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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[-] Ilflish@lemm.ee 8 points 1 year ago

When you say 90% if you mean that literally, then you might be like I was as a teen. Basically when I unlocked what was the final dungeon I would stop playing, it wasn't because I was burnt out on the gameplay though but the opposite. The story had a finite end, the story could basically be inferred and I was no longer interested.

The thing is because I never got closure I thought about some of those games alot and would often replay them so when I went to university I ended up going through most of the games from my child and teen years and getting closure and it feels great to be honest.