Yeah, a break is probably needed just to play things safe, but man if you enjoyed CS1 this much... hoo boy. The ending to CS1 really does crank things up to 11 though. I had the same reaction as you did to C. I didn't figure it out until that moment either. I think I paused the game for a few moments just to let my brain process the gravity of that information xD
I'm super biased, this game was my entry into the franchise when I bought it on a whim one weekend after watching some videos about it on UA-cam back then and while things were bumpy for me at first as a novice, but as I learned and looked up some pointers I fell in love and this quickly became one of my favorite videogame franchises ever (went back and played the earlier games later since I first played on the EN PS3 release).
this game, sky fc and 3rd are games that have gotten a higher and higher opinion of me the farther i get in the series cs1 is such a good introduction for this arc man
Refreshing to hear somebody love Cold Steel I. I loved it when I played it and loved it every time I’ve replayed it. Honestly surprised Falcom didn’t remake Cold Steel I and II in the Cold Steel III style.
If I'm remembering right they fix the movement in CS2, as for the turbo mode skipping animations a mod called SenPatcher can change that, for both CS1 and CS2. I would highly recommend that mod as it also has other enhancements. The endings of Trails games are always wild haha.
CS1 looks fine for a decade old vita game. But with CS 3 which was made for PS4 Hardware sees a gigantic jump in grahical quality, especially the character models and even more their faces and facial expressions. Falcom konw what is important in a story driven game like this.
Ah yes, the usual experience. You enjoy yourself and then you stay up until like 4am, because the game just doesn't end. I bought this game for 20€ in a sale together with the second game and Tokyo Xanadu. That I now have physically on Switch. At least I can just play it in bed now. I got the Alisa scene in Cold Steel 1 and am excited to play Cold Steel 3 soon. But you are also the 50th guy I see having a thing for Laura. What exactly do men like about Laura? Or see in Fie and Emma? Laura to me has no personality traits besides her big sword and absolutely no chemistry with Rean. Fie is not a character I could ever see Rean with and I can't stand her always being half naked. And Emma is ok and has good crafts but no chemistry with Rean. I just don't get it. But yeah, this game was fun. And you should really take a break after Cold Steel 2 at least. That ending is long. Way too long. Longer than long. You will spend at least 3 days on it after doing the final Boss at 3 am and then get whiplash that the game isn't over. Have fun.
Not gonna lie, I think I grew attached to Laura purely off of game play. She was definitely my BEST party member. I didn't even think I liked her THAT much, but that ending scene proved me wrong, I guess lol
@Salt5006 Ah, I see. Her gameplay is really good actually. A lot of people use her for S craft nuking in the second game. Which is kinda funny due to both Sarah and Millium having better S crafts for nuking apprently. All you need is Tauros, Domination and some Special Curry for a big strength buff and then either of these 3 girls can nuke your enemies into oblivion. I did use Laura for that due to seeing other People using her for that. But Laura also has a suction craft and a self buff craft for the suction craft to do more damage and then Alisa just spams Blessed Arrow and Heavenly gift to give Laura and Fie CP and insight and to let Rean spam Gale into infinity and beyond. I also had Emma in my team for mostly Crescent Shell to protect my party from artes and that is it. Crescent shell is really good though. But my party full of Craft Nukes together with their CP battery was just too broken. You are going to have so much fun with Cold Steel 2. The new mechanics are great and you will totally love them. I think so at least. Enjoy man
Based cold steel 1 enjoyer one of the most underrated games in the trails series in my opinion🙏
Yeah, a break is probably needed just to play things safe, but man if you enjoyed CS1 this much... hoo boy. The ending to CS1 really does crank things up to 11 though. I had the same reaction as you did to C. I didn't figure it out until that moment either. I think I paused the game for a few moments just to let my brain process the gravity of that information xD
I'm super biased, this game was my entry into the franchise when I bought it on a whim one weekend after watching some videos about it on UA-cam back then and while things were bumpy for me at first as a novice, but as I learned and looked up some pointers I fell in love and this quickly became one of my favorite videogame franchises ever (went back and played the earlier games later since I first played on the EN PS3 release).
this game, sky fc and 3rd are games that have gotten a higher and higher opinion of me the farther i get in the series cs1 is such a good introduction for this arc man
Refreshing to hear somebody love Cold Steel I. I loved it when I played it and loved it every time I’ve replayed it. Honestly surprised Falcom didn’t remake Cold Steel I and II in the Cold Steel III style.
If I'm remembering right they fix the movement in CS2, as for the turbo mode skipping animations a mod called SenPatcher can change that, for both CS1 and CS2. I would highly recommend that mod as it also has other enhancements. The endings of Trails games are always wild haha.
The turbo mode issue, you should install sen patcher and there is also a toggle turbo mode too. I highly recommend for rean steel 2
CS1 looks fine for a decade old vita game. But with CS 3 which was made for PS4 Hardware sees a gigantic jump in grahical quality, especially the character models and even more their faces and facial expressions. Falcom konw what is important in a story driven game like this.
I'd love it if you got a better mic
I will once I’m not financially challenged lol
Ah yes, the usual experience. You enjoy yourself and then you stay up until like 4am, because the game just doesn't end. I bought this game for 20€ in a sale together with the second game and Tokyo Xanadu. That I now have physically on Switch. At least I can just play it in bed now. I got the Alisa scene in Cold Steel 1 and am excited to play Cold Steel 3 soon.
But you are also the 50th guy I see having a thing for Laura. What exactly do men like about Laura? Or see in Fie and Emma? Laura to me has no personality traits besides her big sword and absolutely no chemistry with Rean. Fie is not a character I could ever see Rean with and I can't stand her always being half naked. And Emma is ok and has good crafts but no chemistry with Rean.
I just don't get it. But yeah, this game was fun. And you should really take a break after Cold Steel 2 at least. That ending is long. Way too long. Longer than long. You will spend at least 3 days on it after doing the final Boss at 3 am and then get whiplash that the game isn't over. Have fun.
Not gonna lie, I think I grew attached to Laura purely off of game play. She was definitely my BEST party member. I didn't even think I liked her THAT much, but that ending scene proved me wrong, I guess lol
@Salt5006 Ah, I see. Her gameplay is really good actually. A lot of people use her for S craft nuking in the second game. Which is kinda funny due to both Sarah and Millium having better S crafts for nuking apprently.
All you need is Tauros, Domination and some Special Curry for a big strength buff and then either of these 3 girls can nuke your enemies into oblivion. I did use Laura for that due to seeing other People using her for that.
But Laura also has a suction craft and a self buff craft for the suction craft to do more damage and then Alisa just spams Blessed Arrow and Heavenly gift to give Laura and Fie CP and insight and to let Rean spam Gale into infinity and beyond.
I also had Emma in my team for mostly Crescent Shell to protect my party from artes and that is it. Crescent shell is really good though.
But my party full of Craft Nukes together with their CP battery was just too broken. You are going to have so much fun with Cold Steel 2. The new mechanics are great and you will totally love them. I think so at least.
Enjoy man