After much waffling on whether or not to play FFXV, my "gaming schedule" freed up enough and the game + all DLC became cheap enough for me to give it a chance. I don't think it's a good game, but it's not a bad game either. It has some interesting and engaging elements, but it's deeply flawed and there's already been a lot of good analysis of the game to that end. Still I ended up sinking a lot of time into it. For me it kind of occupies the same space as a Dynasty Warriors game - sort of mindless action that keeps me occupied in a way that gels with my mood right now because I'm not looking for something more involved.
I've sunk about 65 hours into the game, but now I have a dilemma and it made me realize something that I really don't like in games.
I'm a bit of a completionist when it comes to games. Not to the "get every single collectible and trophy" extent, but to the "do every sanely completable unique sidequest" extent. When it comes to open world games, I always do everything I can before the ending. I spend hours clearing out side content, then do the last story quest (usually way over-leveled), get credits, and then move on from the game. Even for games that allow you to keep playing after the end, I never go back to them like that, I'll start a new game if I want to revisit them. I like having the definitive breaking point to move on from a game that an ending gives.
FFXV however, has quite a lot of content that only becomes available after you complete the story and I've already made the mistake of completing some of it. There's no way I'm going to do all of it though. I've had my fill of the game's combat and the extra dungeons that open up seem mind-numbingly tedious. The problem is, I've already lost my clean mental exit point. I know it's silly, but if I stop playing he game now, it feels weird leaving the 4 dudes hanging there in the middle of world, with a quest log still full of entries. I could always replay the ending I guess, but I've come to realize that I really do not like post-game content because of this feeling that you've left the game hanging, so to speak. I want to be able to do everything before the credits, get credits, and feel like I'm done with the game. I don't like "live" games like Destiny for the same reason.
Is this just super weird on my part or do other people feel like this?
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