and I don't mean like AAA studios trying to wring money out of players by extending playtime in live service games, I mean like... indie devs? who gives a shit???

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and I don't mean like AAA studios trying to wring money out of players by extending playtime in live service games, I mean like... indie devs? who gives a shit???
I guess there's some "so all my hard work was for nothing?!", and a struggle to understand there are people who aren't like them, who are perfectly fine with not reaching the end.
imo it should still not be a surprise in the least. You hear players talk about their backlogs of games all the time.
i rarely finish games that are my actual favorites. mostly i obsessively replay the first half of them over and over. the games i actually finish tend to be 7/10 slop like the tomb raider reboot, Warhammer 40,000 Space Marine, Halo, Call of Duty or Gears of War. my theory is that Fantastic games stimulate me enough that i need to get up and think about them, while Good games don't arouse me enough to dislodge me from playing them.