Depression / Sadness after completing a videogame?

My special interest is video games and I love them because I can imagine me in the world and get really super attached to the main character like I was him! I always listen to the music related to the videogame I am currently interested in when I am not playing it like when I'm walking to work etc, it helsps me imagine me in that world again. Over the past few weeks, I've been relating my imaginary life to Infamous Second Son on the Playstatin 4, now that I've completed the story on both good and evil playthroughs, there's nothing else I can do in the game and I feel my imagainary bond has been detached again, this I think makes me depressed or sad that I have no world to relate to again until a new game comes out or another game that I feel like I'll bond with the character again! Just wondered if anyone else understands this type of feeling or had this type of feeling before? I mean.... I just wish a videogame would last forever, it's really difficult to feel like I've saved the world, done everything possible then it's... over.... it just feels like I have to wave a massive goodbye to the main character remembering every single moment and adventure we had together.

It is really annoying, when I'm playing the game... I really want to see the ending and what happens then when it's over, I just wish that it lasted longer!

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  • 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.

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  • 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.

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