This game is kinda like the black sheep of the Trails family since it isn't structured the same way as any of the other games.
It's more like a traditional dungeon crawler mixed with a visual novel and a lot of people don't like the fact that it isn't as much of an RPG as the first two and the fact it's linear and there's no towns or side quests to really do.
Personally I don't mind this because all the story content is just as great as the first two games, especially seeing as how the main story focuses on Kevin Graham, a side character from Sky SC because he's the main character in this game and learning his whole backstory and motivations, the game is essentially a character study for him and that made me happy because I love him a lot and love him even more now after this game. One of my fave characters in the series.
All the side story content is also really great and either fleshes out other characters from the first two Sky games even more or shows some history and world events for areas we've yet to visit in Zemuria.
The gameplay in this one was probably the most fun to me since you have all the past playable characters from the first 2 games and then some extras, so there's tons of variety in team building.
Also anyone who says you can skip this game is a fool because even if you consider Kevin's story a side story and irrelevant to Joshua and Estelle, you learn so much more about events in the world that become important in the Cold Steel and Crossbell games, plus get tons of valuable character interactions and most importantly Sky the 3rd serves as the closer to the Liberl arc and you get a very touching 'goodbye' scene between all the characters at the end of the game and that's worth the price of admission alone to me.
If you enjoyed the stories and characters of Trails in the Sky and Trails in the Sky SC I highly recommend you give this game a chance too and don't let the haters persuade you otherwise because it's just as great as the first two as far as I'm concerned and my personal favorite in the Sky trilogy.
It's more like a traditional dungeon crawler mixed with a visual novel and a lot of people don't like the fact that it isn't as much of an RPG as the first two and the fact it's linear and there's no towns or side quests to really do.
Personally I don't mind this because all the story content is just as great as the first two games, especially seeing as how the main story focuses on Kevin Graham, a side character from Sky SC because he's the main character in this game and learning his whole backstory and motivations, the game is essentially a character study for him and that made me happy because I love him a lot and love him even more now after this game. One of my fave characters in the series.
All the side story content is also really great and either fleshes out other characters from the first two Sky games even more or shows some history and world events for areas we've yet to visit in Zemuria.
The gameplay in this one was probably the most fun to me since you have all the past playable characters from the first 2 games and then some extras, so there's tons of variety in team building.
Also anyone who says you can skip this game is a fool because even if you consider Kevin's story a side story and irrelevant to Joshua and Estelle, you learn so much more about events in the world that become important in the Cold Steel and Crossbell games, plus get tons of valuable character interactions and most importantly Sky the 3rd serves as the closer to the Liberl arc and you get a very touching 'goodbye' scene between all the characters at the end of the game and that's worth the price of admission alone to me.
If you enjoyed the stories and characters of Trails in the Sky and Trails in the Sky SC I highly recommend you give this game a chance too and don't let the haters persuade you otherwise because it's just as great as the first two as far as I'm concerned and my personal favorite in the Sky trilogy.