joveian: Ok, I did get Celestian Tales and the DLC and was about to begin but am wondering about the play order, like this unanswered question in the forums five months ago:
https://www.gog.com/forum/celestian_tales_old_north/play_order_re_ravenger Playing the prequil first seems like it should be the right order, but hard to say for sure since it was released later. Anyone played both?
Hi there. I played the game to the end with all 6 characters and only after that the prequel DLC.
Honestly, it's a mixed bag. On one hand, playing the prequel first would spoil the answers to some questions you're supposed to be asking at the end regarding some characters' past. On the other hand, it would give you a clearer view of the kingdom the story is set in and its sovereign. Lord Levante's friendship with "the Ravager" is also much better explained in the DLC.
Gameplay-wise there's no preference. The DLC characters have great skills, but there are pretty good ones in the main game as well. (You'll quickly come to love Ylliana.) You'll probably just realize soon enough that you'd better not put some of the characters in your party unless they're the character you've chosen as main character. In that sense Reynard is my least liked character.
I think it better to play the DLC only after the main game - at least with the characters whose past is affected by the events from the prequel - , tho I admit it gets a bit boring by the 5th time you're going through the same story. But it's worth it. The setting was really well done, you'll see it in details like the class conflicts.
Sorry for only seeing this when the sale was about to end, but at least it wasn't a matter of affecting your purchase, you just wanted to know where would be better to start.