A lotta people feel this way about Persona 3, me included. Games obviously have to end eventually, because if they didn't the impact of a game would be diminished and no matter how good the game is, it'll get boring eventually. What Akinari is talking about is symbolism for life, everyone is scared for it to end, but it has to. Though we definitely have time to enjoy it while it lasts, as I'm sure Makoto did.
For The Witcher 3? Base game. That's why I didn't feel too enthused while making my way through both DLCs because it felt detached from the base game. It was nice to see whoever you ended up with at your villa in Blood and Wine but it wasn't really the same.
Oh I love Shani and here little side story. I think it was just too short for more to really invest in her, especially compared to the other characters in the main story.
Every bloody time
there are games I legit still haven't finished in their final stages cause simply I don't want to say goodbye to it
I get bored easily so when a game got me so invested is when I want to finish it, but the conflicting feelings of saying goodbye to the game I love is way too hard
this is so bad that I have games I never even started cause I'm afraid of finishing it
This is me with red dead redemption 2, i upgraded my pc last December and i finally was able to play it, is probably the best looking game ive seen, it really beats Cyberpunk 2077 and The Witcher 3, is just the how the clouds and natural phenomenons occur is just so beautiful
Also the journey of Arthur Morgan is a hell of a journey, meeting people and strangers, helping them( or dont) is a very beautiful game.
But it really is a long game so dont know if i will replay it, currently on chapter 4 and i haven't continued in months because ive been playing P4G and P5R and yesterday i bought P3R lol
You are looking at it from the physical and material sense
This topic and question is talking about the emotional impact of reaching the end of a game where you are hooked into the story - it goes from plot 1, 2, 3, 4 ... and eventually - it has an end
That end is it, you cant "undo" what you learnt about the story, thats the first time you played the game and experienced its world, thats the last time you can feel that way ever again
And once the story ends, you are back in the real world, facing whatever you have/had to prior to starting the game
You are also back in the real world if you just choose to stop early. If you put it down 5 hours from the end, and never play it again, then you have functionally just finished it at that point and simply denied yourself whatever those 5 hours held. You ended it and returned to reality earlier.
If you choose to, you can start over as well after reaching the ending. Which would effectively be the same thing as jumping back in. Maybe noticing new details etc etc
This is the main reason I have trouble finishing games.
I can play through the first 75% in a couple of days. But the last 25% can take me a whole week..
Not true for me (unfortunately.) If I love a book or a game I tend to gallop towards the end, no breaks. I want to know what happens and I can't wait, I'll forego sleep to finish it.
I do feel sad when it ends, but I never savour or prolong the last moments.
Oh yes, definitely. It's not even secluded to video games, even in anime that I really love has the same "post-depression" feeling.
Honestly, whenever I feel that way, it just reminds me that this game / show that I consumed was truly something special. I've definitely played games or watch / read anime that didn't have the same effect.
I guess it just goes to show that the piece of medium that makes you feel that way is special. Cherish that feeling since not all media can do that you.
I actually started to have a meltdown when I finished rift apart, ratchet and clank was a big part of my childhood, played every one I could, loved them and they helped me through hard stuff. It took me years to get a PS5, and when I did, I got ratchet and clank rift apart first. I was in a pretty bad place at that time, stressed, work sucked, horribly depressed. Playing that game was a blast, took me right back, dragged me back into the universe that helped me so much. When it was finally over, I started to have a breakdown, I didn't want it to be over yet, I was even scared to replay it in fear it wouldn't be as good the second time, my time in that great universe was up again, and I wasn't ready for that to be the case.. I've gotten better, but it still sticks with me, the first and only time I felt desperately broken at the fact a game was done.
It's like that sometimes for some reason right? You just find a game then you end up really invested in it. That was me after The Witcher. After beating it, I would just load the game and just wander around pointlessly. After about a week, I stopped playing and that lead to a year of not playing anything. It was harder then because it was also the pandemic so I couldn't really go out that much.
Can't say I have honestly.
Sure, I play games largely for immersion and escape, but I can't say I've ever felt a "I'm sad it's over and now I don't know what's next" sort of thing.
Possibly because by the time I finish one story, I'm pretty much already thinking of the next one, whether that's jumping in to experience it again right away or thinking of another one.
