I struggle to finish story-heavy games (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 year ago by wutamisposedtodo@lemmy.world to c/games@lemmy.world

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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.

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[-] ciono@lemmy.world 40 points 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.

[-] BionicHippo@kbin.social 11 points 1 year ago

I feel the same. What does it even mean to finish a game anymore? There are so many things to explore, so many tiny tasks to accomplish. Did you have fun while you were playing? Do you want to start playing something else? Sounds like you finished the game.

That's how I think about it anyway.

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