The main draw of Alice Madness Returns is its art style. Visually, the game is absolutely gorgeous with a colourful, vibrant and unsettling presentation that makes it feel like a game that was developed by Laika Studios and directed by Tim Burton. This presentation is complemented by its excellent soundtrack. There are also a number of extras such as concept art collectables that add to the package. It’s clear that the Shanghai based development team lead by American McGee were very passionate about this project.

However, the game is also plagued by a number of egregious problems. The pacing is awful with chapters dragging on far longer than they should. The game never earns its length because the platforming and combat mechanics, while fun, get repetitive over time with very little variety in the way they are implemented. The story presents interesting ideas about grief, trauma, abuse and manipulation but never manages to be as engaging or as interesting as it could be, especially with the abrupt ending that doesn’t feel like a proper resolution. The game is also very buggy and crashes multiple times. Ironically, the first Alice game, which released in 2000, somehow feels less mechanically dated than its sequel and far better paced.

Overall, it’s a beautiful, atmospheric and immersive game that is held back by technical issues and an overall lack of polish. Regardless, its still worth playing for the art design alone and its not surprising that it’s managed to ascertain a strong cult following over the years. 6/10.

One of the best games i've ever played in my life. it's a shame EA hasn't made any achievements for this, i would've 100% this game even if it took me 200 hours.

Play it. I don't need to say more. But I will.

It's the most Gothic, atmospheric, extravagant, whimsical, ghastly, peculiar, wondrous, tenebrous, eldritch, eerie, labyrinthine, lurid, uncanny, surreal, haunting, enigmatic, psychological, macabre, and maddening game ever made.

It seems like a lot of people are having graphical, input, or gameplay bugs and glitches. Causing the game to even crash on start up.
But I had no issues when I played. I just plugged in a PS5 controller and didn't encounter and crashes or bugs.

משחק טוב אחושרמוטה ממליצה רצח לכל סטלן בעולם הזה
קצת גרפי tho

you took everything from me EA

You know, I'd recommend this game if it actually worked out of the (metaphorical) box. You have to muck around in the INI settings when you launch the game. Every. Single. Time.
If you have a PS3 and can find a disc copy of it, just do that instead.

This game crashes so incredibly often. I wish there was a manual save option because getting back to the point where it crashed is super annoying.

I OVE THIS GAME!!!! I LOVE ALICE LIDDEL!!!!!!!!!! I LOVE WONDERLAND!!!!!!!!!!

an old game but the visual style holds up as it is so well done, standard platformer type game but well worth playing just to look at the world that was created as you explore it.

The game is fun and challenging with a really good game time, there is always something new to do and its really hard to get bored unless you get stuck on a boss fight. I adore the graphics and designs even with it being an older game. I do have an issue with how laggy the game can be and how it freezes my computer while trying to load the game but that could be an issue on my end.