discussion Do you skip through dialogue to get to the sex in games?

[LUVGAMZ23]

TLDR = I skip, checking for the points below, and seeing if the sex scenes are good, average or just bad.

Online website if I can. Download here, then skip text if I can't. Obviously, sandboxes are a no-go unless completed and high rating. At full skip, this is my criteria.

5 minutes (at full speed) with no lewd (not necessarily sex) scenes at ALL= NOPE.
Tons of single choice delays and/or phone pop up that you HAVE to click to move the story because... can't answer that actually (HATE phones IRL, NOT playing one) = NOPE.
See rapid graphics-text of [Unavoidable Bitch Character critical to the plot] ex: angry face, MC face sorry, more shouting face, repeated multiple scenes = NOPE.
See tons of Choose Your Own Adventure nonsense choices (Go by Car, Bus or Metro) and THAT will affect something MANY releases later (assuming I stuck with it) = NOPE.
The latter isn't player agency. At least not for me. I see it as either mindless replay, or time to pull out pen and paper to make a choice diagram tree. Yeah that's fun.

Having studied stories for a bit in college, the story really doesn't matter because the rules have to be followed. Exceptions occur, but I don't live by them ex: lottery.
Specific Example: Heroic Journey. Does the hero answer the call? [Fake choice, which I HATE btw, which is why I prefer porn and god mode gaming]
A-Yes. Right away. Therefore the cost is the people left behind that should come back in the quest as physical or emotional opposition. (Why did you leave me? sniffle)
B-No. But then something happens to force the MC to go anyways. Popular Example = Star Wars. Luke says nope. Aunt and Uncle dead. Luke goes.
C-No and doesn't go. Well... then there's no story is there? Or they move on to Potential Hero 2 and many readers / viewers go "Well, that was a waste of 10-15 minutes."

So yeah, I wanna see porn with new faces and new coat of paint.
Once in a fucking rare while, there's a great story in a porn game, but even the ones I give 5 Stars for story... I knew how it would end in a general sense.
I'm not saying that's bad. I'm saying that's story.

BONUS POINTS: Please tell me that these aren't the requirements for MOST (common things are common) of the following Porn Genres:
Harem = MC better than most males. Women grudgingly to eagerly share the MC. Power fantasy where the MC MIGHT struggle, often doesn't, and wins in the end.
NTR = Loser or neglectful MC. Main LI drifts away out of sadness, frustration or malice. Meets bulls. Slow to rapid cheating and/or corruption. MC unable to exact revenge on LI.
Romance = Balanced struggle of MC with Slice of Life problems or faithfulness. Cheating and/or violence will have a cost. Reward for MC and LI staying true. Often a slow burn.
Incest = Often, no problems with the taboo. Emphasize relations during sex (Mom! Son!). Detractors are the EVIL uptight enemies to be fought. Generational Inbreeding is ok.

etc... NOTE = I DID say common. Exceptions obviously exist... and people like me don't like them. I want the product, not the story. And I prefer CG stills to live porn streams.

 

[Connoisseur739]

Depends on how good the story is. I might also skip a little in the beginning to get a feel of the story.

 

[Dnj]

i skip only if i repeating the game

 

[OoFeel]

Skip only if it's boring

 

[User_182845]

If I find myself doing this, the story is bad and I just ditch the game.

 

[r2d5]

Generally yes, but there are about 1 percent of games, when you sit to look at tidies, but then two hours later still reading cuz story is interesting.

 

[weymouthsoluti]

I'm curious to what others do when playing H-Games. Do you tend to mash space/left click to get through a lot of the dialogue, maybe stopping at some parts, or do you take the time to read everything? I tend to mash through the early parts of games at least, then maybe slow down after a while.

I'm pretty much the same way, i don't really like the dialogue/super heavy lore based games

 

[silverf1717]

depends on the game

sometimes I get bored with the story and just want to be done but don't want to miss the sex scenes. especially if I played long enough to have a backstory on the characters

 

[faplordship]

Straight to busnss

 

[Donus]

I'm curious to what others do when playing H-Games. Do you tend to mash space/left click to get through a lot of the dialogue, maybe stopping at some parts, or do you take the time to read everything? I tend to mash through the early parts of games at least, then maybe slow down after a while.

I am the master of skipping, to the point where I overskip the sex scenes

 

[shad12345]

I'll skip if the story is not interesting but stay for the hot scene of course

 

[Demiurge299]

I'm curious to what others do when playing H-Games. Do you tend to mash space/left click to get through a lot of the dialogue, maybe stopping at some parts, or do you take the time to read everything? I tend to mash through the early parts of games at least, then maybe slow down after a while.

I sometimes mash a bit once a sex scene has somewhat started but it feels like everyone is talking too much (save the conversations for when you aren't stripping each other or doing foreplay please), but I rarely if ever skip dialogue during regular gameplay.

 

[blacblacblac]

Rather just skip the game if we are skipping the text.

 

[Yummy10]

Almost never

 

[SilentHunter]

I never do that. The plot is primary for me, everything else is secondary. Although, for example, I never download games with pixel graphics.

If the plot doesn't interest me, I delete the game without any drama, regardless of whether it contains sexual content or not. An example of a VN that I deleted in this way is 23 Sisters.

 

[User_177866]

Honestly depends on my mood and the game. Some games the slow burn isn't bad if the story is good others the slow burn is just to much. But yes I do skip through tons of dialog to get to the sex scenes.

 

[Sid_Vicious]

I skip if its poorly translated or if the dialog between scenes is boring. Usually the AVN that try to be drama's lose my attention fast, might be a controversial take because i know a lot of them are popular but i have no idea why so many AVN try to write intricate drama plots. i'm trying to play a porn game or watch something with an interesting setting and erotic backstory, that goes beyond the porn script of "here is your pizza with extra sausage." I am not trying to read a Shakespearian work while i've got my meat in my hand.

 

[ACBandit]

I skip if the VN have characters that talk around and round and don't get to the point (of the convo, not necessarily to the lewd). Some Devs understand timing in making interesting Dialogue and some Devs understand story, but not dialogue, Let's face it, some Devs just understand how to make good Lewd moments

 

[AlexArmstrong]

i would never skip, the story is there to read it, but i am a fast reader so my eyes tend to jump lines of dialogue when i know the text is just filling and nothing important
but in replays?, yeah, skip

 

[HaroldAprciate]

For games I tend to read all/most dialogue but in Visual Novels I might skip it over it during sex scenes if it's not adding anything to them