Lore knowledge needed?

[Torasko]

Do I need to have played any previous games in order to appreciate the story of this game, or is it completely isolated lore wise? Thanks in advance!

[ChaosFred]

A small knowledge of the lore is recommended. At least knowing the character roles and their background recommended.

[Torasko]

Originally posted by ChaosFred:

A small knowledge of the lore is recommended. At least knowing the character roles and their background recommended.

Which game do you recommend playing first for this?

[Xaelon]

The devs themselves have described Relink is meant as a self-contained entry point to the series. The story explains any important terms with additional info available in the game's archive.

Regarding the other games in the series there are only two. The long running Gatcha browser/mobile game and the Versus Rising 2D fighter.

I have played neither of them myself and I did not feel like I was in the dark. The game provides enough background.

Originally posted by ChaosFred:

A small knowledge of the lore is recommended. At least knowing the character roles and their background recommended.

This is a misleading comment.

A summary of each character's background and why they joined the crew prior to this game is available via their first 3 Fate Episodes (short VN style cutscenes).

[ChaosFred]

Originally posted by Xaelon:

Originally posted by ChaosFred:

A small knowledge of the lore is recommended. At least knowing the character roles and their background recommended.

This is a misleading comment.

A summary of each character's background and why they joined the crew prior to this game is available via their first 3 Fate Episodes (short VN style cutscenes).

It is only a recommendation, not a must have. Also the Fate episodes are unlocked a little bit after intro phase. So by at least knowing the background earlier, you won't get confused with terms used in the game, how-why of stuffs are happening and can expect what are coming. Especially when unlocking characters outside the initial team.

Originally posted by Torasko:

Which game do you recommend playing first for this?

Actually, no game required tho. Some reading about the world on the site or wiki should be enough to tell you the story behind.

In summary, the background story is your typical "an adventure team traveling across the world in seek of treasure" like One Piece or Hunter x Hunter esque.

MC encounter ally => meet new antagonist/problem => beat the enemy or solve the problem => gets reward => new story arc => repeat.

GBFRelink is like skipping to "meet new antagonist/problem" part after few repeats.

Some helpful terms:
"Captain" refers to the MC character, the one you set gender and name at game start.
"Grandchyper" => your airship.
"Lyria" => The summoner girl.
"Vyrn" => MC initial pet. Think like Paimon in Genshin.
"Katalina / Rackam / Eugen" => Captain crewmembers.

[Shakja]

As others already said, you don't really need other games or deep knowledge to catch on in relink. Many people who play the gacha game say, the main story here is on the level of side quest/ event quest.

Also, there is an anime with two seasons to date, if you're really interested

[Torasko]

I appreciate the replies, thanks everyone!