It depends but I try to and sometimes like MGS I went back after the new one because everybody told me the reason I didn't like the fourth one was because I didn't have a good feel of the back story.
A new game in a franchise you've never played comes out. Because you want to play it, do you go back and play the older games first?
Yep, I always do whenever possible. It just feels weird to jump into a series without having played the prior entries.
Played Just Cause 2 without playing the first. For obvious reasons.
The distinction is not based on the focus on story, but whether or not the story progresses linearly through the games. For example, Final Fantasy.
It depends. With something story driven like Gears of War of Modern Warfare, yes, but with something like Splinter Cell: Conviction that is stand alone, no.
If I needed to play the old game/s to understand the story in the new game or if the experience of the new game would be greatly enhanced by playing its predecessor/s then I would play them but in general I usually just jump into the series with the game I'm looking to play.
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