yes because if you loose enought you get dominated and get essence by snu snu ( i'm not rly sure, or maybe it's only for the first essence to continue the main quest and story, if youre a real noob and can't deafet them.)
And actually because you can play it very easy or very hard, it's maybe a invation to understand that this game is not about fighting but get succubi essence, so go full horny, but once i'm totally not sure, and i stil play normal, focus on stun skill, then up magic or golden gun late game
btw do you play with something else than the different mace, and why and how? cause for me the stun then the frozen stun, or golden gun are the best from far