/jp/ - Otaku Culture

After seeing all sorts of praise about Katawa Shoujo all over 4chan for a whole year and having just recently read a thread on /r9k/ about it, I decided to give it a try, having absolutely zero experience not only with visual novels, but with anything /jp/ related (or, at least, what I assume /jp/ deals in).

Holy shit, you guys, if it wasn't the most boring thing I have ever laid eyes upon. The plot seemed to move at the speed of a fat guy swimming through molasses, most conversations felt so utterly petty and trivial that I was close to falling asleep, the dialogue felt stilted and unnaturally written, and the choices I could make were sparse and felt inconsequential.

Now, I wouldn't make this thread just to bitch and have you call me a troll. So, I come to you, /jp/, asking for advice. Can you point me to the direction of a visual novel that is shorter/more energetic and feels more like a "game" (and, for an added bonus, isn't about trying to get into someone's pants), or is it a lost cause for me because of the nature of the medium?