BAD END

[u]Premise[/u] A mildly unsettling yet addictive horror-themed mystery experience that can be fully completed in just 2.2 hours. The story revolves around uncovering the truth behind a sudden, mysterious, and untimely death, allegedly caused by a strange game rumored to kill its players if they make the wrong choices and reach a bad ending. [u]Investigation and Decisions[/u] The primary objective is to uncover the supernatural truth while identifying the identity and nature of a shadowy, mysterious entity through both in-game and real-world investigations. Critical decisions determine the outcome, and bad endings are triggered after making two incorrect choices in the cursed game. Additional non-canonical endings result from mistakes made during real-world interactions, such as abandoning the investigation out of fear and cold feet. [u]Atmosphere and Soundtrack[/u] A suspenseful soundtrack reinforces the eerie, haunting atmosphere. It builds tension and keeps a sense of unease. The music creates a sustained sense of nervousness, dread, and restlessness throughout the investigation. [u]True Ending[/u] The true ending successfully resolves the central mysteries while providing…

Ends bad

okay the plot actually goes HARDDD, they did the villain of the story well even though the main motivation. the game will basically try to kill you, and you need to not makes mistakes in order to reach the one and only good ending in the game (aka the true end). the mc doesn't have a character sprite for some reason which kinda confused me at first but you're playing as a highschooler dude, where the ONLY time you'll ever see the mc is at the true end. such a sweet ending ngl it has it's bad and good sides at the same time ANDDD I DIDN'T EXPECT THE GAME TO HAVE VOICE ACTING TOO which shows that it's super well made. I just kinda hope that the character sprites have more variations but I understand since it was released in 2015. I was surprised by how modern the UI is compared to other VN's out there. I personally believe it's still worth to play >o<

Choices close like doors Every path leads somewhere dark Hope ends on repeat

So firstly, Bad End is much shorter than I expected it to be. Every bad ending feels cheap, and the general writing is cringe. There is no creepy horror atmosphere despite this being a horror visual novel. The True End was also boring and made everything MC went through feel pointless. Things I liked were the sound design and the fact that this actually has VAs because I didn't expect that.

BAD END is a B-movie-esque, contrived visual novel, but it's surprisingly not [i]too[/i] bad. The synopsis is basically what it says on the box: Kyuuhei's friend Yuuji dies while playing the mystery-surrounded, supposedly death-inducing mobile game BAD END, and then, at least in the true route, Kyuuhei plays the game himself to discover how it caused Yuuji's death. The writing quality and premise are, again, at the level of a B-movie, but I can sometimes be pretty partial to those types of stories. I'd almost say I liked BAD END, but it was the number of endings and process of reaching them that soured it for me to the level of ambivalence. It turns out that BAD END (the game within the game) gives [spoiler]you one freebie—you don't immediately die if you reach one bad end, but you do die if you reach two.[/spoiler] Half of the endings in the game stop there, and play in the more or less the same way every time. And the other endings beside the true ending aren't much better. It's not surprising that a game called BAD END has a lot of bad endings, but that doesn't mean that I like them. Overall, BAD END is mediocre. It seems like it goes on sale often and for very cheap, and it'…