I didn’t want to start Clair Obscur because I was afraid of the late game but then my husband was whining about not being able to talk about it to me so I started it. And I was right to be afraid, I’m stuck mentally because I haven’t done every single last thing so how could I possibly start the final boss? So I’ve had some sessions cruising the map, trying to find things I haven’t done yet (I did find all the stupid kids, hah!), failing at some fights I’m not strong enough for, and then giving up in frustration. Haven’t picked it up in a bit because of that frustration.
I KNOW this is nonsense and that I do this with EVERY game and I should just get a shift on and finish the fucking story.
This is why I have 200+ hours in 40 hour games.
Not a story spoiler: You can keep playing and doing the side stuff after completing the main story. The game basically ignores you finishing it so that you can keep on playing.
Main story stuff is much easier than the side stuff anyways.
I figured, yeah, not least because that’s what most games do. Doesn’t matter, my brain insists. Thank you for trying to help :)
I was in a similar state and decided, you know what, I’ll just do it. So I went and finished, and oh well to the other stuff I missed. It wasn’t enough of an excuse to stop me from finishing such a wonderful game.
failing at some fights I’m not strong enough for, and then giving up in frustration. Haven’t picked it up in a bit because of that frustration.
Tell me you’re playing on story mode. If not you really should! I did the full game on story mode and absolutely no shame, still loved the game to pieces and it did not diminish my enjoyment in anyway.
Like I thought some of the gameplay stuff was just meh and I didn’t want it getting in the way of the real star of the show, the story.
I just finished that game 3 days ago, and I had exactly the same experience. 120 hours even though I could have gotten my fill in 40. I will say though, there’s a 100% optional area called Endless Tower, and you do NOT need to finish everything there. In the free “Thank You” update, they added extra paintings (emphasis on the pain) that have reworked versions of several major bosses. Those reworks are made to be extra hard for level 99 parties and include tons of meta-build-countering mechanics to be even worse. They aren’t worth your time. At all.
I don’t think I’ve had this dilemma.
Teach me your ways, master!
Yakuza franchise comes to mind. Also several longer RPGs, I really need to be in the right headspace for 100+ hour games. Most recently Lost Odyssey, but Pathfinder: Wrath of the Righteous is also in this box.
Tactics Ogre but mostly because I’m playing too many other turn-base strategy games to really do it justice.
Baldur’s Gate 3.
I also held off a really long time on it to wait until it was done done so that I didn’t have to go back every time new content or patches were released.
Mass Effect. I know I’m gonna finish that whole trilogy once I start.
And it’s totally worth it.
I should replay 3 sometime, with all the DLC, which I remember people saying added a lot to the characters. I only played shortly after release and the game felt like 1 step forward in combat and character progression and 2 steps back in storytelling
Factorio
I know my brain, and if I start I’ll never be able to stop.
You don’t stop … Factory must grow !!
Almost everything that comes out from 2K, Ubisoft, and EA. I know I won’t play enough to warrant spending that kind of money, because I know what I like and they don’t make shit I like.
None, I generally don’t finish games.
I have a few VN’s from Itch that I don’t wanna start because they’re probable gonna be too short for my taste, despite being free. So definitely games I won’t play enough of. Similar reason as to why there’s only a singular game on my steam account I regret purchasing, despite it having been a $1.99USD purchase: also a VN.
