This game's character interaction feels more nuanced than the Mass Effect trilogy. Literally the only h-game I have replayed just to get more story out of the various love interests. Also one of the few games I have played where I like most of the main cast making it super difficult to choose who to pursue; although I'm sure I will eventually have an appropriate save of the ones that I want with the correct setups.
Getting the obvious out of the way, the game has;
A main storyline actually worth following along with. Seriously, so many games have an absurd storyline that gets blown out of proportion, or a storyline that lacks substance so you just smash click to get to choices and scenes. On that note...
Pretty great writing. Nearly each new scene, including alternate dialogue choices or alternate dialogue and interactions with the various characters based on your relationship with them and overall DiK status, is worth experiencing.
Superb models; wide variety of models in game [although all potential partners are thin, there are side characters with differing body sized models. Unfortunately, most of them are played on as a nuisance in some manner, but nothing so serious as to make them too annoying]. While there is definitely an obvious trend with the attractive characters, not every female is is a carbon copy of each other with minor body edits.
Good dialogue [nothing to egregious or over the top and unbelievable, most conversations flow very well including sex scenes].
Tons of love interests, of various levels [potential girlfriend, casual hookup, etc].
Insanely well placed, paced, and chosen music options. Like holy shit.
Numerous sex scenes, both static and kinetic, with a multitude of positions and options.
A LOT of minigames. A whole metric shit ton. Individually, none of them are difficult [except the pool game with Josy and Maya on Hard...]. They all play pretty quickly, they are all reasonably unique from each other, and most of them serve a purpose instead of just being a filler [even if it is just an image unlock]. I do highly recommend how to learn to do a 3x3 slide puzzle, though. It is easy to learn the trick to it, but not knowing how to complete them makes it miserable.
All in all, hands down one of my favorite games I have played over others in its category. Being a DiK is the GOLD standard of adult games.
By no means am I rejecting your opinions, but you would do well to post this in the reviews thread and not the main thread. Welcome to F95, bub. May your stay be as enlightening and brain-damaging as it has been for me
The worst part is that you dont even remember how to play those damn mini-games after so long, need a refresher everytime because months go by and you forget the purpose of the thing.
I finally cracked the code on how to do the Josy/Maya path yet achieve a permanent DIK affinity: I had to forego wooing and fucking Maya in the first three episodes. (So I busied the MC with other girls.) Didn’t have to remain neutral throughout; just had to achieve a neutral affinity by episode 5. Didn’t have to worry about my DIK points. Once Maya and Josy said yes, I was able to pivot to full DIK quickly.
It does limit some of the action between Tremolo and Maya, and if you don’t have him fuck her enough, she can’t take his cock in the hot tub. I figure that may undermine the relationship in episodes to come, so I made sure he fucked Maya whenever possible. Yep, picked her over Josy. Which is fine; he still gets to fuck Josy for the scavenger hunt, after their results party, after the HOT party, at the gym, and in the hot tub. And he still gets to fuck Sage, Bella, Riona, Sarah and Mel, Camila, Nora, Lily, and Becky. And probably Sandy, but I went with Lily.
Of course once he gets Maya, Quinn automatically won’t fuck him anymore. Which I get, cuz Maya would be furious if she found out he was fucking Quinn on the side. Some girls you just don’t want to be sausage sisters with. But that’s a pity. The drama from that particular storyline would be fun—“Hey, you said no strings! Are we back to lying now?”
I finally cracked the code on how to do the Josy/Maya path yet achieve a permanent DIK affinity: I had to forego wooing and fucking Maya in the first three episodes. (So I busied the MC with other girls.) Didn’t have to remain neutral throughout; just had to achieve a neutral affinity by episode 5. Didn’t have to worry about my DIK points. Once Maya and Josy said yes, I was able to pivot to full DIK quickly.
