VN Ren'Py Completed Acting Lessons [v1.0.2] [DrPinkCake]

[TrixRabbit]

like, whats the point of making it sad for no reason? it wouldve been one thing if it was a result of our choices, like the "bad" consequences you can get if you just bang everyone in DIK, but having a bad ending purely for a bad ending? what the fuck, dude, not cool to play us like that

I agree - it was a cheap stunt. It didn't make the game better, it didn't make the story better - it serves no real purpose except that people are still talking about it, but it has probably scared quite a few people away from the game while attracting no one. The reality is though that Dr. Pink Cake is not a very good writer so he has to disguise that with cheap, pointless emotional manipulation.

 

[kathy32]

I agree - it was a cheap stunt. It didn't make the game better, it didn't make the story better - it serves no real purpose except that people are still talking about it, but it has probably scared quite a few people away from the game while attracting no one. The reality is though that Dr. Pink Cake is not a very good writer so he has to disguise that with cheap, pointless emotional manipulation.

thats the thing. so far, i very much love the writing in DIK. if anything it was that game that made me want to play this game. its already good enough without any need for cheap gimmicks like this. i really hope they wont go that direction there as well

 

[TrixRabbit]

thats the thing. so far, i very much love the writing in DIK. if anything it was that game that made me want to play this game. its already good enough without any need for cheap gimmicks like this. i really hope they wont go that direction there as well

To each their own. I am not a fan of Being a DIK (writing or the story overall).

 

[kathy32]

To each their own. I am not a fan of Being a DIK (writing or the story overall).

oh, well, personal taste, i guess. out of curiosity, what about it do you not like?

 

[TrixRabbit]

oh, well, personal taste, i guess. out of curiosity, what about it do you not like?

BaDIK really lost me from go. I don't like the story, I don't like most of the characters, I don't like the writing, I don't like some of the things that are not optional (for example I would just turn around and go home before I'd join a fraternity). And overall I find it a sort of Baby Boomers wet dream of what university is like. I'm old but I know quite a few people in university and most of them either still live with their parents or are working 1.5 - 2 jobs so they can stay in university and in their spare time they like to sleep. So just sort of a total miss on all levels.

 

[packor]

well, that sounds terrible

 

[sageproduct]

like, whats the point of making it sad for no reason? it wouldve been one thing if it was a result of our choices, like the "bad" consequences you can get if you just bang everyone in DIK, but having a bad ending purely for a bad ending? what the fuck, dude, not cool to play us like that

Dude...the ending is a very happy one with a very good result. Time goes by, and everyone manages to be there for each other, survive, and recover. It's a VERY good and uplifting ending, especially considering the state of the player character at the start of the game.

Tragedy happens. Suffering happens. That's merely an inevitably reality of life. Everyone's going to die someday, guaranteed. What's not guaranteed is spending that time you do have with loved ones. The ending is a celebration with your lover and an honoring of the friend you both loved and had to say goodbye too soon to.

If all you got was doom and gloom, then you wasted your time playing this game and didn't learn a single thing.

 

[sageproduct]

BaDIK really lost me from go. I don't like the story, I don't like most of the characters, I don't like the writing, I don't like some of the things that are not optional (for example I would just turn around and go home before I'd join a fraternity). And overall I find it a sort of Baby Boomers wet dream of what university is like. I'm old but I know quite a few people in university and most of them either still live with their parents or are working 1.5 - 2 jobs so they can stay in university and in their spare time they like to sleep. So just sort of a total miss on all levels.

bro...this type of game is for soft snowflakes like you more than anyone, your little reality sounds so shit. Being a DIK is a very realistic portrayal of the American college experience. Only difference is the frequency with which things happen (everything in the game does happen irl, it just doesn't all happen in the same month), and a couple oddball things (like the CUMpetition)

If all you want is escape and gratification, Caribids (whose works I absolutely adore) is your guy way more. Of the major authors, Dr. Pink Cake is the most intentional of all of them of showing you something specific through life experiences. Every plot line, every thread is in his games are there for a reason.

 

[Zeke Brandon]

Truly one of the most captivating games and where choices do have an affect from the get go. A masterpiece!