I would definitely recommend this series. I have amassed hundreds of hours while playing this series (though I haven't finished Trails in the Sky the 3rd yet). I would also recommend waiting on cold steel 1 and 2 for when they come to PC because it'll play smoother and XSeed is adding over 5000 more voiced lines to the pc version that will not be on the ps3 or vita versions of Cold Steel 1 (and probably Cold Steel 2).