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Creepy and decadent! Worth the price!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: April 07, 2003
Author: Amazon User

Definitely one of the creepiest, most imaginative games I have ever seen!! Graphics are peculiar, ever changing demonstrations of the macabre. Not a game that should be viewed by children under about age 12 or 13. The challenges set forth are difficult to master, and of course, the challenge increases with the succession of levels. I did find the limited amount of sounds and grunts that Alice makes a bit annoying, but the amount of intrigue in the play makes up for the mundane noises.

I played it twice! Very cool...

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: March 14, 2003
Author: Amazon User

I really enjoyed this one. Very imaginative, creative, full of suprises, very original and a bit macabre, as there is a bit of blood and gore. Humorous in places, as Alice has a bit of a "tude". :) The third person view was adjustable - you can place Alice further or closer to "you", and mouse movement and keystrokes are interchangeable. Three different difficulty levels, with the easiest still challenging enough to keep me interested. Lots of slots to save your game. Very entertaining - so much so, that I played it twice! If war games and "half life" are not your thing, and you want a bit less of a masculine approach to an action/adventure game, then this would be for you!

Tim Burton meets Lewis Carol

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: October 15, 2002
Author: Amazon User

Wow. This game is incredible. The worlds are facisinating, and the characters the same. Alice's little wonderland from her childhood has been twisted and tortured into a dark land of misery and death. The Queen of Hearts reigns down upon Wonderland with such malice as one would expect in a biography of Hitler. But enough about that. The only problems with the game are 1)It's annoyingly linear 2)The controls are bit tricky to get used to and 3)IT NEEDS A LOT OF HIGH REQUIREMENTS!!

a breathing piece of art

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: October 06, 2002
Author: Amazon User

American McGee's Alice is one of the first games to utilize id Software's Quake 3 Arena engine and its developers, Rogue Software, do so superbly. The levels are architecturally complex and original. Some take place in mushroom villages where the inhabitants have rather ingeniously adapted the underground fungi to places of residence, others occur in fantastical libraries where books float around carelessly, and even stranger are the black & white chess levels where only small hints of color can be found. This makes for a very visually pleasing game that is an immense joy to wander about in but it seems that Rogue Software forgot what gaming is all about -fun and entertainment. Fighting the enemies within the world of Alice quickly becomes more of a tedious task than an enjoyable challenge. Too many times I found myself reloading after certain fights so I could leave the battle with more ammunition and health points. Rogue could have easily fixed this by providing more health power ups but failed to. After only going a few levels into the game on the Normal difficultly setting I was forced to restart at the Easy setting. Things were much better but I still found much of the combat pointless and frustrating. For the twisted visuals and eccentric characters, American McGee's Alice is head and shoulders above its contemporaries but do not expect the same kind of thrill that you would receive from Quake II.

Excellent 3rd Person Title

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 3 / 6
Date: December 13, 2000
Author: Amazon User

Generally third person action titles have some serious gameplay problems, but to my surprise Alice avoids these and as a result is one of the best single player experiences I have had since Half-Life and System Shock 2.

THE BAD: To get straight to the point, Alice is a fun game that I recommend for any FPS or 3rd-person Action/Adventure fan. So why didn't I give it a 5? First off, I for one have become used to great replay value on PC titles through multiplayer, something that Alice lacks. Half-Life was a 5 even if it had no multiplayer, Alice isn't quite that good. My other big problem with Alice is that, even though as I said earlier it generally avoids the gameplay problems 3rd person games usually have, it doesn't avoid them entirely. The auto-jump feature is nice but not practical during combat or for longer jumps, which can sometimes turn jumping into a chore. There were also a few level-specific gameplay problems none of which are worth mentioning alone, but combined take away a little enjoyment from the game. Also, the enemy AI is no better than average.

THE GOOD. Alice has a pretty good storyline which is a logical extension of the classic story, and the help of the Cheshire Cat was a nice touch. While the animation is only OK, I really liked the artwork, textures and models in this game. The surreal Wonderland environment is great as are its denizens, and the level design is perhaps the best thing about this game. With few exceptions the levels are very original and well-designed. Alice is about adventure just as much as (probably more than) action, and the weapons were designed accordingly. No railguns or rocket launchers here, but instead magic items with two firing modes for some variety. All the weapons use the same type of magical ammo (mana?), which is another nice touch to distinguish this game from the pack.

As for system requirements, Alice uses the Quake 3 engine and performs very similarly to that game. The minimum system requirements on the box, 400mhz/16mb RAM/16mb video card, are probably a little higher than necessary except in the RAM department. Of course you will have to turn the resolution down to 640x480 and turn the texture detail down if you want to play Alice on a computer close to the minimum requirements.

