VN - Ren'Py - The Hellcat Lounge [v0.3.34] [Wilson Wonka]

There is a lot to like about this VN:
Non copy/pasta face for MC, characters with actual 'character', solid animations, the music is great, models of various sizes/shapes.

Honestly the biggest complaint is... I want more.

I just found out about this game(0.3.34) and it's already one of my favourite.
The writing, the tone, the themes (some really serious), the humour and the visual narration (show don't tell) are really the top of the basket.
The character are good, for once, even the males, but the girl cast is just awsome. I have peculiar tastes and am very picky, so it's rare that in a game I like more than one or two girls, but here it's the opposite, except for Sloane and the blond lesbian who probably isn't going to be a LI anyway, I like all of them, particularly three absolute cuties (Lane, Seok and Mary).
The sex scene are greatly animated, with an incredible body physic, the breast jigling and the flesh contacts are the best I've seen in a visual novel, my only regret is that there is no emphasis on the ejaculations, it's probably creampies, but we have no choices and they are not even mentioned.
The music is great, and I like the setting, even if having stories happening in the US is quite boring, I don't know if the dev is American, but since Americans and Europeans both use the US as their setting most of the time, it's quite boring eventually. I still hope we'll see the conclusion of this one.

For a game that I downloaded on a whim, while having zero expectations and also being slightly put off by its preview renders, The Hellcat Lounge is pretty good.
There is a certain, commendable level of craft in the visual part of this game that I haven't experienced in any other VN I played in recent times. I'm not even talking about the animations everyone is rightfully gushing about (in fact, I have a bit of a problem with how stunted most of the sex scenes feel, and how abruptly some of them end). It's all about the transitions, the way the characters in the shot express themselves non verbally, and especially how differently they react depending on your dialogue choices, even those characters that aren't directly involved in the exchange. This cranks the immersion level up to eleven, and does well to balance that irksome feeling that I always seem to get with games that heavily favor the third person perspective.

The only real downside for me so far is the almost slice of life nature of the story. I am aware that not every game needs a massive overarching plot to hold its structure together, but this one feels like it's lacking a general direction. The premise just comes off as a convenient excuse for the MC to hook up with as many women as possible after "breaking up" with his estabilished girlfriend, and with all of them carrying more drama and emotional baggage than a 5 time divorcee I can kinda see why there's no harem tag to be found in the grand scheme of things. As far as their personalities, well...they're kinda hit or miss for me. The MC is alright, maybe a bit too much of a white knight, but I'm holding my judgment as I wait for something major to happen. The girls are all decently written, different from one another, so I think ultimately it's a matter of personal preference and tolerance to what you'd consider to be too trope-ish and maybe too outlandish in terms of appearances, although I guess the vast majority of people who downloaded this or plan to, won't have a problem with how the girls look. Admittedly, I often times found myself more drawn to the regular looking side characters than to the main LIs, so I'm curious as to what the dev has planned in terms of routes. Of course this has no bearing whatsoever on my rating, it would be really dumb of me if it did.

In fact, I'd recommend giving The Hellcat Lounge a shot even if you think it doesn't cater to your usual tastes. You might be in for a pleasant surprise. This is was an enjoyable read so far and one that I'm going to check back in a few more updates.

Its a different setting then usually found here. I liked the setup and the chars as well as their story which is to unfold. Dont know if the MC is so much of a cute one but well we have seen much worse. The girls are also nicely developed and not that hillariously big tittes ones. Comes a bit more realistily and with variaty of types.
Only think I didnt like so much but well its still under development are the sex scenes which give the impression of a quicky. I would maybe cut the cinematic video and have more scenes with some dirty talk or else. Maybe much easier to do and gives more lively content when you know what I mean. Hard to explain. Anyhow its nicely made and my comments are based on personal taste anyhow Give it all a try, I like it sofar.

The animations and renders are very good, as everyone else has pointed out, but the dialogue is some real reddit tier cringe. At least it seems to be written by someone who actually speaks English, but barely any of it feels believable or natural at all.

Maybe as someone in my twenties, I'm just too old to understand how young people speak to each other nowadays .

