Do I need to play the first game to understand this?

Do I need to play the first game to understand this?

I've a yes through the first one, and it doesn't look like it. In fact it seems the spin off series X has more to do with it.

I've fucked this post beyond repair so I'm not even gonna bother trying to clarify what I said.

its like in final fantasy, they have no relation
btw play the first one its fucking great

It's impossible to tell until it actually comes out, but I'm gonna assume no.

Either way, it was a fun game, and very much worth playing. It looks great emulated.

Probably going to be a shitload of callbacks

Looks largely unrelated to the 1st game, not 1 reference to it on any trailer or gameplay so far. Will probably have some here and there but just references.

You really oughta play the 1st game though, its good.

>not 1 reference to it on any trailer or gameplay so far
The field they were playing in at Treehouse Live had a very similar name to Gaur Plain (forgot how it was actually called) and it even had a level 81 unique monster called Territorial Rotbart patrolling it.

No. It's a sequel as much as Final Fantasy games are sequels.

Eh, I guess you could call that a reference, I see it more as trademarks of the series, like DQ/FF and other RPG series have their naming sense/mobs carried over in each installment.

The first game ends in a way that would make it very hard for the story to be super relevant in a sequel.

>New game in a series comes out
>HURRRR DO I NEED TO PLAY THE FIRST ONE???
Did the big fucking 2 on the box not give you a hint, retard?

Well yeah, but I'm sure there'll be more. The Nopon party member has the same name and almost the same appearence as Tora from Xenoblade X, we've already glimpsed the Vanderkam/Vandham of the game and he even went back to the X-shaped face paint like in Gears/Saga and the setting with the various titans is similar to Xenoblade's. If you meant specific references hinting that it's connected to the first Xenoblade on a story level, yeah, I agree that there likely won't be any.

Nah, not connections, just something more focused as far as references go. I do agree there's go gonna be some in the finished game.

But you're wrong tho

yeah,ff1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 are all on the same world

How?

Could you give some examples? Because X was already filled with references, mostly through the Nopons. Things like Tatsu being mistakenly compared to Riki as a middle-aged deadbeat father by the party, his actual father being this year's Heropon, him mentioning Frontier Village and Hom Homs, the Nopon-made Monado replica, the collectible depicting the battle between Bionis And Mechonis, the ring in Oblivia that looks similar to Mechonis' rings, the presence of Telethias, and so on. Do you mean that kind of more focused references? I think we can expect a similar level.

Nigga a girl turns into a sword noone is gonna understand it

I wasn't talking about X, thought we were talking about 2 right now. Those are references all right, not disagreeing but again, I was talking about 2.

Obviously, I only listed some references in X as a way to prove Monolith doesn't shy away from putting them in games even when they're not connected story-wise, and since 2 is more similar to the original in overall style and gameplay, I'd expect a similar amount of references if not more.

i hope not. the first game had a satisfying conclusion with no sequelbait and x played out like a shitty gundam anime

Fair enough, we'll see when its out. I like stuff like that as well.

>back to 3 party members after having 4 in X
Pure fucking cancer. How can they approve this shit?

I'd bet money you didn't play the original Street Fighter before 2, faglord.
It's not detrimental to every series. You're not required to play Strider before Strider 2, it's just recommended.

"Let's like, create a new world which is pretty much identical to the last one. I don't want to be a god and create paradise, I just want more democracy and friendship lmao."

Wew lad.

I just hope the AI party members aren't as dumb as in the previous games. Having four in X was sometimes almost the same as going solo, especially in Skells.

Just give them GP arts up augments and they'll stay in overdrive the whole time

Well, now there's a place literally called paradise in 2 if that makes you happy.

No, but you'll be completely fucked if you don't play Jenseits von Gut und Bose and learn moon and read through Perfect Works

>and it even had a level 81 unique monster called Territorial Rotbart patrolling i
Yeah, but that's pretty much a Xenoblade series mainstay now, like having an army general named Vandham.

Yeah man I should totally play all 14 Final Fantasy games before jumping into 15, god knows I'll be lost if I don't know the lore of the MMO.

If you didn't play Xenoblade 1 then all you're proving is that you're a bandwagoner.

You've a yes through the first one.

I played both Xenoblade 1 and X, but saying you NEED to play either to play 2 is just wrong. I mean, yeah, they're both great games and I definitely recommend playing through them eventually. They're just not mandatory entries to understand the story presented in the newest game. Same way I'd recommend someone interested in Mother 3 to get around at playing the first two but telling him it's not vital and he'll just be missing out on some late-game lore and some callbacks without it hindering his enjoyment of the game overall.

Not at all