DO1 and DO2 on sale, not sure which to get

[11clock]

Hello, I am someone who doesn't play many RPGs, mainly because a lot of them seem more interested in having me grinding monsters for hours rather than play something actually interesting with good pacing.

Anyways, I saw the trailer for both games and the focus on creative solutions to combat encounters has piqued my interest, since (while it is a completely different game) I found this aspect of Breath of the Wild to be very enjoyable.

Now both games are on sale. DO1's discount is significantly better, but I keep hearing that DO2 is a much better game overall.

As someone who mainly plays RPGs for fun turn-based combat systems that challenge my brain, which game should I get, the one at a significant discount (DO1) or the one that has better reviews (DO2)?

[InSomnia]

DO2 the first was meh nothing amazing but the 2nd is beyond incredible got me back into turn based games (my fist one was a lord of the rings turn base game) and the storys had me hooked from the start theres so much to do and so much to explore and learn about the charecters storys,fun quests,make builds that suit yours or followers class and many more great game game mechanics and litrally everyone and every animal has somthing to say so like is said DO2 is the better one to buy (be ready for a fun, engaging ,challenging story that keeps you playing for hours).

[eom]

this is a tough question mainly because I'm not sure how easy it would be to go back and play 1 after you got used to combat mechanics of 2

based off vague memory, I would say the differences basically are that 1 had more light hearted dialogue, which I liked fine, but apparently bothered some people, and also some combat mechanics.
you have various skills + spells that take action points to use, and while you are kind of soft capped at 4 ap in dos2, you can increase your ap in dos1.

also the cc mechanics differ.
in dos1 you could disable an opponent (or be disabled) thru knockdown, stun, etc, but they nerfed that a bit in dos2 by introducing armor.
armor acts as basically a buffer health pool split between magic and physical which must be erased before any cc effect is applied.
so, basically less first strike cc.

I guess there's a minor story concern as dos2 makes some reference to dos1, but it's not critical to play them in order -- that's just color.

[11clock]

Originally posted by eom:

this is a tough question mainly because I'm not sure how easy it would be to go back and play 1 after you got used to combat mechanics of 2

based off vague memory, I would say the differences basically are that 1 had more light hearted dialogue, which I liked fine, but apparently bothered some people, and also some combat mechanics.
you have various skills + spells that take action points to use, and while you are kind of soft capped at 4 ap in dos2, you can increase your ap in dos1.

also the cc mechanics differ.
in dos1 you could disable an opponent (or be disabled) thru knockdown, stun, etc, but they nerfed that a bit in dos2 by introducing armor.
armor acts as basically a buffer health pool split between magic and physical which must be erased before any cc effect is applied.
so, basically less first strike cc.

I guess there's a minor story concern as dos2 makes some reference to dos1, but it's not critical to play them in order -- that's just color.

As someone who suffers from anxiety I much prefer light hearted tones, such as Mario, A Hat in Time, much of anime, etc. They just make me feel happy.

But I have heard that the first hours of DO1 were pretty bad. Why is that?

[Kriez]

OS 1 is really good but if u play through 2 you probably will not tolerate the older UI or pace of game of the first one. Theres a really good mod i liked for OS1 enhanced edition that kinda balanced the game and made it a little more interesting. other than that 2 is better in my opinion. but 1 is definately a good game.

[eom]

I don't think the 1st hrs of 1 were bad, but I know some ppl complained cuz they don't like reading and dialogues, etc --- just wanted fighting like diablo or w/e

basically, the 1st part of the game has you in this town and there's a bunch of talking to all these denizens and getting the usual fetch it quests, etc to level you up a couple levels.
little in the way of fighting until you level up and leave town, which I think had some ppl bored tbh.
it was fine with me, tho

the 2nd game is pretty similar, tbh, but I think they did add in a few more fights

[Hobocop]

Cyseal was much more poorly paced/structured than Fort Joy ever was. Probably spent more time sneaking around and stealing paintings than doing anything of actual note until I finally found the one important piece of info.

The origin characters in DOS2 help a lot with providing hooks and motivation in the opening areas that intersect with the primary goal of escaping.

[Subzero]

I don't have time for both, so I just jump straight to DOS2.

As other said, dos1 maybe quite boring at the beginning.
Glad I start at dos2.

[Gregorovitch]

Originally posted by 11clock:

But I have heard that the first hours of DO1 were pretty bad. Why is that?

It's beecause the early game is taken up with what some people consider an interminable and boring murder mystery and a number of fairly banal side quests that you have to grind through to get to level 4 before venturing out into the main game world. If you don't you just get slaughtered on sight outside the town gates.

"Light hearted" is not the real issue with the writing and atmosphere in DOS1 - more cartoon-y and cheese-y. DOS1 deliberately doesn't take itself seriously at all story/character/dialog wise. It's more Tom & Jerry than it's Game of Thrones. Everything is a cheesy joke except the combat which is brutal until you get the hang of it.

DOS2 is not that serious either, there are still plenty of jokes and cameos in it, but doees have a more serious edge to itr, it's somewhat darker in tone.

Both games are very good, but DOS2 is, as onen might expect, significantly more polished in pretty much every department.

My advice would be if you want to set aside 200-300 hours of play time for these games starrt with DOS1 and wait for DOS2 to get discounted down the track. Otherwise, go for DOS2.

[11clock]

So far sounds like I should get DOS2. Thanks.

Sounds like the beginning of DOS1 is everything I hate about RPGs in a nutshell.

[eom]

oh yeah -- also you can craft items in dos1 and it sounds like that was basically gutted in dos2

[Zols]

im drunk, stoned, and about to go to bed. BUT ill say this, Ive beaten tactician in dos 02. 150h in. Ive clocked in 39/40h into DOS 1. NEVER got out of first town in dos 1.

Here us why.

1. DOS 1 Forces you to steal to get cash for the most part.

2. Mine feilds are massive/huge/common in dos 1. ( Im not joking, if you could plan princes diana from the uk before she died to help you get rid of land mines, you would LOVE to hire her to get rid of the land mines in DOS:1). Some parts will take your more then 1h to finish just because of land mines.

3. There are more puzzles.

4. It WILL take you longer to get out of the first town compared to the first one.

5. ... time for bed.. peace out.

[yo]

DO2.