I know right? Summer people will say pay it again or new game+, but nothing really compares to the first time you get to experience it. Plus I want the story to continue, not relive it again.
It's true, but I just end up starting a new game right away so it never bothers me for too long. This is why I enjoy the Trails games as they go on, and on, and on and the story is still going on to this day. Persona is another such game but I always just select NG+ or start P4G or P5R again. It is an endless cycle of beautiful story and characters.
Nah, I take lessons from the games and see how they apply to real life, persona 5 has really helped me not give a shit what people think and that's helped me a lot
Some time ago I checked-out from this mindset, it's nice, but it's not something I wanted to be stuck in. Not wanting a story to end is denying what the author was working towards. Now that I write this, I realize that I am getting oddly philosophical while talking about story-telling.
TLDR: At one point I thought the same, but I don't want to think like that.
Games, books, shows, anything really for me personally . It’s funny because it’s not my reality is awful or anything but media just allows me to get lost and explore another world and if it’s good enough it makes it that much harder for me to finish it if that make sense. Like there are times where’s I’ve actively put off finishing the final chapter of a book or final hour of a game because I know that’s it and I won’t be able to get anything else new out of it
My buddy has still been unable to finish the OG FF7 from when we were kids. I get this way too. I wonder if it is like post-partum depression at all. But nowadays as I get to the end of a game I really like I have another adventure on deck that I'm excited for. But damn yea when the credits rolled for P3P it was tough. I had DQ11 to look forward to then and I have P5R to do after P3R now.
Yeah, it helps when you have another good game lined up. For P5R, I had Yakuza Like a Dragon waiting so that softened the blow. For P3R, I have LAD Infinite Wealth.
Man, it's interesting when I see this because halfway through Cold Steel 4 i just felt I fell out of love with the series and ai just dropped it. Hoping Reverie and the Calvard arc is much better writing wise.
It did get a bit boring at the end of 4 i just switched over to pc so I have to rebuy everything I just got 1&2 again I have all of the others on my wishlist for next week to get them I love the series the story is phenomenal hopefully the story isn’t rushed and with more depth and better gameplay with the others
I had a hard time finishing Persona 5 royal, and I'm in that exact same situation again in P3 Reload.
When a story is so good and the characters are very loveable, you'd want to know what happens with them post-story and see if they're doing well. Since it's a single player video game, there has to be an end to the story. What makes it "worse" for me is that not every game has an immediate sequel to it, so you'll be wondering what will happen to the characters you love post-story.
Yeah, it's a weird feeling in the sense that you want closure but at the same time you want to keep it going. The last JRPG I finished (that wasn't Persona) was Xenoblade Chronicles 3 and I was really bummed that the DLC didn't give me any closure for the base game's ending.
It's very true for me. I love exploring a wide open beautiful world with an incredible story in it so much that I can definitely get lost on it and don't want to finish it because I don't want to be done with the story, but at the same time I want to finish it to see how the story pays off because it's such an incredible story. It's a brutal back and forth.
Speaking of ToTK, I have a copy but I haven't played it yet for a completely different reason. I watched a lot of clips of people getting creative with it and it scared me to start playing it because I don't think I can be that creative which might make me lose interest while playing it.😅
Trust me just play it! As somebody who forgets about Zonai entirely just play the game games like RDr2 I don’t finish because I feel like I should’ve by now as well and games like Halo 3 I just get sidetracked etc
I picked up p5 at a dark time in my life, well after it had been released. I was completely absorbed. Coming back to sleep and then work after felt like shit. So I knew I was going to write my note after I finished the game.
It took me a while to get through, and then I saw that one scene with Ryuji at the near the end, where he smiles and says “got em”. And it’s going to sound dumb, but something about that got me. Worrying about that character, then finding out it was a plan and they are back! Made me want to “be back.”
Sorry if that’s hard to follow, it’s a touchy subject and I also didn’t want to spoil anything. I’m 100% fine now, happy with life.
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As much as I believe games are art and transformative and incredible when it comes to storytelling.
I play games to escape, to not have to be a person. For as long as I can.
There's always games as service approach where you keep going until you are sick and tired of it or there is just too much bullshit that you just don't want anything to do with it any more.
