dotritch

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I have a serious question: If you don't like the game (mostly of the writing), why are you posting in this thread? Wouldn't i be more satisfying for you to concentrate on games you like and ignore the ones you can't stand? Why using nerves by reading and discussing our opinions (and our fantasies/suggestions about the past and future storyline) when there is a big lake of games here at this board.

Yes, we know about the inconsistency in the story and about several other things beyond, they had been often discussed here and also will be in future. But we all wait for the next Ep to be released (hopefully this year, at least this decade), so we brainfuck about several things but not that serious that we complain (except the long developing time).
Isn't this a discussion about BaDIK? Why wouldn't they post here if it's about the game?
 

allanl9020142

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Congratulations as the #204,221 comment you've earned a free pass to hurt DPC's business for 24hrs
Drpinkcake does not claim any responsibility for any bans, loss of patreon membership, loss of content or loss of f95zone badik forum membership incurred by this free pass to hurt dpc's 24 hour access. Although the free pass may suggest you can share images, previews and wallpapers with drpinkcakes membership, this in fact bullshit and it is in fact hurting drpinkcakes business. The hurting of drpinkcakes business does not constitute sharing builds of the game but in fact crappy $30 previews of bella and jill aka goblin face that reveal nothing about the next episode. Please refer to banned members such as sombosteel and casmyr for more information. I would also like to remind everyone that dalli x called drpinkcake a piece of shit! Don't be that guy... Now I'll stop before this gets flagged as off topic
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Is it possible to exchange the pass for a gift card instead? Preferably a Best Buy.
 
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exazubi

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no its really not for the huge budget pls be honest
does it have good music yes
does it have good looking girls yes sure
good graphic sure

but common realistic and good writting? or logical acting cheracters ? good representation of young adults especially males? hots act different than jill in any way ? there are so many logic holes i am sorry they main reason why its so high is prob the sex scenes and good renders and a lot of people have a bonding with sage or jill i am sorry but this is the truth( a lot of guys have this harem/andrew tate fantasys that guys can cheat 100 times but if a girl does it oh dear )
You mustn't forget that these are all still school children. So these aren't finished adults yet. Most of them are at the end of puberty. Well, when i was that age, i was a lot immature than most of the ingame characters. I don't know how it was/is with you people. But it was only in the course of my working life that i grew to the social maturity that i have today. And it is precisely these standards that you have to apply in this game.

There really are logical gaps, no question. However, the game is not finished yet. There can still be a lot of story that explains most of it. So no, the game isn't as badly written as many here claim
 

Ottoeight

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Aahhh. That's right. I forgot about that part. Thanks. I forgot Maya talks about Josy's family knowing that they're "friends" but not about the fact that they're in a relationship.
I wonder why Maya and Derek never mention their mom. This is a huge flaw in the story, in my opinion: MC NOT asking Maya "what about your mom? does she know? how did she react?" after she talks about her dad and her relationship with Josy, and Maya never talking about her mother. Unless she's dead, of course.
Maya tells MC that her second name is her grandmother's name, but she never hinted or mentioned her mother. I think this is a DrPinkCake's mistake.
 

Konek Besar

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On any path MC ruin Tybalt a little (or a lot :KEK: ) and this may ruin the Maya's chances with Burke (I mean free tuition of course:BootyTime:). That's the basic cause of panic (MC realized he may ruined Maya's chances already), all other are just pile up.
I just realized that actually, I kept forgetting that Tybalt’s their son and MC pranking and mocking him may already jeopardize Maya’s chance.
 
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ciberma7865

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I wonder why Maya and Derek never mention their mom. This is a huge flaw in the story, in my opinion: MC NOT asking Maya "what about your mom? does she know? how did she react?" after she talks about her dad and her relationship with Josy, and Maya never talking about her mother. Unless she's dead, of course.
Maya tells MC that her second name is her grandmother's name, but she never hinted or mentioned her mother. I think this is a DrPinkCake's mistake.
Maya mention her mom when she show MC hers photos, but we don't learn much about her
 
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Muscle Wizard

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I don't really see the purpose of nitpicking a porn story, and a lot of the points being made here aren't really that good, just throwing stuff at a wall to see what sticks. What exactly are you trying to prove here, that the story isn't perfect? It's not like you're going to find Shakespeare writing porn for patreon cash. Great writers aren't that easy to find nowadays, especially when entertainment is so saturated with trash writing.

So imagine being this smug about tearing down the writing of an amateur porn VN. Go write your own if you're so knowledgeable about writing, and let the people who like BaD enjoy it, even if the story isn't perfect. And if you have some actual constructive criticism them go bring it up with the writer, because what people are doing here just sounds like "stop liking what I don't like".

Also, what's with people expecting dumb inebriated teens to act like rational fully grown adults? Even most adults don't act in a perfectly rational matter. Having people do dumb stuff isn't "bad writing", it's just people being stupid, as they have been for thousands of years. I guess God is a terrible writer?
 

ename144

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So, Maya being proactive consist in waiting that the HOTs solve her problems, and waiting that MC helps her to pass the worst tasks to become a HOT... :unsure:
Maya can pass the HOT Scavenger Hunt with or without the MC's help, so she's clearly not waiting for him. And she's no more waiting for the HOTs to solve her problem then she'd be waiting for an employer to solve her problem if she got a job and paid off her loan in increments (as she should be doing).

Again, you are conflating Maya making bad decisions with Maya sitting on her ass and doing nothing.

