American McGee's Alice (Jewel Case)
by Electronic Arts
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Brand: Electronic ArtsFormat: CD-ROM
Platform: Windows 98, Windows Me
Publisher: Electronic Arts
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Video Game Reviews of American McGee's Alice (Jewel Case)
Customer Review: great addition to your gaming addiction
Summary: 5 Stars
this game is totally BA, and everyone just doesn't realize it. Yeah, okay, so its sky rocketed in price and is really not good graphically, and yes, everyone just believes the Alice in Wonderland tales to be all about people going through 'shrooms left and right, but this game totally worth it to those who want to play a terribly inventive and bloody game. while I have the chance to say it, it was rated M for a reason back in 2000, because it was pretty horrifying, back then. for the younger folk, just don't watch the excessively blood and gore parts over and over: That's how we got the Columbine School Massacre.
This game should have been a console game, but works the best on the computer in my opinion. One reason is because the mouse is one of the coolest tools out there, other than flame throwers and nuclear weapons, and because the key setup is so much easier: much like an FPS, but in Third Person. I also would like to say, that if you didn't care to get into to Alice in Wonderland, you should read one of the books or watch one of the movies first, so you can get some background as to what is going down.
The storyline is pretty much this: Alice's family is dead, it's her fault, she is in a catatonic set, and you have to play her so called "mind", trying to regain her sanity. She looks not as familiar as what we read in the books, because Wonderland is based in her brain, with her fears reshowing up in the game as bosses and people she knows. For example, Tweedle Dee and Tweedle Dum resemble the Doctor's nephews assigned to help get Alice out of her catatonic state and the Doctor is resembled by the Jabberwocky.
Graphically, it was all during the times of the late 1990s, give 'em a break. Fun wise...fantastic, even though you really can't explore, it really knows how to rack your brain with complexity: it's more of a puzzle game than TPS, but the weapons are the funnest parts of the game, because they are toys!!!! How would you like it if you could incinerate that annoying kid in class with a Jack in the Box that happened to be a thrown flame thrower and bomb, or chuck throwing cards only to realize they slice off heads of the bully at school (JK) ???
I give this game full 5/5 mostly because it was about something I thought would be cool to see: a gothic dark Wonderland, and you fighting against all odds to save it from the Red Queen. Really worth it, just not worth 100 bucks or more in my opinion.
Description of American McGee's Alice (Jewel Case)
A fierce and nasty fight for sanity and control turns into a lethal struggle for survival! When Alice answers a distressed summons to return to Wonderland, she barely recognizes the befouled setting. From the fungal rot of the Mushroom Forest to the infernal chemistry of the Mad Hatter's Domain and beyond, Wonderland festers to its core.American McGee is best known for his work on shooters like Quake III, but he split off from id Software recently and his first effort is Alice, a twisted romp through his own version of Lewis Carroll's Wonderland. The trick is that Alice, now older, is the lone survivor of a house fire that kills her family. She's stuck in an asylum and must regain her own sanity by returning to the madcap Wonderland she visited as a child. She's a darker person now, and, perhaps consequently, Wonderland is correspondingly dark.
The Queen of Hearts cruelly rules the land, the White Rabbit is tattered, the Cheshire Cat sports a pirate earring and a mangy, emaciated look, and the Mad Hatter is even madder than before. Alice, armed with her characteristic politeness, athletic ability, and a large knife, must venture through this dark Wonderland righting wrongs while thwarting the Queen and her army of playing-card guards.
The game itself uses an over-the-shoulder perspective and has Alice running, jumping, and swinging from ropes like a younger and primmer Lara Croft. Controls are easy to use and aside from difficult jumping puzzles and an odd problem where Alice slides on surfaces, the game is easy to play. Wonderland here is dark, like a Tim Burton film, but still easily recognizable to fans of the classic novel. If anything the game is woefully linear--there's only one path and therefore no need to replay the game after you've finished it. The result is a game that feels more constrained and conservative than its source material should have allowed, but the atmosphere makes for an exciting action-adventure nonetheless. "Mature" subject matter is strewn throughout, so always remember that this is not an E-ticket Disney ride.--Bob Andrews
Pros:
- Gorgeous, wicked graphics
- Excellent use of Carroll's famous characters
- High system requirements
- Very linear
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