Jeremy Rosenblum 0 Posted December 26, 2014 (edited) So, I just started Birth By Sleep and just randomly picked to play as Aqua first purely by just flipping a coin basically. I just beat Cinderella world, but just read somewhere that apparently Aqua is the worst person to start out with for story based reasons. I don't care too much about if the gameplay is worse/better for whatever character, or if it's harder or something, but just purely for story reasons, will it really affect me too badly to play her story first? I'm assuming it shouldn't really since you're given a choice in the first place with who to start out with. Edited December 26, 2014 by Jeremy Rosenblum Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
hatok 6,413 Posted December 26, 2014 it doesn't really matter, but Terra Ventus Aqua is the ideal order. Aqua's story is almost always the final part of each world, plus she's the one you play as in the Final Story, so it makes the transition smoother Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sora96 17,256 Posted December 26, 2014 You're supposed to go Terra, Ventus, Aqua. This is straight from Nomura. His reasoning being if you play Ventus first and then Terra you might feel like you're going slowly when you're playing Terra. And yeah, it makes a lot more sense. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jeremy Rosenblum 0 Posted December 26, 2014 Then why is their even a choice in the first place? If the order is really that important for the story than you should just automatically start as Terra. I really don't feel like restarting the game at this point so I'll just finish up Aqua. I don't really care about Terra being slow compared to the others, and I'll just deal with the spoilers from Aqua's story about them. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Philip Ellwell 5,487 Posted December 26, 2014 I always play Aqua, Ventus, Terra. I found it more fun to play backwards and try to piece the story together as I went along, but it doesn't really matter. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Transcendent Key 12,109 Posted December 26, 2014 Well, there's nothing wrong with playing as Aqua first, so you should keep playing through Aqua's story. Personally, I've always played through the game in the Terra, Ventus and Aqua order, but as I said, there's nothing wrong with playing as Aqua first. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BlankShell 638 Posted December 26, 2014 If you alternate between them it's not so bad. But basically Aqua's story starts after the others, and ends after theirs as well, so it depends on how much a kick you get out of dramatic irony. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites