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dissapointed !

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: June 20, 2007
Author: Amazon User

I am totally dissapointed with this game. It is such a linear 1st person shooter that there is almost nothing you can `choose` to do. You just follow a path and kill certain creatures and watch the movie scenes at the end of chapters. I didnt like the storyline either. I was hoping it would be more parallel with the original Alice story but it is not even related !

A classic that now has new life for newer Macs and Intel Macs

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: May 04, 2007
Author: Amazon User

ASPYR has released a new freeware UNIVERSAL BINARY patch that lets this game play natively on newer Macs and Intel Macs. You must first install the original version of the game from the original disc, and then download and install the patch.

The patch--version 1.1.2--fixes several issues, in addition to adding Universal Binary support for Intel-based Macs. It corrects problems with garbled and sped up sounds; fixes some sound panning problems; corrects a level loading crash issue; corrects a problem that could cause thin vertical black lines to appear in the in-game conversation text; and corrects a problem that could cause the game to crash when the Mac switches resolutions.

THE PATCH REQUIRES THE FULL ORIGINAL VERSION OF THE GAME BE INSTALLED FIRST IN ORDER TO WORK.
The game is getting harder and harder to find, so if you find it for sale here, grab it fast!

Where to still get it

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 5 / 6
Date: January 23, 2005
Author: Amazon User

A really fun game that came out when OSX first came out. Works well OSX laptops.

Firgured I'd save everyone the trouble I went through to find this. You can still get this title at a reasonable cost. Aspyr has put out a 3 CD set called "leave the lights on" which includes Alice, Undying and Bloodrayne.

beautiful, if disturbing, third person adaptation

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 4 / 6
Date: February 28, 2003
Author: Amazon User

First and foremost, the graphics are a marvel both in concept and execution. The setup and introduction tell us that Alice is the survivor of an accident that killed her parents, and she has spent a long time in an asylum; the gameplay takes place in Alice's mind as she defeats, or is defeated by, her dementia.

Settings and objects perfectly capture the mood and tone of nightmarish delusion. The characters Alice meets as she proceeds to a final showdown with the Red Queen are very good -- the White Rabbit, the Cheshire Cat, the Mad Hatter, Tweedle Dum and Tweedle Dee, etc. I thought their visual representations were good and creepy, and I thought the voice work was excellent, particularly for Alice and the Cat. Cutscenes are seamless, and the game was very stable. Running on a G4 tower, I had no problems at all. It's easy to change the controls, and you can save any number of games at any time during play.

The story cleverly parallels the literary work, and reading the books (as well as Alice's journal that comes with the game) will add to your enjoyment. There are too many nice touches to list: the music is haunting and gorgeous, the Saved Games screen is captivating, the Load Game graphic is beautiful and changes as you progress, etc. This is fine work by a talented team.

Weapons are well-suited to the theme, if not always terribly exciting. Enemies are varied and interesting, and powerups are plentiful. My only complaint would be with the strict linearity of play. This is the most fun I've had with a new game for a long time.

Caveat: Despite its association with a beloved work of children's literature, this is NOT a game for kids. Themes and visuals are graphic and disturbing.

Plays very well, but reading the books first is a plus

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 7 / 7
Date: February 20, 2003
Author: Amazon User

I'd say the game was excellent, but if you can read the books (Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass) first because like any sequel, the first two will enhance your enjoyment of the third part. When put into context with the books, this game has a lot of plot and story going on here. I'm someone who really enjoys the plot and the story more than the gaming. It took me about 60 hours to play from start to finish, and has a lot of fun in the process. There are 40 levels, starting with the easy tutor levels to the insanely difficult final battles. I think American McGee did himself proud. I enjoyed the dark twist he put on the Alice tale, given the fact that "looking glass" was much darker than the previous "alice" tale, it seemed to flow very naturally. The music really adds to the effect, creating a very eerie and surreal experience.

However, it is not a child's game - it is very much a mature topic. Essentially (and I'm not giving away anything) Alice is grown up and her parents died in a terrible accident. This, coupled with her memories of wonderland, caused her psyche to break (It was sort of inevitable in my opinion), went insane, and apparently attempted suicide on several occasions. She was in what appears to have been a catatonic state for nearly ten years, while in her mind the battle between Alice and the dark and shattered wonderland rages. Bosses in the game represent facets of Alice?s condition, and as she victors over each, she grows closer to regaining her sanity.

Runs great under Mac OS X.2.4, but keep the pixel depth down to a minimum, or else lower end machines will start to drag in gameplay. I played it on my 700 MHz G3 iBook at 640x480 with 32 bit color and textures and it ran wonderfully. I've also run is on my 500 MHz G4 cube at home at the same setting and it seemed to run great. I imagine more video memory would allow you to up the screen resolution, but I only have 32 meg V-ram on either machine. The quake engine is very stable, there are next to no problems with collision detection, and I only got a full unix kernal lockup once in the 60 hours I was playing it.

Could have been better, could have been lots worse

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 2
Date: January 29, 2003
Author: Amazon User

The concept was great.
Being an Alice buff, I just had to try this one. Considering how many great plots are wrecked in cheap renditions, I was very pleased with this embodiment.
Most likely, the greatest part of the budget went to artwork.
The linearity of the game reminded me of DarkSeed, the last game I bought new with my own wallet. Come to think of it, the reason I played DarkSeed was because of the artwork.
There are going to be a lot of other games that are broader, more challenging, etc.
I play this one just because I like to.

Demented...

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 0 / 4
Date: January 22, 2003
Author: Amazon User

Creepy, trippy, and rife with filthy dilapidated sanitarium imagery, Alice is pretty edgy if not quite the Grand Theft Auto genre. Game play is easy and straight forward and could stand a higher level of difficulty perhaps.

Pretty enjoyable but not really worth a second time through. I thought the linearity of the route seemed somewhat stagnant.

3/5

Mac OS 10.2.3 user

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 4 / 4
Date: December 29, 2002
Author: Amazon User

This game is great! I love puzzle games, but am not too into fighting (war) games. This is the perfect combination. I did have problems when I tried to change the video settings (I just wanted to see how it made the game different.), but none otherwise. I use a Titanium 800MHz/520RAM. The game was a little slow when I used it while I had many other apps open, but as soon as I closed most of the large ones, there are no problems.

Unstable

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 5 / 6
Date: July 01, 2002
Author: Amazon User

I absolutely love this game. It is perhaps the most visually stunning game I've seen. The problem is the programers spent more time with pictures than a stable program. The program is OSX compatible, but about 50% of the time it crashes when loading a new map on BOTH of my machines. An older G3 and the new eMac each running OS 10.1.5. Also in OSX it has trouble with multiple monitor machines when you change the video settings. The OS9 verson is better, but i still had a few type 3 errors. Also the "minimum" requirments are just that. On my old machine I had everything on the lowest settings and I still wasn't getting better than 20 fps. In short I sadly recomend to buy the PC version.

Great game but hard

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 2 / 3
Date: February 11, 2002
Author: Amazon User

This game is great! The graphics are pretty good and it is full of action. A little difficult, however. Almost too hard. Has some of those puzzles that you would never figure out without clues, and the fighting is not easy. But overall great.

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