game sequels where you need to play the first game to understand the sequel?
Shenmue comes to mind. It was a nice gesture to include a DVD with a summary of the first game in Shenmue 2.
Well it helps with Metal Gear Solid...And also Mario.... YOU NEED TO KNOW THAT THE PRINCESS WAS KIDNAPPEDAlso without you would have no idea who the hell Toad or Luigi are.... BACKSTORY IS REQUIRED IN THEIR CASES
Is there any specific series you were meaning to check out?Most of the Final Fantasy games are there own seperate stories that don't connect to the originals. Most of the Zelda games you can also play without playing the previous games, even though they may reference the past games as a background, usually most of the Zelda's feature a whole new adventure with a new ''link''.None of the GTA games require you to play the previous games, in fact, the GTA games really don't directly connect with each other except for a few joking references of some of the radio personalities.Also, historical shooters, especially WWII, like Call of Duty, Medal of Honor, etc. don't have plots or characters that connect...unless you count the backdrop of WWII as a ''plot'', which in that case is simply general history. I've never gotten into them, but I hear with the Metal Gear Solid series you have to have played the previous games to really understand the plots.Here are some more notable games that I think stand out where you either have to play the previous game (in some cases you have to play the previous game a specific way)Sequels where you NEED to play the original to fully Understand the Story:Silent Hill 3 (to fully understand this you have to beat the original with either the ''Good'' or ''Good+'' ending)
Prince of Persia: The Two Thrones (to fully make sense you have to beat the previous game (Warrior Within) with the alternate ending)
Knights of the Old Republic II: The Sith Lords
God of War IISequels where it helps (though not really needed) to play the original to understand the plot background:
Resident Evil 4 (it helps if you have beaten RE2 since it uses a couple of characters and references from that game) Half Life 2 (it really helps to understand the references and some character backgrounds if you've played the orignal HL)Sequels that you DON'T need to play the original or any previous game in the series to understand the plot: Silent Hill 2 (it is it's own seperate storyline in the series with completely different characters)Metroid Prime / Metroid Prime 2 (same protagonist, but pretty much a whole new adventure) [QUOTE=''MicWazowski'']The recent Prince of Persia Trilogy is a good example. You need the first game to understand the second and the second to understand the third. [/QUOTE]Prince of Persia: Two Thrones is what I call one of those special cases.....Not only do you need the second to understand the third....you need to beat the second game with the alternate ending in order for the third game to make sense.
kingdom hearts 2 would make no sense if you didnt play the first.
I think it's best to play MGS before MGS 2 though it's not essential. Same goes for Broken Sword.
Um... Zelda... Mario... Final Fantasy... errr wait. No.No wait... Actually FFX-2 you should play FFX to get the gist of why Yuna is doing what she's doing. Additionally like everyone else said, MGS2 really should be played after MGS1, at least I think so. Also another good option on this is Shadow Hearts Covenant, that is the most confusing cockamamie story ever, even if you did play the first one.
[QUOTE=''SemiMaster'']Um... Zelda... Mario... Final Fantasy... errr wait. No.No wait... Actually FFX-2 you should play FFX to get the gist of why Yuna is doing what she's doing. Additionally like everyone else said, MGS2 really should be played after MGS1, at least I think so. Also another good option on this is Shadow Hearts Covenant, that is the most confusing cockamamie story ever, even if you did play the first one.[/QUOTE]MGS2 should definitely be played AFTER MGS1 or else the scenes toward the end of the game as well as some of the events and dialogue throughout the game won't have as much of a familiar or ''shocking'' impact on you when you first experience them.As for others...trying jumping straight into Xenosaga episode 2, lol. Have fun trying to figure out what the heck is going on in that!
Mgs,Gow comes to mind
Zone of the Ender 2nd Runner is a sequel that has characters and Orbital Frames (robots)in it that you just wouldn`t really know about them without the original game. Also any recent Castlevania games ex. Aria of Sorrow--Dawn of Sorrow and Bloodlines--Portait of Rune. All those games have the same characters and continuing stories.
Thief: Deadly Shadows you have to play the first and second Thiefs to understand why Garrett is the way he is and why he has a cybernetic eye
[QUOTE=''yellowdatsun'']kingdom hearts 2 would make no sense if you didnt play the first.[/QUOTE] No, not really. I never played KH 1 when I got KH2. Throughout the game they would show you little by little what happened in the first.Also, while thinking about this the Ratchet and Clank Series comes to mind. Not because you need to understand the story, but because if someone played R%26C 3 first it would be way too hard for them. Start with the first, not just to get better at it, but also because it's a great game.
Speaking of games with sequels, does Dragon Warrior 3 have a version on the SNES in America.
legacy of kain series
[QUOTE=''action1234'']Are there any? I'm asking this because whenever someone asks if they need to play the first game (of a certain game) to understand they sequel, the reply is always no. If there aren't, then there would be no point in asking that question forever.[/QUOTE]The Baten Kaitos series is a good example if not more interesting since the sequel is a prequel.In this case, it is much more enjoyable to watch what happened to this world (Baten Kaitos Origins) before the original game.I'm currently playing Origins and the story is really fantastic, with political battles and many references to the first game !I think it shows that i'm now a fan ! ;)
Splinter Cell.Castlevania, if you're interested in the history of the franchise.
Hmm...not really. I mean i've only played through the first two, but unless i'm missing something, Pandora Tommorow didn't have any strong connections with the first game.
[QUOTE=''yellowdatsun'']kingdom hearts 2 would make no sense if you didnt play the first.[/QUOTE]Or Chain of MemoriesMEtal Gear Solid stands out big time as one such series. So does Jak
final fantasy 10 and 10-2.
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