the downside to liking stories for the reasons we like them means it's really hard to recommend things to people because
- giving any specifics would be Major Spoilers
- half the time it's going to be "okay this game is really good but you really can't play it until you've also played these other six 40-hour jrpgs"
-F
you can tell that they really try to make each one stand on its own if necessary but really, you *can't* start with any one other than the very first without a) having major spoilers for everything before it and b) having trouble understanding what the hell is going on, at least if you aren't starting from the start of a story arc
-F