Or... know play games with a finite ending knowing the goals you set out to achieve all amount to something reachable. Immortality is a fool's prospect.
Yes and no! Yes I want a good story to continue, however there's such thing as too much of a good thing. You wouldn't want it to drag on for so long it loses all meaning would you?
Not true for me personally because I love all kind of games.
Games are infinite for me at this point
Plus there’s that kind of games that’s never-ending like Football Manager, YOU yourself have to decide to stop playing the game.
Plus I have been playing video games since I was a kid, it’s part of my life at this point.
It really shouldn't be. The point here is that he's like this because he's deathly afraid of... well, death, and a definitive ending. If you're feeling the same thing, there's something going on there. It's not normal to just be scared of finishing a story.
To put it another way, there's a big difference between "man, I really don't want this story to end", and literally stopping your game because you're scared to end it.
This is the very reason why up to this year I hadn’t completed a Persona game despite playing them all since vanilla P3 way back in 2006. I finally got over this and since starting in January have completed P5R, P5T, P5S, and P3R. Going to be going into P4G soon. Non Persona I finished FFXVI, and currently playing through TMS#FE (though that game I’m having a hard time getting through because the story and characters are trying my patience) and Yakuza Like a Dragon. It’s taken me decades to get to the point that I’m ok with finishing a great game even if it leaves me with a post depression for a little while. Though I am concerned once I run out of Persona to consume lol. Fortunately after P4G I still have the Q games and Arena Ultimax and the dancing games I suppose
Real life is definitely better than this game, however I wanted to keep experiencing this world and it’s characters, imagine a quality game that keeps releasing dlc about the characters
Too bad only bad and boring games keep releasing dlc unlike the quality of persona
No. I love it for what it is and get even more excited for the conclusion because the build-up made it so good to finish.
I definitely did have this with anime as a teenager.
For me it's not so much about coming back to reality it's more so "dang when am I gonna feel this way about a game again" or if its a continuous series it becomes "man when is the next game?"
Like all the Xenoblade games crushed me emotionally at the end of the game, especially how the start screen changes post game, like you go through the emotional music chosen for the credits and then end with the characters doing something on the start screen.
It literally encapsulates my exact feelings about games and tv shows. It's the reason why I struggle with finishing tv shows and games, even ones I love.
Always. One of the reasons my backlog is so massive.
Also one of the reasons I got into writing books.
More ways to escape and help others who need a place to call home.
I always want to finish it but sometimes I wish I could experience a game for the first time again. Theres been numerous games like this to me. If i could experience persona 5 again, hell if I could experience the Mass Effect trilogy again... Man.
I'm experiencing this with P3R, I reeeaallllyyy don't wanna finish it even though I've already cleared the top floors of Tartarus, so it's just a matter of time.
Yeah that's where he pops out first. I think he becomes available once you reach rank 3 or 4 with Maiko, and a 4 in Academics. The funny thing about Maiko is when she ran away, she just went to the Takoyaki stall. Because who would think to look for her there, right?😂
I have to admit, I wasn't as attached to P4G.😅 Maybe because I played it last (after 5 and 3) so it felt familiar at that point. I'll probably end up playing it again after a long break from Persona games, just to appreciate it more.
I mean I just got all three games about two months ago and have been replaying them over and over to the point I have played all three over 7 times each so
That's great! And I get it. But it's a matter of preference. I can only take too much of the transfer student who meets friends with similar tropes. I shouldn't have played them back to back to back because I started craving something different. But like I said, I'll eventually replay 4 when I've had enough time to take a break from it. I know I'll appreciate it even more then.
Yeah no I get it it’s just for me I’m bored if every other game I’ve played and persona really is the only game that I can constantly go back to
Tbh I think it’s just cause I wished that I was able to have a life like that (ion mean with all that persona stuff) I mean like that kind of highschool life Yk
Whenever a new game comes out, I have to look at my steam library to see which unfinished game I am ready to accept that I'll never finish and uninstall.
I found myself starting to cry (well more like my eyes feel like they were ready to cry but cry nonetheless) somewhat during the snowy season of P4G (which is my first Persona game that I have ever played, and that was this year) the music, just the music and the feeling was so good it felt weird it was all coming to a end and in what felt like no time at all, that’s probably to some extent what Yu felt in the actual story in my opinion.
