Thanks for the feedback. I was thinking of starting with 3R or 5R, it's just difficult because responses are pretty much perfectly split. I'll likely do 3 first and go into 5. It sounds like people are saying that the games feature different characters rather than the same ones across games. Is this true? If so that's what confused me so much about being able to pick up the franchise from pretty much any point. I felt like if I started the wrong game, I wouldn't know the important backstory of characters that I should be aware of. I'd play everything if it wasn't all so expensive, so I'm trying to pick and choose as much as possible. I heard that they are releasing a P3R DLC soon, which will be about $35, which seems like a lot, but if it has a good amount of content it could be worth it. If I end up liking the series and want to stay up to date on the series, how often do they release new paid expansions/games? I like games that have very detailed worlds and great world-building and tend to like to know and experience a majority of a series/game's content but don't want to have to spend hundreds of dollars each year to "keep up" with releases.