I've actually already beaten and enjoyed Sky FC but I made the mistake of starting SC immediately after and burned out a couple of chapters in and haven't gotten back to it.
I've always intended to go back to that one but was more curious about the crossbell ones which from what I've looked up have serviceable translations now. ---
I'm just finishing up Cold Steel 1 and I've already preordered 3. I won't get around to it for a while anyway to avoid burnout, but since I've heard conflicting things is it actually necessary to complete all of the previous sky/crossbell games or is it really just beneficial?
I'm not really sure when I'll have the time to go through the rest of the games in the saga beforehand. ---