The WhatsNext verdict
For Fans of narrative puzzle games and branching visual novels who enjoy dissecting cause-and-effect across multiple viewpoints.: Interlocking character paths turn storytelling into an intricate puzzle box where decisions made for one protagonist directly alter the fates of others. Tradeoff: Finding every route requires revisiting similar dialogue and enduring a relentless cascade of gruesome, tragic outcomes before any resolution.
What it does best
A visual novel built like an elegant puzzle box
Choices that reshape everyone’s fate
A cast whose tragedies become deeply personal
A rare fusion of visual novel, puzzle, and tragedy
What might put you off
The 41-ending completion grind
Relentlessly bleak subject matter
The setup
What you are walking into
Welcome to Bad End Theater! Select your protagonist and explore a variety of terrible fates! The decisions you make in one story will affect the others. you can toggle these behaviors to open up new paths! unfortunately, every path leads to a bad ending... Can you find a way to save this unlucky cast? Playtime: 2-3 hours to see all endings (it's a puzzle game, so this varies widely).
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