Katawa Shoujo is better than 999 (in my opinion!)

I'm just remembering the 999 game that came out for the DS a little over a year ago. The set up seemed original and well put together but the gameplay system itself was a pain when you went to replay it to get more endings.

Katawa Shoujo I'm still playing and loving. I got a bad end and am now playing it from the beginning once more. It has a nice skip function. 999 had a skip function but it wasn't good enough at all; plus, you had to do the same puzzles all over again. KS' skip function — that is to say Ren'Py's skip function is miles better.

Some things in 999 felt unnatural, particularly the grusome and detailed death descriptions and the approach it took to swearing. KS has swearing too but so far it feels more natural, like it doesn't upset the flow of the story like it does in 999. My knee jerk reaction to these elements appearing in 999 make it seem like there were just put in to sound cool or mature.