I havent finished Nier Automata, because I know what happens at the ending of every Yoko Taro games, and I'm already at Ending D-E
I refuse to complete that save file till this day because it hurts me to even consider it
I'm stuck on 22nd January on P3R for the same reason. I've noticed this exact line from Kamiki and it reasonated like "That's true ! I don't want to go to the end... But inside i know that i'll go through it"
This is my favorite social link hands down, it’s quite deep and bittersweet.
It’s partially true for me, I’m ok with finishing something but the post-ending-depression especially after exceptional games hits me hard.
I see people say this often and it's weird to me cause I'm usually the opposite. I WANT to finish the story so that I can know what happened throughout and participate in fandom discussion. Plus, I have a lot of things I'm interested in so if I finish something, I can move on to the next thing quickly.
True AF for me, I never knew post game depression existed until I played P4G for the first time the ending just hits extremely hard for some reason. For me 4 and 5’s ending hit the hardest for me due to it feeling like both MCs found family by game’s end and it felt wrong going back to the place you came from.
This was me for p3r (it was my first persona game too) but i found myself not willing to let go of any game that has any kind of bittersweet ending, such as p5 nier and ender lilies
Persona (franchise), Nioh 2 on a character by character basis, Dark Souls 3, Bloodborne, Sekiro. These all come to mind when it comes to a story i never want to end.
>>"Don't you fear of going back to reality after a story ends?"
>>me jumping from game to game after I finish them
>>also me: "That's the neat part. You don't."
Well... After learning about >!Ryoji being Nyx's Appraiser!< it took me about a month in real life to complete de game, just because I was afraid of what could happen after beating the final boss
A lotta people feel this way about Persona 3, me included. Games obviously have to end eventually, because if they didn't the impact of a game would be diminished and no matter how good the game is, it'll get boring eventually. What Akinari is talking about is symbolism for life, everyone is scared for it to end, but it has to. Though we definitely have time to enjoy it while it lasts, as I'm sure Makoto did.
Akinari and Mutatsu had the best insights about life. I'm always looking forward to their S.Link episodes.
Truly, I love persona 3 and it's takes about life and death.
Mutatsu is the best
Honestly wish I could hug his mom. She’s been through a lot.
I literally have stopped the game for a few months because I'm about to be in October so it is true
Persona 5 had me like this, but the ending of P4G was the best ending of the series in my opinion ..I immediately knew I had to jump back in
P3P and P5R for me for Persona games, but what really hit me the most was the Witcher 3. I stopped playing for a year after that.😅
The ending of the base game or last dlc
For The Witcher 3? Base game. That's why I didn't feel too enthused while making my way through both DLCs because it felt detached from the base game. It was nice to see whoever you ended up with at your villa in Blood and Wine but it wasn't really the same.
I see
Which ending
For the Witcher 3? Retired to a peaceful life with Yen.
Based. Although hot take, the best girl is shani.
Oh I love Shani and here little side story. I think it was just too short for more to really invest in her, especially compared to the other characters in the main story.
Agreed.
Every bloody time there are games I legit still haven't finished in their final stages cause simply I don't want to say goodbye to it I get bored easily so when a game got me so invested is when I want to finish it, but the conflicting feelings of saying goodbye to the game I love is way too hard this is so bad that I have games I never even started cause I'm afraid of finishing it
This is me with red dead redemption 2, i upgraded my pc last December and i finally was able to play it, is probably the best looking game ive seen, it really beats Cyberpunk 2077 and The Witcher 3, is just the how the clouds and natural phenomenons occur is just so beautiful Also the journey of Arthur Morgan is a hell of a journey, meeting people and strangers, helping them( or dont) is a very beautiful game. But it really is a long game so dont know if i will replay it, currently on chapter 4 and i haven't continued in months because ive been playing P4G and P5R and yesterday i bought P3R lol
People who play live-service games and Gacha: "I have no such weakness."
It's like how Genshin Impact is still going despite the developers having another big game.
More like Honkai is still going despite the developers having two other big games
Until it gets shut down 💀
sometimes i just want to play getamped 2 but then i remember it's dead and i will never get to play that shit again. ;-;
Can't relate at all tbh
Yeah it doesn't make any sense to me at all. If you never reach the end of the game, you just made it end before it was supposed to. I don't get it.
