post-great-game "funk" (Jargin No.20)

this thing got deltarune chapter 3 + 4 spoilers boy dont look if you dont want awful spoils boy

i completed deltarune chapters 3 + 4 about 3 days ago and i'll state right now that it was better than i could've ever imagined them being bru.... like i still have my small complaints (chapter 3, while fun, didn't serve towards progressing the story much, and chapter 4 has a couple of pacing issues i feel), but they're barely anything. they were both incredible, chapter 4 destroyed me and is by far my favorite of the current four

when i was approaching the halfway mark of chapter 4, i began to stop wanting to play the game because i knew i would be upset when it eventually ended and having to wait another 3.5 years would've ended me. the thought of having to wait until i graduate college to be able to play another chapter of deltarune made me so upset but thankfully the next chapter is planned to release some time in 2026, which i'm entirely accepting of

But anyway the main point of the blog: after i completed deltarune, i got into this post-great-game "funk" that i get into when i complete especially really good games that i feel have changed me in some small way, or were just really emotional. this also happens with when i listen 2 really good albums

Usually the day after I've completed the game, i become unnecessarily depressed for the next few days and i do nothing. I can only think of three games that have effected me like this, those being Omori, Night in the Woods, and then Deltarune Chapters 3+4. I really don't know why it happens. it's not like i miss the game so much that i stop doing everything (not saying that i don't miss the game), but it's something else maybe

If I had to guess, at least for Deltarune, i might've gotten so involved with the characters and the story that when the game ended it felt like it was all ripped from me, and i wasn't able to be involved in any of it anymore. got too #immersed ig (i guess)

I call it a "funk" because it's what my mom calls it when you stay inside too long during a school break or because it's winter and you have to stay inside, but i've kind of associated it with a temporary bout of depression and upsetedness... if you couldn't tell i'm out of it now because i had the motivation to write any of this, but lemmie tell you it was kicking my whole butt whole the past few days. yesterday sucked and i did nothing and last night i was completely losing my mind, drawing random crap with no direction or planning which is something i only do when i'm either really realyl bored or if I'm having the worst time of my life and i need to express it

up until this evening i was just sleeping all day and doomscrolling and eventually i got to the point where i watched whole jerma videos on my phone and that kinda broke me out of it and here i am now, but also last night after my bout of drawing and crying only a tiny bit and listening to CSH (which probably did it) i calmed down and drew some deltarune and felt better. none of it is very good because i was slumped on my bed while doing all of it and just doodling but i drew susie the most because she is my favorite lets go lesbians

i want to quickly express the only complain i had with chapter 4 and that was that some of the moments have very oddly swift pacing, or feel over-dramatized. a good example of this is when susie finds the glass contained with the dust and the hammer in it which is supposed to be the old man, and she full on falls back going "NO, IT CAN'T BE!!!!" it feels like a bit much

alongside this is when something happens and the game obviously can't visualize it or can't make Kris speak so one of the characters just re-states what you just did. example is the same little bit in the church where (and i didn't do this because it is a cruel option i just saw it on youtube) if you make Kris say "I'll never play [the piano] again," Kris bites their hand and Susie is like "why did you you do that? You were about to say something, then you... bit your hand..." yes Susie thank you Kris did not know that they just bit their hand

black knife was the best new song by the way i stand by it but also like all of chapter 3 and 4's music is still banger dont forget it ALSO UNDERRATED TRACK Castle Funk is peak

bye i'm going to listen to music and lay on my bed now i'm done with the blog i speak more next week about something maybe hehehaha