I can relate to that

Hey buddy, you know there's an auto mode right? you can just set your computer up and get really comfy and relax. While that you can just read without clicking!

<cough spacebar cough cough>

Well, you may be expecting the game to do too much for you.
You need to try to get inside the head of one of the characters and start wondering about how they think, that's how real relationships work too :P

It doesn't help when most people that like it talk like it's the holy grail of visual novels

Fair enough. I'll say it's the best (and only one I know of) that deals with disabilities.
It also was the only one I've read where I didn't just feel like I was a god pretending to play a man (My one beef with F/SN which I love outside of Shirou's OP nature). And it also creates some of the most genuinely flawed female protagonists.

I'd say the writing is above average but not the best, so if the above doesn't sell you, or you're looking for super action kung fu ninja to pop out of the walls, you're in for a bad time. If you want something of a similar nature but more mystery/adventure try Ever17

Are you implying 999 and the Kyle Hyde Saga aren't some of the best VNs in the universe

Yes? They're not VNs, much like Layton and Phoenix Wright are not VNs.

Great games? yes. VNs? no

Most of the impact is in the ends of the stories. it's also interesting to see who's story you get based solely on the decision you make. But like I said the best parts are in the ends, that make you want to play it again and again

That's what a visual novel is.

Well, yes, I figured that much. I guess what I meant to say is that I'm not really experiencing many emotional bonds with any of the characters or getting really far in depth towards the game.

fair enough, and like the guy above me said, you do have to get a ways into it until you start to feel dead inside.

I don't think you actualized the purpose of it at if you feel dead inside. But that's just me

People feel things differently.

True.

You seem like a pretty chill dude. Can I vent to you in a private message?

Go for it

Getcha sum.