Anyone else get bored once they reach the final boss?

Kinda. Played Breath of the Wild for hours and hours. Had a whole stack of endgame gear.

But when it came to actually beating Ganon... I dunno. I fell off. Put the game down and didn't return to it.

My kid lost interest in continuing Spider-Man 2 at some point. When they resumed a few months later they literally just had to walk forward a bit to see the end of the game. So I guess they lost interest right after the final boss.

This is me for sure. I'll give that final boss all I got, but once it's eaten up too much of my time, and is no longer fun, I check the game off my list and find another.

Most recently was Zelda 2. My save file is me slightly under leveled in the room before the boss, and he just wasn't worth it.

Relatable, although I still occasionally come back to BotW the journey was the big part. While for other games like Sekiro in which perfection makes it more thrilling, the repetition sort of makes sense.

I dont quite have what OP is saying because I do usually fight the endgame bosses but I do have what you're describing where I never mop up or do postgame content. I will sometimes come back to the game a good while later and replay it in ng+ though

I definitely have this feeling but if the game was good I finish it anyway. It’s my way of honoring the creative work that I was fortunate enough to enjoy, I finish it to honor the game’s creators.

I don't usually like bosses, just the normal gameplay

I've fallen into this trap many times. Whenever a game's final chapter looks to be close, I start doing a lot of side content. Then I get bored of the game altogether and end up never finishing it.

Yes... absolutely yes. Sooo many games left unfinished at the very end, and I'm never going back because now I don't remember how to play. They were fun, I just never ended it because "reasons" that even I don't understand. On the flip side, it makes actually finishing a game seem magical

That battle was super disappointing, so I wouldn't feel bad about missing it.

You don't want it to end.

This just reminded me I need to still finish Cult of the Lamb.

I stopped at the final boss.

It depends on the game and the difficulty spike. I know what I'm getting into with a FromSoftware game, and they're usually reasonable progressions (outside of some the DLC bosses). I know they're tough, but they should be manageable with some adjustments and patience.

Then there's games like TTYD that shot up the difficulty at the end without much warning. If a game just throws a curve ball like that without much of a means to build you up for that fight, I think that's a failure on the game's design.

I don't get bored but I am loathe to complete games. It helps with games that have several endings. So like I have done one or two endings of cyberpunk and with elden ring because of new game plus I finished it off knowing I can run around and eventually if I want to go to new games plus. I completed harry potter but have not went to graduation and can roam around.

Same, never finished BOTW. Finished a ton of shrines, explored everywhere and did all four divine beasts, then motivation completely crashed lol.