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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.

American McGee's Alice

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 6 / 6
Date: October 14, 2001
Author: Amazon User

Having read the Alice books and several annotated editions of the same, I wasn't sure how they would make a good shooter game out of it, but was pleasantly surprised. The graphics were awesome! It was almost as much fun walking around looking at the different locations as it was killing all the bad guys who resided in them. The jumping about was quite difficult, but the weapons were great fun and the bad guys were very interesting and some quite scarey to kill or run from. I played this game several times before I finally put it on the shelf and looked for something else to play. Great game.

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.

EXCELLENT

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 4 / 5
Date: December 10, 2001
Author: Amazon User

The game it self has gorgeous graphics, amazing game play, a great unfolding story line, and comes in seven colorful, non kid friendly flavors! :) Like I said, this game is not for kids. It has violence, gore, and deals with psychological problems Alice is dealing with. However, this game is not overly scary. It does have a few points ware it can give you a fairly good shock, (but most of the shocks come from the many, many, cinema tics). If you are looking for a scary game, you could play this in your room at night, with your door locked, and a metronome ticking in the corner. That would do it. You get a number of toys, which are actually weapons. This is a great long game. When I first bought this I was skeptical, but now I realize what a good game this is!

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.

greatest graphics(and voices) EVER in history!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 4 / 4
Date: February 10, 2002
Author: Amazon User

the graphics on this game is just...*tear* so...wow...its just the coolest graphics i have ever seen. the voices are so cool too! i love this game! but then again, its freaky at the same time. (no wonder its rated mature), i get so nervous when i play it, i never know what im going to bump into or what to do next, but then again, im not very experienced with it. so i say, if youre lookin for a fun,freaky scary,cool story to it and awsome graphics etc etc etc...i so recommend this game!

alice in wonderland is awseome

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 4
Date: December 29, 2001
Author: Amazon User

the graphics are something else on this game. The viewing as you paly makes you feel right there with the charracters. the voices are great, and the level playing starts out easy then gets very challenging. i like that.

Hauntingly Twisted

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 5 / 6
Date: September 29, 2001
Author: Amazon User

I am a huge fan of these stories, I even played the white rabbit in a musical adaptation of the book. I have seen all the movies and I felt inspired by the imagination and the pureness of the lessons held within. THIS IS NOTHING LIKE THAT! I also have a dark side...a demeted, twisted, cynical side of myself which usually intertwines with the happy, joy, love rainbow side. Imagine if you will merging the Addam's Family with the Brady Bunch, or My Little Pony with Spawn. This game sucessfully takes a childhood classic and turns it inside out.
The graphics and images are incredible, I am having a few issues with sound and extreme frustration on not being able to figure out how to kill the bad guys. All that comes with time and learning. I know I will enjoy this game.

OS X is a slight problem

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 5 / 7
Date: January 23, 2002
Author: Amazon User

The visuals and the twist of the old Alice in Wonderland tale is worth buying and playing through the game. The overall gameplay is slightly linear - but gameplay is enjoyable none the less. If you have Mac OS X and are running the game through that, save all the time -- there are some glitches and hitches throughout the game. Hopefully Aspyr will come out with a patch for Alice to alleviate this problem.

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