I gotta be honest, I was skeptical about this game. First of all, I've never read the book or watched any of the Alice in Wonderland movies. I was afraid a lot of the characters and symbolism would be lost on me, and they probably did. Secondly, horror is absolutely not my thing and I was expecting this to be full of dark hallways with cheap jumpscares and other stuff I loathe in horror games. BUT: Alice: Madness Returns is actually a well done platformer with some fairly straightforward fighting elements. The controls are usually fluent and responsive and the puzzles are just challenging enough without becoming annoying. The worlds look amazing, especially the house of cards and underwater stages with psychedelic colors, creepy creatures and vast, vivid landscapes. Maybe once or twice the game was actually scary, but overall it was more of a creepy, psychedelic feel than a horror feel and I loved it. The plot is kinda confusing and I probably have to play it again to fully understand it but it was well presented with 2D and 3D cutscenes and stellar voice acting.
+Looks creepy and vivid
+Good platforming action
+Amazing soundtrack and voice acting
-Fighting usually does not feel very rewarding due to only having 4 weapons so you basically stick to 1 tactic.
-Camera can be annoying
-Absolutely atrocious framerate. 30~ FPS while platforming will drop down to a whopping 8 or even less during fight scenes with lots of effects on the screen, at times making it virtually unplayable.
-Bit short, I'm not a platform expert and finished it in 18 hours, a veteran could do it in 12. That's not much.
-Cheshire Cat, who I believe is a main character in the original story (again, don't know) is a useless cocky little ♥♥♥♥ that does absolutely nothing.

Overall an amazing game that's well worth a sale price like 5 bucks or less. Do look around for some ways to improve the framerate though, because sometimes it will be so bad the sound even starts stuttering, it's ridiculous. That I played through that major flaw shows how good I think it still is.

I gotta be honest, I was skeptical about this game. First of all, I've never read the book or watched any of the Alice in Wonderland movies. I was afraid a lot of the characters and symbolism would be lost on me, and they probably did. Secondly, horror is absolutely not my thing and I was expecting this to be full of dark hallways with cheap jumpscares and other stuff I loathe in horror games. BUT: Alice: Madness Returns is actually a well done platformer with some fairly straightforward fighting elements. The controls are usually fluent and responsive and the puzzles are just challenging enough without becoming annoying. The worlds look amazing, especially the house of cards and underwater stages with psychedelic colors, creepy creatures and vast, vivid landscapes. Maybe once or twice the game was actually scary, but overall it was more of a creepy, psychedelic feel than a horror feel and I loved it. The plot is kinda confusing and I probably have to play it again to fully understand it but it was well presented with 2D and 3D cutscenes and stellar voice acting. +Looks creepy and vivid +Good platforming action +Amazing soundtrack and voice acting -Fighting usually does not feel very rewarding due to only having 4 weapons so you basically stick to 1 tactic. -Camera can be annoying -Absolutely atrocious framerate. 30~ FPS while platforming will drop down to a whopping 8 or even less during fight scenes with lots of effects on the screen, at times making it virtually unplayable. -Bit short, I'm not a platform expert and finished it in 18 hours, a veteran could do it in 12. That's not much. -Cheshire Cat, who I believe is a main character in the original story (again, don't know) is a useless cocky little shit that does absolutely nothing. Overall an amazing game that's well worth a sale price like 5 bucks or less. Do look around for some ways to improve the framerate though, because sometimes it will be so bad the sound even starts stuttering, it's ridiculous. That I played through that major flaw shows how good I think it still is.