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Official Web Page: Alice: Madness Returns Official Website
Developer: Spicy Horse
Publisher: Electronic Arts
Genre: Action Adventure/Platformer
Release date: June 14, 2011 (North America), June 16, 2011 (Europe)
Engine: Unreal Engine 3

Description:

Alice: Madness Returns is an Action-Adventure game that delves deep into the dark and violent side of the imagination, creating a nightmarish Wonderland where Alice must face the demons that haunt her visions. Visit the grim reality of Victorian London and then travel to the beautiful yet ghastly Wonderland to uncover the root of Alice's madness and discover the truth behind a deadly secret, kept hidden for years. Features include: upgradable melee weapons and magic abilities, a shattered gameword filled with altered versions of Lewis Carroll's famous characters and intuitive and rewarding puzzle play.
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Features:

* Intense 3rd-person Action - Use multiple upgradeable melee weapons, including the explosive Teapot Cannon, the punishing Hobby Horse, and the classic Vorpal Blade.
* Explore a Dark and Shattered Wonderland - Encounter familiar, but now strange characters including the Cheshire Cat, the Mad Hatter, the Caterpillar and the Red Queen.
* Magical Abilities - Obtain peculiar abilities in Wonderland such as floating with Alice's dress, shrinking and growing to towering sizes in order to crush enemies.
* Interactive Puzzles - Intuitive and rewarding puzzles such as transforming obstacles, musical memories chess and picture blocks.
* A Visually unique Gameworld - Delight in the whims of the ever-changing visual aspects of the gameworld which visually affect everything in the game, including Alice and her attire.
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Minimum PC System Requirements

* OS - Windows XP (SP3) / Vista (SP2) / Windows 7
* Processor - Intel Core 2 Duo (or equivalent) running at 1.6 GHZ or greater / AMD Athalon X2 running at 1.60 GHz or greater
* RAM - 2048 MB or greater
* Disc Drive - DVD ROM required for installation only
* Hard Drive - At least 8.5 GB of free space
* Video Card - NVIDIA GeForce 7600 256 MB PCIe or ATI Radeon X1650 256 MB PCIeor greater*
* DirectX - DirectX 9.0c compatible (XP or Windows 7 required for DirectX 10/11)
* Input - Keyboard and mouse or dual analog controller
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Official Trailer(s):

Launch Trailer

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Beautiful Insanity Trailer

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Shattered Twisted Trailer

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First 10 Minute Gameplay:

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Aman27deep said:
I have, didn't know this was based on that, lol.
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I know.Just kidding:)

comp@ddict said:
you know that sounds really funny the way you put it.
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^^lol...I found it amusing how AmanDeep managed to miss that.
 
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Started the horror filled wonderland.:D

Alright the initial impressions are quite good!
Cant comment on the story much as i have only proceeded few levels only.But it started quite beautifully and interestingly.
The most admirable in this is alice's hair.The hair animation is just brilliant! i dont remember seeing it in any other games.

The game is locked at 30fps but dont worry it can be unlocked to your desired level.
But sometimes the fps takes few hiccups.Maybe due to texture loading or level loading.which can be a bit annoying.

The combat is also worth mentioning.Well i think devil may cry fans may like the combat system.:D the slow mo effects in between are done quite well too,though there is nothing new here.

But it seems the game has not been made to be played with key board and mouse.
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Get the DLC costumes. I'll be starting this once I'm done with RnC: Quest for Booty, which won't be too long now. :D

OT: Ankur, you up for L4D2 session tonight?
 
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How does the game compare to the previous one in terms of the soundtracks and level designs?

IINM the game is meant to be played with a controller.
 
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Ethan_Hunt said:
Get the DLC costumes. I'll be starting this once I'm done with RnC: Quest for Booty, which won't be too long now. :D

OT: Ankur, you up for L4D2 session tonight?
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lets get them after we finish it once.i have the collectors editions.have to finish the first one too.:D

Btw yep!
 
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OK! Will call you tonight, else will ask Gaurav to drop you a buzz AND keep your phone ON. :@

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Gannu said:
How does the game compare to the previous one in terms of the soundtracks and level designs?

IINM the game is meant to be played with a controller.
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Yep agree with the controller part.selection of weapons is a bit pain.eg:-you have to select and fire that peeper gun using right mouse button only!!

Oh sorry! missed the soundtrack part.Soundtrack blends quite well with the game and is good!
enough to create mood for a wonderland adventure!:D

as far as the first game is concerned i have not yet completed it..you can say its also a bit easy.here i think you dont die.just spawn at the place where you had failed earlier.
I am playing it at hard difficulty.

Wont comment on the level design as i have proceeded till 3-4 levels only.will update after i complete some more.:D

OH wait wait.....I forgot the dodging part too.For dmc fans dodging is like female version of vergil !:D

@ethan ok.
 
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^Thanks! Looks nice indeed. Will give this a shot after I am done with a couple of co-op titles.

It has been a LONG time since I played the last title. Don't even remember the storyline much. Need to read up!
 
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Alright guys those who have xbox 360 controllers for them combat will be a bliss.its a bit frustrating for the keyboard and mouse users.the keys are poorly mapped.though the combat is fluid.
keeping physx on dosent makes any significant changes to the environment only the fps gets slaughtered.
The game relies too much on platforming there are too many of them.There is no arrow or any kind of mark to guide you.for any hints you have to shrink alice that too works on some places only.
 
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Anyways you have another thing to rejoice for. it is also made for 16:9.4:3 is as usual not supported here too.:(

It is good for people with 16:9.:D

Btw here crazy gameplay like tst can be practiced.you can kill easily without getting a single hit if you are well versed with the controls.
 
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Check this out:

For anyone who doubts that video games can be art, look no further than American McGee. (...)

To celebrate his creation and it’s sequel Alice: Madness Returns, McGee worked with Los Angeles venue Gallery 1988 to commission several artists, including Chet Zar, Dr. Romanelli, Luke Chueh, Linkin Park’s Mike Shinoda, Kevin Tong, Angryblue, and Phantom City Creative, to reinterpret his titular character for a showing during video game expo E3. “The art show really drove home my sense that this interpretation of Alice is a very natural and appropriate one. In creating the franchise, my goal was to create a branch in the Alice universe that would always feel like a natural, logical extension to the original stories everyone knows and loves. To see how that new telling is then re-interpreted, while still capturing the essence of a darker, more mature Alice has been like witnessing a shared dream.”
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I love the first and the last. The last one's face actually has a striking resemblance to Angelina Jolie. :P
 
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@Ethan, Eagerly waiting for ur crisp review mate. Dunno if i should get this or not, depends on ur review.
 
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