It does limit some of the action between Tremolo and Maya, and if you don’t have him fuck her enough, she can’t take his cock in the hot tub. I figure that may undermine the relationship in episodes to come, so I made sure he fucked Maya whenever possible. Yep, picked her over Josy. Which is fine; he still gets to fuck Josy for the scavenger hunt, after their results party, after the HOT party, at the gym, and in the hot tub. And he still gets to fuck Sage, Bella, Riona, Sarah and Mel, Camila, Nora, Lily, and Becky. And probably Sandy, but I went with Lily.
Of course once he gets Maya, Quinn automatically won’t fuck him anymore. Which I get, cuz Maya would be furious if she found out he was fucking Quinn on the side. Some girls you just don’t want to be sausage sisters with. But that’s a pity. The drama from that particular storyline would be fun—“Hey, you said no strings! Are we back to lying now?”
I don't see the point of Dik's run with Maya and Josy considering Josy is highly likely to break up with Maya for the sake of being with MC. That certainly won't happen in the next episode. In ep 10, Josy will again suffer and cry from her love for MC.
The point is to test the limits of the game, for shits and giggles. I have my favorites, but I‘m still gonna try out the other options for fun. Only traveling one path when you can travel dozens?—seems to me to be a waste of money and hard drive space.
Besides, one of those other paths might change my mind. I originally thought Quinn was a pain in the ass. Then I stumbled onto her path and discovered the whole taming-of-the-shrew dynamic, which is fun and pretty hot. There’s other fun stuff hiding in the game when you go looking around.
But I still don‘t know what that key I found in the HOTs living room is for.
I don't see the point of Dik's run with Maya and Josy considering Josy is highly likely to break up with Maya for the sake of being with MC. That certainly won't happen in the next episode. In ep 10, Josy will again suffer and cry from her love for MC.
The point is to test the limits of the game, for shits and giggles. I have my favorites, but I‘m still gonna try out the other options for fun. Only traveling one path when you can travel dozens?—seems to me to be a waste of money and hard drive space.
Besides, one of those other paths might change my mind. I originally thought Quinn was a pain in the ass. Then I stumbled onto her path and discovered the whole taming-of-the-shrew dynamic, which is fun and pretty hot. There’s other fun stuff hiding in the game when you go looking around.
But I still don‘t know what that key I found in the HOTs living room is for.
Unlike most games, this game is well tested and has attempted to make everything work. So breaking the game for laughs is a bit of a challenge. And it's not really breaking the game anyway. There's hopefully plans down the track to handle a throuple breakup with M&J, and if the mc is a Chick, he's more likely to end up with Maya, and a DIK is more likely to end up with Josy, and a neutral mc can choose either.
Sometimes playing counter intuitively can result in some funny shit.
Like if I was creating the Steam Achievements for this game, I'd definitely add:
"Not Compatible! - You managed to stay on Josy & that other girl's path but now you're behaving like a DIK!"
and:
"Nothing to see here - Josy & Sage both recognise the mc's cock in Tybalt's presentation."
Just looked at the Steam achievements, there are some interesting ones (but most are pretty typical):
"F is for Failure - Fail a test"
"It's on me - Paid during all dates"
"Being a DIK - 100% Major DIK choices"
There are a few achievements that don't have descriptions (probably to avoid spoilers), but there should definitely be a:
"Mommy & Daughter Duo - Fucked both Sage and Jade; who's proper fucked now?"
There are heaps of little things that play out slightly different depending on the order in which you do things, and while they don't impact the game at all, it's still nice to notice them. Once that always comes to mind is this one from episode 6:
But if you call first, they still wish the mc happy birthday, but you can text them afterwards. Any other game here, you can guarantee the text is the same, "Something wrong" and Josy replies, "No, but call me". Except that isn't what happens:
we have to be honest the episode was bad, the whole episode revolved around playing the babysitter of the whole party, there are good moments with the girls, but other than that the episode was not very good.
That party wasn't even that bad from the babysitting point of view. Tremolo could've danced, take part in all of the games, take many photos, make out, have sex. Have you ever been the only sober person at a party and playing babysitter? It's not that fun. What MC experienced was a really good party for a babysitter.