Someone will need to chosee??/
yeah for now is hard to do so,i can manage fine but will be very hard when the game comes to his med half,.
i trying to be logical here and after playing last update,0.3 v34,ifound out that i didnt see in the beggiinig some of the problems i see now.
something happends in the last update,[this one]that didint connect with me at all,and i found that strange bcs it did do the click on me in the beggining ,.
when it comes to renders models and animations is nice and fair ,game doesnt do wonders but deliver ,and we are lucky that dev is actually kinda of good in the storytelling narrativepart.
but he comes the problemes for me after cheking all the game again,why give simone points if we know she isnt a Li?
all the Li/s till now have some kinda of baggage some little and manageable some not so much....
the nice gilrs apporach and the not idea girls approach do fo me more than the others[iam talking about caitlysn and sloane]lane si just jealous and lita dont give me enough good vibes to just fuck her, and mary dunno is not even in the picture for me,didnt even know she was a Li till now....[a wasted character]
all the other women and models that by mine standars are and look so much better and more intersting the dev dont even give the chance to have some kind of rel,so no
i cant chose right now,i f i have to chose i will chose chris,rose ,renata or aisline,those look much better ,ofc is my taste and somehow i tyred to keep an open mind,i dont have anu problem withsloane all the pthers characters lack something in the slef concious department,caitlin have a big problem at home,and she is waiting for a knoght on shinniig armor to save her,llita ,well she is bi,and isnt a problem itself but someone who cna dotch a partner so easy isnot going to do well in my eyes ,not matter if you partner willingly says is fine to fuck her,bcs well it isnt,too mych baggage and drama there,
lane well not gonna lie she is the less appealing for me ,even shannon have more sex appealthan her,but i dont have the choice to say to her that ,i want to really know whats the dev idea if someone dontwant to fuck any of those Li's and go for the sode characters,
true is never happend to me that after reaching some point in the story i prefer to be alone and a good friend to everyone here and not to even think to touch any if this girls.......
scriopt whatsover is good enough for now,and also the quality of renders ,animations are alittle strange like some morphologci shit is happening when they are sucking the mc,......

Basically i don't have a review at hand, i just couldn't get pass it without leaving a 5 star rating for the current (3.34) version.
This isn't a game about copy&pasted stereotype LI models you get at 90% of the games (at least it feels like that) and it isn't about a all happy smiling fuck-a-round. Maybe it is a bit over the top with the amount of bad/dark stuff at the story/backstorys, but so is life sometimes for some people.
What you get? Maybe a new point of view, top visuals and iirc there are just 2-3 other games with a animation quality close to it.
What you need? Well, get your fantasy and mind along to fill the spaces the dev left empty, be it intentional or not (at least that's a pro point at my end, you get a setting and some guidance, not a manual).

Keep it up

There's a reason why The Hellcat Lounge has so many 5 star ratings, download this sublime VN and find out yourselves!

No, wait, theres a fuckton of reasons why this VN is simply magnificent. And my words will do it little justice.

The story is unique. The models are unique. The humour is in your face? If you're looking for a harem full of insipid big ass/big tits fantasy girls, then I'd suggest you find another gig. But if you are a fan of a good story, a positive and gifted MC who finds themselves in a sexy and emotionally-charged narrative, then pop into The Hellcat Loungen grab a beer and prepare to be entertained.

Grats to the devs. And thanks to the reviewers who persuaded me try a different type of bar, one that I will always remember.

This game really deserves a higher score in my opinion. It has two things that are some of the best I've seen. Mainly, it has some of the best renders of any Daz game I've seen, and it has some of the best Daz animations I've ever seen.

Apart from those two great things, it has enjoyable writing, good characters, with realistic bodies, no tire sized boobs here.

A lot of the reviews are complaining about tattooed girls, that's bullshit, you should be able to see that before downloading.

I am a straight male and I would let MC step on me like a dirty carpet. Ignore that first sentence because I had to get that out of the way first.

I like the unique look of the girls and the art style this game presents, as well as a promising start that may have a better take on the lifestyle and love life of a true rockstar, unlike another title that has tried it in the past.

Highly look forward to future updates as this game checks every box and might fulfill the promises it makes to be in the future.

Well, the renders, models and animations are superb. The rest, however, is kinda... eh.
There isn't really any story to speak of and the pace of the game is way too fast as well as insanely hard to take anything seriously, as basically every woman loses her panties, as soon as they see MC. It's absolutely overwhelming. I would rate it 3.5, but since I can't, I'll go with 4, because of Lane.

Super high quality

- Story 9/10
- Animations 10/10
- Characters 8/10
- Renders 10/10
- Music 7/10
- Enjoyability 9/10

I strongly recommend this game, is has both some of the highest quality renders I've seen as well as some of the highest quality animations I've seen.

This game is a perfect example of don’t judge a book by its cover. If just looking at the banner and render previews the game does not look like it’s my cup of tea. However I ended up loving everything about this game and the LI which was a big reason why I didn’t think I'd like this game at first. Overall I'd rate it a solid 4 / 5 will probably go to a 5/5 once this game has more updates but I feel like I need to know more about some of these characters , plot etc to give it that 5/5. As I feel I still haven't gotten enough character development time with a few characters.

Story -
One of the story lines is a bit of a meh porn storyline and feels like an excuse to have access to easy lewds for the amazing animations. Then there is a more serious storyline that is sweet, wholesome and serious. But beyond that I need more updates to judge the story anymore.