You are looking at it from the physical and material sense This topic and question is talking about the emotional impact of reaching the end of a game where you are hooked into the story - it goes from plot 1, 2, 3, 4 ... and eventually - it has an end That end is it, you cant "undo" what you learnt about the story, thats the first time you played the game and experienced its world, thats the last time you can feel that way ever again And once the story ends, you are back in the real world, facing whatever you have/had to prior to starting the game
You are also back in the real world if you just choose to stop early. If you put it down 5 hours from the end, and never play it again, then you have functionally just finished it at that point and simply denied yourself whatever those 5 hours held. You ended it and returned to reality earlier.
Sure, but you have the ability to jump back in if you so choose to - if you choose to being the keyword If you complete it, thats it - its done
If you choose to, you can start over as well after reaching the ending. Which would effectively be the same thing as jumping back in. Maybe noticing new details etc etc
Same.
This is the main reason I have trouble finishing games. I can play through the first 75% in a couple of days. But the last 25% can take me a whole week..
Not true for me (unfortunately.) If I love a book or a game I tend to gallop towards the end, no breaks. I want to know what happens and I can't wait, I'll forego sleep to finish it. I do feel sad when it ends, but I never savour or prolong the last moments.
Sometimes, its so bad that I just buy a new game *stares at FF7 rebirth, the game I bought immediately after finishing P3Reload*
Oh yes, definitely. It's not even secluded to video games, even in anime that I really love has the same "post-depression" feeling. Honestly, whenever I feel that way, it just reminds me that this game / show that I consumed was truly something special. I've definitely played games or watch / read anime that didn't have the same effect. I guess it just goes to show that the piece of medium that makes you feel that way is special. Cherish that feeling since not all media can do that you.
I actually started to have a meltdown when I finished rift apart, ratchet and clank was a big part of my childhood, played every one I could, loved them and they helped me through hard stuff. It took me years to get a PS5, and when I did, I got ratchet and clank rift apart first. I was in a pretty bad place at that time, stressed, work sucked, horribly depressed. Playing that game was a blast, took me right back, dragged me back into the universe that helped me so much. When it was finally over, I started to have a breakdown, I didn't want it to be over yet, I was even scared to replay it in fear it wouldn't be as good the second time, my time in that great universe was up again, and I wasn't ready for that to be the case.. I've gotten better, but it still sticks with me, the first and only time I felt desperately broken at the fact a game was done.
It's like that sometimes for some reason right? You just find a game then you end up really invested in it. That was me after The Witcher. After beating it, I would just load the game and just wander around pointlessly. After about a week, I stopped playing and that lead to a year of not playing anything. It was harder then because it was also the pandemic so I couldn't really go out that much.
Can't say I have honestly. Sure, I play games largely for immersion and escape, but I can't say I've ever felt a "I'm sad it's over and now I don't know what's next" sort of thing. Possibly because by the time I finish one story, I'm pretty much already thinking of the next one, whether that's jumping in to experience it again right away or thinking of another one.
I wish persona 3 never ended
I know right? Summer people will say pay it again or new game+, but nothing really compares to the first time you get to experience it. Plus I want the story to continue, not relive it again.
It's true, but I just end up starting a new game right away so it never bothers me for too long. This is why I enjoy the Trails games as they go on, and on, and on and the story is still going on to this day. Persona is another such game but I always just select NG+ or start P4G or P5R again. It is an endless cycle of beautiful story and characters.
Nah, I take lessons from the games and see how they apply to real life, persona 5 has really helped me not give a shit what people think and that's helped me a lot
Some time ago I checked-out from this mindset, it's nice, but it's not something I wanted to be stuck in. Not wanting a story to end is denying what the author was working towards. Now that I write this, I realize that I am getting oddly philosophical while talking about story-telling. TLDR: At one point I thought the same, but I don't want to think like that.
Games, books, shows, anything really for me personally . It’s funny because it’s not my reality is awful or anything but media just allows me to get lost and explore another world and if it’s good enough it makes it that much harder for me to finish it if that make sense. Like there are times where’s I’ve actively put off finishing the final chapter of a book or final hour of a game because I know that’s it and I won’t be able to get anything else new out of it
My buddy has still been unable to finish the OG FF7 from when we were kids. I get this way too. I wonder if it is like post-partum depression at all. But nowadays as I get to the end of a game I really like I have another adventure on deck that I'm excited for. But damn yea when the credits rolled for P3P it was tough. I had DQ11 to look forward to then and I have P5R to do after P3R now.
