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

Amazing....simply amazing.I've played many adult games but none was as good as this one.Dialogue is very good,visuals/models are very good,animations are very good and a very good scenery followed by a very good sense of humour.The whole setting gives you a pleasant and fun vibe.Even thought I'm not from USA,this game makes me think what would my life be if I attended college in that beautiful country...Would I also be in a fraternity ? Would it also be this fun ? Probably not,but one can only dream....or play
So in conclusion,dear reader,if you're truly looking for something refreshing,something to blow your mind,something extraordinary look no further.This game has plenty to offer.Kudos to the dev

This is a phenomenal piece of art, the graphics are high quality and the animation is smooth. You can tell the developer has spent a lot of effort in perfecting each image and it is very much appreciated.

There is so much going on in the story that I can't cover it all here, but I really feel like am getting a college experience and each character has a purpose, there is a point to them being there and it's not just one male character banging a bunch of female characters, which is brilliant.

There is a tremendous amount of new content with each update as well, the dialogue is solid and each scene feels meaningful.

I also like that there are seasons in this, the first 4 chapters are season 1, this is a very good idea.

I really enjoyed the mini-games in this as well, the tennis one is amazing and unique, loved that one.

Overall, this is probably the best VN on the market right now as I post this review, wish I had a fortune to donate to the developer as they have done tremendous work on this. Sadly no fortune but I can leave this review, thanks very much for this VN and really looking forward to more chapters.

I really enjoyed this game a lot wish there was more games like this at least graphic wise. Absolutely a great game. Beautiful renders and animations, nice game dynamics, interesting story, funny dialogue, and a lot of content.

You ever played a game that had 4 or more stars and then after playing you thought: Hmm, ok, not bad, but I really don't understand all that excitement.

Well, look no further. This game actually has it all: great graphics and animations, believable characters, good writing and story, excellent music and a ton of content. This is one of very few games here on the site that actually deserves each and every 5 star rating it got. The quality and quantity of this game is astonishing, the attention to detail is great, this is like the GTA V of AVNs.

So stop reading reviews and play the game!

A very small contra point: Sometimes the free roaming can be pretty annoying. But that can be easily overlooked.

Edit: Unfortunately, the free roaming events become more and more important with each new episode, and episode 9 is the sad culmination of this development, so I'm changing my rating to 3 stars. There is still maybe the best adut VN in here you've ever played, but imo they focused their development on the least fun part of the game and as a result the game got a lot worse. I also believe that the story is becoming increasingly bloated and convoluted.

Dude this is fantastic. the characters are amazing and the build up is all worth it. the animations are well made as well. this is one of the best adult game i have ever played. good job. Cant wait for future releases

A very well made game. Great story. No false promises .
Proper thought has been given to every character. Nothing feels forced. Every game component has been developed with option to skip it so one can just enjoy the story or play the optional content.
Has something for everyone.

What i would like in the future is an incentive to play the optional content.
It was a pleasure to play this and cant wait for future updates.

I really enjoyed this game a lot wish there was more games like this at least graphic wise and i found this game to have a bit of .. comedy .. the dirty type but hey comedy is comedy never expected i'd laugh as hard as i did only to be humilated since i was in a public libary lol partly my fault

Abolutely a great game. Beautiful renders and animations, nice game dynamics, interesting story, funny dialogue, and a lot of content. I especially liked the soundtrack, which really contributed to the story.

