For some reason as soon as I get to the “end” of the game, I completely lose motivation to play. This happened with DOOM: Eternal, Sekiro, Bloodborne, Paper Mario TTYD, Cassette Beasts, Shovel Knight, Oblivion, Baldur’s Gate, God of War, Mass Effect… Pretty much every game I’ve ever played. It’s like the fun part was the journey, and I’ve seen everything the game has to offer, and I just don’t really enjoy the ending process. Feels like a formality at that point.
I distinctly remember playing Twilight Princess, I was hanging around in Castle Town, having done literally everything. There was that weird unfinished fishing journal thing I had neglected, but I had done every sidequest, found every heart piece, I think I’d even beaten RollGoal. and I was like “I guess I’ll go beat the game then.”
There’s a weird dead feeling video games take on in that state.
Yes exactly, I had that same feeling in that game. I talked to every NPC 3 times just to make sure I didn’t miss any dialogue, and just sat there on the bridge, and then stopped playing lol
The game stops feeling immersive, and starts feeling like a game again for some reason. All the creative choices are interaction have been exhausted, and you’re just funneled into the final boss. Generally the boss only has one way to finish it and the same cutscene at the ending. It doesn’t feel like “play” anymore to me.