is this game a sequel or a prequel

[DOOM THE PRIME EVIL]

sa in game there is a lot of refs to thing i don't know anything about

[Fate]

There are games and storylines that came before this.

It does a decent job of giving you all the story info of what came before in nice little "Fate Episodes" and other character summaries.

[AsceticG]

This game is a spin-off of a mobile game. It's kinda sad, but it's also kind of interesting they invested this much into a spin-off.

[Papa john]

Originally posted by AsceticG:

This game is a spin-off of a mobile game. It's kinda sad, but it's also kind of interesting they invested this much into a spin-off.

why wouldn't they?
the only reason people in the west really know what granblue is is due to the anime and versus

[Mr Deap]

It's a sequel in an nutshell. You might have to investigate the character background story to have an idea what they're on about.

[xHans]

You'd get it if you read the botched translation. Katarina said something about betraying an empire to protect lyria so obviously a sequel of something (the gotcha game)

[Gyson]

It's a game based on an existing franchise, and takes place later in its timeline.

Season 1 of the "Granblue Fantasy: The Animation" does a good job of introducing you to the characters and how they met. The first seven episodes are currently available to watch on Youtube, courtesy of Cygames. The remaining episodes can be streamed elsewhere. Episode 8 is more or less a filler episode, which is probably why Cygames only put the first seven on Youtube. Episodes 9 through 11 are worth watching if you enjoyed the first seven episodes, however. Episode 12 is the finale for the first season, but it's disappointing by comparison as it comes across as more of a commercial for alternate characters.

If you're enjoying the game or think you'll enjoy the game, I'd recommend watching the first season of the anime. As others have mentioned, Relink does attempt to bring you up to speed, but there's an impact difference between reading a few lines summarizing an event and watching it unfold over several episodes. And even silly things like Lyria's stomach growling or Vyrn's reaction to being called a lizard make more sense or are more endearing than they otherwise might be.

[The22nd]

It's just another stop somewhere in their adventure. I haven't really seen any inside references that fate episodes won't go over besides "astrals" and "primal beasts".

Astrals are just superior beings that warred with humans. Astral scientists created primal beasts to fight with them in the war.

[Om3ga-Z3ro]

Seems like it takes place sometime after their visit in the Edgelands because they mentioned Loki and Mikaboshi which is like really far, somewhere in the Chapter 100's

[Village Idiot]

IIRC, it's a canon story that takes place post-3rd arc and before the upcoming one.

The devs said that some of the characters in this game will be officially added to the mobile game in the future.

The first few Fate Episodes for all the characters are essentially a short summary of their character events of the first three arcs to get you caught up.

[ar2games]

It's neither. More like a spin off but it might become canon in the gacha game. If you want to know how the base crew know each other check out the anime, Cygames has the first 7 episodes free on their YouTube channel.

[Papa john]

If I could get the mobile game to stop crashing on me that would be great

[CAPTAIN AHAB]

It takes place in the middle of the mobile game sometime in the early stage of the story

[DOOM THE PRIME EVIL]

thanks for the info everyone

[Om3ga-Z3ro]

Originally posted by @realVictorSaltzpyre:

It takes place in the middle of the mobile game sometime in the early stage of the story

Chapter 100+ is not really early stage, it is the 3rd arc.

[Rhythmless Ninja]

Game isn't a sequel or a prequel. It's a self contained story with references to the original game since above all else this is a game mostly for granblue fans while trying to gain traction in the west. Which they succeeded at so even if it's not actually canon it's fine.

The game closer to an actual sequel is Versus as the things going on there are actually relevant to the current events of the original game.