SpearOfReigns

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The whole point of my criticism of this game, and it's creator, is that it's not a good game, it's just a really well marketed one.
Ah yes, as we all know Dr. Pinkcake and his great marketing strategy such as
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Banning low tier patrons from discord for discussing new update before their supposed release date
Threatening to launch a barrage of DMCA claim & close a subreddit if he isn't given authority
Banning $75 tier patron for leaking custom render

If anything, this game is popular & a success in spite of the "marketing". Shows how good it really is
 

Pi Quantum

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Sarah: She's not even pretty, but there's definitely something about her.
Agree with most of your points, but particularly this one. I wasn't much of a Sarah fan until the scene in Gender Studies where she tells Maya the blunt truth, but she really grew on me after that.
 
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vogelbeest

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If anything, this game is popular & a success in spite of the "marketing". Shows how good it really is
DPC only needs a few guys to regularly write here BADIK is trash and we see plenty responses saying his game is great...
In a marketing point of view DPC must love to have a few bashing his work when they have over fifty or hundred posts in this thread, there's no better proof their messages are meaningless, you need just 1 post to write a game is bad....
 
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Nattrack

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If this isn't a good game, what is the standard of good? How many games at one time can be considered good?

It's like saying JF Caron isn't a good strongman because he's never won World's Strongest Man.
This game is good, but just because 99% of porn-erotic games are pure crap, the same way a shard of glass shines like a diamond among pebbles. But that doesn't make a shard of glass a diamond. If we compare this game with TV, this is a juvenile Disney-channel soap-opera mixed with "National Lampoon's Animal House", not "The Sopranos".
 
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DavDR

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Ah yes, as we all know Dr. Pinkcake and his great marketing strategy such as
*squints*
Banning low tier patrons from discord for discussing new update before their supposed release date
Threatening to launch a barrage of DMCA claim & close a subreddit if he isn't given authority
Banning $75 tier patron for leaking custom render

If anything, this game is popular & a success in spite of the "marketing". Shows how good it really is
Have you ever heard of controversy marketing? Hollywood has been doing it for a while now. DPC uses it quite effectively.

If you read far enough into this forum you will learn that at one time DPC posted here, but according to some people he was driven away from the forum by trolls and critics. Personally I think that was his intention all along.
 

godkingxerxes

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This game is good, but just because 99% of porn-erotic games are pure crap, the same way a shard of glass shines like a diamond among pebbles. But that doesn't make a shard of glass a diamond. If we compare this game with TV, this is a juvenile Disney-channel soap-opera mixed with "National Lampoon's Animal House", not "The Sopranos".
Yeah I was going to add that comparing AVNs with top of the line video games, they obviously fall short.

But I didn't think anyone was looking at those games as a standard for "good".

As I said this sort of argument is similar to the silly cunts out there that say LeBron James sucks because he isn't Michael Jordan .

And yes, your TV description is accurate but in this universe there is no Sopranos.
 
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Nattrack

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And yes, your TV description is accurate but in this universe there is no Sopranos.
Well, in this universe there are great games in terms of story and characters, only not porn ones. We know what is real quality in games . But one thing is true: the dev is trying to make a juvenile soap-opera mixed with "National Lampoon", and that's exactly what he delivers. He's not trying to make "The Sopranos". It´s just that some people here think that "Being a DIK" is "The Sopranos".
 
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hyfka

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He's not trying to make "The Sopranos". It´s just that some people here think that "Being a DIK" is "The Sopranos".
This. The charcters, story, writing, minigames are decent. Not great, really just meh.
But in a world where the average porn game story is that all women are perpetally horny nymphos who the MC seduces simply by the power of his magic johnson, this one is quite a welcome exception.
 

godkingxerxes

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Well, in this universe there are great games in terms of story and characters, only not porn ones. We know what is real quality in games . But one thing is true: the dev is trying to make a juvenile soap-opera mixed with "National Lampoon", and that's exactly what he delivers. He's not trying to make "The Sopranos". It´s just that some people here think that "Being a DIK" is "The Sopranos".
But we're talking about the standard of porn games, so we're not counting studio developed games. So even though these games exist, ignore them and only compare BaDIK to other games of its genre.

And I don't think the people here think this game is anywhere near a Sopranos level, the writing is consistently criticized, and short comings are pointed out.

This game is American Pie and all other college based games here are barely Scary Movie.

So while BaDIK isn't best game ever, it's a levels maybe even two above its nearest competitor.

It's not Pinkcakes fault that these other guys can't write a story better than his. Even with this emotional lesbian MC.
 

Kellermann

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If you read far enough into this forum you will learn that at one time DPC posted here, but according to some people he was driven away from the forum by trolls and critics. Personally I think that was his intention all along.
I think DPC genuinely needed/wanted F95 at first, but when the popularity of BaDIK took off, this site quickly outlived its usefulness. Now he actively hates this place and anyone who even mentions it. At this point, he is so successful and wealthy that he does not need to be that proactive with his marketing tactics. F95 still probably does a majority of the marketing for this game even if DPC chooses not to acknowledge the symbiotic relationship.
 

LauLau

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Does anyone know how I can change the MC' name in gallery scenes? I know how to change on phone etc. But I'd like to change the name in the scenes only.
 

PashafromRussia

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I think DPC genuinely needed/wanted F95 at first, but when the popularity of BaDIK took off, this site quickly outlived its usefulness. Now he actively hates this place and anyone who even mentions it. At this point, he is so successful and wealthy that he does not need to be that proactive with his marketing tactics. F95 still probably does a majority of the marketing for this game even if DPC chooses not to acknowledge the symbiotic relationship.
Why would he hate this site? He earns enough money to just ignore the pirates.
 
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DavDR

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I think DPC genuinely needed/wanted F95 at first, but when the popularity of BaDIK took off, this site quickly outlived its usefulness. Now he actively hates this place and anyone who even mentions it. At this point, he is so successful and wealthy that he does not need to be that proactive with his marketing tactics. F95 still probably does a majority of the marketing for this game even if DPC chooses not to acknowledge the symbiotic relationship.
Look at his very first post on this forum, it's an obvious provocation. You'll see similar post on other forums. That's how controversy advertising works. The whole point of advertising is to get the public to be aware of your brand. With all of the controversy surrounding Acting Lesson's all it took was a few forum fights and suddenly a lot of people were talking about DPC and his games.
 

Ekimus83

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Why would he hate this site? He earns enough money to just ignore the pirates.
Have you joined his discord? If you talk about F95 you get kicked out, you post any locked content from his patreon you get kicked out, basically any form of "piracy" of his is not welcomed...
 

Nattrack

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the writing is consistently criticized, and short comings are pointed out.
No, there are a lot of people that, if someone criticizes a character, think that is insulting his/her girlfriend and reacts as if that critic were a personal insult. And the same happens if there are critics of other aspects of the game. It´s just that the mods delete the comments. This is not a civilized thread where you can criticize the game and people just agree or disagree.

But I think we are saying the same basic idea: it´s a good, enjoyable and professional game in comparison with most of the games of the same kind, that are crap. It´s just that I think that a dev don't need to have a big studio behind to write a really good story and characters.

Being a DIK is a mix of recycled ideas from his previous game (Acting Lessons), and worn clichés from movies of the 80´s and 90´s and juvenile soap-operas, all put through the filter of postmodern political correctness. The product is not bad, I enjoy most of it. A lot. Even if there are things that bother me, like the unrealistic female bodies (not even Marilyn Monroe had a body with such a slim waist) and the cliches of political correctness that can be found here and there in the story.

But I don't think is a bad thing to hope for more quality and creativity in games.
 
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