I play games to finish them. Be that the story or 100% completion. If I’m not making progress, I’m not having fun. This is a known quantity. I’ve completed more games than I can count or remember. And I’ve always gotten tired of a game if there’s no end goal. I dont play endless multiplayer, I always get bored of it.
Except Team Fortress 2. I’ve played the shit out of TF2. I have almost 1200 hours in TF2. That’s more than my time in Skyrim, Metal Gear Solid V, Borderlands 2, Crash Trilogy, New Vegas, Persona 5, Mario Odyssey, all of which I completed.
Why is TF2 the one endless game I found the motivation for to invest long-term time in?
every match is chaotic no matter what the loadout so it always feels fresh and new
my new favourite character archetype of the 2010s is “character is raised by an abusive motherly figure with a spider theme whose constant pressures and neglect leads the character to constantly feel they need to prove themselves and in doing so always ends up causing so many more problems which end up destroying everything and they are rivals with their childhood friend whom they hurt and the childhood friend desperately wants the character to realize that she doesnt need to be a better person but there gets a point where it looks like character is beyond hope so rival begrudgingly tries to kill her even though they really dont want to”