VN - Ren'Py - Being a DIK [v0.10.1] [DrPinkCake]

Best VN out there! Characterization is second to none! Excellently creative minigames! Realism in all the right places truly keeps the story believable and grounded. A huge step up from the dev's previous game, which was also quite good. Scenes and renders are super high quality.

Can't think of a better AVN out there right now. Girls, story, writing, even the music, great. Mini-games are a nice feature too. Been a while since I played but I think? you can skip them if you don't want to play them to advance the story. Either way. The best out there right now, this is the bar to get to, this is the standard to beat!

This game is the GOAT of all the AVN:s and it is not even close. The writing is top notch and the characters is very believable. Don't really know what to say that not already been said about this game. Just play it and enjoy it for what it is, a masterpiece!

Felt more invested in this than any recent marvel/dc movie . I legit don't care about the porn anymore and just want to know how the story will unfold despite the fact that the sex scene are top notch . i don't even consider it a porn game at this point , just wanna play the game for the plot and the empathy it makes you feel about the characters struggles and story . so in a way i guess its a bad porn game . ( But who need to rub one out when its so good ) .

congrats Dr PinkCake for making someone who loves harem stuffs like me to be willing to drop other girls for one girl only. (it's bella). AND I HOPE Dr PinkCake WONT DO ANYTHING TO HER PLEASE. anyway, my point is, it takes a great storyline and 'options' to make someone who loves harem like me to drop other girls. in other games, i won't think twice when choosing the options, i'll just go with an option that allow me to have all the girls. but Dr PinkCake truly make me re-think every choices i made, and honestly i don't even care if i somehow skipped lewd scenes with other girls. again, it takes a very great storyline to make one do this. such an excellent game.

Overall score 5/5

Story(3/3)
- MC is very well written and enjoyable
- An actual good story that makes you emotional
- Doesn't feel rushed or impossible to understand

Game play(3/3)
- Not tedious and is enjoyable
- moving around the free roam sections gives enough control to feel like you're actually playing and not just getting walked through someone's life
- The management system that gets unlocked feels natural and is very well made

Art(3/3)
- The models are amazing
- Scenes are very well made and don't feel lifeless
- Scenes are distributed well and don't feel too spread apart

Simply the best Ren'Py game out there. Superior in every single aspect. Stunning visual and models, fine script, ok-ish gameplay. What else do you need? There is nothing realy more to say. Easily the top 3, if not top 1.

Yes this game is THAT good. Play it already my guy. Renders are top notch, pace is nice, and characters are nicely written and likeable and very beautiful!! Sage is my favorite character, i also really like Riona and Quinn and Zoey. can't wait to see where DPC takes us next but so far I have not been able to find another VN that delivers at this level. can't wait and Goodluck to dev!! (Also guys support if you like the game cuz then we can keep enjoying such beautiful pieces of art) ❤❤❤

I like the style of the story, the story really feels alive, also the artist's art is different from the others, there's a battle system too that makes it even more exciting, in my opinion that's what makes this game feel different from the others.. hopefully there will be more games like this

10/10 everything that you want from this kind of games, a lot of woman, a lot of paths, 5 principal girls and everyone around them. Its just perfect, just wanting to see more, here since season 1 and here since this will end

Haha this game reminds me with the good old days of me at high school, even brought tears to my eyes (don't ask me about my college experience, it was fine but nothing special about it).

Overall, this game is such a gem. Multiple choices that really matter are what make this AVN feels special than any other AVNs.

Jesus Christ, maybe I maxed out my chick meter irl, but this game gave me some serious feels. When choosing between girls to pursue, if you decide not to follow through with Bella, fuck man...
Also poor Troy...
Other than that:
The mini-games were quite enjoyable as they added some variety to the game flow, especially the class games, as they actually posed a bit of a challenge.
One thing one might add is that a lot of the emotional bits rely on music to really pack a punch and some might see this as cheap (This game did remind me of a more sexual Life is Strange).
But I still found myself coming back to this, even if you just care for the sex stuff, there are some great scenes/renders.

Fantastic game, played Season 1 and 2 several times over the years, bit hard to get back into now with the continuations but a must play when it's all wrapped up. Great artwork and story, some gameplay can be a bit grindy but worth it. 9.5/10

The main reason I am doing this review is to be the 1,337 th reviewer.

Apart from that, the chars can be a bit cliche here and there... but it's still one of the most fun in the genre for sure!

There are some characters that are just really well rendered and written that you actually get immersed. For me, that was Envy

[v0.9.1] Very good game. If you want play it from the beginning, you have to download +25GB and 2 game folders (Seasons 1-2 and Season 3), which is not good. But all of this is worth? My summary:

- Good story. Not too complex story, you are a 18yo guy who starts university, with a high focus on fraternities/sorority american culture and obviously, a lot of sex/parties.

- H-scenes are great. Very well directed scenes.

- Very good animations.

- The pace of the scenes are good. Moments for story, time for scenes, I liked.

