Depression / Sadness after completing a videogame?

Hey

I enjoy video games too. It can be sad when a game's over. I just replay the games I enjoy. So you could always try that, I suppose?

You could also try playing a game that doesn't end, like a MOBA or an MMO or something like that. That all depends on how decent your PC is though, because those genres are generally exclusive to PC. I'm not sure if you'd be into games like that though, as you said you like relating to the main character. I guess you would need something more story intensive. Just a suggestion though!

I am a passionate gamer myself, i have played a lot of game series and then they end, bit of advice if you want the experience to last a bit longer why not attempt the platinum trophy that way your spending more time on the game, and by the time you have achieved this there might be a new sensation that grabs your eye, sometimes theres dlc to extend the game, but it can be pricey, however some dlc adds extra story to the game, hope this helps 

i get that alot with games and books and comics. you could write fanfiction or draw fanart! or even look at other peoples fanwork because theres usually loads online if you search enough and if the fanbase is big enough c:

ahh beyond 2 souls is amazing, i completed it twice... its a lot like farenhiet (i think the same dev team???)

Sorry to reawaken an old post:

I USED to feel this way... for example, when i used to play world of warcraft 24/7 (i now only play it a few times a week because of my other more important responsabilities) i used to *grind out the levels*, keep *grinding* for that *epic* item/armor etc, and got all my professions to max level, i had over 700k in gold. and then Before Mists of Pandaria came out (after i defeated Deathwing for whats must have been the 50th time) i was like *OH is this ALL there is now???, what's the point... i feel so depressed now...* etc... So i went back to my xbox 360 for a while, got caught up in the hasle of life etc.

Now what i find helps (it might also help you/otheres who are feeling the same), is changing one game fore another (even if you have played it before)

Example... After i got fed up and depressed with W.O.W i found a game (a freind mentioned it) called EVE ONLINE... i played it for a few months/year, then started playing Dungeons and Dragons online (Stormreach) then after that lost its *Shine* i went back to W.O.W (when miosts of pandaria came out) got to level 90 on my mage,. warlock and rouge and then went back to eve online, then i downloaded a steam account, and baught a few games, then i downloaded my GOG account and baught THOSE games ( can you see a pattern forming???)

the point is, once you feel dpressed because of the anti climax of completing a game, or when you get bored of the current one, then pick up that old game again, the one that used to be fun, and you completed 10000 times before... It WILL be fun again, because you had a break from it, you can also play it a different way (take the left road instead of the right road) or (buy the boat from the merchant instead of the ladder, and see if it will get you to a different area)

Of course all of the above can be extended to REAL LIFE as well..

I hope this helps any one if they still read this

On the odd occasion I have completed a game (I don't game much) it has been a massive anti-climax. You want to keep playing 'cos you were enjoying it but there seems no point becasue it's finished. I suppose if I was a 'real' gamer I'd go back through on the harder skill setting or something. One of the reasons I don't game that much as an adult is I used to get obsessed with completing a game and it'd get in the way of normal life. And I'm not very good at video games so it would take up a ridiculous amount of time.

I still have to combat a similar emotion to this even as an over 50 researcher adult.

Mine is linked to people and places, and my first true recall of this goes back to around 6 years old when a relative i was fond of had stayed, but was going home.

I now understand that this went on through later life, and even though it is common that people regret a time with friends etc is over, mine was/is this asperger highly enhanced version. It affected the way i related to situations in many other ways, and could now if i let it.

I also experience this with holidays or even simple day trips, where as a feeling it is too intense a style of emotion in the circumstances. Also depressing feeling you are describing and the emptiness feeling - it can actually impact quite a lot.

I still get the effect and have to 'out think it'  - and while now as a aspergers researcher it is interesting, i do wish that by having an awareness it was equal to not having that impairment effect at all.

But it still happens, and didn't get any opportunity to discuss it in an aspergers context, but it is worth seeking some cognitive support to help with such feelings.

It is certainly would have done had so much been available as there is today, and i may still do so - some things we cannot do without support from elsewhere no matter what we learn about by ourselves, or even by knowing quite a lot about aspergers after trials errors research so on.

I feel that this effect is one of the many that help define aspergers as it is unseen and not clinically detectable. It is because of these matters and others that children today can depend greatly on such descriptions for when parents are making sense of it all and seeking a statement.

I've had this problem when I've been obsessed with particular Tv series which has ended or been cancelled and it leaves a huge void. I also put myself into those worlds. it can be from tv series or books depending on what I've become into at the time, but I do live in those other worlds for a bit and identify with the characters. I end up getting anxious and depressed when they've gone. Thankfully the feeling goes away with a bit of time, basically when it gets replaced with something else.

I kind of felt that way after I completed Bioshock:Infinite. But there's always new games (although admittedly, probably no more Bioshock games). 

I feel something similar when finishing a TD game or a good book. You put so much into something and then it just stops.

There is no doubt that the game developers aim to give that effect just like decent film makers or writers because thats what sells thier next game. film or book.

Especially during winter I need to plan a few projects to keep my brain interested else I quickly slide into a depressed state.