discussion Was there a game you have played with multiple LI paths, but you stopped after the first because you felt like you were cheating on the first one?

[Chromius]

I couldn't do that to Yennefer. No way.

 

[Oink]

I always play such games with a mindset of "whatever path i pick is the canon path for me, and I have to live with the consequences" and I never go back to check other endings. It makes the decision-making much more intense IMO.

Intense!
I do that with sandbox games like the ones in the Fallout, Deus Ex, Grand Theft Auto and Red Dead series... but not with AVNs. It does make the experience better for me in those games, so maybe I should do it in AVNs... nice point.

I have played so many games I've forgotten the first time it happened to me. However it does occasionally happen that I start with a LI who draws me in so much that I can't bear to make that LI unhappy. Bizarrely that also happened in Bare Witness with Athena+Heidi - could bear to let either of them down (god those breakup scenes...) so ended up kindo forced into a throuple... Not that I minded in the least

Yes, same here. It has happened to me about twenty times or so, different games and LIs.
But eventually I come around and try other paths, I'm just too curious.

Off the top of my head:
Nikki in My Sister, My Roommate
Selina in Become a Rockstar
Liza in Sisterly Lust
Jamie in WVM

And some others I cannot remember...

 

[Noneless]

I usually stick with the routes I like and avoid the ones that arent interesting.

Also If the game didnt have a harem mechanic I try to stay loyal as I kinda feel bad for some reason
I guess hating cheaters irl influenced me lmao

 

[kikomascado]

For regular games, sure, but because it normally penalizes you from having multiple relationships and you would to play it all again to see the other scenes.
For porn games, especially Ren'Py, I just do all content that I can, because like I said in another thread, even characters that I don't like can have good scenes.

I usually stick with the routes I like and avoid the ones that arent interesting.

Also If the game didnt have a harem mechanic I try to stay loyal as I kinda feel bad for some reason
I guess hating cheaters irl influenced me lmao

If the game is Ren'Py don't have harem route, I just make it myself. Hahaha
Everytime there's bad things happening because of some choice, I open the script and change variables, so I get to experience all routes in a single playthrough.

 

[stangnomez]

No, but I've skipped some routes because they didn't offer enough to justify finding the branch and tabbing through, stopping at the couple frames difference.

 

[Looker]

I don't put myself in the shoes of the main character, I don't give a fuck as an omnipotent observant being

Same for me. Typically the MC is a douche in a lot of these games, so I pick a name of a real douche I've encountered in the past. So I don't care what the MC does as long as he gets to fuck all the girls. Likewise, I don't care about NTR; usually the MC deserves it.

 

[Soliare]

Every love interest in a porn game deserve to get fucked by the protagonist equally. Same thing in regular games but its going to be less sex and more romance focused instead.

 

[User_111887]

Not really, a game is a game.

 

[elfieeven]

Leap of Faith.. I have only completed the Cece path and I don't intend to ever do any other path. Considering the game is the devs way of dealing with his own loss I truly believe this is THE real ending.

 

[User_111574]

It's been like that. In Melody. And for the same reason, I minimized Love and Sex Second Base by quickly establishing romantic relationships with my roommates and marrying them (I couldn't choose one of them, I liked them both), completely ignoring possible storylines with other girls.

 

[Karamchad]

Dating my Daughter.
A fantastic and very long story that legit makes you fall in love with the girl.

 

[Loliholic]

No. But i hate the "pick one or die dry" genre in general, if i can only have one i pick my favorite and delete the game after playing. Never had one worthy a replay.

 

[freddix]

i always hope to get all the girls even the side characters

 

[Ryuji]

Yes, only with Jill from Being a DIK, because I fell really bad when she sees the MC with Isabella, so a got back and played all over again only with only her because of it.

 

[HandholdDegen]

It's only happened with a very few games. Usually because the game itself more or less makes it clear that I am supposed to be a 'player' or go for harem without issue so I don't get the reflex to just stick with one.
However, with any game where I can date my mom I always try to go monogamous first (if possible), but many of these games require you do get a third person involved to even get mom activated as an option (le sigh).

 

[SaitoKuzui]

Katawa shojo, my top 2 best VN.
That game wrecked my life, made me see things differently and appreciate a lot of things more, and I really loved all the characters, but I'm pretty Shure that if I played again, I'll take the exact same path
Best thing to came out of "that" web

 

[Zazas]

Since they are separate save files, they are separate timelines, thus it is not cheating. It's not cheating if you as a multiversal hive minded being are intimate with a different woman in each universe.

 

[res]

I haven't had this
it's nice that you feel this way (I hope I'll never have this)

 

[thratone]

I recently felt that way about the game Summer Heat

 

[s3gfaul7]

Altogether stopped? No. With that said, I do get something nagging in the back of my head when I switch paths in Intertwined after a recent playthrough. Luckily, the nagging passes quickly.