A theater where every path leads to the worst, and you flipping choices the way you flip an hourglass.

On gut feeling, picking without thinking, Bad End Theater falls below average, just ahead of a bit more than four games out of ten, to confirm on a single vote. And the detail drives it home. Almost every line sinks: desert island at the very bottom, art direction at the very bottom, fun and sound just above. Rediscovery is the least low, but still sits in the bottom. No tension here, more a coherence: a short narrative piece, two to three hours, that doesn't play on the ground these questions measure.

Against visual novels that leave a mark through character attachment or art direction, Bad End Theater bets on a mechanic of interweaving choices. What makes it original simply isn't what these criteria are looking for.

So, for who? For you if you love clever little playful objects, narrative puzzles you unfold in one evening. A lot less if you want a world that bonds with you, a memorable soundtrack or a big visual shock.