Why can't I finish an RPG?
I play an absurd number of RPGs. It's probably my favorite genre. But I can't help but notice that, despite the amount I have played, I have finished very few. A total of 4, in fact. The World Ends With You, The Last Story, Fire Emblem Awakening and Pokemon X. That's it. Now what have I played, but not completed?
The first 6 Final Fantasy games
The first three Dragon Quest games and DQ9
Every Single Pokemon game
Every Single Fire Emblem game
All three Mother games
Super Mario RPG
the first three Mario and Luigi games
Chrono Trigger
Kingdom Hearts, KH Chain of Memories, KH 358/2 Days, and KH Dream Drop Distance
A few Super Robot Wars games
and probably a bit more that I am forgetting.
...Why can't I finish ANY of these games? I don't get it. I love them to death, play them obsessively, then just... stop. I don't get it.
The ones I finished... well, Awakening and Pokemon X were huge drops in difficulty compared to their predecessors, so that's one factor. TWEWY was simply incredible, I couldn't put it down. The Last Story was a bit eh, but I think the actiony-ness of it kept me engaged (combat was in real time) and the customisability of the armor made me obsessed with collecting new equipment. ...but these are not things unique to these games. Kingdom Hearts has real time combat, but I could never finish those. Most Pokemon games are easy, never finish those. Most RPGs in general have engaging narratives, but I never finish them.
...I don't know why I decided to rant about this out of nowhere but it's suddenly bothering me.
- STUDZ
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