- Character design very good. There are a lot of variety of girls's physical design, like young/MILF, redhead/blonde/brunette, asian/caucasian etc. They have different personalities too, some of them I like so much.

- Great sound. In the whole playthrough you a vast variety of background music, mostly rock but too other types. Some sound effects but no moans or voices.

- Technically perfect. 0 bugs, stable fps.

* The game include minigames, which are totally skipeable, but they are nice and you can earn money ingame to buy sexual services for example or lewd images. If you play with no minigames, the game balance itself giving more money.

* This is the type of game which you need to do several playthrough to unlock all H-scenes, which is pretty bad in my opinion. That, the minigames and the collables legthen the game too much (only for this I cant give it 5 stars).

english is by far my worst language.

i've been thinking... how tf can I give a review to something that alienates me so much?

This is the only game that I come back to see scenes with the LI's (Quinn and "others", obviously).

The dialogue and the images talk with one another, and it gives a sense of "finished dialogue" and uniquess to every conversation.

You have choices during the conversations and you can - somewhat - shape how the conversations gonna go, it really gives a impression that you are talking with someone. Not only that, but the other characters constantly reminds the choices that were made in other moments, givin you the sense that you are in the control of the MC.

It really amazes me the fact that every character are they own person. I feel like we can guess which character is talking just by reading the dialogues.
The LI's are just as interesting as any other one random street dude, because they all are fuckin- great.
Also, the characters feels finished; DPC can just throw two characters at any scene and they just going to start talk automatically.

Another thing that amazes me about this game is the fact that we build our name, we don't start right from the bat as the 'highest fucking thing in the room'.
For many scenes you going to be at the back seat and wait until you have the oportunity to make the right choice (if you choose the right one), givin some tension even at the anwsers that you give.

One thing that is really desappointing about the game is the "chick route", the game punishes the player SO HARD for being simply a nice person(!?). Like... I love the Dik route, it's the one that fits me the best, but sometimes I simply don't want to be rude, not because I'm building the "mr. nice guy" but because would be simply DUMB and irrational to be rude at that specific moment.
Every time I tried the 'Chick' route, I would ended feeling humilieted and miserable(?) maybe it is just me.
I don't get it... it's like the chick route doesn't make any fucking sense. How can you get so punished just for being NORMAL?
I feel like DPC is trying to teach us a lesson here... if you play by the rules, you end with 2 girls and a college loan, instead of 99999 'others' and a drug deal job.

with all that said: at the end this is just a college drama game that allows the player to live an interesting campus life, full of adventures and seggs.

I'm trully excited to see what DPC is going to do next.

This is the G.O.A.T. of this genre no questions asked. I only wish that I discovered this game a little further on so I wouldn't have to wait for future updates. The hype is real! Looking forward for what Dr PinkCake will give to us.

I just don't get it. Every review is giving this a 5/5 when everything except the visuals/music is bang average.

• Poor writing: The writing is mediocre and the dialogues are often cringe-worthy. A lot of the conversations feel unnatural and forced.
• Lack of character development: The characters are one-dimensional and lack depth. They feel like caricatures of typical college stereotypes. This would be fine, if these characters weren't meant to be taken seriously
• Repetitive gameplay: The Sandbox game's structure is repetitive, and it often feels like you are doing the same thing over and over again. Seriously tedious. The free roams & branching paths kill the dynamism & content totally, I couldn't bear to do keep replaying 3-4 times just to see the different LI paths.

After a long while I've decided to give this game a shot, and I totally fell in love with it.
While at its core the story is nothing special, it is made really engaging by the different cast of characters, there was not a single moment I've skipped.
It was always a pleasure to know what would happen next, and consequently a torture having to force myself to quit when my play time was over.

I do not care as much about renders, but as the previews show, they're obviously high quality.
Sex scenes always contain multiple angles, animations and even poses.
There is a perfect balance between story, and sex scenes.
You can also unlock extra renders by hunting for them in the sandbox mode, or by finding the password on each chapter... I do not really care for those, but if you enjoy and find pictures sexy, then you will love this.
There are also 2D ones later in the story.

Minigames are really well done, with my favourites being brawling and tennis.
The music for brawling tops it though, but there are many other good tracks. There are a few stock ones here and there, but they're few.
Overall the music in this game is one of the best I've experienced so far, and it always fits the moment.

The amount of content to play is huge, I've started playing two weeks ago and I've just recently finished the seventh episode (Isabella route!)
However, before trying the eighth and ninth chapter, I will be replaying to try for some other routes.
I am not really in a rush to reach the current end, so I'll take my time to see the content of other routes, such as Sage's... She is also pretty cool, but Isabella remains the best and what I'll consider my "main route".

Truly one, if not the best, game I've played up to date.

Interesting story! Made me sleep less lol. I just finished season 2 with Jill, rank 2 is Sage next Bella, Maya, Josy and so on.... Well if Bella is not that complicated she'd rank 1 next is Jill