Quote Originally Posted by Alexander the Pretty Good View Post
Somewhat excited. Worried that I'll have to play the first one in order to understand the nuances of what's happening.
Rumour is they'll have a comic book sort of story in the beginning of the game, which will recapitulate the events of the first game and allow the player to choose how the major events took place.
Anyway...even if you do play the first game, I doubt you'll be able to gather much in one play-through. I was totally lost and didn't find the story at all interesting until I played the game thrice and then read the book that's been translated to English.