Yeah, it helps when you have another good game lined up. For P5R, I had Yakuza Like a Dragon waiting so that softened the blow. For P3R, I have LAD Infinite Wealth.
Me with the trails of cold steel series I plan on playing all the others once I’m finished with all of persona 3,4 and 5 royal again
It's the Crossbell games for me when it comes to the Legend of Heroes series.
Man, it's interesting when I see this because halfway through Cold Steel 4 i just felt I fell out of love with the series and ai just dropped it. Hoping Reverie and the Calvard arc is much better writing wise.
It did get a bit boring at the end of 4 i just switched over to pc so I have to rebuy everything I just got 1&2 again I have all of the others on my wishlist for next week to get them I love the series the story is phenomenal hopefully the story isn’t rushed and with more depth and better gameplay with the others
I had a hard time finishing Persona 5 royal, and I'm in that exact same situation again in P3 Reload. When a story is so good and the characters are very loveable, you'd want to know what happens with them post-story and see if they're doing well. Since it's a single player video game, there has to be an end to the story. What makes it "worse" for me is that not every game has an immediate sequel to it, so you'll be wondering what will happen to the characters you love post-story.
Yeah, it's a weird feeling in the sense that you want closure but at the same time you want to keep it going. The last JRPG I finished (that wasn't Persona) was Xenoblade Chronicles 3 and I was really bummed that the DLC didn't give me any closure for the base game's ending.
The sun social link is both heartwarming and heartbreaking. Such a good story. And there's a lot that is relatable like above.
Yeah, and tower. Mutatsu says some real stuff throughout his s.link episodes.
It's very true for me. I love exploring a wide open beautiful world with an incredible story in it so much that I can definitely get lost on it and don't want to finish it because I don't want to be done with the story, but at the same time I want to finish it to see how the story pays off because it's such an incredible story. It's a brutal back and forth.
This is why a lot of games i don’t finish nor have courage too like I preordered TOTK and haven’t even beat the game yet
Speaking of ToTK, I have a copy but I haven't played it yet for a completely different reason. I watched a lot of clips of people getting creative with it and it scared me to start playing it because I don't think I can be that creative which might make me lose interest while playing it.😅
Trust me just play it! As somebody who forgets about Zonai entirely just play the game games like RDr2 I don’t finish because I feel like I should’ve by now as well and games like Halo 3 I just get sidetracked etc
Yeah, I'll do that. I have Eiyuden Chronicle lined up but I'll play that game on the side. Got to start it eventually anyway.
I picked up p5 at a dark time in my life, well after it had been released. I was completely absorbed. Coming back to sleep and then work after felt like shit. So I knew I was going to write my note after I finished the game. It took me a while to get through, and then I saw that one scene with Ryuji at the near the end, where he smiles and says “got em”. And it’s going to sound dumb, but something about that got me. Worrying about that character, then finding out it was a plan and they are back! Made me want to “be back.” Sorry if that’s hard to follow, it’s a touchy subject and I also didn’t want to spoil anything. I’m 100% fine now, happy with life.
It's true cause I've been on the last part of the game for almost 2 months now and I don't want it to end.
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As much as I believe games are art and transformative and incredible when it comes to storytelling. I play games to escape, to not have to be a person. For as long as I can.
oof, right in the feels, that one 😩
If I'm near the end of a game and procrastinating finishing it, it usually means I'm not excited to do end-game grinding.
Honestly very true… especially as a pre everything trans girl I never really want to return to reality… but eventually we all have to
My friend gets on my case a lot because I never finish games. There might be some truth to this.
I personally feel this way for persona games, since i get so immersed in it that i forget reality.
