It is a game about inequality. A single modern artillery unit can rout an entire traditional samurai army. A naval bombardment can flatten a fortress before the first sword is drawn.
This is the most defensible argument. A 40-year-old lawyer with two kids loves Total War but doesn't have 60 hours to grind a campaign. They want to see the explosions, hear the "BANZAI!" charges, and roll over Tosa with a massive treasury. For them, the trainer is an accessibility tool—a way to skip the "spreadsheet simulator" aspect and jump to the "dudes dying in mud" aspect. total war shogun 2 fall of the samurai trainer
From this lens, a trainer is vandalism. It is painting a mustache on the Mona Lisa. And yet. Millions of downloads. Thousands of forum threads. Why? It is a game about inequality