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Alice: Madness Returns |OT|
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Tokubetsu said:
Yeah,the last Boss wasn`t so bad after all,I beat it on my 3rd try...the game was awesome but yeah those pinball segments in chapter 5 drove me nuts,especially the one where you had to shoot the head in a plinko/peggle type wheel...it kept falling out of play for me hehe...
Just finished it. Last boss wasn't too at all. Died only once. I look forward to facing it again on nightmare. That said however...
Regarding chapter 5. The platforming was indeed really solid, but the level itself was just absolutely demented as things proceeded. I really want getting some major chills while playing it. I also wasn't a fan of the other distractions offered.
And yes, major praise for chapter 4.
It probably also has the best dress design wise that isn't from the DLC. Too bad it handicaps you D:
Regarding chapter 5. The platforming was indeed really solid, but the level itself was just absolutely demented as things proceeded. I really want getting some major chills while playing it. I also wasn't a fan of the other distractions offered.
And yes, major praise for chapter 4.
Felt great to become giant Alice and take out the executioner in one stomp like that. And the carnage afterwards with her 
semiconscious
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finished chapter 3, &, for me, this game, by staying within itself & not trying to 'conquer the world', accomplishes what a large number of major, triple-a releases this gen have failed to do - it makes playing a video game a simple, joyful experience. the last game i played that worked for me on this level (out of the blue, low-key, straight-forward, unique graphic style) was mini ninjas...
InVinoVeritas
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I picked this up a few weeks ago, and my wife has been playing it every day. I would usually watch for awhile, then browse gaf or play something on my laptop. Last night she reached chapter 4. I looked up from gaf to see her entering "Cardbridge". Closed the laptop and spent the rest of the evening amazed at the level design. Well done Spicy Horse!
Freeza Under The Shower
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McBacon said:
please tell me you wrote the review for your outlet. (if you're still a reviewer / writer, that is)
Vampire On Titus
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kiryogi said:
Was it the
creepy kids, some of which having exposed brain meats, that did it to you?
except for this of course: http://i56.tinypic.com/2lj705s.jpg
The revelations you make about how much of a hardcore scumbag Bumby is were the most demented thing about the game for me. He really had to work hard to top the opening where he's brainwashing little kids.
MidgarBlowedUp
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Ordered the PC version today. I don't mind waiting on it from Amazon since I have school and I know if I had it here with me now I'd fail all my classes.
EchosMyron1 said:
yeah Bumby was a real shit fuck,what he did to Alice's Family, what he did to her sister and other kids is just disgusting ( rape children,brainwashing them, sell them later as insane sex slaves, make sure Alice is crazy so no one believe her )he is one of the most evil phsycho manipulating villain ever
Sexual slavery,child prostitution and pedophilia
After finishing chapter 4 I took a week-long break from Alice. I guess I needed a much longer break but I really wanted to see the ending so I could highlight all the black bars in the thread.Yurt said:
Edit: Just finished. 89% completion. Is there any way to see play through time?
Amir0x said:
I loved it too. I wonder if it would work for a whole game? Well, a downloadable title at any rate. Though I think I just love the visual design, I don't know if the gameplay in that section could hold itself for several hours. They would have to mix it up a lot. At least here it didn't outstay its welcome.
Vampire On Titus
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Totobeni said:
Yeah it was subtle enough that one of my friends who finished the game a day ago didn't even realize
Bumby was a pedophile
The bigger conversation going on is whether or not
Alice actually killed Bumby. I took the ending to mean that Alice had finally waded through Bumby's brain washing to discover the truth about her families death's. In the process, however, she had gone mad and can no longer parse the real world from wonderland.
It would explain why she still has hair despite being shaven in the asylum, also how despite being a skinny and relatively small girl she managed to kill Bumby super easily. That entire sequence smacked of wonderland wish fulfillment to me.
Of course this game will sell like shit and there's no hopes for a sequel any time soon at least, maybe ever. So we may never know for sure. Hope whatever they make with popcap is cool...
