Unskippable: Alice: Madness Returns

[Graham_LRR]

Alice: Madness Returns

Alice's memories help the madness make its triumphant return.

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[warthoggunner]

A very weird cutscene.
No joke about that old ladys nose?

 

[Tireseas_v1legacy]

I really don't see the problem. That's what my dreams are like all the time...

 

[Lieju]

Who goes "My mind is destroyed!"?

Apart from Miss exposition.

 

[VondeVon]

I used to dislike the voice acting for Alice.
Then I imagined her with the voice of that girl from X-Blades.

Now I love this voice actor.

 

[The Funslinger]

I really don't see the problem. That's what my dreams are like all the time...

Mine too. Really, describing my dreams to my friends makes them stare at me with worried expressions...

 

[leviadragon99]

Heh, those two together would indeed make for an... interesting... collaboration.

 

[Eternal_Lament]

After playing the game recently, something tells me it would be great for a GPLP. It's only 8 hours long and there's enough silly/stupid content in there to get you through.

 

[ritchards]

What was up with the doctor's eyes? They looked to be permanently rolled up in his head...

 

[CrazyGirl17]

Well that was... unsettling. Also, great avatar. Is it new?

 

[Andy Shandy]

If I remember, Graham's new avatar is his picture from the DB5 poster by Mike Lunsford (admittedly I had to search the name).

Good episode. Although damn you for making me (and probably most who watched the video) yawn.

 

[GeorgW]

Speaking of Dante, Y U NO update the GPLP?? I need my fix! I needs it!!
Anyways, nice one, was wondering how they went about starting a story like that.

 

[AbstractStream]

I really don't see the problem. That's what my dreams are like all the time...

Mine too. Really, describing my dreams to my friends makes them stare at me with worried expressions...

I know the feeling. Oh, pshaw. They'll never understand.

 

[Trishbot]

The original American McGee's Alice was a cult hit on the PC, though many dismissed the game, and its sequel, as just "Alice in Wonderland... just darker" and called it a gimmick. Those people are idiots that most certainly never experienced the games and peeled back the layers of some of the most lurid, thought-provoking, complex, and mature writing in any video game. Alice: Madness Returns is a very compelling look at the psyche of a woman who underwent great trauma and is trying to solve a murder mystery, yet the only way to do so is to journey into her own mind and sift through her disjointed memories and fantasies to piece together the puzzle of who killed her family. This is done against a backdrop of jaw-dropping artistic visuals that truly let the artists go wild, along with some highly clever puzzles and platforming sections. While the pacing is a bit hit and miss (most levels last far too long), and the graphics themselves aren't always the best in the business (often quite blurry), it's still a journey packed with memorable set pieces, memorable characters, memorable twists, and a memorable ending, and it quite nearly became my favorite game of the year (a few late-year entries took the cake, though).

 

[The Random One]

Man, that therapist is so disinterested. I think he's only trying to get her to forget she paid in advance.

 

[PurePareidolia]

Wow, that rabbit explained everything.

 

[Evil Smurf]

what a bad psychologist, couldent Alice go some where else?

 

[BrotherRool]

I don't want to play that game, I want Alice to be fixed, not caving in and having delusions of slaughtering her way through her mind

 

[putowtin]

Man, that therapist is so disinterested. I think he's only trying to get her to forget she paid in advance.

agreed, he may as well just be saying "yawn, bring on an interesting case... oh look Charlie, you pa killed your ma in front of you... how riveting... do tell me more... Alice get lost"
Worst Shrink Ever!