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Re: FATE

[(Anonymous)]

First: Fate is fucking huge and half of it isn't available outside of Japan, so don't feel bad if you don't see everything. Most people don't.

Second: There is a lot of disagreements in this fandom over what is the best starting point and what is absolutely needed to see/play. Everyone has a different answer here. My answer is going to be "what is the best way to get into the canon based on what is easily available in English?" Because the best starting point in general (the original visual novel) has not been officially translated and can be a bit of a pain to get ahold of.

With that in mind, the best starting point is Fate/Unlimited Blade Works and Fate/Zero. Zero is a prequel to UBW, but you can watch them in either order. I personally watched Zero and then UBW and it worked. Both are easily available in multiple formats, and they're old enough that I think you can watch them for free on several streaming sites if you don't mind commercials/lower res viewing.

There is also Fate/Heaven's Feel, but that is a series of movies that hasn't yet been fully released in English. Once those are out in English, definitely watch those. But you might be waiting for a bit on them.

My next recommendation after this is Fate/Grand Order, which is the mobile game. I recommend this for two specific reasons. 1: it's available in English and is free to play (technically, it's a gacha game), so as long as you have a working smartphone you have access to it. 2: it's easily the best for getting a quick taste of most of the characters in the Fate franchise. Everyone shows up for at least a little bit, and while you won't be getting an in-depth story for most of them (story-important servants nonwithstanding), you will see enough to decide if you want to know more about those characters. For example, if you play through Fate/GO and find that you really like Mordred, then you can jump into Fate/Apocrypha and get your fill of Mordred content. You will miss out on some canon in-jokes, but the story of Fate/GO is relatively self-contained so you can play it without being familiar with the rest of the Fate franchise.

As a note: Fate/Go is a really fucking huge time sink to catch up on the story. At this point we are four years into English releases for the game, and even if you discount all of the events (which you can't make up anyway), you're looking at 100+ hours to get through all of the story content that has been released so far. It's worth it (mostly, there is one particular story chapter that is better left skipped), but it's long. Don't try to binge it, take your time and get through the story gradually.

And that's it for my recommendation! TL;DR: watch Unlimited Blade Works and Zero first, maybe Heaven's Feel, and then play Fate/Go. From there, pick your favorites and consume their specific shows/games.

Also, a side note: Most entries into the Fate series are easy to identify because they follow the "Fate/" pattern, but a few do not. "The Lord El-Melloi II Case Files", I'm looking at you.

Re: FATE

[(Anonymous)]

Late, but

As a note: Fate/Go is a really fucking huge time sink to catch up on the story. At this point we are four years into English releases for the game, and even if you discount all of the events (which you can't make up anyway), you're looking at 100+ hours to get through all of the story content that has been released so far. It's worth it (mostly, there is one particular story chapter that is better left skipped), but it's long. Don't try to binge it, take your time and get through the story gradually.

Considering how unfriendly FGO is for newbies to jump into and catch up on old events even with the eventual rare prism system update, I honestly would recommend that anon look up story and event content on YouTube at this point.

Re: FATE

[(Anonymous)]

I think reddit has a masterpost of the older fan translation for most of the story. Might be a quicker read.