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I told myself I was going to wait for marriage on Kingdom Hearts (Aka, start from the first one). Everyone said I should too, for story and character growth reasons.

But 1 - I don't have access to the games that came before Birth By Sleep (I don't own a PC or console, poor gamer, bla bla. I play on my not-strong-enough-for-PS2 phone)

And 2 - I didn't want to wait any longer.

So I played BBB. It was my first Kingdom Hearts. Loved the gameplay, can't say much about the story.

What is your moment of infidelity? This is a no judgment zone.
You can say Metal Gear Solid 4.

 

[Punished Miku]

Street Fighter II (arcade)

 

[Lunnarre]

But Birth By Sleep is the first game chronologically. Unless you're including the mobile games.

 

[AmuroChan]

There are a ton of games where I didn't start with the first game in the franchise.

Persona 4 Golden
Fallout 3
Zelda: Link to the Past
Dragon Quest IV
Trails of Cold Steel 1
Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare
Killzone 2
Ratchet & Clank (2016)
Assassin's Creed Origins
Elder Scrolls IV
Super Metroid
Street Fighter II
Gran Turismo III
Forza Horizon 4
Metal Gear Solid 2
Tales of Destiny
Ys: Memories of Celceta
Mega Man 2
Super Contra
Tekken 3
Warcraft 2
Civilization V
Star Ocean 3

 

[Bond007]

Dragons Dogma 2 is my most recent.

 

[TintoConCasera]

Started Yakuza with 7, then went to 0 and from there on chronological order.

Same with SMT. Played IV, then III and V. Still have to play I and II.

 

[Killjoy-NL]

Most games.

Most recently Concord and The First Descendant.

 

[Bert Big Balls]

Skyrim, Fallout 4, Resident Evil 3, Borderlands 2. Probably tons more.

 

[kingpotato]

Many times it's best to play a more modern (later) entry before trying to go back and play an older title. They can serve as a gateway that will help mitigate the pain of any jarring aspects of playing retro games because you are already familiar with core elements of the series. Imagine jumping in with the first armored core game instead of just playing 6.

Also that thread title just sounds cringy af.

 

[FoxMcChief]

Baldur’s Gate 3 comes to mind. I never played any other BG games or D&D for that matter.

 

[tommib]

Started Yakuza with Yakuza 3 after a friend recommendation.

It was a love story after.

 

[nikos]

Final Fantasy VII

I've been gaming since the 80s but was never really into RPGs before that game.

My best friend came over, taught me about RPGs and the rest is history. We're still friends and play FFXIV together.

 

[TintoConCasera]

Baldur’s Gate 3 comes to mind. I never played any other BG games or D&D for that matter.

You should at least try Baldur's Gate 2. It's an all time great.

 

[jshackles]

I've never played a Shin Megami Tensei game before recently saying "screw it" and diving into Vengeance head first.

I've really enjoyed it. I'm near the end and I've put in almost 60 hours.

 

[FoxMcChief]

You should at least try Baldur's Gate 2. It's an all time great.

You should mind your own damn business!

 

[Daneel Elijah]

Metal Gear Solid 2. GTA 3. The Witcher 3.

 

[DonkeyPunchJr]

Telling myself “I really wanna play this game but I’m going to start with the first in the series and make my way there” is like the perfect way to guarantee I will never make it there.

Forget it. If I want to play a game, I just play it. If it’s interesting enough to make me want to play the earlier ones, I’ll go back and play them after.

 

[TintoConCasera]

You should mind your own damn business!

Play the damn videogame, or else.

 

[FoxMcChief]

Play the damn videogame, or else.

Maybe when it hits a subscription.

 

[Sleepwalker]

Witcher 3
Gta san andreas
Metal gear solid 2
Final fantasy 16
Paper mario TTYD
F zero X
Hitman 3

 

[touchfuzzy]

Trails. I know it's this huge interconnected story and you're supposed to get more out of it if you play from the start. I liked the look of Trails through Daybreak so I started to give Trails in the Sky a go on my Steam Deck and said... nah. Jumped straight in with Daybreak and really enjoying it, it's the start of a new arc or whatever so I'm getting by. Maybe I'll go back and play the other ones still.

 

[killatopak]

BoF4 and RE2

 

[LordOfChaos]

A lot of things. Backlogs are too long, I consciously gave up on trying to start from the first in a series. I started at Ace Combat 7 recently.

 

[Mossybrew]

That is a weird analogy OP but sure, I have a few examples:

Witcher, started with 2.
Dragon Age, started with Inquisition
Yakuza, started with 0

I'm sure there's more.

 

[hinch7]

Final Fantasy VII (PS1)
The Elder Scrolls: Morrowind (PC)
The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past (SNES)
Super Contra (SNES)
Persona P3P (PSP)
Yakuza 3 (PS3)
Witcher 3 (PC)

And many others..