Maya doesn't tell MC about her problems, but she involves him into her problems anyway since the infamous night she wakes up him to go to the maggots party and the cum-petition. She don't even need to tell him clearly about her problems, just need to play the cart of damsel in distress and emotional blackmail. And DPC doesn't even allow the player to say to her "it's your problem and I have my onw ones, let me alone, please" even after she didn't tell him that she was into a relationship, with another girl, no less... :rolleyes:
Umm, by that logic it was Quinn who involved the MC, not Maya.

Now it's true that the MC can't tell Maya to fuck off the instant he meets her, but that's part and parcel of writing a computer game; there have to be limits on what the player can do. (Though frankly even in a pen & paper game with a live GM, flagrantly ignoring plot hooks like that would still probably doom the campaign, or at least drive it into Darths & Droids style antics.) Either way, the MC doesn't actually *do* anything to help Maya join the HOTs unless you tell him to.

I will agree, however, that if the MC was rejected by Maya and Josy in Episode 4 it makes no sense for them to call him for help at the end of Episode 6 or join them to visit the Burkes at the end of Episode 8). DPC should have added alternative scenarios for people who want as little to do with the pair as possible. Criticizing the one-size-fits-all approach he took to maximize cliffhanger drama is definitely a fair knock on his writing.

Unlikable character (except, again, for the 3D model) for any player that is not a lesbian and feels somehow identified, or thinks (like apparently DPC does) that she's a poor victim of the "heteropatriarchy" (great theme for a fucking porn game :FacePalm:) and any negative trait must be forgiven to her. We are forced by DPC to pity and sympathize her. I don't pity Maya and don't sympathize her. I'm tired of that kind of stories in movies, TV series and even fucking porn games. Maya lives in 2019, not 1919. It's not such a great problem to be gay nowadays. There is no need in make that a secret in a modern university in USA. She's not a girl any more. If she has a terrible relationship with her father for any reason (I'm sure she's not the only one in B&R), she could get a job to pay her expenses, study something cheaper for now, and take responsibility about her own life. That way she wouldn't depend of her father (that of course has the right to choose his God over everything and can't be forced to like her own daughter and pay her expenses), or involve others in her problems. Everybody has problems, gay or not. It's artificial drama, as always with DPC.
Hey, you do you. But within the context of the game world, it is unquestionably a serious problem for Maya to be gay. If that annoys you, then by all means don't play the game. But it's DPC's call how his world works, and he laid this out clear and simple. It is not bad writing on DPC's part to tell a story that does not conform to your personal views. Nor is it bad writing for a shy, sheltered girl like Maya to not understand how to get a job and leverage the income to hire a lawyer and clear her debts (though it might be nice if her friends explained the possibility to her).

If you want to complain about something that IS bad writing, focus on the inane financial gobbledygook that supposedly enforces Patrick's ultimatum. That makes no sense no matter how you slice it. Personally, I'm willing to roll with it because I otherwise like Maya and her story arc (though that arc is feeling rather flat at the moment), but you obviously have no such inclination.
 
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Geralt From Rivia

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Unlikable character (except, again, for the 3D model) for any player that is not a lesbian and feels somehow identified, or thinks (like apparently DPC does) that she's a poor victim of the "heteropatriarchy" (great theme for a fucking porn game :FacePalm:) and any negative trait must be forgiven to her. We are forced by DPC to pity and sympathize her. I don't pity Maya and don't sympathize her. I'm tired of that kind of stories in movies, TV series and even fucking porn games. Maya lives in 2019, not 1919. It's not such a great problem to be gay nowadays. There is no need in make that a secret in a modern university in USA. She's not a girl any more. If she has a terrible relationship with her father for any reason (I'm sure she's not the only one in B&R), she could get a job to pay her expenses, study something cheaper for now, and take responsibility about her own life. That way she wouldn't depend of her father (that of course has the right to choose his God over everything and can't be forced to like her own daughter and pay her expenses), or involve others in her problems. Everybody has problems, gay or not. It's artificial drama, as always with DPC.
The game universe is not identical to ours and resembles the US of the George W. Bush era , although the calendar is about the present. There is no cancel culture - feminists don't get expelled from college for trolling and can be argued with, promoting conservative views without the risk of persecution. Free speech is okay. Chad and Troy, Maya and Josy hide their relationship because same-sex couples are still condemned in their world. No one is fighting the "frat boys culture" - frats live and thrive, unlike our US, where they are subject to restrictions.
BaDIK is our world with the culture of the early 00s.
 

Darkwen

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The game universe is not identical to ours and resembles the US of the George W. Bush era , although the calendar is about the present. There is no cancel culture - feminists don't get expelled from college for trolling and can be argued with, promoting conservative views without the risk of persecution. Free speech is okay. Chad and Troy, Maya and Josy hide their relationship because same-sex couples are still condemned in their world. No one is fighting the "frat boys culture" - frats live and thrive, unlike our US, where they are subject to restrictions.
BaDIK is our world with the culture of the early 00s.
So back when things where great or at least good :p
 

allanl9020142

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There's no shame in recognizing the flaws of a product you like and wanting it to be better.
I don't see the problem with criticisms. Though, I don't really care too much about how good or bad the writing is for BADIK. It's one of those games where it hits all the right notes for me. As long as there are no egregious grammar/spelling errors and the overall tones are communicated then I'm just fine.
Finding and acknowledging flaws in a product is fine too but I don't see the point in going on and on about it as if you dislike the game. If I find something in a game that I don't like that leads me to disliking the game to that extent then I just leave a bad review and drop it.
I mean even if DPC still lurks on this forum sometimes, it's not like he's going to respond well to someone leading with his writing being terrible.
 

lipe2410

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join them to visit the Burkes at the end of Episode 8
Just a little correction that is Sage who asks MC to go with them meet her parents. Even if players are in MJ path. And there is a choice to make MC said that he will go because Sage is ask him to go or because of Maya.
 
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