Basically, if you don't mind putting down some cash for a good single-player only action/adventure game, then Alice is for you. Go get it.

Tomb Raider on psychedelic...

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 3 / 6
Date: June 24, 2001
Author: Amazon User

Here's the preface for this review: Your enjoyment of Tomb Raider. If you liked the Tomb Raider series then you might enjoy this game. Very similar graphics, controls, (Remember the jumping and hanging on to even surfaces and then pulling yourself up? It applies here.) and objectives. Mix in a cheshire cat that you can call on for advice, a morbid and psychedelic world, weapons that pertain to Alice's theme - and you have American McGee's Alice.

The game is entertaining at first with it's unique world but becomes boring very fast. I enjoyed the first Tomb Raider, which was released some years earlier, more than this game. A major reason for that was because Alice doesn't require much problem solving like the Tomb Raider series does. Everything in the game is rather straightforward and it's recommended that people who dislike animation and sequences that are nothing more than creative clips meant to point you (literally) to the next scene should avoid this game. Unless you've got an empty schedule, the good news is that it will take some time to complete American McGee's Alice. But as far as ground breaking games, this is a half-hearted attempt. Even though you can find other games on the market with the same format, Alice doesn't stand out much from its competitors. Impressive artwork is the only aspect that stands out for this game.

Best to wait awhile on this one until the price drops. Worth it at a lower price, but not now.

Stunning graphics and great storyline

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 2 / 3
Date: December 28, 2000
Author: Amazon User

When playing the demo of Alice, I was afraid this game was going to be similar to the boring Tomb Raider series that provides you with dozens of places where you must jump at the right millisecond or die. Not so! I bought the full version and was delighted to see that not only are the graphics stunning, but the storyline is interesting, and the jumping-climbing-swimming-killing playability is very forgiving. Although the game doesn't have "puzzles" to solve, the strategy for killing your enemies (and there is an incredible variety of them) keeps the game interesting. I also didn't find myself getting stuck for days in a level trying to find a secret door or almost invisible cliff to get me out...just good Alice in Slaughterland fun!

A lot of potential, falls short

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 2 / 3
Date: January 23, 2001
Author: Amazon User

It's obvious that the designers of this game wanted it to be something special. You get a lovely booklet with the game that actually gives you the notes that Alice's doctor took while he was attending to her after she "lost her sanity", which is facinating to read and puts into the right atmosphere for the game. Even the video segment in the beginning looks very promising; the animation looks professionally made, it is creepy and exciting, and it puts you right into the story. The problem is, that this is where the story ends.

"Alice" begins when the girl, now an adolescent with attitude to spare, falls back into Wonderland to "save" its creatures from their dark fate under the cruel hands of the evil Queen of Hearts. From there on, Alice doesn't do much but run, jump, and kill. Nothing special. Occasionally you get silly little animation bits of talking between Alice and the ugly creatures of Wonderland, but other than that, this isn't an adventure game. It's a 3D shooter in disguise. A lovely disguise indeed, but still a disguise. The designers could have turned this into a facinating adventure game, but instead, they turned it into Lara Croft of the 1860's... Although Tomb Raider games usually have an even better plot than that.

The good points in the game are the graphics-- Their stunning and you probably know this already-- and the sound, which is very atmospheric and puts you right in the game. Other than that, controlling Alice takes a while to get used to: She's not graceful in her moves. Running into walls is an easy sport in this game and jumping into pits is even easier. Plus, using the mouse to hit or shoot your enemies while frantically tapping different keys on the keyboard with your left hand isn't an easy task. The fighting in this game isn't fun or challanging-- your enemies are very stupid and while you might accidentally die because you ran into a wall instead of running towards the enemy, killing them is usually an easy task. But easy doesn't mean fun, and that's where the game fails: It's not very fun at all.

I gave this game 3 stars for the graphics, sound, and animation. When I bought it, I was hoping it would also be challanging, fun and interesting. Too bad I was wrong.

WIN2000!!

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 2 / 3
Date: May 09, 2001
Author: Amazon User

It will not play on win2000 my screen is totally black except for alice and other charaters! The ground and all else is black! Don't buy if you use Win2000.

AN EARIE NONSTOP NIGHTMARE!...

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 3
Date: July 21, 2002
Author: Amazon User

THIS GAME RULES!... It's not too hard. It's not too easy. The enemies are really freaky! The story is great! The scenery is probably the best part. With all of the floating platforms, castles, and portals & stuff! The music is really creepy. I'd give this 6 stars if I could! I wouldn't excaclty recommend this to fans of "Alice in Wonderland" though and I don't think I need to give you a reason why. (If you like this game, I'd highly recommend "Clive Barker's Undying". It's not as good as this, but it's still very creepy and well pieced together.)

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