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Platforms
MobyRank MobyScore
Macintosh
78
1.0
Windows
85
4.0

Description

With regards to the story, American McGee's Alice is a direct sequel to Lewis Carroll's famous book Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. The story begins with Alice's parents dying in a house fire, and Alice taking the blame for it. After repeated attempts at suicide, she gets locked up inside a mental institution and is slowly wasting away there before she is summoned to Wonderland again by the White Rabbit. But this time it's a Wonderland gone seriously bad and gory. The only chance for Alice to restore her piece of mind and find out more about the death of her parents is to fight through Wonderland and free it from the evil powers.

The game is an interactive horror game, but unlike games such as Out Of This World, and Resident Evil, you interact with the madness as Alice tries to escape the demented surroundings of her own fantasy world that she's been thrust into. Concerning the gameplay, a classic 3D action adventure with a female heroine is offered, much like Tomb Raider. Alice fights, jumps and runs her mostly linear way through environments that can best be described as surreal.

Alternate Titles

  • "爱丽丝梦游仙境" -- Chinese spelling (simplified)
  • "Америкэн Макги: Алиса" -- Russian spelling
  • "Ailisi Mengyou Xianjing" -- Chinese title

Part of the Following Groups


Merchant Title Platform Price  
Amazon
American McGee's: Alice Macintosh    
American McGee's Alice Windows $44.99  
ebay.com
American McGee's Alice    
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User Reviews

Lewis Carroll goes all goth n' gore. Windows Dr. M. "Schadenfreude" Von Katze Bronze Star Contributing Member (578)
Wonderland gone REALLY bad Windows MZ per X (2525)
Alice the Homicidal Maniac Windows Terrence Bosky Bronze Star Contributing Member (5240)
Painting the roses red…with blood. Windows BJ Hoskins (10)
Alice for those who fell out of Wonderland a long, long time ago. Windows The Cheshire (6)
Disturbing Windows Aapo Koivuniemi (43)
Incredible design but think what it could have been Windows Shazbut (155)
Impressive as a visual experience but ultimately shallow as a game. Windows Zovni (9209)
Style over substance... but that's not COMPLETELY bad... Windows Dr.Bedlam (53)
A truly magnificent gaming experience Windows willyum (881)

The Press Says

GameSpy Windows Dec 19, 2000 93 out of 100 93
Game Informer Magazine Windows Feb, 2001 9.25 out of 10 92
FiringSquad Windows Jan 04, 2001 87 out of 100 87
PC Player (Germany) Windows Dec, 2000 84 out of 100 84
All Game Guide Windows 2000 4 Stars4 Stars4 Stars4 Stars4 Stars 80
Tap-Repeatedly/Four Fat Chicks Windows Jan, 2002 4 Stars4 Stars4 Stars4 Stars4 Stars 80
Gamekult Windows Dec 18, 2000 8 out of 10 80
JeuxVideoPC.com Windows Nov 30, 2003 15 out of 20 75
AppleLinks.Com Macintosh Aug 10, 2001 3 Stars3 Stars3 Stars3 Stars3 Stars 60
Yiya Windows Jan 29, 2001 C+ 58

Forums

Topic # Posts Last Post
Sequel on its way 3 Sam Jeffreys Bronze Star Contributing Member (3788)
Feb 19, 2009

Trivia

On the "load/save" screen, you get three buttons to load, save or delete a game. Next to each button is a one-letter abbreviation of it's function. Did you notice that this spells out "LSD"?


This entry was contributed by Corn Popper (66102) and Cam Guest (127)
 

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