The point is to test the limits of the game, for shits and giggles. I have my favorites, but I‘m still gonna try out the other options for fun. Only traveling one path when you can travel dozens?—seems to me to be a waste of money and hard drive space.
Besides, one of those other paths might change my mind. I originally thought Quinn was a pain in the ass. Then I stumbled onto her path and discovered the whole taming-of-the-shrew dynamic, which is fun and pretty hot. There’s other fun stuff hiding in the game when you go looking around.
But I still don‘t know what that key I found in the HOTs living room is for.
Unlike most games, this game is well tested and has attempted to make everything work. So breaking the game for laughs is a bit of a challenge. And it's not really breaking the game anyway. There's hopefully plans down the track to handle a throuple breakup with M&J, and if the mc is a Chick, he's more likely to end up with Maya, and a DIK is more likely to end up with Josy, and a neutral mc can choose either.
Sometimes playing counter intuitively can result in some funny shit.
Like if I was creating the Steam Achievements for this game, I'd definitely add:
"Not Compatible! - You managed to stay on Josy & that other girl's path but now you're behaving like a DIK!"
and:
"Nothing to see here - Josy & Sage both recognise the mc's cock in Tybalt's presentation."
Just looked at the Steam achievements, there are some interesting ones (but most are pretty typical):
"F is for Failure - Fail a test"
"It's on me - Paid during all dates"
"Being a DIK - 100% Major DIK choices"
There are a few achievements that don't have descriptions (probably to avoid spoilers), but there should definitely be a:
"Mommy & Daughter Duo - Fucked both Sage and Jade; who's proper fucked now?"
There are heaps of little things that play out slightly different depending on the order in which you do things, and while they don't impact the game at all, it's still nice to notice them. Once that always comes to mind is this one from episode 6:
But if you call first, they still wish the mc happy birthday, but you can text them afterwards. Any other game here, you can guarantee the text is the same, "Something wrong" and Josy replies, "No, but call me". Except that isn't what happens:
I've said it before that I don't know of a single game on this website where the variability was at least at the level of DPС. There are games where the visuals are better, there are games where the story is more complex, there are games where the characters are better written.
Being able to influence the story and see how the world changes depending on your actions is what makes this game the best. Sure, many of the choices here are an illusion, but even that kind of illusion is not found in other games. Do you know another game that makes you want to go into the code and look for variables?
I have a lot of complaints about DPC, this game is not perfect and has many flaws.
I've said it before that I don't know of a single game on this website where the variability was at least at the level of DPС. There are games where the visuals are better, there are games where the story is more complex, there are games where the characters are better written.
Being able to influence the story and see how the world changes depending on your actions is what makes this game the best. Sure, many of the choices here are an illusion, but even that kind of illusion is not found in other games. Do you know another game that makes you want to go into the code and look for variables?
I have a lot of complaints about DPC, this game is not perfect and has many flaws.
I don't like the new direction of late (mega long free roams, excessive use of animations, etc.), and of course the game isn't perfect, but when you say the game has many flaws, are you speaking subjectively or objectively? I'd like to see a list of the game's objective flaws to see how they stack up.
I don't like the new direction of late (mega long free roams, excessive use of animations, etc.), and of course the game isn't perfect, but when you say the game has many flaws, are you speaking subjectively or objectively? I'd like to see a list of the games objective flaws to see how they stack up.
i stay out of the convo when you all get to talking techie because i dont have the knowledge, so i may be way off here. but im curious to see if dpc has shot himself in the foot with 60fps. the guy doesnt seem to be able to see past what he thinks would be cool, and at some point he will push past what the average users hardware can handle. i know many of you wont care because you also run higher end machines, but thats not the reality for many. for example, i have 2 laptops and the haunted basement is a laggy mess on the older 1. im not sure how many people would say thats a flaw, but to me it would be.
it also raises the question, if that does happen, will he then ban himself for hurting his business? lol
