Cold Steel 1 and 2 were fantastic, and my only forray into Tales.

I really wanted 3, as it's a single narrative, the problem is NISA got the publishing right too it. Even looking past their history of introducing techincal issues that were not in the original, they have a long history of altering and censoring content. So before jumping into Cold Steel, I'd say take that into account.

I do hear the localization they did for 3 is actually pretty good, but they still state they will change things western audiences find offensive, so I chose not to give them any money.