Do you play trainers just for corruption?

[pussyreaperxxx]

"Trainer" is one of the most popular genres on this site, almost all top parodies are trainers but one thing the genre is often attached to is step-by-step, well paced corruption which also makes sure every character gets a reasonable part in the story.

I feel like I wouldn't play so many trainers if it wasn't for how well they nail the corruption pacing, while there are many other formats, I think you can never go wrong with a trainer if you want corruption.

 

[DaFirst]

If its just pure corruption then no. I kinda liked that avatar one where it was more “romantic” with pervy corrupt business optional in Katara part of the game.

 

[pussyreaperxxx]

If its just pure corruption then no. I kinda liked that avatar one where it was more “romantic” with pervy corrupt business optional in Katara part of the game.

One of my favourite trainers and also love that there is a proper branched storyline for both love and mind control for each book.

 

[Zippity]

Not all trainer style VN/Games work in the same way... But there is a tendency for many to go the route of some form of corruption... Corruption comes in many forms to include (but not limited to) mind control, behavior modification, seduction, blackmail, magical/scifi based influence, and so on... Just because a VN/Game doesn't say directly that it's corruption, doesn't mean it's not just that... Corruption is a generalized term that encompasses many facets of modifying someone to deviate from one state of thoughts and behavior to one they normally would never directly try or want for themselves, otherwise... Just because it's not labeled as Corruption doesn't mean it isn't in fact Corruption... It is probably the number one most used theme in this industry...

Trainers are no exception... They are all about the corruption...

Over the years I've found that Trainers come in two types, fast ones and slow ones... Rarely are they somewhere in the middle... Either you have to spend a ton of time slowly training a character towards the intended goal, or the training takes a short amount of time to get intended results... Usually if the trainer is more story focused it's the slow method with the primary characters, whereas with the more porn focused trainers it will be faster... That doesn't mean a porn focused doesn't maybe include a couple slower trained characters, but since it is porn focused that usually indicates a tendency to get to the porn quickly without spending a huge amount of time grinding or reading story text... Therefore some if not all character training needs to happen a bit more rapidly to keep the people, just looking for jollies, happy... And, sometimes the same thing happens in story focused ones with a couple faster characters, just to keep the jollies people happy, while continuing to appeal more to the story happy folks with the primary slow trained characters...

I hope that all made sense, hehe...

Me, if it is a porn focused trainer I would prefer it be in the form of a parody of something or include lots of humor, in order to add a better sense of playful fun over just a bunch of meaningless bouts of sexual content... If it is story based, depending on how it's handled, I don't mind slower training as long as I'm enjoying the story, like the characters (personalities and visuals combined), and find the game play fun... But I'm not looking for trainers with the purpose of seeking corruption... I'm not usually looking for trainer in general... I just run into them now and then, and sometimes I enjoy them and sometimes they are bad...

Zip

 

[Asia Argento]

To be honest, no. I would be lying if I didnt like the roleplaying aspects of it however. Why I really like President Yukino is because she willfully heads down the road to ruin and doesnt really give a damn. There is logic or reason to it. She is also cluelessly stupid. Alot of the trainer protags are (Yukino, Chloe, Leanna, etc.) seemingly walk themselves willingly into horrible situations and dont care. I dont like rapey corruption personally. Just not my thing.

there is also Love live the Queen and the Princess Maker series that has ZERO porn but I like the PG-13 Corruption of having Elodie maliciously harass prisoners and/or have your adopted daughter in PM cavort with Demons (they convince her to drink too! spicy!). Or Magical Diary: Horse Hall where I spend all my time being friendly to everyone and trying to help them out.

It's just fun and I think the psychological elements in play here are as follows... We often dont have full control of our lives. We work, go to school, etc and we hate it. Alot, but a trainer fills a hole and is wish fulfillment maxxed out. In any of these games, I can do as I want and have zero consequences to my actions. Do I want to tell someone to fuck off? Help side characters with their issues? Kill my enemies? Go somewhere where I know my avatar is fixing to be mercilessly creampie gangbanged? Be a supremely benevolent person who tries to heal all? The choice is mine...

TL;DR: No, but trainers can be fun games that aid our psyches reach our deep desires we hide thanks to life being life. The corruption is mostly just a side item.