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Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow
Oct 2nd
Hooray!
I am unstuck. I messed up trying to find somewhere and happened across a gap I hadn’t squeezed through before. It’s opened up a huge new area. And what’s really odd is that I could have got there ages ago, so I guess I’ve been doing a load of optional stuff. Possibly.
Regardless, it doesn’t seem to be entirely linear, which is nice.
Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow
Oct 2nd
I’m stuck.
I have gained the power to stop time (i.e. freeze enemies – cogs still turn annoyingly) and now I have no idea where to go next.
I’ve done a pretty comperehensive survey of all the open-ended spots on the map and I can’t seem to get through any of them yet. Looking at some of them, I really think I’ll be needing to turn into a bat or moth or something at some point. But I can’t yet, so those areas are out of bounds.
Maybe I’ll wander for years until I find the answer. Be level 2,373 and have a beard down to my balls before finally stumbling over a door I didn’t realise I could open.
Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow
Oct 2nd
::deep breath::
You remember the other day when I mentioned how I’d just had the most annoying death in any Castlevania ever?
Well…
::another deep breath::
…well, it can’t begin to compare to my last dying. It was… quite vexing.
Now, if you’ll excuse me, I need to go find my happy place.
Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow
Oct 2nd
One more boss down. Killed first time.
Lots of annoying jumping later and I think about to meet the Medusa Heads for the first time this game. Oooh, I hate them.
Uncovered 44.4% of the map now and have played for a little voer four hours according to the clock.
My thumb’s very sore now, though, so I should probably give things a rest for a while.
Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow
Oct 2nd
Valkyrie souls really don’t drop very often.
No more bosses, just wandering around trying to find out the place to use my new power that will open up the next huge section of the map. I keep finding loads of dead ends where I can’t jump high enough or haven’t got the right magical seal or haven’t got the correct amount of gold or whatever.
You know, it could really do with a system of map annotations to help keep track of things. They could be hand-written and everything. Sure it wouldn’t be that difficult to do.
Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow
Sep 30th
…And it’s one more boss down – great looking, pathetically easy – and time to put the DS on charge and go to bed.
I like this game.
Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow
Sep 30th
God, I hate, hate, HATE, HATE sliding block puzzles. Especially ones with reset buttons just next to the square I need to click to solve it. Especially ones with reset buttons THAT DON’T ASK FOR CONFIRMATION just next to the square I need to click to solve it.
I got there in the end, though.
Another boss down, too. Easy one. A little bit too easy…
Oh, and I hate rooms full of towers of fire-spitting dragon heads that take ages to kill and only has a hole in the ceiling, which I can’t get through yet. Hmm, unless you can stand on the dragons’ heads and build a staircase… Man, that was way back. I’ll just try to remember that in case I don’t find any flying powers later on in the game.
Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow
Sep 30th
And what was behind that dragon that kept killing me?
A halbred.
A fucking halberd.
Ah well, at least I was able to sell it for potion money.
Oh, and I bought a handgun. It’s really fun to use against weak enemies. Not much use when you’ve got a horrible ghostly being dropping down on to your head, though.
Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow
Sep 30th
Ack!
Same monster killed me again!
It’s not a boss or anything complicated, just one of those dragon skulls on the end of a really long neck. It’s just way down in the bottom of a pit after a load of other monsters. Luckily, I’d saved a bit later than I did last time.
I got a Great Armor soul again. Turns out I didn’t need it, anyway. It’s a Valkyrie soul I need. Not sure if I’ve met those yet, I’ll have to check.
I’ve lost ghoul souls both times I’ve died, too, but they seem to pop up often enough that I’m not too bothered.
Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow
Sep 30th
NOOOOOOOO!!!!!!
MOST ANNOYING CASTLEVANIA DEATH EVER.
I’d got another Great Armor soul. I’d uncovered loads more of the map. I’d found tons of new equipment.
I just hadn’t found a save room.
Buggering, bollocking fuck.
Horrible, horrible unclean game.
