Figuring out the 'Schadenfreude' achievement

[greenendorf]

Apologies in advance if this topic is a little disjointed. I was making a list to figure out which minigames I haven't done yet, so I'm posting it here for other people to contribute their findings. There are likely some errors, but it should hopefully come in useful.

Here's a list of the 18 mini games, but I'm not 100% sure it's accurate:

Personality-related
1: Dessert Trolley
2: Spider
3: Farting
4: Pachinko (split the bill)
5: Ex

Random
6: Flirting (rock, paper, scissors)
7: Blackout (recognize candidate by silhouette)
8: Apply Deodorant
9: Manager (remember candidate's name)
10: Tipping
11: Compliment the Chef
12: Chocolate Box
13: Selfie
14: Find the Waiter
15: Call Taxi
16: Photo (find candidate in the audience)
17: Changing (identify what's different when the candidate goes to change)
18: Memory (match icons)

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Failing these minigames can be pretty easy, but knowing how to fail them in the funniest way takes some experimentation and luck. The achievement seems to suggest that there are multiple ways to fail a minigame, and that certainly seems to be true for most of them.

So, here are my best guesses for each one, assuming the mini game list above is correct:

Dessert Trolley:
Ordering a dessert which goes against their personality type. For example, choosing an unhealthy dessert for an Active candidate.

Spider:
Allowing the spider to crawl on your candidate, if they are Methodical, and seeing them fall off their chair.

Farting:
Losing the higher-or-lower card game, and then admitting to farting if the candidate is an Introvert.

Pachinko:
Get the candidate to pay if they are the Traditional type, or get your client to pay if the candidate is Experimental.

Ex:
Lying about knowing the ex. Under certain conditions, the ex comes back to the table to return some of your client's belongings. I'm not sure what triggers this, but it could be the candidate's type (if they are Spicy and would actually be okay with the ex appearing, I'm guessing).

Flirting:
Get the worst result for all 3 rounds.

Blackout:
Pick someone other than your client's date.

Apply Deodorant:
Use a very, very tiny amount of deodorant.

Manager:
Choosing the wrong name.

Tipping:
Choosing the wrong amount. I think it helps to be as far away from the correct amount as possible, as the candidate is sometimes more forgiving if you're close.

Compliment the Chef:
Choosing the wrong word. I once tried choosing the wrong word on the very last part, to make it seem like a burn. Not sure if it makes a difference.

Chocolate Box:
Picking the candidate's least favourite chocolate all 3 times.

Selfie:
This one has many different face combinations, but do they all boil down to "x looks bad", "y looks bad", or "both look bad"? Maybe some of these are worth a try:
- Have them both pulling a silly face, or both sad or angry.
- Have one smiling, and the other looking sad, or looking away grimacing.

Find the Waiter:
Choose the wrong one.

Call Taxi:
Dial the wrong number 3 times.
The phone's battery decreases in this mini game, albeit very slowly. It never actually runs out, though - it decreases by about 10%, and then stops - so the minigame can't be failed that way.

Photo:
Let the time run out.

Changing:
Pick the wrong part of the candidate's appearance (i.e., something that hasn't changed).

Memory:
Use up all chances without making a match.


Again, not sure how accurate these are. Any contributions and corrections will be gratefully received.

[-V-]

I'm only missing 4 of the puzzles, I think they are... Photo, taxi, chocolate box, and selfie.

Thanks for this list, though!

[MsKittyPowers]

Hi everyone :-) i guess I should give you some pointers.

Most games can only be failed in one way, so they are, by default, the funniest ways.

Only when there are multiple ways to fail does it become an issue.

Really the main example of this is the ex game, where if you lie to the date you must spin the wheel of misfortune. if you fail the wheel, the date will still believe you BUT the Ex will ALWAYS come back to the table and embarass you to reveal your lie. This is the funniest way to fail that game.

Also bear in mind that each game will only ever appear in the second or the third section of the date, never both.

[greenendorf]

Okay, got the achievement just now. I was missing the deodorant mini game--I just sprayed for a split second, sent the client back out, and it popped up.

[Petite Fleur Sasha]

Thank you for the help! Can't get fails in Chocolate Box and Flirt, always perform either good or mediocre, never bad. Any tips?

[greenendorf]

Originally posted by Petite Fleur Sasha:

Thank you for the help! Can't get fails in Chocolate Box and Flirt, always perform either good or mediocre, never bad. Any tips?

With the Flirt minigame, the best way to do it is cheat on each round, so it's easier to pick the losing symbol each time.

If memory serves, you can keep cheating in the Chocolate Box minigame until it leaves you with 6 chocolates: 3 favourites, and 3 least favourites. This gives you better odds of finding the least favourites, but it still comes down to luck. When you pick a chocolate and see a red number, there will be that many bad chocolates in the adjacent spaces, which can come in handy.

[Petite Fleur Sasha]

Thank you so much for helpful advices! You really helped!

[Petite Fleur Sasha]

I also wanted to clear one thing out - it is probably obvious, but still - the Flirt minigame is way slower in easy restaurants, and if you cheat you can easily pick the needed wrong symbol, I tried in hard restaurants and it was hellish :)

[Best Fox Ever]

Thanks for the tips, now I finally have this achievement.

[Knight of Ratatosk]

Btw, if it can help anyone :

quitting the game while you're on a date will reset it.
Launch the game again and choose the same partner for a date => same mini games ! :D

I just did that to finally get the chocolate minigame fail (took me like 20 tries in total >_<)

[FlowerCatta]

Games I sometimes fail on my playthrough:
Farting (Requires to have luck)
Compliment the Chef (Medium or Hard modes)
Memory (If there's more clouds, It'll be harder to beat)
Tipping (I always suck at this mini game)

[sleepydumbdude]

Been stuck on the chocolate one for over a week. Driving me nuts.

[squidward male]

This is awesome, thank you so much!! You should totally upload it as a guide too so it's easier to find.