Maybe this is just trivial and a very normal thing to feel when playing any game really, but playing POC and losing a run hits me waaaaaaay harder than when I actually get to finishing one. There is very little euphoria in beating adventures for me, and what I get afterwards is less euphoria and more relief that I can finally shut the thing off because I hit my goal of getting a champ up some levels that day. When I do lose a run midway, there's the instant massive urge to simply close the game and be done with it for the day. Not out of rage or anything, but just because the time passed becomes apparent really fast and at that point I'd rather be doing other stuff instead of going another round.
I love the game don't get me wrong, and maybe I'm just being a total b word about it, but maybe I'll start playing again when more stuff gets added in and more stuff gets tweaked that makes it feel more rewarding and fun and less of it just feeling like, as most games are, a time sink.
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