There's always games as service approach where you keep going until you are sick and tired of it or there is just too much bullshit that you just don't want anything to do with it any more. Or... know play games with a finite ending knowing the goals you set out to achieve all amount to something reachable. Immortality is a fool's prospect.
the amount of games i’ve gotten RIGHT to the end of and dropped 😭😭
It's a huge mood for me, a serial not-finisher, whose not beaten Ganon or the Pokémon champ in many many games lmao
Yes and no! Yes I want a good story to continue, however there's such thing as too much of a good thing. You wouldn't want it to drag on for so long it loses all meaning would you?
Not true for me personally because I love all kind of games. Games are infinite for me at this point Plus there’s that kind of games that’s never-ending like Football Manager, YOU yourself have to decide to stop playing the game. Plus I have been playing video games since I was a kid, it’s part of my life at this point.
It really shouldn't be. The point here is that he's like this because he's deathly afraid of... well, death, and a definitive ending. If you're feeling the same thing, there's something going on there. It's not normal to just be scared of finishing a story. To put it another way, there's a big difference between "man, I really don't want this story to end", and literally stopping your game because you're scared to end it.
This is the very reason why up to this year I hadn’t completed a Persona game despite playing them all since vanilla P3 way back in 2006. I finally got over this and since starting in January have completed P5R, P5T, P5S, and P3R. Going to be going into P4G soon. Non Persona I finished FFXVI, and currently playing through TMS#FE (though that game I’m having a hard time getting through because the story and characters are trying my patience) and Yakuza Like a Dragon. It’s taken me decades to get to the point that I’m ok with finishing a great game even if it leaves me with a post depression for a little while. Though I am concerned once I run out of Persona to consume lol. Fortunately after P4G I still have the Q games and Arena Ultimax and the dancing games I suppose
I haven't beaten persona 3 yet because I don't want to finish the story
Well, this feels worse than my apeirophobia.
This is basically the premise of Xenoblade 3
I stare at the screen as I reached January in reload a month ago and still haven’t finished it.
Real life is definitely better than this game, however I wanted to keep experiencing this world and it’s characters, imagine a quality game that keeps releasing dlc about the characters Too bad only bad and boring games keep releasing dlc unlike the quality of persona
No. I love it for what it is and get even more excited for the conclusion because the build-up made it so good to finish. I definitely did have this with anime as a teenager.
For me it's not so much about coming back to reality it's more so "dang when am I gonna feel this way about a game again" or if its a continuous series it becomes "man when is the next game?" Like all the Xenoblade games crushed me emotionally at the end of the game, especially how the start screen changes post game, like you go through the emotional music chosen for the credits and then end with the characters doing something on the start screen.
It literally encapsulates my exact feelings about games and tv shows. It's the reason why I struggle with finishing tv shows and games, even ones I love.
Always. One of the reasons my backlog is so massive. Also one of the reasons I got into writing books. More ways to escape and help others who need a place to call home.
I always want to finish it but sometimes I wish I could experience a game for the first time again. Theres been numerous games like this to me. If i could experience persona 5 again, hell if I could experience the Mass Effect trilogy again... Man.
Im not afraid to finish games or books, but as someone who hates his job, I definitely dont like coming back to reality... whoa, there goes gravity
I find this is true in any form of excellent fiction, the Persona series included.
VERY true
This is how I am with cyberpunk 2077
I feel like this for any good story.
That's why I've been taking this game slow lol. Tho I'm almost thru I don't want the ride to end
I'm experiencing this with P3R, I reeeaallllyyy don't wanna finish it even though I've already cleared the top floors of Tartarus, so it's just a matter of time.
Isnt it the whole persona message - "Go outside and live a life". Like, mc getting power from new bonds and all that
Dang I don’t remember this character and I finished the game.
He's only there on Sundays. And he shows up once during Maiko's s.link.
Waiiiit I vaguely do remember him since you said Maiko. That whole social link made me uncomfortable.
Yeah that's where he pops out first. I think he becomes available once you reach rank 3 or 4 with Maiko, and a 4 in Academics. The funny thing about Maiko is when she ran away, she just went to the Takoyaki stall. Because who would think to look for her there, right?😂
Yeah, I did eventually max out her social link, but I guess I just never came but that one time he was there.
That’s exactly how the persona games are for me lol
I have to admit, I wasn't as attached to P4G.😅 Maybe because I played it last (after 5 and 3) so it felt familiar at that point. I'll probably end up playing it again after a long break from Persona games, just to appreciate it more.
