I had once acquired a copy of "American McGee's Alice", and thoroughly enjoyed the demented, dark, twisted, gothic world that wonderland had become. A journey into the broken mind of poor Alice Liddell, whom had seen the death of her family and home by fire, one which she felt she may have had a part in. This journey let her repair part of her self and come back into the real world, though with some mental instability. Enter "Alice: Madness Returns", the second game in what was planned to be a trilogy. Alice is under the care of a Dr. Bumbly, whom is trying to "cure" Alice by getting her to "Forget" the past. For poor Alice, it is not so easy, and Wonderland is falling apart within her. Here her journey begins again, but this time, she is faced with a pollution that is corrupting and destroying her mind through Wonderland.

I had bought Alice: Madness returns either late last year or early this year, but had other games ahead of it to work through (Assassin's creed rouge and liberation) After finally finished Liberation (which, was buggy as all hell), I popped in A:MR. I finished it just the other day and have to say, I would love to see a third game come out to see how Alice deals with her new state of mind and reality.

For those that like platformers and things on the more dark and twisted side of things, (And some dark humor), I would say A:MR is a good choice. And the ending, well, lets say it is enjoyable and was what we would want after learning the truth about who really set the fire.


And one last thing. Why is a raven like a writing desk? Lewis Carroll said, "Because it can produce a few notes, tho they are very flat; and it is never put with the wrong end in front!" However, I prefer my answer, "Because both have inky quills"