Should I get Rune Factory Oceans? (Tides of Destiny in the US)

[Torillian]

Atelier games are great, but you have to go in with the right expectations. More about Alchemy and time management than the usual RPG tropes. At their best, right when things are really moving along in the item crafting, there's really no other game series that gets me so addicted. If you want to try out the series I'd suggest skipping to Totori. Rorona was annoyingly stringent in its time limits and Totori was just a lot more fun because it allowed so much freedom. That said if you really want to play them all you're better served starting out with the first or you'll have a hard time going back to it.