Characters -
They all come across pretty real characters to me and are all well written. I honestly can’t decide who is my favorite between Sloane, Mary, Seok and Caitlin. Even Zoe, who I hate at the moment, is looking to be a pretty good character. While many would say the animations are the best part of this game to me it’s the characters. As I went from wanting to play this game cause I heard animations were S tier and having zero interest in this game to loving it because of the characters.

Animations
This is if not the best one of the best games on the market when it comes to animations.

What can I say. It's definitly above average. But not among the best. Story wise it's okay, dialog okay, scene's okay. However I felt like some of the dialog was rather unimportant or didn't add to the story so I found myself skipping parts (and still being able to follow the story). Also I'm pretty sure the choices don't really affect the outcome. Just the scene's that you are shown. So for example, although it is shown that girl A is disappointed that you sleep with girl B. It doesn't change your next scene (options) with girl A.

So firstly lets get right to the point, this is one of the best looking games I've ever seen here. Maybe even THE best. The girls the scenery the graphics the animations they are all top notch, just chefs kiss. The writing is also pretty good aside from some cringy m'lady that overstays its welcome a bit, but otherwise its quite good. Now for the reasons I deducted a point. There are soooo many of these emo/goth/alt girls that have crazy tatoos all over, piercings, crazy hair colors and more. Also, they all seem to be lesbian or bisexual for some reason. Even the MC looks emo or goth or whatever with crazy tatoos all over, even on his face. I'm not a fan of that but that's not entirely why i'm deducting a point. I'm deducting a point because there are just way too many, there's no variety. I think Caitlyn is the only normal looking girl, and maybe the mechanic girl. All of the others are all tatted or pierced or have crazy hair colors. Some variety would be nice, and especially maybe some girls who aren't trying to get you to bang them. I'd like some relationship building or character depth outside of banging emo thots. Adding on to this point, there are no real dialogue options outside of get this girl to like you points and get this girl to hate you points. There are no types of flavor or personalization to the dialogue or the girls. You can't be sub or dom or polite or mean or anything like that. You're gonna pick the options that give you the points with the girls, obviously, unless you don't like them then you'll pick hate. This basically gridlocks you into two paths with no wiggle room. giving us more control over the situations I think would be a major plus. To wrap this up, this is an excellent game, and if you are into the emo/goth/alt thotties who crave ur dick I'm sure you'll absolutely love this game. If you want something a bit more than just banging those girls then you'll probably be left wanting for something a little bit different than what's on the main course here.

Top production quality in pretty much everything.

High quality renders with good coloring, good composition, beautiful to look at.

Animations, S-tier, probably the game's strongest point. Extremely realistic, some of the best I've seen in any AVN.

Great characters with unique appearances as well as believable personalities. Yes, this includes the MC. The setting of the story also makes the characters stand out from your typical modern day AVN, a nice change of pace and a breath of fresh air.

5/5, highly recommended, will follow this game religiously.

a really nice game with amazing storyline
Also, the graphics are really good, reminds me of (Light of my life) abit.
I enjoyed it for a bit and wish to see more of girls join
can't wait for the next release

I'd truthfully rate this 3.5 out of 5 but I can't, so I'll be generous and round up because I enjoyed more things about it than I disliked.

Renders are dope. Flat out.

As someone who's type irl is alt\emo chicks i strangely get so tired of them in AVNs because they are always so similar in hair\model\personality but the girls in Hellcat Lounge are better than the usual alt chick you find on here.

I definitely have to commend the dev for fleshing out the girls personalities. The more the game scratches at a character the more depth than what meets the eye is there.

The music was pretty well done. I enjoyed it as well as the background for the story being a rock bar and the MC being in a band looks like it could be really fun. The scene backgrounds and environments are actually pretty decent.

The animations like everyone has mentioned are really good. Definitely among the top shelf AVNs with animations. They could really take the top off it if they included more finishes in the scenes. Not neccessarily has to be in the animation itself but I left more than a couple scenes with lack of closure.


My official rating for the dialogue is used m'lady too many times\10. They first time the MC said m'lady I thought "Okay, maybe it's used ironically² and that can be fine." Then he uses a second time, and I'm thinking that's way too many times for a game. M'lady gets used at least 3 or 4 more times after that. I don't know if I'm being crazy here, but that's at least a full star off the rating offense. There was also a couple too many "Sir's" and "Ma'am's" for me.

Another thing was I did love the fact they gave the MC arm hair and body hair. The ass hair the other hand was a little I don't know brother.

This game looks promising so far.

Not a fan of VN's but this will probably be among the good ones. It has decent models, animations, non-bloated story, some music to go along.

It already has gallery, it is easy to play, walkthrough mod helps and should be integrated into the game (optional setting).

(I give 5 for effort and cause it is starting out, my score is 4)

This is a great game, music is great, best sexytime animations ever, you got a pretty good eye for setting scenes, intro is not boring or convoluted, 3d models are on point, story feels good, it is just a great work.

I hope you keep going strong.