{"id":11468,"date":"2020-03-20T22:30:00","date_gmt":"2020-03-20T17:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/themakoreactor.com\/?p=11468"},"modified":"2020-03-20T22:29:34","modified_gmt":"2020-03-20T16:59:34","slug":"trails-of-cold-steel-3-pc-performance-review-gameplay-steam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/themakoreactor.com\/featured\/trails-of-cold-steel-3-pc-performance-review-gameplay-steam\/11468\/","title":{"rendered":"Trails of Cold Steel III PC Performance Review: The Gold Standard JRPG Port"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel III<\/a> from NIS America<\/a> and Nihon Falcom<\/a> debuted on PS4 last year<\/a> in the West. The massive JRPG arrived for English speaking audiences around two years after it debuted in Japan on PS4. Trails of Cold Steel III is a fantastic JRPG and one that is more than worth your time<\/a>. We featured it in our best soundtracks of 2019<\/a>, best PS4 games of 2019<\/a>, and overall best games of 2019<\/a> features.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fast forward to today and Trails of Cold Steel III is coming not only to Nintendo Switch thanks to Engine Software<\/a>, but also PC via Steam and GOG thanks to PH3 Games<\/a> and Engine Software. PH3 Games previously worked on Trails of Cold Steel I and II for PC. I’ve been playing Trails of Cold Steel III on PC via Steam<\/a> for review and here’s what you need to know.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Trails of Cold Steel III PC requirements<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Despite being a PS4 only game initially with great PS4 Pro support, Trails of Cold Steel III’s system requirements on PC are on the lower end of the spectrum with support not only for laptops with discrete GPUs, but also those with integrated graphics cards. Trails of Cold Steel III should be able to run great even on older systems as long as you spend some time in the detailed and well thought out graphics settings available before you boot the game up. It is worth noting that the download size is much smaller on PC than PS4 thanks the compression used by PH3 Games and Engine Software as detailed in an interview here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Trails of Cold Steel III minimum requirements<\/h3>\n\n\n\n