First review I make on this forum. For me, the best AVN I've played, and I've played about 20, including some of the best ones. Are there VNs that come close and depending on the person and their tastes are even better than this one? Surely.
As for the story, it's not something that will blow your mind. It doesn't invent anything new, but it delivers on what it promises. Not all good movies need a plot worthy of Christopher Nolan, nor do all novels need a complex plot to be a good novel. This is the case here. It's still a story about young people in college. However, this doesn't mean that its plot is weak, quite the opposite. Precisely such a simple premise allows the author to delve into each character, give them a unique personality, a background, and motivations for what they do. And the development of the main plot and each subplot that appears serve to keep the player invested in the world created by the author, all, all of this accompanied by great music that fits perfectly in every moment of the plot and makes you enjoy even more what you're seeing and reading .
And that brings us to the next point, the characters and the LIs. Many will say that they are not that good simply because, out of the dozen available LIs, they only like one or two. But precisely that is one of the strong points of this VN if you're tired of the rest of the VNs where all the LIs are perfect, show interest in the MC no matter what happens or what the player does. All the characters are different, not only in their appearance (the renders are great too) and personality but also with a predominant affinity and tendency, with specific kinks or even the lack of them. Each character and scene feels unique. And logically that will most likely mean that some you will like a lot and others not so much or simply be indifferent to. Like life itself.
On the other hand, the minigames. If you're a completionist at heart, you'll have to play them. Personally, I like them, although I understand that others may find them boring. I also have no idea about programming or what can or cannot be done with the engine with which this VN has been developed, but I believe that they have squeezed the most out of what can be offered in a game of this style. Don't like them, get tired of them, or find them boring? The solution: deactivate them at the beginning of the next game you play, as simple as that. And that's something that should be appreciated, the fact that the creator offers the option to possibly deactivate the weakest or at least less enjoyable aspect of their AVN.
Finally, the time between updates. It can be quite long, but I would say that any adult should by now have enough patience and not make a mountain out of a molehill when a game, novel, or movie they're waiting for takes time to come out. The content in each update is large enough to make the wait worthwhile, at least for now, despite other developers taking much less time to release their updates.
To conclude, one of the most important points is that Being a DIK sets a precedent for what can be achieved in the world of AVNs. Perhaps in 5-10-15 years, when Being a DIK has become obsolete, we will be able to appreciate the influence that VNs like this one and a couple more have had on future developers, opening the door to an infinity of possibilities that can be explored in this field.
TL;DR: If you are an AVN fan, give it a try. Worst case scneario, you stop playing it after a couple hours. But I think this is a must try for anyone that enjoys this kind of games, at least to make your own opinion about it.
