Is javadots American McGee or what is going on? Dude, I really like most of your stuff and defended the first Alice against anyone who thought the j'n'r aspect was rubbish. Dat level design. And I liked Madness Returns, it looks great, story starts promising and the gameplay isn't bad, everything just overstays it's welcome. It was always great to see a new enviroment and I loved that Alice changes her clothes but then the level goes on and on and on while nothing new happens, the fights are always exactly the same for example, not enough enemy variety.
And what's up with the boss fights? Or to be more precise the fights that aren't there? I remember at the end of an early chapter everything looked like there's gonna be a boss but I just got a cutscene. Strange.