History Main / HotCoffeeMinigame

** ''[=RapeLay=]'' is one of the earlier-mentioned hentai games, and according to Wikipedia it has... controls.
** Most Illusion games (such as ''[=RapeLay=]'') have these as such a defining feature that it couldn't be called the 'mini-game' but the whole game. The exceptions are becoming fewer and fewer with each release, but the latest, ''Yuusha'', returns the combat action to as large a part of the game as the earlier ''Battle Raper'' games.
** If they didn't have this, wouldn't they just be normal games ([[AndZoidberg or dating sims]]) but with pornographic cutscenes?
* There are actually games made solely for this purpose, and by Americans to boot. Historically they don't sell well, likely due in part to the [[TheInternetIsForPorn proliferation of free, or at least pirated, pornography around the Internet]].

** ''God of War 3'' seems to have missed the point of a SexyDiscretionShot. When the minigame starts, the camera pans... to Aphrodite's two half-naked handmaidens fondling each other while watching the action and eventually starting a private [[IfYouKnowWhatIMean minigame themselves]] offscreen.

* Plenty of that in ''7 Sins'', where sex is definitely ''not'' optional. During the scenes (where both parties leave their undergarments on), the player has to finish one or several {{Mini Game}}s with the sex as the backdrop. Successful [[IfYouKnowWhatIMean completion]] of the minigame results in the character's increased affection for you, while a failure is not seen favorably. The sounds made by the player's partner during the minigame reflect how close he is to completion.

* Amiga-era game ''DefenderOfRome'' had an example, if you managed to negotiate a peaceful alliance with Egypt. Cut to a night encounter with Cleopatra, where you have to negotiate a different kind of alliance, IfYouKnowWhatIMean...

A lot of video games involve characters. Sometimes those characters get it on. Of course, since this is a ''video game'', it's only a couple more steps of logic to present those, err, [[IsThatWhatTheyreCallingItNow activities]] as part of gameplay. The result is this trope: a HotCoffeeMinigame.

* Parodied in ''AchievementUnlocked 2'', where the elephant protagonist runs and leaps around a giant coffee mug.

** Also, appreciate the {{Irony}}: after all the various illegal activities one can do and as much VideoGameCrueltyPotential exists in the series, [[SelectiveEnforcement a perfectly legal and consentual heterosexual encounter]] is what raised the most controversy.

* ''FinalFantasyX2:'' comes damn near this trope; there's a minigame about halfway through where Yuna disguises herself as an enemy goon, goes to her arch-rival's mansion, and winds up unwittingly drafted into a massage minigame. Said rival tends to let out an orgasmic "AH! THERE!" when you hit a sweet spot;" there's also some snarky innuendo before and after from her two chief goons.

* The TropeNamer is ''GrandTheftAutoSanAndreas'', a game which, ironically, did not actually let you control the player's sexual activities. This function was programmed in, but later its code was [[DummiedOut isolated from gameplay so that there was no way to reach it]]; hackers discovered it later. It allowed the PlayerCharacter to, after a date with a love interest, be invited up to her place for "hot coffee", at which point the player was given control over the specifics and mechanics of what happened next. Obviously, once it was discovered, there was a huge furor from MoralGuardians, and also from JackThompson; Rockstar Games [[NoSuchThingAsBadPublicity benefited from the press]] but lost a lot of money from the lawsuits, as well as from having to pull the game from shelves to be fixed and re-released.

*** There's gonna be a lot of that tag on this page, isn't there...
**** Tch...cowards.

** There are actually games made solely for this purpose, and by Americans to boot. Historically they don't sell well, likely due in part to the [[TheInternetIsForPorn proliferation of free, or at least pirated, pornography around the Internet]].

** There are actually games made solely for this purpose, and by Americans to boot. Historically they don't sell well, because of the American perception that sex should be free of charge (augmented by the [[TheInternetIsForPorn proliferation of free, or at least pirated, pornography around the Internet]]).

A lot of video games involve characters. Sometimes those characters, err, get together, IfYouKnowWhatIMean. Of course, since this is a ''video game'', it's only a couple more steps of logic to make those, err, [[IsThatWhatTheyreCallingItNow activities]] a part of the actual gameplay. The result is this trope: a HotCoffeeMinigame.

Please note that this trope does not concern the depiction of sex in a video game. It concerns the depiction of ''[[DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment interactive]]'' [[DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment sex]] in a video game—if the player doesn't have some control over what happens, it doesn't count. This means games like ''TheSims'' are right out, since you can tell your characters to "[[UnusualEuphemism Woohoo]]," but the act itself is a CutScene with no interactivity. Of course, {{Rule 34}} being what it is, there are {{Game Mod}}s which make Woohoo interactive. Those ''do'' fall under this trope.

** UpToEleven in the latest game, where Kratos visits a brothel in Sparta and manage to entertain '''EIGHT''' women at once.... [[CompletelyMissingThePoint it must have been a really large bed!]].

