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

Hands down the best AVN I have ever played and I have played a LOT. It is by far the Golden standard for this.

It starts a little bit slow but once I got into it, I wasn't able to put it down anymore. It has just the right amount of branching and paths to discover. The mini games can be a little annoying if you are doing reruns, but I got used to them.

the LIs are amazing and very well developed and the MC is actually easy to relate to and self insert (if you are like me and tend to do that.)

The music is on point and the animations are excellent. The renders are very high quality, maybe a step or two behind SG but still look amazing particularly in the later episodes.

I find the plot is very engaging , I have spent a considerable amount of time trying to figure it out and doing theory crafting about this game. Still the twists are very intriguing.

Recently, the updates seem to come regularly, around once a year, usually in Dec/Jan. But that also means that they are sizeable updates which is really good. This deep into the project, with this level of branching and quality, this is to be expected.

If you are about to try this game for the first time, I suggest you do a blind run with no mods or WT. After that, go crazy and explore all the paths in anyway you like.

Know that I am so jealous that you are about to experience this awesome AVN for the first time.

Enjoy brother.

Man, the quality of this game is unreal compared to the most other games here. I knew it was rated very high, but for some reason i just ignored it. Decided give it a try recently, i don't even remember why. Color me surprised.

Actually feels like a proper visual novel, instead of half-assed attempt to extort you through patreon. Interesting fun story and characters that have some depth, banger music, lots of choices and love interests (choices matter btw). Pretty good humor. Some pixel hunting and okay minigames to spice things up a little.

If i had to find a downside i'd say LI's looks are too perfect, everyone is a model. There seems to be 5 "main" LI's, but man, some side girls are interesting enough to be there, shame they aren't.

Summary:

Graphics are good, sometimes too good. Animations and all that. I wouldn't mind some more plain looking LIs.

Story is actually fun colledge adventures.

Characters are great. Not just the girls, guys are fun to be around as well.

Lots of choices, some don't matter, but also a lot of those that do.

Give it a try, it is a good game even if there wasn't any naughty content.

The best AVN I've played.

Excellent graphics, quality renders and otherworldly animations. Now sure, you can complain that 60 FPS animations add nothing to the story, and that is right. Plus, they take weeks to render. But they improve the overall quality and feeling of the game. If you've heard strong critisism towards this game, that's because it is not perfect, but nothing is perfect. If you're reading this and considering trying it out, do it. Just make sure you have time. It's highly addictive. Soo much content, in such high quality. Easter eggs, minigames...
It's almost too good.

After not having played this for a long, long time; I can still say that this is still the golden standard for Adult Video Games. The setting and locations are ridiculous, but the characters are unbelievably real. The story is real. The emotions are real, all of them. However, the game seems like it will be longer than it needs to be. There already is 10s of hours of content, even if you want to go for just one girl. Also I fucking hate the Chick and DIK system locking you out of some routes but if you have to include personality based on a points system, this is the best way to do it.

This game feels as if it is written for a mature audence. There's not a single moment of cringe juvenile fantasy with writers imposed guilt deflection after stupid moments of 'groping or touching' that does not belong in a particular moment. No awkward spying and other juvenile tendancies, the MC for all intents and purposes is acting the age he is and confident enough to own the moments he's flung into with options that are reasonable whatever path you take.

The story is excellent and it pushes you forward, sex happens aloot and theres many opportunities BUT you have to be moderately intelligent, pay attention because the women in this game arn't just sex drones, they appear to have been written with standards and isn't blocked behind awkward over abundance of petting or gringing and other simplike "sex".

Thanks to DPK's previous game, and this game in particular, my standards for these kind of games is so insanely high, 99.9% of the games i try i cant make it past the 20 minute mark any more.

Play this at your own risk!

