How to play The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel IV - Frontline Edition on Mac

Game summary

The Erebonian Empire is on the brink of all out war! Taking place shortly after the ending of Trails of Cold Steel III, the heroes of Class VII find themselves against the full force of the Empire in an attempt to stop its path of total domination. The Frontline Edition also includes The Black Records art booklet, an Echoes of Erebonia soundtrack download, and a reverse coversheet.
First released: Apr 2021

Play The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel IV - Frontline Edition on Mac with Parallels (virtualized)

The easiest way to play The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel IV - Frontline Edition on a Mac is through Parallels, which allows you to virtualize a Windows machine on Macs. The setup is very easy and it works for Apple Silicon Macs as well as for older Intel-based Macs.

Parallels supports the latest version of DirectX and OpenGL, allowing you to play the latest PC games on any Mac. The latest version of DirectX is up to 20% faster.

Our favorite feature of Parallels Desktop is that when you turn off your virtual machine, all the unused disk space gets returned to your main OS, thus minimizing resource waste (which used to be a problem with virtualization).

The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel IV - Frontline Edition installation steps for Mac

Step 1
Go to Parallels.com and download the latest version of the software.
Step 2
Follow the installation process and make sure you allow Parallels in your Mac’s security preferences (it will prompt you to do so).
Step 3
When prompted, download and install Windows 10. The download is around 5.7GB. Make sure you give it all the permissions that it asks for.
Step 4
Once Windows is done installing, you are ready to go. All that’s left to do is install The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel IV - Frontline Edition like you would on any PC.
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