Ocarina654: I, like most of you I'm sure, have more games than I have time to play them. Were things more ideally balanced, I would start from the first Spiderweb game and work my way through the whole library. But I just don't have the time!

Geneforge has caught my eye and so I've been wondering, if I only had time to play one of them, which should it be?
I'm willing to play an older one with less features or polish or whatever, as if I don't play a later one first I wont know what I'm missing, will I? So should I start with 1? Or does a later game improve on the story and mechanics enough to be the absolute better experience (and doesn't require having played the older ones first)?

Any thoughts or opinions are appreciated.

For background:

Ocarina654: I'm willing to play an older one with less features or polish or whatever, as if I don't play a later one first I wont know what I'm missing, will I? So should I start with 1? Or does a later game improve on the story and mechanics enough to be the absolute better experience (and doesn't require having played the older ones first)?