Gizelle Money writes, "A while back, I took interest in Alice: Madness Returns. America McGee's gritty take on the popular Carroll tale always something I though the industry could use more of. The teaser trailer for its sequel gave me goosebumps accompanied with a familiar chill at the base of my neck. I never expected a game to have this sort of reaction on me but sure enough, I was anxious and nervy as hell to play McGee's sequel. I can't exactly pinpoint what triggered this reaction. Maybe it has something to do with us being used to the sweet and courages girl with the heart of gold that is representative of Alice in her cartoon adaptations. Maybe it's Tim Burton's silver screen version of Alice that reminded us about Alice's innocence and bravery. Or maybe I just like the thought of having a childhood memory become just a tad corrupt, the darker, edgier Alice more attune to the mature gamer I've grown up to be. Wonderland it seems, is not so wonderful anymore."
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.
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Yeah, especially on One X or Series X. It kinda feels like a PS2 platformer, but in a good way. I liked it.
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.
Dont know why they keep listing ultimate. Gamepass is the better value....but the reason I think is that ultimate includes online gwg.
I mean, as someone who games both on PC and Xbox, Ultimate makes a whole lot of sense. There's console exclusives and PC exclusives. And, at the end of the day, EA Play is still a perk of having Ultimate. When I open Gamepass, the EA Play catalogue is sitting right there for me. It's as much part of Gamepass as any other title I'm looking at, right?
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. "
If I remember correctly, aside from having to change something in the .ini file to unlock the 30fps cap, the game is actually a decent port.
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