Fear and hunger 1 vs 2

[Nightingaleze]

I'm deciding which one I should buy. Which one is better Fear and hunger game I should play If I could buy only one of them. any suggestion?

[MadArtillery]

2 Actually works, 1 is a buggy mess that requires modding for any funcionality at all. You'd likely be much less frustrated with technical issues starting with 2, has better teaching for the player as well so you'd likely have an easier time dealing with 1 which is more brutal after. I do think 1 is a great game worth playing but I dunno how much of a selling point, mod the game or lose potentially hours of playtime to bug after bug over and over is.

[Klampus]

I prefer the first one, but both are worth your time and the modest price

[Katzbalger]

I highly recommend 2

[Nehru_Mountbatten_69]

Buy both, you'd kinda have a hard time understanding the game mechanics if you've started with Termina.

[Tommy]

Do 1 first. Enki has black robes, nice long hair, doesnt afraid of nothin.

[Nightingaleze]

and which one has longer story or more complex?

[Klampus]

Originally posted by Nightingaleze:

and which one has longer story or more complex?

F&H 1 isn't as long, but it has semi-randomized layouts for replay value. You can think of it as a good starting point, but hey if you wanna skip to the 2nd game that's fine too.

[MadArtillery]

Originally posted by Nightingaleze:

and which one has longer story or more complex?

2 has more of an actual story and more complex in general. Which isn't saying much, mostly just uses it's characters much more, the characters are very good though. 1 is a cool dark adventure with better world building and not much else. The story is mostly an excuse for the adventure to happen, both games doing more world building than advancing narrative.

2 actually has a combat manual to explain combat unlike the first game which gives you one npc you have to reach in the dungeon and is vague enough many people seem to misunderstand how combat works even after talking to him. Honestly more newbie friendly. You'll find 1's combat easier even just reading 2's manual despite rev not existing in 1 even just booting up 1 immediately after reading it.

[Fat Pennis]

Don't skip. the first. Playing the original F&H gives puts Fear and Hunger termina in a larger context. Some of the caracters, and lore might make a lot less sense if you skip the first one.

The first one is also much more polished than the sequel in many aspects. Story has a spesific focus. Also movement feels much more snappier. Less ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ than in the second game.

[Apathy]

Buy both. They're both pretty cheap and together at full price they're about $20. The first game is connected to this one in various ways I won't spoil.

[MadArtillery]

Originally posted by Big Kaigl:

Don't skip. the first. Playing the original F&H gives puts Fear and Hunger termina in a larger context. Some of the caracters, and lore might make a lot less sense if you skip the first one.

The first one is also much more polished than the sequel in many aspects. Story has a spesific focus. Also movement feels much more snappier. Less ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ than in the second game.

More polished? Are you ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ me? The first game is almost completetly nonfunctional. Held together with spit and string. Hell I'm still shocked there are two different flee mechanics because the dev forgot to remove the rpg maker default one. Polished my ass. Any polish it has is purely due to community bugfix mods. Debug spots, gamebreaking bugs, crashes, doubled up mechanics, entirely broken mechanics, fights that start and end instantly because they were only partially implemented and somehow it's more polished because you like the walking better?

[Klampus]

Originally posted by MadArtillery:

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More polished? Are you ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ me? The first game is almost completetly nonfunctional. Held together with spit and string. Hell I'm still shocked there are two different flee mechanics because the dev forgot to remove the rpg maker default one. Polished my ass. Any polish it has is purely due to community bugfix mods. Debug spots, gamebreaking bugs, crashes, doubled up mechanics, entirely broken mechanics, fights that start and end instantly because they were only partially implemented and somehow it's more polished because you like the walking better?

I will chime in in support of this; I have actually encountered more bugs in the second game than the first! Though I realize I am in the minority on this one.

In regards to the walking, I have experienced situations where the direction the character is facing "locks up" until a battle or screen change, and makes movement (and avoiding enemies) a huge pain. Even though the first game only has 4 way movement, it seems much easier to avoid things. That may be a design issue, since FH2's screens are much more claustrophobic and cluttered with collision objects.

[Fat Pennis]

Originally posted by MadArtillery:

Originally posted by Big Kaigl:

Don't skip. the first. Playing the original F&H gives puts Fear and Hunger termina in a larger context. Some of the caracters, and lore might make a lot less sense if you skip the first one.

The first one is also much more polished than the sequel in many aspects. Story has a spesific focus. Also movement feels much more snappier. Less ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ than in the second game.

More polished? Are you ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ me? The first game is almost completetly nonfunctional. Held together with spit and string. Hell I'm still shocked there are two different flee mechanics because the dev forgot to remove the rpg maker default one. Polished my ass. Any polish it has is purely due to community bugfix mods. Debug spots, gamebreaking bugs, crashes, doubled up mechanics, entirely broken mechanics, fights that start and end instantly because they were only partially implemented and somehow it's more polished because you like the walking better?

Settle down. No need to get angry
I haven't encountered any of the bugs you mentioned there. On the other hand termina has lots of those broken mechanics you mentioned.

Sometimes gas canisters do not explode when you hit them.

Getting stuck on terrain.

Sprinting is glitched, sometimes you get infinite sprinting


The story in termina also lacks a lot of focus, which is the reason I prefer the first game. In Termina, some of the characters have no reason to be in prehevil at all. The Battle Royal aspect of the game (which is supposed to be the main feature) is unfortunately most unfinished part of the game. It feels completely seperate. Contestants don't really react in any way when you kill them. You can trigger events in non chronological order accidentally which breaks the immersion. Story overall lacks focus in termina, while in original tittle every character had a clear and unifying goal (but different reason) to explore the dungeons of fear and hunger, which was to find Le'garde.

Both of the games are good. And both of them have a bugs. But I never encountered any bugs any of my playthroughs which would make the first game unplayable. You are making it a bigger deal than it truthfully is. I didn't use any mods, and I was able to have good time.

But yeah. No reason to skip the first game.