* The TropeNamer is ''GrandTheftAutoSanAndreas'', a game which, ironically, did not actually let you control the player's sexual activities. This function was programmed in, but later its code was [[DummiedOut isolated from gameplay so that there was no way to reach it]]; hackers discovered it later. It allowed the PlayerCharacter to, after a date with a love interest, be invited up to her place for "hot coffee", at which point the player was given control over the specifics and mechanics of what happened next. Obviously, once it was discovered, there was a huge furor from MoralGuardians, and also from JackThompson; Rockstar Games [[NoSuchThingAsBadPublicity benefited from the press]] but lost a lot of money from the lawsuits, as well as from having to pull the game from shelves to be fixed and re-released.
** With GTA IV, the reactions of the MoralGuardians are HillariousInHindsight. While you still do not see anything when you go up to a girlfriend's apartment, the prostitution cutscenes have gotten upgraded to a full OptionalSexualEncounter - including a choice of services, and realistic animations to go with them. While the characters remain clothed, it essentially boils down to Hot Coffee - minus the interactivity. While that itself means that it isn't part of this trope, it's still pretty interesting that the MoralGuardians haven't said 'boo' about it. Apparently sex is okay in video games, as long as you can't ''interact'' with it.
** ''MassEffect'' gets an honorable mention here. As with ''San Andreas'', it does not exhibit this trope, as its OptionalSexualEncounter was completely non-interactive (not to mention completely optional). But it was ''accused'' of having such a minigame ([[DidNotDoTheResearch incorrectly]]) at the height of the Hot Coffee scandal, and likewise reaped the rewards of free press.
* ''SaintsRow 2'' has a button-matching minigame when the PC has sex with random people in secluded locations.
** And you didn't even get to see anything. Waste of a perfectly good VirtualPaperDoll.
* The original version of ''{{Fahrenheit}}'' has several sex scenes, the first of them being optional and interactive, which were both DummiedOut when the game was released in the United States under the title ''Indigo Prophecy''. The developers claimed that the removal didn't affect the plot, [[UnfortunateImplications thereby implying]] they were entirely gratuitous.
* HeavyRain also features an interactive sex scene.
* ''StarControl II'' has this within the storyline, though it's not especially smutty (the screen goes black and the DialogueTree goes suggestive).

** God of War 3 seems to have missed the point of a SexyDiscretionShot. When the minigame starts, the camera pans... to Aphrodite's two half-naked handmaidens fondling each other while watching the action and eventually starting a private [[IfYouKnowWhatIMean minigame themselves]] offscreen.

* There's a few dating sim games on Newgrounds that have this, usually in the form of 'alternate pressing up and down' or just plain ButtonMashing.
* As mentioned, ''TheSims'' does not support this out of the box, but people have changed that with {{Game Mod}}s.

* Plenty of that in ''7 Sins'', where sex is definitely ''not'' optional. During the scenes (where both parties leave their undergarments on), the player has to finish one or several {{Mini Game}}s with the sex as the backdrop. Successful [[IfYouKnowWhatIMean completion]] of the minigame results in the character's increased affection for you, while a failure is not seen favorably. The sounds made by the player's partner during the minigame reflect how close he is to completion.
* ''Custer's Revenge''; the first rape simulation game? Or HGame?

* At least two different mods add such minigames to Oblivion. One is actually pretty decent, if you can find the translation patch and get past the NintendoHard -ness of it.
** There also exists a rather well-done and popular mod of that kind for its predecessor, Morrowind.
*** So, wait - by "NintendoHard" you mean what, exactly?
**** Why, that it's extremely hard to please a woman, of course.
* Borderline example with AssassinsCreed II. One of Ezio's conquests early in the game involves ActionCommands to kiss the girl and take her clothes off.
* Parodied in Achievement Unlocked 2, where the elephant protagonist runs and leaps around a giant coffee mug.

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** God of War 3 seems to have missed the point of a SexyDiscretionShot. When the minigame starts, the camera pans... to Aphrodite's two half-naked handmaidens fondling each other while watching the action.

* Many porn games have this, especially {{Hentai}}, OrSoIHeard.
** ''[=RapeLay=]'' is one of the earlier-mentioned hentai games, and according to Wikipedia it has... controls. OrSoIHeard.

* The TropeNamer is ''GrandTheftAutoSanAndreas'', a game which, ironically, did not actually let you control the player's sexual activities. This function was programmed in, but later its code was [[DummiedOut isolated from gameplay so that there was no way to reach it]]; hackers discovered it later. It allowed the PlayerCharacter to, after a date with a love interest, be invited up to her place for "hot coffee", at which point the player was given control over the specifics and mechanics of what happened next. Obviously, once it was discovered, there was a huge furor from MoralGuardians, and also from JackThompson; Rockstar Games [[NoSuchThingAsBadPublicity benefited from the press]] but lost a lot of money from the lawsuits, as well as from having to pull the game from shelves to be fixed and re-released later.
** With GTA IV, the reactions of the MoralGuardians are HillariousInHindsight. While you still do not see anything when you go up to a girlfriend's apartment, the prostitution cutscenes have gotten upgraded to a full OptionalSexualEncounter - including a choice of services, and realistic animations to go with them. While the characters remain clothed, it essentially boils down to Hot Coffee - minus the interactivity. While that itself means that it isn't part of this trope, it's still pretty interesting that the MoralGuardians haven't said 'boo' about it. Apparently sex is okay in video games, as long as you can't interact with it.