I have put Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel III on my wishlist, and saw that it was on special, 40% off. I went to try to buy the game, only to be stopped due to a notification. The thing is, both the notification, and it's contents, confuse me.

The notification in question is "Please note that you are required to own The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel IV on GOG.com to be able to purchase and play The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel III".

Why would I need to buy the fourth game before I buy the third game? That does not make sense. I understand that notifications like this for things that tie into games, and I know that the latest Trails Series games have a whole bunch of things like that, from purchasable costumes to Septum, but I don't see why the game Cold Steel 3 is locked in this manner.

Please note, I saw this on my attempt to buy the base game of III, and not the Digital Limited Version, nor any of the DLC. I have checked several times while I was writing it. Also, I copy and pasted that notification.

Seems to be fixed now, though I am still confused as to why I received that notification and inability to purchase previously. So it's still very confusing. Also, not sure what changed, except ten minutes and this post.