Endings, both fake and real

Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrowcompleted

I cheated myself the soul getting ring because you know, fuck farming. I know it's more reliable now but dang there's still some farming!

Got through a massive chunk here, "beat" the game with the wrong ending, so had to go back and track down Paranoia and then I went around jumping into all the mirrors for a while before actually beating Dario.

Okay, stayed up a bit later than I should have to beat this, which I suppose is a good sign. I do like how fast it is to chunk through these.

This felt fine though overall. I think the evidence increasingly mounts that I need to replay Aria and Fusion to see how I still feel about both, although I'm pretty certain I beat Aria a few years ago. But I think Order of Ecclesia is next.

Playing these games now has really just shot up my love for Metroidvanias. I have some ideas for why I forgot about this but I think this is fodder for a Deep Thought so I don't want to give too much away right now.

Final Fantasy IVabandoned

I do feel myself uncompelled to play this at all. I'm not totally sure why. It's just not grabbing me. I don't feel frustrated with it or anything. Uncompelled.

I think it could be a lack of hand holding and direction? Also it's not compelling me visually.

I don't know. I'll have to reflect on it more.