Alice

Hi hi hi, little Alice! American McGee has done himself proud with his video game Alice. I love the Alice In Wonderland story, always have, always will. The characters like the Chesire Cat, the Mad Hatter, The White Rabbit, the ideas behind it, the whole ingenious sum of it's parts. Whatever that means, but it sounds good. Lewis C.'s tale and brilliant imagery has influenced countless other artists.

This is a good video game that is in the Tomb Raider vein. But it is too linear and at times it just comes down to fighting enemy after enemy and not much else besides. There's a few simple puzzles to solve and plenty of incredible graphics.

Some of the bosses are a bit too easy to beat. Game makers these days should come up with other video game climaxes then the cliched final confrontational fight with a boss though. Also the final cut scene movie at the game's conclusion is horribly pixelated in parts. I have a very fast computer so I know it wasn't my system. The final cut scene cinematic was almost even worse then the ending of Thief II. Alice is still a very imaginative game though. Let's hope the sequels will be even cooler!

This is a great, mesmerizing, game that will keep anyone occupied for hours. I didn't stop playing it for three days. It's creepy, dark and disturbing but, most of all fun. The graphics in the game are also very beautiful. Alice is lost in Wonderland only it's a dark wonderland. You must get her out. The game play is smooth. There are hidden rooms and hidden caverns that are even fun to explore once you've completed the game.

Ex-id software designer American McGee has definitely come up with the goods...this movie combines the bizarre, surreal setting from Lewis Carrol's book with a dark, gothic irony, a la the original Quake. Just listen to the story... Alice has been committed to a mental institution following the untimely death of her parents in a housefire. In the book, Alice visited Wonderland in a dream...here, she has no choice but to venture back to this place as a result of her insanity..but now it's a much darker Wonderland...the queen of hearts is now a domineering dictator, and all this is because of Alice's own lack of a sense of reality. Ingenious.

Another brilliant part of the game is the visual factor..the Quake 3: Arena engine has been put to brilliant use, and Alice is now a decidedly perturbed, sickly looking goth, which adds to the fantastic twisted, dark, and kinetic humour of the game.

I got this game as joke from my mum, because she claimed the game was about me! Furious, I loaded it, and played it. Four hours later, I was still playing. This game follows the book, as if it were from a goths, or insane persons point of veiw. And that's what makes it rule!! The graphics are smooth and perfect, and there's tiny little gorish details which make this game fantastic, such as whenever Alice is injured, she actually bleeds! If you love the book, play this game. If you hate the book, still play this game. This is one of those things that stays with you and makes you want to play again, even when it's long been over.

I really enjoyed Alice: a true innovative game design. The game design and level design are excellent and the graphics are perfect. This game is really enjoyable, the only major flaw is that there aren't many puzzles. Your job is to go straight and straight until you reach the next level. The conversations aren't monotonous and many voices along the game fits very well the characters. The game is rather dark and scary, and the intro movie is really thrilling. The Quake III: Arena engine runs very well with beautiful game stages. I really liked the game. Now, what would be if Lewis Carroll had seen Alice with a knife full of blood...