this is a huge production, with lots of renders, animation, minigames, tons of characters, music. so why did I give it 1 star?
the reason is that this is not Dr PinkCake first game, his ambition is huge, to make a great game, and in many aspects it is. I give it 5 stars for that, renders, animations, coding, 5 stars. even so the end result is just 1 star.
the reason:
theres so much added to the game, minigames and smartphone, tons of ui's but the most important thing to be able to chose is limited. the Dik/Chick system is not working. I can be mean or kind to a girl, but in the end I get the same chance, no matter what Im doing, its the same. Its not a game, but a story I need to follow no matter what Im doing. The Dev wants me to fuck everything, It doesnt matter what I pick. Im still the same. Sure theres options but I feel it doesnt matter much. I have played it twice from start, playing completely different, but its almost the same, no variation except that in one route I fuck everything the other I try my best to say "no" to everything, but its hard, the Dev wants me to fuck everything and he try his best to tease me all the time, even if I picked "no, no, no" multiple times.
this is a pure harem smut. lots of waste of time to play this game that promise a lot but gives little. the reason I play a game is the connection between the characters and it need to be believable and make sense. Im just a cock walking around that attracts all females. from a dude with little experience to a fucking casanova in no time. sure if you like sex and you dont give a crap about the story this game gives you that. but for that purpose I just download a real porno movie. a game should be more and in that aspect the dev failed. not failed in quality of renders, game ui, coding, that is 5 stars, but if in the end the feeling is "bad" and you didnt enjoy it, contrary you feel betrayed and wasted hours to play it, I can't give it good ratings. its terrible. its terrible because it promised a lot but gave little.

What can I say about this game that hasn't already been said numerous times before? Perhaps that, for me, it's not just a game, but a re-living of past experiences that have brought back memories & feelings that had long since faded away. I've been playing games for a long time, and never have any of them affected me in the way that this one has. That fact alone is worth far more than just 5 stars.
Technically, I feel it is AAA quality - from the renders & animations, to the dialogue & music, as well as the story, it checks every box and does so extremely well. I believe this is the new standard and the high bar to which all other "games" shoud aspire to.
DPK has crafted something very special here, and it truly deserves all the praise it has received. I sincerely hope that BADIK continues to exceed our expectations in the future and enjoys overwhelming success.

My usual disclaimers when writing reviews on here are that A. I am here for the "plot" not the plot and B. I generally dislike visual novels. So take both of those into consideration for my review when thinking about this game.

Being a DIK has genuinely surprised me in terms of just how much I enjoyed it. I couldn't finish Acting Lessons (Dr. PinkCake's previous work) because honestly it just got too depressing and heavy for me given that I was here to fap. It just wasn't my cup of tea and the quality of the art and story didn't make up for it.

I also am always open about my general dislike for VNs because they generally involve excessive reading to get anywhere (oftentimes with very silly writing) and have extremely limited interaction.

Well, Being a DIK somehow managed to get around both of my main concerns as well as overcoming some initially unfavourable impressions.

First off, let's start simple: the renders/art-work are top notch, probably in the higher tier on this site. There are animations as well which are broadly genuinely very good. A few awkward bits and pieces here and there, for example kissing always looks absolutely ridiculous, like the two models are trying to swallow each other. But in general the looks of this game cannot be faulted and in some places seem very natural. It's just clear a lot of work went into this.

Plus, the girls are ALL hot as hell. To the point of being potentially some of the hottest character models on the site.

My first big issue with VNs, the lack of interaction, is done away with right out of the gate. You are constantly being asked to make decisions, small or large, and there are only a few instances where there are any particularly long stretches of exposition or dialogue without any choice to make.

Even better, the actions all seem meaningful, like 75% of them will seemingly affect your future options somehow and who you will be able to fuck in future. Basically, by having real consequences it makes it more exciting. The status bar also adds a fairly neat aspect. You don't need to focus being a good guy or a bad guy (being neutral is perfectly viable for example) and the only difference is that each of the three statuses give occasional additional options in some scenes.

It also doesn't fall into the other VN trap of being way too wordy with no smut. Actually there's (potentially) tonnes of smut, and I was having a great time with how this game was ACTUALLY a porn game.

The game warns you that things WILL get heavy and it will deal with dark themes, but it actually seems to be (as of version 0.4.1 and the release of episode 4) able to have it's cake and eat it too. The drama hasn't properly hit yet and it actually succeeds in just letting you have fun and fuck a bunch of hot chicks.

The writing is also absolutely stellar. Sure it feels a little silly from time to time, but in the sense that it feels like a soap. All the drama is exaggerated. But this is a porn game! That's how it should be. There's the jock frat, the nerds, the cheerleaders. It's all cliches, but carried off well and while it can be silly the dialogue is also just so real!

