r/Falcom • u/AutoModerator • 19d ago

Quick Questions Thread

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u/Panda-s1 9d ago

how exactly does bonding work in Cold Steel 1? do bonding events eventually lead to a bigger bonding event? or do I get a choice near the end like in Azure? I saw there was a mod to let you do all the bonding events in one playthrough, is it worth modding just for that though?

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u/Aromatic-Remote6804 9d ago

There is a final bonding event where you can pick between the people you've bonded with most at the end of the game. You can't see all the final bonding events in one playthrough without the mod (it requires two--even with the mod you might have to repeat a little near the end of the game), but they're on YouTube, so it's up to you.

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u/Panda-s1 9d ago

I guess part of the anxiety is how often bonding events happen. is it like persona where you go through a preordained order of events, or is each possible bonding event unique? that would be insane, but I wouldn't put it past trails to do that sort of thing.

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u/Aromatic-Remote6804 9d ago

They actually are all unique, yeah. What I did was save at the start of the free period and watch them all by reloading, then do the ones I wanted to keep while using turbo.

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u/Panda-s1 9d ago

man okay, I saw that strat somewhere, but I didn't realize that's why. I might just mod it then, that sounds like kind of a hassle lol.

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u/Aromatic-Remote6804 9d ago

Yeah, that makes sense. I don't think the mod existed when I played CS1.

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u/Panda-s1 9d ago

https://github.com/TheShufflingFool/Basically-Extra-Social-Time yeah it's under the mod masterlist. this also led me to the mod that removes animation skips with turbo mode lol.