The more people keep mistaking this thread for (or intentionally hijacking it into) a "let's bash the ending" thread, the more I'm wondering... How many of you are just deflecting? Blaming everything on the ending when you're actually one of us? Us, the bereaved, the mourners, who would grieve for Shepard even if BioWare had delivered the stellar ending they had promised.
Maybe no one. But who knows...
Nope. I have had plenty of franchises that I like finish. And yeah, it's kind of sad to think you won't get to visit them any more. But for me, the depression has all been about how it ended. About how awful it was, how nothing you did in any of the rest of the games mattered, how you were left with an idiotic kid and stupid options that make no sense. And then no resolution to any of the characters you care about.
Mostly though, I'm depressed over losing the only game company that I trusted to make good games that had everything I wanted in them.
I wonder why ending-bashers keep trying to hijack this thread... Aren't your thousands of topics enough?
This thread is meant to talk about loss, grieving and depression that we felt after losing Shepard.
If you've felt no such thing or if you're only interested in explaining how those feelings were the result of the crappy endings or BioWare's behavior, please go somewhere else. Anywhere else, really. Just about every other thread is meant for you to vent.
It is a tiny space I'm asking you to leave to us, mourners of Shepard, who want to commemorate him/her, discuss what we feel and felt and how we have or may overcome depression.
Rason wrote... Yes it's phenomenal isn't it? I love the "A future for the Krogan" piece. After reading your post I decided to indeed switch back to my regular music, and it's working. Let me guess, you did the same thing at first, playing it over and over? =P
Yes and no. No, I wasn't playing the soundtrack on any device. Yes, I kept playing the end music in my head. For days.
The wonder called Google, haha. I was just searching and came across the term "Post Mass Effect Depression" =P Eventually the word "depressed" landed me here =) I'm glad it did.
I'm glad that Google led you here, but also a little dismayed that a thread of such low popularity would show up on results of that query... There really aren't enough places for us, mourners, to share. In a way, it makes it even more important that I started this topic... but I wish it were but one among many more popular, to be honest.
And I think that's just the major problem a lot of players are having. I guess throwing stuff at BioWare is just a valve for a lot of people to release some steam.
I think a lot of them are stuck in either Denial (indoctrination theory), Anger (boycotts) or Bargaining (retake).
I have gotten over it, and replaced it for anger, and now im at the point I just dont care.
I'm done with Bioware, for how they treated us, their paying fans. I dont even have hope for the extended cut because I no longer care. Mass Effect has been tainted. Even if they give us a new ending (which they will not) it doesn't take away from the pain they have afflicted upon us.
I'm guessing OP is asking if anyone is sad that ME3 ended, and not how it end?
I'm sure a lot of people here don't like how "All good things must come to an end." But I'm sure that mindset went out the airlock for them (and me) because of something else...
I was a strange mix of sad and angry at the same time.
This is the end of my Shepard and to get little to no sense of what will become of my crew and friends was even more of an insult than Star-Brat's three illogical choices. It wasn't until I found the site in my sig that I was able to get closure with the horrible ending, so it's now my "head canon"
I realize that the bulk of posts for this topic is a year old. Is anyone still listening? I know its late, but I have just finished ME3, and now I can't get this game out of my head. I guess I have all the symptoms of post-ME-depression that others in this forum have described. I miss the ME world, I miss my team mates, hearing Liara's voice, and listening to that stupid soundtrack makes me cry.
So, most of you guys have been through this phase a while ago, and I'd be interested in hearing how it evolved. How long did it last? Have you played ME another time to fight your withdrawal symptoms? Have you found another game that helped you? Most importantly: have you told your significant other about your condition and did they understand (I am afraid mine doesn't)?
Any help is very much appreciated! Remember: I was lost without you!
Were you happy/content with how the story ended? I had a depressive "episode" because I felt it was absolutely terribad. I guess it's a different case if you didn't think so. Haven't been able to play any ME after finishing 3 in June last year, so I can't go back to it.
You say that you "just" finished it, so can't really say if it's just a passing, if powerful, reaction to finishing with this world you obviously invested a lot of emotion in. But should you really find yourself in any prolonged depression, remember that you shouldn't listen to stupid internet people who would trivialize the feeling because "it's only a video game" or "first world problems, LOL." Depression can be triggered by any number of things, not all of them meeting the criteria of people who have no personal understanding of the issue. If you truly find yourself having difficulties coping with something, don't let that kind of talk keep you from reaching out to help, including people trained in treating that kind of problem.
In any case, things usually get better with time. Or at least there will be new things to get into, along with new problems. There were for me. Although personally I'm still angry with BioWare, because of the way they ruined Mass Effect for me. But being angry with BioWare is luckily not my whole life.
I was never really depressed but I did FEEL depressed a month after finishing it. EC somewhat made it better and the Citadel felt like a compensation gift. I wish Bioware could get back and fix their ****, because it IS bad no matter how much you like it. I'm being objective, not just opinionated.
That said, I don't really care at this point. I know it ain't happening and there's no reason to discuss this ending anymore. Everything has already been said thrice or something.
I wasn't depressed, disappointed? sure but not depressed.
Clinical depression is a devastating mental illness that can destroy lives. Here's a tip from lifelong experience of clinical depression. If an entertainment product makes you symptomatic of this illness, seek some form of help from a qualified medical professional.
I wasn't depressed, disappointed? sure but not depressed.
Clinical depression is a devastating mental illness that can destroy lives. Here's a tip from lifelong experience of clinical depression. If an entertainment product makes you symptomatic of this illness, seek some form of help from a qualified medical professional.
I'm going to have to back up this statement. I've never been depressed, but I've seen first hand what it does to people. It's not the same as really, really, really sad.
Thanks Br3ad for the support.
I hope my tone wasn't offensive to those affected by the game, and I mean no insult to anyone. I speak from nearly 50 years of experience of this illness, seen family and friends devastated and lost friends to the darkness. Depression isn't feeling sad, at it's worst it makes life almost impossible
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