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Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow
Oct 16th
Up to 75.1% of souls got and level 54. Completion rating 93.4%.
For my reference, souls I haven’t yet got -
16 – Slime
19 – Manticore
23 – Yorick
24 – Skeleton Farmer
29 – ???
30 – Tombstone
32 – ???
34 – Quetzalcoatl
62 – Heart Eater
71 – ???
73 – Decarabia
74 – Dead Mate
(Pause. Why doesn’t the Dead Mate have a Soul Rarity rating? And why do you not seem to get XP for killing one? Resume.)
75 – Bugbear
79 – Alura Une
80 – Great Axe Armor
81 – ???
82 – Mushussu
88 – Black Panther
89 – Mud Demon
90 – Giant Slug
91 – Werewolf
92 – Flame Demon
94 – Arc Demon
96 – Slogra
97 – Stolas
98 – Final Guard
99 – Malacoda
100 – Alastor
116 – ???
There are, so I’ve heard, two souls that can be used to get past the spikes. I’ve got some way to go to be sure that I’ve got it…
Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow
Oct 16th
Just wandering around collecting souls.
I’ve got 72.1% now, but still haven’t got one that lets me get past those bloody spikes, it seems.
Unless I’m being stupid, which is very possible.
Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow
Oct 8th
Well, I went to the shops to buy Black % White 2, but I saw the price before taking it up to the counter, so it stayed on the shelf. Decided that I wanted to play the original Call of Duty, but that doesn’t seem to be available in, you know, shops any more, so I came home empty-handed.
Back to Castlevania, then. A couple more souls got – a Tanjelly and then a, er, something else – and then realised that my battery light had been on red for longer than might be healthy, so I found a save room and switched off.
Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow
Oct 7th
Tch.
You wait half an hour for a Peeping Eye soul and then two come along at once.
Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow
Oct 7th
Argh!
I still haven’t found a way past the spikes! There are spikes under some water and a low ceiling. And I can’t find a way past them.
I’ve been collecting souls, but don’t see how any of them would be any use.
I had the great idea of getting a Killer Doll soul, because I thought that might let me throw my doll further, which would get me to the other safe space after the spikes… but after ages and ages of trying I finally got a Killer Doll soul and it just nullifies curses. Rubbish!
Those spikes are my new arch nemesis. And yet I don’t want help. I will defeat them myself, someday. Someday.
Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow
Oct 6th
Well, I opened the two spinning number doors. Wasn’t worth it.
I killed over 150 pirates to get a pirate soul. Wasn’t worth it.
I spent 50,000 gold or credits or whatever the currency is on a silver handgun. Wasn’t worth it.
And I’ve just millions of times trying and failing to get past some spikes in some water that lead to most of the 6.3% of the map I seem to be missing. There’s got to be a way, but I just can’t see it. Maybe there’s a soul I need that I’ve not got. I’d guess there’d be a “turn to fish” one, or something, but I think I’ve got all the watery souls and I’ve got nothing like that. And the puppet throwing skill doesn’t reach fast enough. Oh, it’s very, very annoying.
And despite all my moaning, I’ve had great fun. It really is a brilliant game, this.
Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow
Oct 5th
Hooray! I have got to the final boss! (I assume.)
Boo! I’ve not got a hope in hell of killing it, even with a full stock of potions and high potions.
I’ll need to level up and find the money to stock up on Mind Ups and then maybe I’ll have a chance. Maybe.
Or it’ll be yet another game where I get to the final boss and then never finish.
Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow
Oct 5th
I got a second fake ending a few minutes ago, but a better one. It unlocked a new mode, too, which I’ll investigate once I’m fone with this one.
And I’ve just done an incredibly hard boss battle. It took several goes and most of my healing items got used. I didn’t have to resort to equipping a ghoul soul, though.
HINT: You have to draw seals quite quickly during boss fights. Too slow and it lets you draw the whole thing, but then registers a fail.
I’m still going. It’s getting fucking hard, I’m telling you.
Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow
Oct 5th
Ha!
After seven hours I just got a fake ending. A very easy boss battle followed by an stupidly unsatisfying cut scene that resolved nothing, followed by credits.
But I’d noticed something during that final boss battle and so went back and did it again and did something… different. And the game continues! It wasn’t the end at all! Those wacky Konami dudes and their tricksy ways!
I’ve turned it off for now. There’s no warp point near the final battle, so I’ve got a long trek back from the save point.
And I wish I could work out how to damage those huge armoured guys. Nothing I do does more than one point of damage.
And there’s that underwater passage with the spikes I can’t get past…
Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow
Oct 2nd
I can fly! I can fly!
Have now unlocked what’s possibly the final big required section before the end boss. It’s called Pinnacle and is full of horrible enemies, anyway. I’ve run through it, out the other side and teleported back to the safe shops section of the map. I might see about exploring other places on the map I’ve not seen before I go back up there again. Looks like it might be a sensible idea to be as tough as possible.
And I still haven’t even seen the monster whose soul I need to upgrade my trident to the next type of weapon.
But that’s for another day.
