Post game depression

[Malkavian]

If it was an extremely good game, and one where I felt really immersed and cared for the characters... Then yes, it feels very empty afterwards, when the initial joy of getting through is over.

 

[garfoldsomeoneelse]

Mass Effect 2. Definitely. I didn't even want to go through the Omega-4 relay, because it would mean that the game will end soon. That game had become a part of my life. Second playthrough just isn't the same.
When the credits rolled, I felt epic, triumphant, but also sad.

Definitely going to agree with every part of this. First thing I thought of when I saw the title of this thread was "Oh, like when I beat Mass Effect 2."

 

[Zhukov]

Well... I either go "wow that was awesome" or "oh god that was crap". Then I play another game or go do something else.

Simple really.

 

[gonzo20]

i just watch the credits and if the game has a harder diffuculty (im a bit of a achievement whore and i like to get the most out of a game) and play through it again, but if its one of those ones that allow you to go around after you completed it i just go on a rampage and kill all life

 

[Sarah Kerrigan]

Beating Assassin's Creed II and having to await for the new one.

 

[otterhead]

If it was an extremely good game I start it again

Or I play another game in the series

Legend of Zelda is a good example here

Yes. I haven't played a Zelda game in a while but Link to the Past and Ocarina of time have a special place in my heart.

I dust of Parasite Eve II every few years and do some grinding.

 

[Ickorus]

I don't get that feeling with games, I get it with books.

I just start a new book when I finish one or if it really gets me I take a small break[footnote]Normally about a week.[/footnote] then start a new book.

 

[Betancore]

I stare dumbly at the credits until they stop rolling, then I either replay the game in the way I should have played it the first time, or if there is a sequel, I play that. I find it hard to immediately move onto another game.

 

[Spiner909]

I call it the post Mass Effect crash. It's so sad to have it end...and there's only one more!

 

[JokerCrowe]

I don't know if I've been clinically depressed, but I felt sad a long while after I finished Fallout 3. Mostly because of the ending. (before Broken Steel)

 

[Phlakes]

This happens to me after basically every RPG I play. Even the second Paper Mario.

 

[WaysideMaze]

I got post game depression from bioshock.
The game started off so well and really raised my expectations.
Then I saw the final boss fight...

 

[Pontus Hashis]

Metal gear is my drug...
Snake: Metal gear?!


Anyway it dosn't hapen to me in rpg's, cuz i often never finish 'em or i play 'em to death until i finish 'em.

 

[Pontus Hashis]

As said above, books (if they are good) always give me this feeling.

 

[Tallim]

I don't get that feeling with games, I get it with books.

I just start a new book when I finish one or if it really gets me I take a small break[footnote]Normally about a week.[/footnote] then start a new book.

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I always have a book on the go and thanks to my obsessive charity shop raiding I have easily enough decent books to last me over a year now, even if I read one a week. Used to read more, but have a 10 month old baby and games to play.

 

[SatanicJesus]

How do you as a gamer deal with the end of a game, especially ones that take up a lot of time and captivate your attention, become part of your daily routine. RPG's seem to be the main culprit of this.

I always get a massive empty feeling and can't concentrate on something new for a while. Especially if it was a game I looked forward to long before release.

I get that feeling too.

 

[Digitaldreamer7]

I never finish games, because I enjoy them too much and want to try something new

If I DO finish a game, it's either not a particularly fun game that I just whizzed through (COD is guilty of this) or it's a very compelling linear game that pulls me to the end (HL2 is guilty of this)

Most of the time, I restart and do something new (Fallout 3, Total War games and Sims are all guilty of this)

Call me crazy, like, COMPLETELY INSANE

I never got into Fallout 3, or Oblivion, or Morrowind...

I hated morrowind/icewind dale/oblivion Bought fallout 3 cause I thought it would be better and I hated it to.

Loved baldurs gate tho