
Hey! Remember American McGee’s Alice?
The game received a less successful sequel in 2011, filled as it was with tedious and textbook platforming, middling hack-and-slash action and horribly repetitive puzzles. Here’s what I said of that game, eight years ago:
“Ultimately, Madness Returns (rather like the original, actually) is a game that relies too much on its aesthetic; one which in the ten years since Alice has been used and overwrought in games, TV and film and is no longer enough to carry a game. It starts with so much potential and promise – then whittles that away with tedious design. I realise that these complaints could accurately be levelled at the original I loved so much – but the truth is that games have changed, gaming has changed. This hasn’t.”
Despite that, I’d be keen for a sequel – and that’s something designer American McGee has been teasing for years now. In a new blog post, the designer’s revealed that work on the third game, Alice: Asylum is barrelling ahead. Says the post:
“American is hard at work on design, art, and story for the next chapter in Alice’s adventures. “Alice: Asylum” will present the story before “American McGee’s Alice,” with young Alice fighting through the trauma of losing her family.
As to whether or not it’ll ever be an actual game you can play? Who knows? A
Last Updated: January 30, 2019
Pariah
January 30, 2019 at 12:46
“Rights still reside with EA”. I read that and the article went from “YES” to “FUCK” in about as much time as it takes to read “EA”.
Original Heretic
January 30, 2019 at 13:16
I used to live next door to a girl named Alice.
Dresden
January 30, 2019 at 13:20
1. For twenty four years?
2. Did everybody ask who the fuck she was?
Original Heretic
January 30, 2019 at 13:35
You’ve met her, too?!
Jeez, she got around.