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.

  • Apathy Tree@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
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    1 year ago

    I’ve actually gone hard the opposite direction… I used to just skip all the story because I didn’t care. Idk what that took out of my game experience, but considering I started gaming in the early 90s, probably not much…

    Idk what changed either, but I’m finding it much easier to play story heavy games (as long as I would like them entirely without the story), and even really huge story heavy games… not always to completion, but usually as close as I can get.

    But I do heavily intersperse them with fluffier games, because too much long story is still very draining. I managed to binge forbidden west to the point that when I downloaded the dlc, I abandoned the game (I know I’ll go back to it eventually, I love the mechanics, but I talk to everyone and go through every dialogue option, and that’s just a lot). But I’ve also played a number of others that I didn’t collapse in upon myself by the end, so I think it’s the burnout that keeps me from finishing them (exact same reason I used to skip all the story - it’s tiring when you just want to play).

  • 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)