Well, a great way to start

I loved all three games. Ep. II was the hardest, and my least favorite. Ep. III was probably my favorite.

The thing I remember most about the series, though, is the 40-minute continuous cutscene (with two save breaks) near the beginning of Ep. I.

I never cared much for Ziggy. Everyone else is pretty cool. Albedo is such a great villain. It's been a while since I played, but one thing is that it always felt like a lot of different things were going on and I couldn't make sense of them all together. Shion and KOS-MOS and Old Miltia felt totally different from the Albedo/Rubedo/Nigredo thing, and then there's U-DO, and somehow Wilhelm is behind it all, and who even knows what chaos's deal is. But still, I loved them and want to run through the whole trilogy again someday!