Which campaign for new player?

[select_21]

New here, I played the first SoD for a few hundred hours, I loved it. I'm finally getting around to the 2nd game with DLC's. I noticed there are 3 options, Define your Legacy, Heartland and Daybreak. For a new player, which should I start with? I like the story component to the game, so I don't want to mess that up.

Thanks.

[WarBucks]

define your legacy is what you should do first. Start with the tutorial. theres some significant differences between sod1 and sod2 gameplay.

Like, when cars explode they can be returned to and repaired vs being gone forever. They also have fuel now.

[jerrypocalypse]

Define Your Legacy is the "main" game. Heartland has more of an actual story, but was DLC and has some additional things that aren't available in the main game.

If you plan on playing for a while, I'd do a Define Your Legacy run first, then Heartland. Then go back Define Your Legacy and mix in Daybreak (it's a separate mode that can earn prestige points to use during runs of the main game for extra stuff.

[select_21]

Awesome, thanks so much. About to fire it up now.

[WarBucks]

The only advice i really give new players is dont start on lethal. If its too easy you can change the difficulty at any time without change the community or losing any items.

[rtwjunkie]

Just be aware there is not a story, per se...not like SoD1. It is a sandbox, much like Breakdown, with individual enclave missions which add flavor. You also can move bases without packing up the RV. Don't select the Trumbull Valley map yet (you can, just my personal preference advice if you want continuity in the story). After you've done that awhile, you can do Heartland, which takes place a bit after SoD in 2/3 of Trumbull Valley. Finally, you should then pick the Trumbull Valley map in the main campaign and return to Trumbull after Heartland. There, you will have much more in depth enclave missions which are actual stories and conclude the Trumbull saga.

[jerrypocalypse]

rtwjunkie původně napsal:

Just be aware there is not a story, per se...not like SoD1. It is a sandbox, much like Breakdown, with individual enclave missions which add flavor. You also can move bases without packing up the RV. Don't select the Trumbull Valley map yet (you can, just my personal preference advice if you want continuity in the story). After you've done that awhile, you can do Heartland, which takes place a bit after SoD in 2/3 of Trumbull Valley. Finally, you should then pick the Trumbull Valley map in the main campaign and return to Trumbull after Heartland. There, you will have much more in depth enclave missions which are actual stories and conclude the Trumbull saga.

That's a good point. Basically, story-wise, the story order would be SoD1, Heartland, then the Trumbull map for the main Choose Your Legacy mode (the Trumbull map was recently added to that mode and has special questlines for story bits specific to characters that have been around since SoD1 and continue/reference things that happen in Heartland).

[Ihateeverybody]

Define your Legacy - Most like Breakdown from SOD1 but with 5 maps (One is Trumble Valley from the original game)
Heartland - Most like the Main Game in SOD1 (Story and Characters, same place)
Daylight - Lifeline like Siege with Waves.

[NvR]

Standard Zone should be good enough for you. Not too easy nor too hard. You can adjust the difficulty slider at any times if you want.

[XxTTHREExX]

So... Start with the campaign, or do rounds of Daybreak for prestige points & unlock items that can be used when calling in a Red Talon trader in the campaign. (Daybreak is 7 waves "survival")

Heartland expands on the overall story so you "should" wait until after playing the campaign at least once.

[Daxos]

One thing to keep in mind is the campaign can be very addictive, and Heartland's difficulty was a big let down for me. After playing campaign after campaign ramping up the difficulty to nightmare and later lethal, Heartland just felt boring and not challenging at all when I finally did play it. So much so I couldn't get myself to finish it due to the lack of challenge.

I would suggest playing a campaign first on one of the more forgiving modes and then trying Heartland before switching to lethal or even nightmare.

Daybreak is of course entirely different. I did not enjoy the mode and only played it to unlock all the CLEO stuff, but to each their own.

[rtwjunkie]

TThree původně napsal:

So... Start with the campaign, or do rounds of Daybreak for prestige points & unlock items that can be used when calling in a Red Talon trader in the campaign. (Daybreak is 7 waves "survival")

Heartland expands on the overall story so you "should" wait until after playing the campaign at least once.

And then don't forget: do the Trumbull Valley map in the main game after Heartland, since it is the final part of the story (and actually has a story that refers to SoD1 and Heartland.), unlike the other maps.

[Le Deflagosseur]

You may want to try heartland dlc before you do turmbull valley map in the campaign as main game's trumbull valley events occur after heartland's trumbull valley story.

That is however not mandatory unless you want to follow the story line in chronological order.