Is it worth playing Ys 1 & 2 before this?

[ｈｅｎｔｅ ツ]

Was playing Ys 1 but I wasn't really enjoying it very much, it is worth trudging through in order to understand some of the things in the story?

[Sara]

It adds extra meaning and understanding to parts of the story, but it definitely isn't required to enjoy it. I personally played Ys Origin first, and while I did enjoy I & II myself, I found that it didn't really matter that I'd played Origin first. In the end, there IS a lot of stuff in I & II that connects to Origin and vice-versa, but it's really not stuff you NEED to know. I think you can enjoy it just fine without them.

[舔我的毛球袋 Crytek!]

I played through number 1 and i didn't like the combat system so I skipped 2. My order is 1, Origin (all 3 characters), then the other one filgarfdklklj or something

[Laserbeak43]

i've played 1 2 and 3 and this seems to be something totally different. i dont think it even matters if you play this first.

[Enjay]

I played Origin first and found that it gave context to certain names and places in I & II that made me appreciate some of the story more. I don't think anything is spoiled particularly by doing it one way or the other; the two storylines operate almost independently from one another.

[Amazonite]

I own all 3 , I remember researching this a long time ago and what I found was Origin was set 700 years before the events of Ys1 so the play order is Origin , Ys1 than Ys2.

I'm not saying you "have" to play in that order , I'm just letting yous know my opinion