When I started playing this, I thought it's going to be another time wasting, porn game with some eye candy. I came for the smut, but stayed for the story.
After one playtrough I became almost obsessed with following the story for different characters, or the slight difference in choices that reflect a bigger change in the end. I haven't played that many Ren'py games but I've never seen something like this, easily leagues and leagues above majority of the stuff here, the music choice is awesome, it perfectly reflects the emotion trying to be conveyed, no wonder other ren'py are paying homage to this game.

This game feels like a huge amount of effort for nothing.

The animations are really good, sure, but the plot is so bad and cringey that it's basically unplayable.

I'm not talking about ethics and being degenerate nonsense, because I don't care about that so much.

It really just is really a bad experience, I don't care if you warn me beforehand, I'm not gonna enjoy living a simulated week of life wearing a ridiculous helmet with a dick on top pretending to have meaningful conversations with it in an unrealistic world where a school would be ok with it.

All characters are annoying cunts except a couple of them that you're not going to fuck anyway, you only get to fuck the most annoying one and maybe one extra after X hours if you try hard.

There's no way you're going to do better than that wihtout following a guide, and no, if you need to constantly read a guide to play it's not a good game experience.

Most characters are just a tease and after going through a staggering 6 hours of dialogues-based gameplay and ridiculous minigames (remember all the cringe facts about the ugly girls) you'll realize that you will be able to fuck 1 or 2 at most.

If i want a game to be challenging, it has to be real challenge, not some unpredictable outcome between two dumb choices that you don't even like that is going to lock out some more content every time.

I'm sorry, I can see the effort of making this game but I really can't understand all this hype. So much effort towards this is absurd. A noob developer making a bad game design is understandable, but this is unexcusable given the amount of potential.

I was expecting big things from this game. I was disappointed. To be fair, i barely got past chapter one, but that was about a full 3 hours of my time sunk into this game (i went for every collectable), so take my review with a grain of salt.

Positives:

• the actual style of the writing itself is excellent. clearly the dev knows how to write, and can convey emotions effectively.
• The Renders are pretty good. certainly not my favorite set of renders I've ever seen in a porn game, but a solid 8/10.
• The characters that you are meant to like are interesting, and aren't just paper cutouts with one or two personality traits.

Negatives:

• The sex animations are a little stiff. Not the biggest deal, but still detracts from the experience a little.

the real reason this only has three stars: the game is made to make you mad in the first chapter, and gives you no chance for any sense of satisfaction with any events in the story to that point (assuming you did the choices i did, i have no clue if its different if you're an complete asshole like it seems the game wants you to be). The game does warn you that it will make you mad, though it does not tell you that it will be to the extent that it makes you want to punch half the characters in the face, including ones that you will have scenes with in the future. nearly every male character (including the ones that are a part of the fraternity you character will join) are intolerable bastards who you wish you could strangle. a couple of the "love interests" are too. i played as a decent person, as i tend to do in porn games (just because I'm a pervert doesn't mean i don't have standards for behavior) and i don't recommend doing so.

honestly, this game might just not be for me. if you get frustrated or angry at any rate other than the patience of a saint., don't bother trying to play this game. if you do decide to play, i wont stop you. you might enjoy it. i didn't.

From my point of view the best porn game I played so far. Great characters, great story, and some amazing lewd scenes.
A game where the decisions you take are really changing the evolution of the story. this gave also some good changes of replay it if you wnat to see all the deteails of the story
Can't wait to see the evolution of the project

Reduing a star because of the Free roam system.It takes a lot of time to finish some tasks.Dr pink cake should involve some guiding steps to move forward while the free roam happens.Apart from it the game is the best in this platform.Nothing comes closer in terms of the overall branching,Writing quality,Renders and amazing animations.Will edit my review if the freeroam guides are added in future updates to 5 star

One of the best games around, Great Renders, Great Writing, Great Girls, , This game does branching like no other and is ambitious in everything it does, but it works, a game everyone should play at least once through considered one of the best for a reason. incredible

After taking a break from everything due to health issues, I played like a maniac these past days and I'm positively impressed. I've never believed that a game of this genre could contain such profound emotional drama.
The soundtracks fits perfectly with the scenes and the characters themselves. The characters feel so alive and have more personality and depth than most people I know in real life. A bit sad that makes me.
The plot sounds like an mundane one, a walk in the park, but like life itself, it's anything but. It has layers upon layers that made me laugh, wince and even brought tears to my eyes. It was a beautiful experience that I recommend to anyone who's up for it.

