Post-game depression is now being studied as a measurable phenomenon, with researchers identifying how finishing a video game can leave players feeling empty, reflective, and emotionally drained.
Only ever had this with Mass Effect. I think just the fact that it was a series I had played for years and the ending (albeit controversial) was final and left no “postgame” to play around with. Felt like a void.
I only beat it after the Citadel DLC had already been released, which IMO was a much stronger send off to the series than the game itself was at launch, though that just made the real ending hurt more when I got around to it.
Mass Effect is the best/worst when it comes to this. It’s such a good game, and you join up and befriend your squad, you go through so many things to get to the ending, and then it’s over. You put down the headphones, you get up, and stand alone in your kitchen for 20 minutes, realizing that it is over.
Only ever had this with Mass Effect. I think just the fact that it was a series I had played for years and the ending (albeit controversial) was final and left no “postgame” to play around with. Felt like a void.
I only beat it after the Citadel DLC had already been released, which IMO was a much stronger send off to the series than the game itself was at launch, though that just made the real ending hurt more when I got around to it.
Mass Effect is the best/worst when it comes to this. It’s such a good game, and you join up and befriend your squad, you go through so many things to get to the ending, and then it’s over. You put down the headphones, you get up, and stand alone in your kitchen for 20 minutes, realizing that it is over.