Do you play to lose?

[tanstaafl]

When you find a game along the lines of say "Melody" or "The Babysitter", where the ultimate goal is to win over one girl, do you play to lose on your first playthrough? I.E. Go through once, just seducing everyone you can first, despite how it turns out with the primary goal of the game? And then go back to play correctly?

Just something I was wondering.

 

[Faceless0ne]

From a male POV, fucking as many as possible and spreading your seed isn't "losing". It's what nature programmed men to do.

 

[tanstaafl]

From a male POV, fucking as many as possible and spreading your seed isn't "losing". It's what nature programmed men to do.

Well sure, there's the whole 'winning at life' aspect to this, but my question was aimed at more the point of the game, not personal idiosyncracies.

 

[sillyrobot]

I'll typically play a partial game "naturally" i.e. choosing what seems right for the character in the circumstance whilst exploring the mechanics / biases of the dev.

 

[woody554]

I 'test' the game with first few choices, and if it lets me shove a cock in mom's holes or something comparable I delete it. if I get punished in a logical way I start a new game and play 'right'.

oh, but I do go for a harem with all plausible choices too. meaning I do chase all (interesting) girls and hope it won't burn me later. but if the setup looks clear that it'll hurt my chances with the top prize I won't. I guess in this contex it's not really playing to lose but playing for risk.

 

[Mimir's Lab]

It depends. If I like the game then I will play to win. If I dislike it, I will lose just to watch the world burn, right before deleting it of course.

 

[freedom.call]

On my first playthrough (without walkthrou or other help) generally nothing happens. I'm too 'nice' and boring.

True story!

 

[Bolt237]

I'll do whatever I want for the first playthrough then go back and try other things for completion.

So to answer your question, I usually tend to play "properly" first then go wild on the second time around. But a game that gave you the choice wasn't designed with a single "proper" way to play in the first place.