From the PlanetXbox360.com feature preview:
"When you remake something, you’d best be careful how you do it, or you’ll run the risk of alienating the original content at hand. That’s kind of how we felt about Tim Burton’s take of Alice In Wonderland when it was released last year. Good-looking? Sure. But also surprisingly empty in story and a little downright silly at times. However, good news comes in the form of American McGee, who has their own take on the legacy of Alice. And you’ll get to see just how murderous it is when the game releases for Xbox 360, Playstation 3, and Windows PC on June 14, 2011. Alice: Madness Returns is the long-awaited follow-up to the highly popular American McGee’s Alice, but this time around, console owners will get a taste of the insanity, as the game is going multi-platform."
Reviewing Alice: Madness Returns almost feels like a rite of passage for me. You see, I'm from the same town as the childhood home of Charles Dodgson, better known to you and I by his pen-name, Lewis Carroll. As such, he's a bit of a local culture icon.
I played Alice: Madness Returns for the first time last year. What an amazing game and adventure. It's a huge shame we aren't getting a sequel to it. It absolutely deserves another game.
oh yeah, I remember this game! I remember liking it, but found the platforming to be utterly obnoxious. Loved the world design.
Good review!
Of course Sunset Overdrive gets a nod. It's Insomniac!
I personally think there's better on gamepass then what was listed. State of decay imo is better then anything listed. Recore seemed alright for what I played on there also.
Odd that he specified 'Game Pass Ultimate' instead of just 'Game Pass' just so he could include a relatively weak choice comparably in 'Alice: Madness Returns' which is available with EA Play. SoD was a far better overlooked game to have listed.
From Games Radar: "Alice: Madness Returns has been removed from Steam just months after fans fought to get the creepy horror back onto Valve's PC platform.
The sequel was removed from sale back in 2016 following a DRM problem, an issue that kept the game off Steam for a full five years. It was finally reinstated in February 2022, only for fans to notice that, once again, it had been mysteriously pulled again earlier this month.
The game's Steam page says "at the request of the publisher, Alice: Madness Returns is no longer available for sale on Steam", but that's a standard disclaimer that doesn't really tell us very much. "
This game looks sick, and scary!
Can't wait.
Now I'm looking forward to this one...