Hey hey hey, way to blow up the bubble
Why is it a shitty world?
Shit parents, dead parents, crime, drugs, abuse, manipulation of power(faculty for example).
The list could go on. Where AL masked it's darker stuff by focusing on the most vanilla LI ever, it made the violent events more dramatic. In BaDIK, you're not really surprised by it.
Lets say, if we learn that Sage's dad fucks students for loans(remember the prep party where the girl came out crying "I can't do that", with him following right behind her?). Nope, we wouldn't be shocked.
OR when Vinny pulled a gun on MC, where we shocked? Nope. The game has established crime, corruption and abuse quite plainly.
OR the entire Bella deal that smells of dark vibes.
So, BaDIK is more honest about it being a gray world. But it's covered in college/frat stories and lots of fun and sex.
But make no mistakes, it's world has dark undertones.