This entry in the series has grown a lot on me especially with how it much you realize it ages better after CS3 and onward. I actually do love cs1 as in how much erebonia has been hyped for 5 games, it sets up the atmosphere, lore and setting very well, just a bit of rough start with a bit of tropes and character development with other characters struggling to seem like they are developing but there is 5 games for development so obviously it’s not right away. This game really shows you how much Erebonia is different from Liberl and Crossbell, the culture, politics, characters such as from different factions. Only in Trails when you have played the series in order where you can realize and not a player who has instantly jumped in the series into cold steel 1.