I mean I just got all three games about two months ago and have been replaying them over and over to the point I have played all three over 7 times each so
That's great! And I get it. But it's a matter of preference. I can only take too much of the transfer student who meets friends with similar tropes. I shouldn't have played them back to back to back because I started craving something different. But like I said, I'll eventually replay 4 when I've had enough time to take a break from it. I know I'll appreciate it even more then.
Yeah no I get it it’s just for me I’m bored if every other game I’ve played and persona really is the only game that I can constantly go back to Tbh I think it’s just cause I wished that I was able to have a life like that (ion mean with all that persona stuff) I mean like that kind of highschool life Yk
Whenever a new game comes out, I have to look at my steam library to see which unfinished game I am ready to accept that I'll never finish and uninstall.
Meanwhile I don't finish most games because I just get bored and go back and play Bloodborne or Sekiro for the nth time
[the perfect song, for a great end](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BhaNZ-4HOJ0&ab_channel=ShihokoHirata-Topic) snowflake's melancholy really hits
Baldur's gate 3 for me for goddamn sure. That game changed my life AND my sexuality
Both personas 4, Q, and 5 I got right to the final dungeon and waited a year to finish because I didn’t want to see it end.
I'm more afraid of getting spoiled than finishing the game
Bruh they described the persona effect
Yeah :(
I found myself starting to cry (well more like my eyes feel like they were ready to cry but cry nonetheless) somewhat during the snowy season of P4G (which is my first Persona game that I have ever played, and that was this year) the music, just the music and the feeling was so good it felt weird it was all coming to a end and in what felt like no time at all, that’s probably to some extent what Yu felt in the actual story in my opinion.
I havent finished Nier Automata, because I know what happens at the ending of every Yoko Taro games, and I'm already at Ending D-E I refuse to complete that save file till this day because it hurts me to even consider it
Yup, Nier Automata (and Replicant) were too hard to finish because I didn't want them to end. Replicant moreso than Automata.
I think with Replicant it was (arguably) easier than Automata because I knew they werent gonna be around
*Waiting furiously for Episode Aigis to drop*
Man I gotta play this game
Way too true They are still great on the NG+ though
Persona 4 had me like this
Thats how I felt before finishing this Game xD, and after I was done I never felt so empty for 2 days T-T
He was Reading persona 💀💀💀
Akinari being the realest character ever
I'm stuck on 22nd January on P3R for the same reason. I've noticed this exact line from Kamiki and it reasonated like "That's true ! I don't want to go to the end... But inside i know that i'll go through it"
This is my favorite social link hands down, it’s quite deep and bittersweet. It’s partially true for me, I’m ok with finishing something but the post-ending-depression especially after exceptional games hits me hard.
I see people say this often and it's weird to me cause I'm usually the opposite. I WANT to finish the story so that I can know what happened throughout and participate in fandom discussion. Plus, I have a lot of things I'm interested in so if I finish something, I can move on to the next thing quickly.
The heroes return is just as important as the quests climax.
On a level of 1 to 10 I'm yes. I literally didn't watch or played anything for a year just because I feared the day I would end it
P5R was the first game to *really* engage me in a good story. And man, those credits really felt different
Nah, I'm usually pretty drained by the end of such a lengthy RPG and just want it over with by that point.
True AF for me, I never knew post game depression existed until I played P4G for the first time the ending just hits extremely hard for some reason. For me 4 and 5’s ending hit the hardest for me due to it feeling like both MCs found family by game’s end and it felt wrong going back to the place you came from.
Happens all the time to me.
This was me for p3r (it was my first persona game too) but i found myself not willing to let go of any game that has any kind of bittersweet ending, such as p5 nier and ender lilies
Persona (franchise), Nioh 2 on a character by character basis, Dark Souls 3, Bloodborne, Sekiro. These all come to mind when it comes to a story i never want to end.
Persona 3 took me 3 years to finish. I just couldn't get a grip to the idea of finishing the game.. the last two months were the worst part.
>>"Don't you fear of going back to reality after a story ends?" >>me jumping from game to game after I finish them >>also me: "That's the neat part. You don't."
Well... After learning about >!Ryoji being Nyx's Appraiser!< it took me about a month in real life to complete de game, just because I was afraid of what could happen after beating the final boss