I fell out the series after KH2 but I've just picked up the original game with the intent to play through them all! I'm excited to finally find out who all these characters are that I've seen in fanart!
I was kind of the same. I've already caught up with the series at this point in time before KH3 hopefully drops this year (we've all been waiting too long for this). I can probably try to summarize the plot of it, though it'll be pretty long-winded and still fairly complicated. But I will most certainly try if you guys want me to.
I bought one of the games in some shady store once, I believe it was called 365/2 or something. I didn't like the game very much, either because I didn't understand it or because the gameplay didn't appeal to me, and as such I never finished it. Was that a weird game to start with?
It's 358 Days / 2. It makes more sense in context. And yeah, 358 is probably an awkward start point... I'm surprised people have trouble following the narrative of the overarching story, to be honest.