I would like to thank everyone involved for creating such a bittersweet experience.

PinkCake is a very talented developer, I recommend everyone to take a peek at his biography from Q&A. He set very high standards for VNs, music in this game is just great, even for someone who doesn't like rock. It was really sad when The Friday Prophets called back their rights. Story in this game is intriguing and gripping, the renders are great, the girls are beautiful. DIK has everything to offer, it takes ~20 hours for one branch playthrough. Definitely it is 10/10 VN, that everyone should try.
P.S. sorry for poor English, tried my best.

One of the best AVN's I had an opportunity to read. Came for erotic content and stayed for great storyline. I felt probably every possible emotion while going trough it.

Along with the plot - characters are also very well written which does not happen this often in this kind of productions.

Renders are decent. They're not gonna make you say "Wow! These shots are as good as those from Blade Runner 2049!". They're nice, but I've seen better ones.

Definitely DrPinkCake has some talent to write engaging stories judging by how Being a DIK made me read it almost every evening and how fast I'd finished it. Haven't checked his Acting Lessons yet, but I plan to do it.

Realy like it so far the updates take quiet some time but are realy big so thats fine for me. there is already a lot of content and its not linear what some people might not like since it means you have to go through a lot of content multiple times to see all of it. the game includes many subsystems minigames that do a good job to do what they should stay minigames

This is a great game thats more than what it appears. A lots of characters with deep pasts and depth. It has a beautifully crafted story, characters, and even lore. More than just point & click & fuck. I would highly recommend this as more than a typical sex game.

Nothing but spectacular. The story is great, characters have their own relatable stories. Music and sounds are on point. Never seen a bug, beautiful optimalization. Renders and animations are top notch. Huge amount of content and great sense of humour. Deffinitely one of my top3 of all time

You could remove all the sex and this would still be an amazing game.
The only other game I've played where the choices matter as much as they do in this is Baldurs Gate 3.

Visually, it's good. Great for an AVN.
The story is great, and it really picks up in season 3.
Personally, not sure how I feel about it yet, but not because it's bad... Just frustrating, as a good drama should be.
My biggest concern is, after playing Acting Lessons, how DPC is going resolve the storyline.

Don't get me wrong, I respect his decision to end AL the way he did, but it really fucked with my head, and I'm WAY more invested in BaD.
It seriously has the potential to legitimately traumatize me. Fingers crossed. Lol

A genre staple: beautiful renders and animations, great fast paced writing with characters feeling distinct well beyond just their appearence. The lack of a wider pool of fetishes and sometimes tedious events and minigames (especially in the later updates) bring it a star down to me.

This game has a lot of heart, great characters, and some really meaningful choices – plus there are so many different routes through the game, you can literally put tens and tens of hours into it and still have plenty of content left ahead of you.

The visuals are great, and even though I don’t think the main LIs are the best in terms of looks, they are all still very attractive – and there is a whole host of side girls available as well! The personalities of all the girls are very varied so it’s easy to find someone to like, even if they might not be your usual style.

It's funny, emotional, and entertaining. I like that there’s a good variation of minigames (that are skippable through a choice at the start of the game) and free roam sections interspersed throughout the main game, and there’s some great attention to detail, with funny little scenes often occurring in the background. With all the different paths you can choose, and all the variations in dialogue your choices can lead to, this is a game where you’ll always be able to find something new, regardless of how many times you’ve played it.

If you want a game with great visuals, great girls, a lot of great lewd scenes, this has to be one of the best choices.