The plot itself is something from a cliche’ horror movie. Out on the internet is a site to download a game called “Bad End“. It is a myth among gamers that if you die in the video game, you die in real life. So of course a couple of the characters put this to the test and find out the truth.

The most interesting thing about the game itself is the “Choose Your Own Adventure” approach. The choices themselves don’t give enough details to sway your decision and instead give bland choices to randomly pick for no reason. For example, trying to escape something gives you an option to choose your path. Left, right or straight ahead. No descriptors to give you an idea of what makes these paths different and that is a shame when it’s the best thing in your game.

As I mentioned, there are multiple endings to the game. These usually came with wrong decisions to the choices you make. Thankfully, you are not required to start over and can instead load the game back to your last choice. Even if you make the mistake of starting over or choose to do so willingly, holding the left mouse button causes the text to breeze through quickly.

I wasn’t wowed with the story of Bad End and found it more of a time waster. For the price and length of time, I can’t complain too much. It wouldn’t be my first suggestion to anyone, but if someone wants some quick satisfaction come Halloween, this could satisfy them until they are up for investing into something longer and scarier like the Corpse Party games.