Nathan of Bago Games takes a look at Alice:Madness Returns- Back in October 2000, video game designer, American McGee, brought the world his twisted version of Alice in Wonderland. The game received generally favorable reviews and was praised for its—at the time—cutting edge graphics and mature, dark take on the familiar world of Alice’s imaginary dimension. Eleven years later, Alice is back for another trip to the disturbing, Wonderland of her mind. The Madness Returns does an awful lot to draw players back into the macabre landscape, but unfortunately your time there will be hampered by enough frustrating gameplay mechanics that you may be looking for the next train back to the real world.
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. "
why is this here? didnt this game come out nearly 2 years ago. pretty pointless to post a review for it now.
a little late with this review aren't ya?
Eh, posting a review of a game that is a year or so old is perfectly fine. For most titles, after a year, they are hitting the discount rack or are being dropped to a much lower price point. In today's economy, even $20 may be hard to swallow for some gamers that may be interested in reading a fresh point of view on a title.
its a great game and yeah combat is repetitive. despite that, i love this game to bits :D
The game was awesome 9.0/10!