Do I need to play the first one?

[Goldoni]

Just asking, because I heard the first one is trash compared to this one and it's made by our God Hideo Kojima.

[Colgatts]

The original release ZOE2 on the PS2 feature a theater with cutscenes + edited gameplay from the first one.

In the worst case scenario, just watch it on youtube.

[Deathraven13]

You should play the first one. No idea why people say the first one is garbage.

[Thundercleez]

1st one is definitely not trash. 2 is just better. You don't need to play the 1st one, but it's still worth playing.

[Sm0k3f47h3r]

why not start with a zoe 1 release on steam? and why denuvo? :,(

[Goldoni]

Originally posted by Sm0k3f47h3r:

why not start with a zoe 1 release on steam? and why denuvo? :,(

Well konami had a reason to put the second one directly instead of both... Maybe they're saying you can play the second one without knowing the story of the first idk

[RAWRmonger]

ZoE2 improves almost every aspect over 1.
Also 1 is really short and it feels like a prototype, but it's far from "trash".

That said, the first one has a world map (takes place in a space colony), it has adventure elements (software as glorified keycards, and you revisit areas), a sniper subweapon and some nice music.

There's a whole necessity to watch out for what you're destroying, since you can get an early game over if you go beserk (but don't be intimidated, it's not hard to avoid this scenario).

However, when you get to ZoE2, as soon as you hop into Jehuty and start slashing, you won't wish for anything else.

Like someone above said, you can watch a playthrough on YT if you got 3 spare hours left.

[Venetoi]

The first one is really short, like, a few hours kind of short, and doesn't reach to any kind of conclusion, you're not missing out much

[Shaqiloheal]

TL;DR - 1st Game's final Boss you cannot beat. Just a scripted boss that ends abruptly.

[Crimson Ghost]

The first game was decent for its time and had a good pace but ultimately did nothing remarkable. The story was a bit gamfisted at times but the bullet points the devs wanted to hit for the story beats were pretty good.

Ultimately though, the first game can be skipped because many of the story elements are pushed through to the sequel. There are really only two pieces from the first you encounter that you might not understand with it such as one particular boss but you pick up on the idea quick enough. Then you have a character you run into that summarizes the events by boiling them to their core elements if I remember right.

[Vomit Heart]

i liked part 1, i hated part 2 :/

[Olly]

I don't think you need to play the first one really. Can just read up on it and you're fine

[Jehuty]

No.

[medion_no]

They should be included both like the original ps3 release...doesnt make any sense to release it like this.

[Jinx]

You don't "need" to play it, but I liked it.

[Bazzy]

Originally posted by Goldoni:

Originally posted by Sm0k3f47h3r:

why not start with a zoe 1 release on steam? and why denuvo? :,(

Well konami had a reason to put the second one directly instead of both... Maybe they're saying you can play the second one without knowing the story of the first idk

That is my question. I just bought it and it being a KojiPro game, I would guess it's story heavy?