Should I play the first game first?

[Dean Earwicker]

Will I be missing anything story wise?

[MachineGod]

Just some references but it’s not a direct sequel

[Nehru_Mountbatten_69]

Definitely, but it's a little but clunky and filled with bugs. Not as refined as termina, but worth a try.

[Beau Norre]

get the gist of it if anything

[Klampus]

It depends how much you like Berserk

[Spoon - Magnificent Steiner]

they happen in the same world so if you played the first one many things will make more sense to you in the "cosmic" scale but as long as you don't play as O'saa it will be fine. The first one is a great experience though and worth trying even if it is actively hostile towards the player in compassion to termina's more polished, civilized bullying

[Orang3Eric]

I personally dont like the first game but the second one is one of my favorite games.

[Special Rito]

You definitely should play the first Fear & Hunger and at the very least finish some of its important endings like ending A and both endings C1 and C2 before playing Termina.

While Termina takes place much later in the setting's timeline and doesn't have any of the same characters mostly, in addition to smaller references there's several rather important callbacks and character motivations that may otherwise feel poorly fleshed out if you don't know the background, especially in one of its main endings. Termina's in-game lore books also spoil some of the first game's stuff, if you plan on playing it later.

[LAVULI]

you could but i dont think its necessary unless you want to, (its a good game).

the mechanics of the 2 games are completely different.

[Ñoqui con alas]

not really, termina has good quality of life changes compared to the first one

[Tsurara-Onna]

If you want to have a complete experience and understand better some things, you definitely should.
Moreover, the first game is quite short, so I'd say go for it, but be ready because, at least imo, the first few hours of Funger 1 are much tougher than Termina.
In case you decided to not play it you could always watch some videos (such as the ones made by Frapollo94) that explain the lore and the endings.

[Jester]

Honestly you could probably just watch some Funger 1 lore videos and be totally fine.
Funger 2 is better hook for people in general.