should i play pathfinder: kingmaker first?

[Stockwerk 13]

will i be behind on the story?
or is part 2 just "better" than the first one?

[=DeadShot=]

Originally posted by Antipolar:

will i be behind on the story?
or is part 2 just "better" than the first one?

There are two separate stories. Set in the same universe but separate. It is like you needed to play Neverwinter Nights to know the Baldurs Gate stories.

[Stink Bug]

You don't need to play Kingmaker first since it's not a direct sequel, however considering the bugs in Wrath it's not a bad idea to play the older game first, by the time you're done Wrath should be in much better shape and potentially have some DLC available.

[アンジェル]

Originally posted by Antipolar:

will i be behind on the story?
or is part 2 just "better" than the first one?

Just play WotR, the better one. Though other might say play Kingmaker, the most polished one.

I recommend the latest game of the series.

[delmoroth]

You wont have an issue with the story line... but you may want to consider playing kingmaker first to give the devs some time to patch wotr up. There are still a lot of issues to be addressed. That said, wotr is still a fun game and they are periodically releasing patches to correct major issues.

[-🗲 Archie 🗲-]

Play Kingmaker and skip WotR entirely.

[provokastoras]

How good your pathfinder knowledge is? if you have both games and don't know anything about pathfinder kingmaker might be easier to start with cause there are less classes races and archetypes to confuse you.
if you are a pathfinder veteran dive in in wrath, I won't say its better than kingmaker but it will let you go wild with your builds (I did not expect gestalt to be in the game :)

[Grimreaper]

play kingmaker. its better in every way except the amount of classes you can pick. better written story, better companions, better dialogue choices that make sense and effect both alignment axis, better enemies that dont have ridiculously high spell resistance and 1000 immunities, simpler disarmtrap and unlock chest mechanic. play kingmaker and wait for WOTR to become a enhanced edition or definitive edition or something. before someone says rose colored glasses i played kingmaker a month b4 this came out.

[Stechhelm]

There are a lot of hints making it fun to know kingmaker. Its the same world, many books are the same. Its like playing Skyrim after Oblivion.

[HozzMidnight]

I'd say you can play them in any order and enjoy them both. Personally I like Wrath a lot better than Kingmaker, especially considering both at release. I hate RTWP and Kingmaker didn't have a turn based mode at release, or anywhere close to the release.

[Raigavin]

Originally posted by Antipolar:

will i be behind on the story?
or is part 2 just "better" than the first one?

Yes, play Kingmaker first.

[zpc]

I'd play both - start with Kingmaker as the gfx isn't as polished / good as WotR. WotR is then an improvement in this regard and other areas (more subclasses, different "kingdom management", just to name a few).

[Nifty]

Kingmaker is your nice cozy adventure mostly done in wilderness, it has a better story at least in my opinion, and the end gets more intense
Wrath is your more intense full on demi god type story and gameplay and it has a more distinctive mid game change of pace.

Play Pathfinder kingmaker first then move on to the more epic side of a game. There are some characters from kingmaker that appear in wrath and one of them is important. The events of kingmaker are also brought up

[Red Phantom]

It doesn't really matter which order you play them in, but I would definitely recommend playing Kingmaker as well as this game because I personally feel it's a better game overall especially in terms of pacing and writing.

[Mike]

I like kingmaker a lot until you run into the city management part then it is a bit of a slog. In general the newer game has slightly better featurs and gameplay. Especially since they have fixed 300 bugs since launch (imagine how many bugs they launched with though).

[Hailspork]

WotR was much less buggy at launch than Kingmaker, but Kingmaker *should* be better in that regad now.
WotR has a lot more races and classes to choose from (though the meta of what is useful is dramatically different).
There are a few characters from Kingmaker that show up in this game, but nowhere near enough to call it a sequel.

I would say if you're planning on playing both, play Kingmaker first to give the devs more time to smooth out WotR. If you're just playing one, play WotR if you want an epic campaign, and Kingmaker if you want a more classic campaign.