The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel III

Experience an epic story developed across three titles, and crafted for new and old fans alike. Also includes an interactive introduction to catch up new players to the ongoing story so anyone can dive right in to the world of Trails of Cold Steel.

The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel III is a rpg, jrpg and story rich game developed by Nihon Falcom, Engine Software BV and PH3 GmbH and published by NIS America and Inc..
Released on March 23rd 2020 is available only on Windows in 3 languages: English, French and Japanese.

It has received 2,859 reviews of which 2,618 were positive and 241 were negative resulting in a rating of 8.8 out of 10. 😎

The game is currently priced at 59.99€ on Steam.

The Steam community has classified The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel III into these genres:

RPG JRPG Story Rich Anime Turn-Based Great Soundtrack Singleplayer Adventure Turn-Based Combat Fantasy Romance Action Dating Sim Mechs

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Requirements

These are the minimum specifications needed to play the game. For the best experience, we recommend that you verify them.

Windows

Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
OS *: Windows 10/8.1/7 64-bit
Processor: Core i3-2100 3.10 GHz
Memory: 8 GB RAM
Graphics: Geforce GTX 650 Ti
DirectX: Version 11
Storage: 25 GB available space
Sound Card: Onboard

Reviews

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Dec. 2024

There's something to be said when I'm 200 hours into the series at this point and I'm still heavily invested in the story. One criticism I will point out is that the Break bar has basically made all offensive Arts not worth doing unless you are under a Zero Arts or a zero cast-time Order. Knight/Soldat battles are getting more advanced through the series and are still very fun. Can't wait to get into IV.

Nov. 2024

Better Dialogue and an Improved version of the CS combat system, together with a fresh cast of characters that are alot more likeable than those in CS 1-2, Cold Steels 3 is refreshingly mediocre after 2 of the worst RPGs that i had to endure. Sure, its not at the heights of the Sky games, and definitly no where near the Crossbell duology, but if you followed the series thus far i say its worth it. The End part had tension, something completely missing from the first two Cold Steel games and they even gave Rean an actual Character arc, turning him from cardboard into an alright protagonist. There is also no obvious dating sim slog, and the game hides its formulaic nature alot better, very similiar how the sky/crossbell games did it. Combat is still somewhat lacking, im really missing the elemental orbment system. Delay took a massive nerf, you can at most get one or two characters to act faster than the enemy, so no more "delaylocking" (thank aidios). Spells feel still kinda weak compared to crafts, and the revamped combat link mechanic, combined with the new formations makes it even easier to spam them. A well build caster will still hit really hard, but the investment is, at least on normal difficulty, not really worth it. I just really hope that CS4 and Reverie dont undo all of the story beats. Im pretty tired of getting plot development that ends in "back to the status quo".

Nov. 2024

Peak trails remains peak in the classic rpg genre. Trails continues to weave a bunch of plot lines together while keeping you glued to your seat wondering what will happen next (except when you blast off the same seat when legacy characters return), while giving us more options during COMBAT leading to a very surprising amount of freedom when building your party, almost too much freedom def recommend to switch to a harder difficulty once you get the ball rolling around mid game.

Oct. 2024

This game RUINS me. It's such a hard one for me because the characters are great, and everything in the story is necessary for the ending of the game to make sense, but it was so. darn. long. I'm told that Trails games are this long going on from here, so I'm braced for that now. The characters in this game are GREAT. Honestly, New Class VII is my favorite main cast of a Trails arc since the first two Sky games. Juna is a great character who is used to explore the complicated politics of Erebonian/Crossbellan relations, Altina is a master class in trauma, emotions, and learning empathy, Ash adds SO much it's insane, Musse is super plot relevant (much to my chagrin, I hate her innuendos so much), and Kurt is there too! The Orbment system in this game is on par with Azure for me. Having two master quartz slots is amazing, and the combination quartz feel rewarding to synthesize/modify. The ending of this game is INSANE, and makes the long, drawn-out story of the past two games feel completely worth every second in my opinion. It carries its momentum into the rest of the arc and had me actually screaming out loud on call with my girlfriend. This is a GREAT game, but you officially need to play the Sky trilogy, Crossbell Duology, AND the previous two Cold Steel games for the full effect of the plot payoffs.

June 2024

It all starts with some kids going to school and ends having hit you with every anime trope in the book orchestrated (and translated) in an epic story. Part 3 of 4. Warning: Do not look at any fandom wikis for anything before playing through the series. They can't seem to help but put spoilers all over the place.

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