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Depression / Sadness after completing a videogame?

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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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  • 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

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  • 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

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