Do I need to play the previous games to get the story?

[Herr Seeker]

Was thinking of getting this game, do I need to play dungeons 1 and 2 to follow the story or does this game just refference/ have easter eggs of the previous games?

[crysis]

you could just see youtube videos about them

[JVC]

You don't need the previous games to play this one, but www.gog.com is giving away Dungeons 2 today, so you might want to check that one out (it is the non-steam version).

I skipped Dungeons 1 which seems to be a very different type of game.

Dungeons 2 is very similar to this one, with the main exception that you switch between three different sets of creatures. In Dungeons 3, the three sets of creatures have been merged into one tech tree.

You can find some pretty good playthroughs on youtube, e.g.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O2QlyPGWJQo&list=PLGe_S5n7MjT3nLSb_ih8eLsfKI4eJGwFt

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-FCp7i0DYJY&list=PLGe_S5n7MjT1PaOMjZe4RmtN1wy0VDi9s

[GR|M " 死神 " Reap3R]

It's not very story focus...but its best you watch Dungeons 2 story to get an idea.
Dungeons 1 have no relation at all.