It's also funny. Like. ACTUALLY, genuinely, made me properly laugh out loud funny. Not "the author makes puns, so it's funny" or even "I exhaled once through my nose" funny. It's ACTUALLY funny. Incidentally, Derek is an absolute 10/10 character. Initially annoying but grows on you super quick. What a bro.

The only real downsides are in some of the mini-games which litter the game. Especially the Brawler one, which I think is currently semi-broken. It's doable, for sure, but the timings of it feel very off. It's essentially a series of quick-time events using the arrow keys. In my experience if you are given a QTE with 4 or more commands it's actually easier. I think you are given less time a QTE depending on the number of commands required, and so if there is ever a QTE with 3 commands the timer seems to be RIDICULOUSLY fast. Like, unfairly so.

This is a minor gripe though and just part of the reason I am not giving this a 5/5. The other reason being that, for all that the game is great my preference still lies in a route where you have more choice over what you can do.

This game is amazing easily one of the best hentai game I've every played the story is amazing the art is very well animated it also feels like a great game with tons of mini games and character development has replay ability to get different scenes definitely give a try and support the creator Also it gets constant updates only thing i wish is more scenes with Asian characters
Art 5-5
H-Scenes 5-5
Story 5-5
Dialogue 5-5

5 stars are not enough, because Being a Dik is a master piece that is waay above everything else in this genre or everything else we can find in this website.

Absolutely everything is amazing, from stunning renders, musics, AMAZING story, AMAZING characters, Being a DIK cannot be compared to anything it's THE Reference of porn games, and F95 admins should add 5 additional stars for this legendary master piece

This is my simple review of "Being a DIK"

Pro:
- All the women in this game have different personality and are unique
- The sex scenes range from sexual to romantic. They are well done, different from character to character and i have no negative critique to say about that. No rushed scenes
- The plot it's very rich of contents and it's interesting. There aren't plot hole or boring/no sense part/scenes. You don't need a guide. You can be a good guy, neutral, an asshole or a casanova because the game offers the player a lot of freedom. Every choice matters
- The minigame are very easy and not boring
- No grinding

Neutral/Bad:
- Honestly, there aren't bad points in this game but if i am forced to say something i will speak about one of the scenarios without spoiler. Like i said the player has freedom but in one of the scenarios the MC is forcibly involved. However, since the game/plot it's still in develop, it is passable. I am sure with the future seasons we will have even more scenes and choices without forced things.

Everything about this game is great. Great characters, great setting, great story that isnt too heavy, great renders and animations. You definitely have to play this, you won’t regret it. Also the minigames in this makes it feels like a real game and not just a visual novel.

It’s my favorite adult game ever!

Edit : Jan 07,2022 :

Damn... I first played BADIK 2 years ago when the when the full season one juste came out.
It truly was a "one of the kind" experience already at that time.

And now I just played the full season 2 as well and it's scary...
It's really scary how a game with lewd contents can have such a rollercoaster of emotions who hit me that hard.
I don't feel that much by playing some top notch non-adult games or watching acclaimed TV shows or movies.

OK, I played Acting Lesson before so I knew the quality will be there.
There's so much details on everything, every situations and every aspects.
Now I can say that it's an another level from most of the game labeled as a "lewd" and mostly the overall best there ever was.

To DPC : "Bravo" and Thanks to the days I spent on playing and having a blast on it.

Easily the best game on here by a long shot, the renders, the models, the story is just absolutely incredible. I would give this 10 stars if i could. I would definitely recommend this to anyone who hasn’t played it yet. An absolute masterpiece!

Oh yeah one last thing, Bella is the best!

This is one of the best games i have ever played on this site. I loved the story and i loved the game mechanics and the interface is easy and clean. I was not supporting this game but after playing it i supported the dev on patreon because i would love to see this game gets updated with new contents. I loved the music selection although it needed a better shuffling system.

CONS
-No Incest content !!!

Great content all together, fun experience. One of the best out there. I love that it is upfront as to what game it is, and the humor in the game is great. This game made me go and check out his other work. It's THAT great.

Best adult VN I have seen so far. Dr. Pink cake has taken it to a new level! Fantastic animation, superior work on the renders, complex story lines, good humor, good drama. All in all a first class effort! Support him on his Patreon page. https://www.patreon.com/DrPinkCake/posts