American McGee's Alice

Teaf · 22 Apr 2010 at 16:11

Was one of the hardest games I've ever played

iv-tecman · 22 Apr 2010 at 16:51

izzy eckerslike said:
Must be a rare collectors piece according to the prices going on Ebay

Its only rare on ebay due to the box art. The version with the bloody knife on Alice’s hand was removed from circulation shortly after release. It was changed to show a wand, and the Cheshire cat was changed to look less gruesome. IMO I couldn’t at the time see the problem, I never purchased it at release as I really didn’t think my PC at the time would have ran it..

And the box are was removed and subsequently changed due to complaints from the public, sadly I think most didn’t actually ‘get’ what was being depicted on the box. Alice in Wonderland is seen as a Children’s tale, this was anything but a Children’s tale… the box art fitted the game perfectly, Alice in this version had actually turned quite deranged and depressed..

And as pointed out, it was rather hard on some systems, it used the Quake 2?? Or was it Quake Arena engine… I picked up the game some years later on budget when I got an ATI Radeon Pro 9700 and it flew…

Sadly I never did complete the game, yet another one that I started and just never completed. Might have to dig it out one day and try again…. Seeing as I'm quite the fan of Lewis Caroll's works..!! Although this wasn't his work, its based around his Wonderland tales..!!

antijoke · 22 Apr 2010 at 16:51

Never played this game, but I want to now.

KaHn · 22 Apr 2010 at 16:58

anticonscience said:
Never played this game, but I want to now.

I'll have a dig around home, think its there or Hedge off here has it, if I find it ill post it down.

But will probs be a week or so.

KaHn

izzy eckerslike · 22 Apr 2010 at 17:34

Just reinstalled it for a blast, it plays a bit like Tomb raider style with climbing, jumping onto ropes & swinging etc, moving floors, levers to pull & puzzles to work out.
Luckily it has a fast quicksave/load as you will die a lot, only played for a few minutes before I put 'wuss' in the console to get all weapons

D3lirious · 22 Apr 2010 at 18:04

I loved this game too but threw it out at some point over the years. Shame, this thread has inspired me to replay it.

Bennehmaru · 22 Apr 2010 at 18:45

Thank you! forgot how much I love this game, it's been sat in my games wallet for years and I've finally decided to go and have another play through!

sbweightman · 22 Apr 2010 at 19:34

kylew said:
I've been aware of this game for quite some time, I think this thread is urged me to go and play it.

Sounds like another great but underated game like Psychonaughts and Beyond good and Evil (two of my favourites).

I've got both of those games, and Alice. The one (nice) thing that surprised me about them was just how good they were, and for what price - all were picked up in the bargain bins at their respective times.

Alice is a true classic - dark, platformy fun with good comedy to boot.

antijoke · 22 Apr 2010 at 19:45

KaHn said:
I'll have a dig around home, think its there or Hedge off here has it, if I find it ill post it down.

But will probs be a week or so.

KaHn

That would be mint! Thanks.

Jericho.u.k · 22 Apr 2010 at 22:28

I remember this fondly along with clive barkers undying.........both awesome games

joeyjojo · 22 Apr 2010 at 22:31

iamdjdz said:
...it's a great soundtrack - by Chris Vrenna, ex NIN.

Amazing!

edit: and Marilyn Manson too

Lum · 23 Apr 2010 at 04:40

Reinstalled this after seeing the recent Tim Burton film, only stopped playing because Necrovision: Lost Company came out

I was really hoping that they'd somehow manage to get Tim Burton to make a film based on the game's storyline rather than the film he actually did. I guess that will never happen now.

Wicksys · 23 Apr 2010 at 20:29

Well we can live on in hope. Just got the the part where you play chess in the style of chess now, such great level design, shame we dont often see this these days.

bhavv · 24 Apr 2010 at 02:57

I just played this game a few months ago. I have the sold out version that I bought for a fiver, best £5 ever spent.

KaHn · 7 Sep 2010 at 10:41

anticonscience said:
That would be mint! Thanks.

Finally managed to get this off Hedge, email my trust with address details and i'll send down.

KaHn

Sleepery · 7 Sep 2010 at 10:49

This month's Games magazine has a big write up on the sequel being done at the moment. It looks excellent

Indy500 · 7 Sep 2010 at 10:59

Surprised nobody posted a vid yet:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3o-19MnWlUc

There's a trailer for the sequel game too:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TrjXLlsoPlI

Cat_In_Pyjamas · 7 Sep 2010 at 11:20

Oh the fond memories I have of this game. Two key words: Diabolical Dice

Howitzer · 7 Sep 2010 at 15:44

There was a thread a while ago about a rumoured sequal...

Now it's confirmed and there's an official trailer (rather than a fan made but supported trailer) I am so happy!!
Really will be watching this one closely, hopefully they'll do an awesome job and keep all the creepiness of the world and the determined bravery of Alice! (awesomely portrayed I thought)

Indy500 · 7 Sep 2010 at 17:01

Howitzer said:
There was a thread a while ago about a rumoured sequal...

Now it's confirmed and there's an official trailer (rather than a fan made but supported trailer) I am so happy!!
Really will be watching this one closely, hopefully they'll do an awesome job and keep all the creepiness of the world and the determined bravery of Alice! (awesomely portrayed I thought)

http://www.ea.com/alice

Some screenshots there as well.