Please Someone Explain To Me I Am So Horribly Confused - Tumblr Posts

hi dark dome tumblr, im playing ghost house (using a walkthrough when i get stuck) and something interesting stuck out to me.

(left: the walkthroughs screenshot. right: my screenshot.)

and also

(left: the walkthroughs screenshot. right: my screenshot.)

important to note, the cutscene for when you're going to the asylum didnt change.

When did they change this, and why? The game says you have to stop him before he completes the ritual (i.e. killing the final two sacrifices.), but in my playthrough, rituals already done, so it makes less sense to me.