Where to start can heavily depend upon the actual series. For example, you want to try and play each Kingdom Hearts game before KH3 in a particular order. And the crazy part is that it's not the order they get released in. I don't feel like listing 10 games in order. But if you have a Switch or PS4 and get Kingdom Hearts The Story So Far and finish everything in it, your ready for Kingdom Hearts 3.
However, I advise starting with the original Kingdom Hearts game so you begin with Sora's adventure and discover why it is lovedby so many fans. While Birth By Sleep is before the first game's events, the mechanics might upset people and choosing 3 characters to play the same worlds with different events could confuse people and have them stop playing the series.
Meanwhile, before the Playstation games, Final Fantasy had no sequels and it never mattered what order you play it in. So I recommend starting with either 4 or 6.
In my opinion, some of the best Sonic games are on the Genesis so play everything on that in order of release and then try the Dreamcast games. For the very cheapest way to do this, get a Gamecube. The remakes and ports of Dreamcast, Gamegear, Genesis and Saturn games can all be found on the GameCube.
With stuff like Zelda it can be a tough call. But the Hyrule time-line is not the order the games were released in. So don't start on NES, SNES or Gameboy. And Zelda franchise contains more than one possible time-line thus making it harder.
Ultimately, many franchises have sequels and prequels.
It's not the same answer for where to start.
Fortunately, the first Sonic game has no prequels and you can play it in order of release.
With Pokémon everything is usually someplace different and each game stars a different character.
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Re: Talking Point: Is It Ever A Good Idea To Start At 'The Beginning' Of Series Like Zelda Or Dragon Quest?
Where to start can heavily depend upon the actual series. For example, you want to try and play each Kingdom Hearts game before KH3 in a particular order. And the crazy part is that it's not the order they get released in. I don't feel like listing 10 games in order. But if you have a Switch or PS4 and get Kingdom Hearts The Story So Far and finish everything in it, your ready for Kingdom Hearts 3.
However, I advise starting with the original Kingdom Hearts game so you begin with Sora's adventure and discover why it is lovedby so many fans. While Birth By Sleep is before the first game's events, the mechanics might upset people and choosing 3 characters to play the same worlds with different events could confuse people and have them stop playing the series.
Meanwhile, before the Playstation games, Final Fantasy had no sequels and it never mattered what order you play it in. So I recommend starting with either 4 or 6.
In my opinion, some of the best Sonic games are on the Genesis so play everything on that in order of release and then try the Dreamcast games. For the very cheapest way to do this, get a Gamecube. The remakes and ports of Dreamcast, Gamegear, Genesis and Saturn games can all be found on the GameCube.
With stuff like Zelda it can be a tough call. But the Hyrule time-line is not the order the games were released in. So don't start on NES, SNES or Gameboy. And Zelda franchise contains more than one possible time-line thus making it harder.
Ultimately, many franchises have sequels and prequels.
It's not the same answer for where to start.
Fortunately, the first Sonic game has no prequels and you can play it in order of release.
With Pokémon everything is usually someplace different and each game stars a different character.