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Alice: Madness Returns
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Alice is back, and so is her fragile grasp on reality. She must journey through both Victorian London and the dark world of Wonderland to retain her sanity and find out the truth behind her family's deaths, in this long-awaited sequel to American McGee's Alice.
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"Like its predecessor, Alice: Madness Returns is a game whose considerable dark artistic visions ease much of the gameplay's burden--but not all of it."
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A by-the-numbers 3D platformer with outstanding art design.

I'll be honest. The reason I bought the game was for the eye candy because I love fantasy and wonderfully impossible scenery. Yeah, I bought the game for the talking fishes, the castles made of giant… Read more

Fun platformer, with really imaginative characters and environmen

Fun platformer, with really imaginative characters and environments. I often stopped just to gaze at the impressive vistas. It has a good story that kept me interested in what had caused Alice's madne… Read more

Quick Review: Alice Madness Returns

Gameplay - 7.0 Alice Madness Returns attempts to replicate gameplay found in most 3D Mario and Zelda games, but it lacks in certain key elements that hold the gameplay back. Camera angles constantly c… Read more

A breath of fresh air in a world dominated by shooters.

Alice: Madness Returns is the sequel to 2000's American McGee's Alice. I understand that Madness Returns takes place some years after the original, which you can play for yourself as you get a code fo… Read more

A unique experience but one that repeats itself a tad too much

Alice Madness Returns is a delightfully imaginative journey back to American McGee’s take on the weird and often creepy fantasy world of Wonderland. Although technically a sequel, I found myself easil… Read more

Alice Returns with a Vengeance

Just like Alice herself, Alice: Madness Returns is a beautiful yet flawed game. Madness Returns picks up years after American McGee’s Alice and while her mental health has improved, her experience wit… Read more

Bloody, Scary Wonderland.

It's been 10 years since the original Alice game was introduced to players on the PC, and now it is finally time to help Alice discover the truth about her family's deaths. American Mcgee returns to c… Read more

Alice: Madness Returns Review: Don't do down the rabbit hole

Alice Madness Returns is a platformer sequel to American McGee's Alice, continuing that games edgy and dark interpretation of the Wonderland setting. The franchise has a niche but strong following and… Read more

Alice: Madness Returns Review

The long awaited sequel to American McGee's Alice has finally arrived and you will find yourself once again in the shoes of Alice, who is desperately trying to put together what has happened to her pa… Read more

Alice the Madness Returns

Alice: The Madness Returns is the latest game from American McGee’s studio, Spicy Horse. It is a game that uses some strange design decisions that separate this game from the majority of the games tha… Read more

Alice's return is truly mad, but also quite fun.

As a rather large fan of the original American McGee's Alice, I was very happy to hear of its sequel, and moreso that it'd be coming to the PC platform. After many examples of PC games not only shifti… Read more

Alice: Madness Returns Review

It's been eleven years since American McGee unleashed his twisted take on Lewis Carrol's classic children's tale. Now, McGee and his crew at Spicy Horse have invited us back for another tea party in A… Read more

Pretty...but dull.

It's hard to believe, but American McGee's Alice was released ten years ago. I'm finding myself constantly incredulous when I realize just how old most video games are. I mean, thinking about it: Half… Read more

Taking a very long trip through the Looking Glass

Even with huge AAA titles like Infamous 2 and Mortal Kombat, I thought of no other game the most and the one I was going to own no matter what was Alice: Madness Returns. Having not played the origina… Read more

Let the Madness Begin

Alice Madness Returns is the continued dark take on Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland. American McGee continues a story of an insane teenager who is plagued by her corrupted memories, induced by a fire… Read more

A Beautiful Visual Experience Marred by Repetition

Alice: Madness Returns poses an interesting question – what if the titular character from Alice in Wonderland had mental problems and those mental problems warped the very essence of what Wonderland w… Read more

Alice is back and beautiful.

Ten years ago, long before dark, emo, or gothic were in high fashion, came along an action/adventure, third person hack and slash, platforming shooter game called American McGee’s Alice (AMA). Famousl… Read more

Alice: Madness Returns (Xbox 360) Review

As many iterations and spinoffs that were made from the delightfully bizarre world of Lewis Carroll’s Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland , American McGee’s Alice was truly unique at the time. Though the… Read more

reviewers are mad

An absolutely gorgeous game that needs a second look by the critics. Sure, it has a lot of jumping, gliding, and a bit of repetition, but what game doesn't? These days I feel reviewers are getting a b… Read more

Great Game Marred By Control Issues

Raaaaaather...When American McGee released Alice back in 2000, the game caused quite a stir in the gaming community. The game was distinctly Alice in Wonderland, but with a gothic horror theme that ma… Read more

I see no one has made a review for this game yet so here it goes

Alice: Madness Returns does a great job of giving what the fans of the first game want...a great sequel. I greatly enjoyed the first Alice game 11 years ago and played it countless times, the second i… Read more

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