Quarters

None of them are related. Each FF (save for stuff like FFX-2 or FFXIII-2/3) are unique universes and stories. As for them making sense...well, that's a subjective term here.

This is borderline painful to look at. Interesting concept, but I feel like I would have a headache after a while.

This one hurt.

TOO SOON

This was downright magical.

@ravelle: One thing I think that made a huge difference for me (though I have no idea if this is also your experience) is that I watched it on Blu-Ray, not weekly on TV. When you watch it as one long extended thing, within the span of a week or two, it is much easier to fully comprehend the story/characters. I actually had watched the first four episodes when they originally came out, but I had a hard time keeping up with it, especially the ins and outs of the case. It was meant to be binged more than ingested weekly, period. It doesn't hold your hand enough to keep up with all of the plot strands weekly.

As someone who absolutely loved True Detective Season 1, I think that Season 2 is just as good if not better. I think it is incredibly underrated.

I remember playing this back when it first came out, and not liking it AT ALL. I didn't even make it to Mexico. Thought it was boring, frustrating, and committed the same sins that GTA did. Primarily, I'm talking about the completely unlikable characters that Rockstar always produces, outside of Bully and Max Payne. I'm so sick of the Nico/Marston, "I just want to get out of this life, but in order to do so, I need to be a total scum bag to everyone while lamenting my fate". Ugh. Then, GTA5 is just a bunch of unlikable psychopaths or variations on the aforementioned archetype.

Also, the "ride your horse while having a five minute conversation" scenes are the freakin' worst.

"You know, I was actually playing Sewer Shark last weekend" is the literal story of Jeff's life.

This looked infinitely more boring than I expected.