Can you play this game without playing the first one?

[Ownsin]

Hi, I'm wondering If I can play this game without playing the first one or is this game a direct story sequel to the first game?

[Luigi]

I want to know as well as I got this on Humble Bundle.

[Nuaimi200]

me too any one got any idea?

[Tails' Cash Explosion]

I just started the second and I did finish the first.

My understanding is that you don't need to play the first to play the second. And honestly, I wouldn't recommend the first game. What I would recommend is watch a playthrough of the first if you care about having all the background details.

This game is definitely tied to the first one, and you'll miss some character motivations. But I'm guessing all will be reinforced again in this game anyways.

[Ownsin]

Originally posted by Tails' Cash Explosion:

I just started the second and I did finish the first.

My understanding is that you don't need to play the first to play the second. And honestly, I wouldn't recommend the first game. What I would recommend is watch a playthrough of the first if you care about having all the background details.

This game is definitely tied to the first one, and you'll miss some character motivations. But I'm guessing all will be reinforced again in this game anyways.

Can you tell me why you can't recommend the first game? And is the second game better?

[jack.r92]

I can recommend you guys watching; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ViSkbixh1cM

I played the first and this video reminded me of what happened.

Havent played too far in, but you seem to be able to understand most of whats going on anyway ^^

That video has everything you need to know without having to run around the school yourself ^^

[Cupcakeunleashed]

So far I'm following along well enough without having played the first.

[Tails' Cash Explosion]

Sorry I never checked this topic again. I wouldn't recommend the first one because the mechanics are vastly unpolished and inferior to the sequel. The sequel is a massive improvement. For example, I could never hear the footsteps of enemies in the first game, but they are loud and clear in the second.

And the first game suffered from a massive input issue where you would push buttons and the actions just literally would not happen. A huge issue, cuz imagine running and trying to hide and your character literally just not going through a door even though you're mashing the button, then you die because of it. And it wasn't an issue with just PC, because I beat it on the Nintendo Switch and it still had this issue.

I bought it on PC first, and returned it because I thought the game was trash. I finished it on Switch because I have a hacked Switch so I didn't pay for the Switch version.

So TL;DR, first game is glitchy, has

[Spud]

I'm not sure when you played the first one but I had absolutely no glitch or any such control issues on PC (KB) when I played, the game was perfectly fine and had better art and animations in my personal opinion than CM2, but CM2 does have better polish overall. I also liked the first protagonist better compared to Mina.

Still, while CM1 is a simpler version of what Coma has become now with CM2, it's still worth a play for people who liked CM2 - watching a playthrough is fine if that's what people prefer, personally, I'd play it aswell if CM2 had been my entry series.

[Soul XCV]

There are some exposition dumps in the first half hour about the first game, so you'll follow along just fine.