Vampire On Titus
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Snuggler said:
You can unlock the DLC costumes on PC by editing "GIsSpecialPCEdition" from false to true, in the AliceEngine.ini file located in "\Documents\My Games\Alice Madness Returns\AliceGame\Config".
It was supposed to be a limited offer on EA's Origin store if I recall correctly, but anyone can get the costumes by editing that value.
Good to see you're enjoying the game, it's quite excellent!
Nice, thanks guys. It's kinda funny to think that all that content was just an altered text document away. It's being sold on other platforms and not even meant to be used on PC, despite the fact that it's available but blocked out.
Goddamn.
Glad it can be liberated, though. This game is awesome and I'm hyped about new dresses.
Goddamn.
Glad it can be liberated, though. This game is awesome and I'm hyped about new dresses.
jim-jam bongs
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I'm too scared to haxx the free dresses in case Gabe finds out and is disappointed in me.
Visualante
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Sure would be nice if the Steam price reflected the sale prices in the US.
Joe Molotov
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jim-jam bongs said:
Gabe will be proud that you stuck it to EA.
Square Triangle
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Tokubetsu said:
Going to have to order this now.
Yay my art book came in today.
Crazy how many designs they had for Alice. Some of them could have really changed the game a bit more. Such as one where she seems a lot older in the 'real' London times and is dressed more sleezy.
Also, her dresses were originally supposed to change based on what weapon you had equipped.
Crazy how many designs they had for Alice. Some of them could have really changed the game a bit more. Such as one where she seems a lot older in the 'real' London times and is dressed more sleezy.
Also, her dresses were originally supposed to change based on what weapon you had equipped.
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Review deadlines and long platformers don't mix.
Hey GAF, I'm going to grab the game on Friday I think. I've heard the combat is kind of hard, I'm really interested in it for the platforming and just visually, are there difficulty settings? Is it worth playing on an easy setting to avoid frustration? I'm not interested if it changes the platforming though.
I just genuinely don't understand what happened in the response to this game. Normally I can roll my eyes and be like "whatever dude that's just, like, your opinion man" even while venomously arguing against a certain point but I don't think this is the case at all with this game. I don't understand. It doesn't make logical sense. I've wrote up stuff like this:
But that is a reflex to what occurred. I don't actually understand HOW someone can play this and think it's anything but a really good effort, even if they have those problems I mention (the same as I do). It's designed in such an impressive fashion and games like this are so rare. It's an old school 3D platformer but with a new school sensibility of how to approach the mechanics. When you play through the title it just dawns on you that the people who made this game must have really liked making it. It feels that way. It's always jumping off its toes and reaching to some new idea remixed from some old one.
There are difficulty settings. I started on the hardest with Nightmare and don't find it too difficult. I've died like four times.
But that is a reflex to what occurred. I don't actually understand HOW someone can play this and think it's anything but a really good effort, even if they have those problems I mention (the same as I do). It's designed in such an impressive fashion and games like this are so rare. It's an old school 3D platformer but with a new school sensibility of how to approach the mechanics. When you play through the title it just dawns on you that the people who made this game must have really liked making it. It feels that way. It's always jumping off its toes and reaching to some new idea remixed from some old one.
StuBurns said:
There are difficulty settings. I started on the hardest with Nightmare and don't find it too difficult. I've died like four times.
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The combat is fun. On normal it is never unfair, I never died, but I could have if I wasn't paying attention (and not in the modern version of "normal" where not paying attention means actually putting the controller down, I mean not paying attention to the wonderful enemy attack cues, which include sound-effects, time-distortion and, obviously, animations). I think the combat balance is as good, if not better, than the platforming. The emphasis on dodging and defense versus mashing buttons goes a long way.StuBurns said:
Upgrade the pepper-grinder gun before anything else.
Square Triangle
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So the game won't load for me. My PS3 says it's Alice and when I go to start the game it just stays on a black screen with the yellow and green lits on the bottom of the PS3 going crazy.
There are difficulty settings.StuBurns said:
The combat is challenging at first and maybe a little frustrating because of the somewhat loose lock on system, but once you get used to it, figure out how best to approach the different types of enemies, and start getting multiple weapons, the combat becomes manageable and not too difficult.