Alice: Madness Returns - Xbox 360

I've been waiting for this game to release since I first heard news of it last year and now that I'm playing it, it didn't disappoint. This is a platforming action game and both aspects are done really well. It's visually rich with tons of detail and the camera work is done well. The backgrounds vary from vivid and serenely beautiful to dark, gritty and gory. Even the costume changes as you make it to new locations are nice little touches that add to all the attention to detail that was paid to the graphics. Even when you fall and die it looks cool. Standing out are the parts with the motion comic-like cutscenes that are dark and violent. Sort of like reading rainbow on a very bad acid trip. Platforming feels solid. Double jumping not only looks beautiful with a cool graphical flourish but the "float" ability that allows you to glide and string multiple double jumps together is useful and cool to look at. The fighting is also done really well. I like dedicated melee and ranged buttons that allow the combat to flow seamlessly instead of constantly switching weapons back & forth as the situation and enemies demand a major improvement over the first. Theres also a dodge/dash ability that's both very useful and is awesome to look at. Locking on to enemies to and being able to change to another target during battle is very useful and also an upgrade from the first game. Exploration is rewarded and encouraged which I love. It's not just a straight road through the game. There are items & memories to find if you go off the beaten path. Your first power is "shrink sense" which is sort like detective mode from Batman Arkham Asylum. It lets you shrink down in size to access new paths that only your smaller size allows you to access, but also gives everything a UV glow so you can see hidden signs and platforms you normally would have missed. Collecting teeth to upgrade weapons, finding other items and snouts to unlock hidden paths feel very rewarding. You can go into first person mode for more precise aiming to take out enemies or to aim at pig snouts to unlock new paths. This game is everything I wanted from the first one and more. I bought the original when it first released and I'm on my second copy I just loved it so much. My only problem with the original was I"m not a PC gamer and using a keyboard and mouse was something I'm not use to. Being able to play the new game with a console controller and getting a free download of the original to play on my xbox with a controller is amazing.

I will be the first to admit, this is not the best game ever. But what this is, is a great game that will get passed up by many. It does have a few flaws that I found. Some will say it's repetative, (but aren't all games?), and the platforming in the game is made a bit difficult becasue the depth is hard to gauge. But what it lacks in these fields it makes up for in terms of story beauty. This is the game I waited 10 years for and I find that it delivers. I though it was going to be a short game. Some might say it still is. This is the kind of game you play through for story and not so much for the game it self. A movie, if you will, where you play as the lead charater to go deeper into the rabbit hole. I was very surprise to find a decent combat system a breath of weapons to use and abilities that while I have seen in other games were given a uniqe twist here. The scenery changes enough, and for the type of game it is, there is a good bit of variaty. Just as you think they ran out of tricks something new (and from the world of Wonderland) creaps in making it oh so enjoyable, that you can't help but smerk. I find many will especially enjoy the Chesser Cat's attitude. Unbelievable enough "Madness Returns" picks up 10 years later from the events of the first game. Which if you haven't played, your are in luck. Buying a new copy of this game gives you a code to download the first game for free. It's worth a play thruogh. Be warn it is 10 years old as well and will be hard to play, due to a control scheme that was originally in place for PC, still palyable none the less. To contiune, what you'll find is a game that leads you down one path using familar charaters from Alice in wonderland, and some how managing to contue a story that ended with the first game. The story is one that I either haven't seen or played, or think that even hollywood hasn't come up with. It should provide you a few good, Oh My God moments, and earns it's M rating in a good way. All in all, what you really have is two games for the price of one, one may be a 10 year old relic but I find it still holds up, at least story wise, and a sequal that will shock you like no game has in a while. Fans of the Original "American McGee's Alice" are no doubt not reading this review as I'm sure their mind has been made up and already own a copy. But if you want an interesting story, and can deal with a few game flaws, you need to get this to see what the rest of us have been clamering about. [This review is based on having completed the first game twice. Once on PC and then again via the download code for my console, and Madness Returns to 100%.]

Perfecto !!! Y si es en español

Un des meilleurs jeux au xbox 360

Aspettato per molto molto tempo ma di strada ne ha fatta veramente tanta ! Cmq il prodotto rispecchia la descrizione il pacco era perfetto, LINGUA ITALIANA INCLUSA, rispecchia la descrizione confezione nuova ed integra complimenti sia per il produttore sia per Amazon.

Gioco eccellente. Grafica fantastica. Bellissima storia. Ottimo gameplay. Molto molto divertente, gotico, folle ed originale. Sinceramente non capisco perché sia stato tante volte criticato così aspramente: è un titolo veramente valido e apprezzabile.

The game is so beautiful and fun! I'm usually terrible at combat games but this one made it so much easier. Loved all the puzzles and riddles. Came in great quality too!