This or the original?

[RasaNova]

I bought the first game not too long ago. Played for 3 or 4 hours, I liked it but got distracted by something shiny and haven't gotten back to it (but I kept meaning to.)

I had no idea there was already a sequel in the works, and here it is. So, question for those who finished both: Should I go back to the original and actually finish it, or is the new one better enough that I should skip 1 and grab 2 instead?

[The ThibLindo]

Well, I think the second game have added somethings but it is still missing some things (they are still developing it). It's a improvement of the first anyway.

Play the first, get adicted and come for the second. It's my opinion! ;)

[Bunnyhop]

The first one has you trapped in the domain of a mad god, the second one expands on the world itself and removes focus from the dealer, giving the illusion of a living breathing world something which the first one had much less of. The narrative styles are very different from the first, to the second.


In the first game, the dealer is your enemy. It's very clear. In the second game, the dealer is essentially trying to make you fight their enemies.

[Kamamura]

I personally think the first game is much better, with tighter and more focused combat, better story and narration and pacing.

The attempt to fluff the sequel with more variety just resulted in diluting the whole expereince.

I have finished the first game several times.

[Eric-976]

This game is much better than the original

[Linio]

It's all a matter of taste really.
Honestly there are a lot of little things that are better in this one. The missions are more coherent and immersive as a whole, the game is prettier, and the combat... Oh well, it's really a matter of taste, this one is a little less button mashing, a little bit more strategic if that's your cup of tea. Both are great and I would say different enough to give them a go.

[Gonz]

Hand of Fate 1 before this one?

Do I need to play the first game before this one? If not, would people still recommend to do so?
Thanks!

[Khavarum]

You don't, but I still recommend it. The story of HoF2 mentions some major events from the first game. Also HoF1 has somewhat different gameplay. Both games are worth playing without a doubt.

[ForteDS]

The second is better. By skipping the first game you might miss out on a few references, but by far as far as the second game is concerned, all you really need to know is that the first game happened and the player won. Nothing is really spoiled in the second game to the first, and you can probably go back to the first one and enjoy it just fine.

[Alex]

Your mileage may wary. I loved the concept of the first game but after spending about 6 hours with it at a friend's house I decided not to buy it. I bought HoF2 and I like it more, but I wouldn't say it's fantastic by any stretch of the imagination. The card building part is good, the token part is good, the idea is fantastic but the action sequences are mediocre in the second game and awful in the first.

[RasaNova]

Thanks for the input folks, seems like a lot of it is up to personal preference! I'll probably stick with the 1st since I already have it, and when I get around to finishing it I'm sure I'll grab 2 after. If I didn't have 1 already I probably would have gone straight to 2.

[MrJenssen]

Play the first one until the combat gets too repetitive for you to continue (unless that just doesn't happen, in which case you can just play it to the end obv), then hop onto the second game. It's such an improvement on the original in every way.

[Gonz]

Do you need to play Hand of Fate 1?

Is there any need to play the first game before this one? If not, would people still recommend to play it anyway? Or go straight to the second?
Thanks!

[IHaveLigma]

I highly recommend playing it, but you dont need to have played it to understand the whole thing. Its a bit like the souls series in that the story isnt really revealed, only through the cards and the bits the dealer says can you put some theories together.

I really enjoyed the first one though, but again, you can jump straight into this one without a problem.

[Kranklafan]

In my opinion the combat feels better in this one; therefore i'd recommend starting with hand of fate 2.
The only reason to go back to hand of fate 1 would be the endless mode for me, but that will also be implemented here.

[Aegix Drakan]

Hmm..

So far I think this game is a strict improvement over the first one, but the first one still has it's charms.

In the first, it felt like a straight up dungeon crawler, whereas this one feels like a set of self-contained stories that overlap, and have completely different feels to them.