I'd like to begin by saying that I truly admire DrPinkCake's artworks and all of his hard work in deliverying quality content like 'Acting lessons'. However, I have some issues with this VN.
'Being a DIK' is a second game by DrPinkCake I come to know and in opposite to the glorious 'Acting Lessons' I cannot say that I'm delighted. Don't get me wrong, the visual side of the project is still of the highest quality, it's the story that I have problems with.
In 'Being a DIK' you play a role of a young guy who begins his education at the college. At the very first day he comes across local fraternities' representatives. We don't get the chance to pick the fraternity of our choosing but instead we're immediately put into the line of DIK's aspirants.
The process of pledging comes in a form of various hazings. That is the first problem I have with this VN - I don't like games that lean towards humiliation and there is a lot of it here, so be prepared. Unfortunately, some of them come in a totaly bad taste (like swallowing used condom). It made me wonder what does it have to do with prooving our character's worth? Surrending to such treatment shows something completely different - being submissive and deprived of pride instead of being worthy member of the community.
Lastly, there are some story's plots that may seem a little inconsistent. For instance: we come to know that main character trained martial arts since he was a kid (his father trained him) and we find him fit and sporty when he begins college, but when a time comes a skinny bitch is twisting his arm with no sweat (and there is no way of opposing her in any manner).
Since most of the reviews are 5/5 I can imagine that this one will face a lot of criticism. One can ask me a question: "why play GTA if you are against stealing cars?" - well, the answer is simple: if I knew what it's about I would most likely skip it. So I'm writing this to warn those who don't enjoy humiliation themes.