I’m not sure why exactly, but I just struggle to finish basically any game where there is a heavy focus on story.

I seem to get about 90% of the way through them and then just stop playing abruptly. I think sometimes I do that because I just play too much in too short of a time, so I burn myself out on it unintentionally because I’m just enjoying the story so much up to that point. Other times I seem to be able to tell where the story is going and I don’t like it, usually because it’s tragic and I don’t want to experience the tragedy I know is coming; It’s like this sense of dread overcomes me and I struggle to continue. Other times still, I seem to just know the end is coming and I don’t want it to end so I put it off and then forget that I was almost done with it.

Does anyone else do this? I feel bad for having not finished a ton of different games, even the ones I was really enjoying at one time.

  • Ciono@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    1 year ago

    For me the biggest hurdle in these types of games are when I’m hit with the ‘completionist’ bug. I want to check every corner of the map, finish all the side quests - often burns me out before I can finish the actual story.

  • kratoz29@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    1 year ago

    It doesn’t happen to me because I usually only play one game per time, at my very slow pace (I am a patient gamer after all) so I don’t get burn out.

    When I’m feeling tired about a heavy story game I usually play something light like Mario Kart, Animal Crossing or your favorite multiplayer game, that way I avoid the burn out.

    And well, this is a hobby after all, if you feel no other gaming workarounds/habits works for you you can always switch to another hobby, watch a movie, tv show, anime, read a book, go for a walk, or ultimately for me, go to Lemmy lol.

    Hope it helps a bit.

  • wutamisposedtodo@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
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    1 year ago

    I can count on one hand the number of games I’ve finished in the last 4-5 years. Off the top of my head

    • The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind
    • Spider-Man (PS4)
    • Red Dead Redemption II
    • L.A. Noire
    • Middle Earth: Shadow of War

    Games I stopped playing:

    • Horizon: Zero Dawn (PC)
    • Cyberpunk 2077
    • Disco Elysium (I know. right.)
    • DEATHLOOP
    • Spider-Man: Remastered (PC)
    • Assassin’s Creed: Odyssey
    • Divinity: Original Sin II
    • Dying Light 2
    • Half Life - Alyx
    • Boneworks
    • The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion
    • Knights of the Old Republic II: The Sith Lords (I think I did complete this game once when I was 14 or so)
    • Kingdom Come: Deliverance
    • Fallout 4 (I did complete the story to this a long time ago but I wanted to give it another go a couple years back)