Alice : Madness returns (EPIC)

Chairman Meow · 07-07-2011 9:27am

richymcdermott wrote: »

I do hardly take notice of them but ign did a video just showing the games bugs and thought the whole game was like that , rather listen to people like yourself here.

IGN's review was a joke. They were going on about invisible walls ruining the game and other ridiculous problems (i think i found 1 invisible wall in 15 hours). And the only bug i found was the one where you have trouble walking up a step, but that can be fixed by jsut jumping up it. The complaints about bugs are stupid considering so many high profile games come with tons of bugs nowadays. By comparison Alice is relatively bug free.

Genghiz Cohen · 07-07-2011 10:31am

Chairman Meow wrote: »

By comparison Alice is relatively bug free.

And way more fun!

deathrider · 07-07-2011 7:17pm

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Playing Chapter 5 here at the moment. Things just got intensly creepy in this game!

tonydude · 09-07-2011 2:51am

Need some help,if i buy the dlc code of the first game off ebay will it work or do i need to have the game disc to work it.Thanks

zero19 · 09-07-2011 10:14am

Yeah you must own the game as you select an option to play the original in Madness returns option menu

calex71 · 09-07-2011 11:09am

tonydude wrote: »

Need some help,if i buy the dlc code of the first game off ebay will it work or do i need to have the game disc to work it.Thanks

If you have the disc but no code, then you can buy the Original through the main menu of the game. Only reason to buy on ebay is if it works out cheaper.

Robert ninja · 09-07-2011 3:08pm

Chairman Meow wrote: »

IGN's review was a joke. They were going on about invisible walls ruining the game and other ridiculous problems (i think i found 1 invisible wall in 15 hours). And the only bug i found was the one where you have trouble walking up a step, but that can be fixed by jsut jumping up it. The complaints about bugs are stupid considering so many high profile games come with tons of bugs nowadays. By comparison Alice is relatively bug free.

Paid reviewers are often told how to rate a game by their superiors who are usually slipped money from publishers whose interest is in selling. I don't trust reviews on media, only small user reviews and plenty of them... and even then only to find out if it's terrible.

Helix · 10-07-2011 1:15am

Robert ninja wrote: »

Paid reviewers are often told how to rate a game by their superiors who are usually slipped money from publishers whose interest is in selling

BUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUULLSHIIIIIIIIIIIIT

Robert ninja · 10-07-2011 2:06am

Sophisticated rebuttal there, Helix. Seriously, though. Prove me wrong. Anyone got any expereience in reviewing? I used to review things and then I turned to parody reviews. I actually know a film director who still does an occasional reviews and he is informed roughly the score he should be scoring certain games. He gets to write the review (obviously) but he is indeed told how good a game should be reviewed. If you don't believe that it's just another sponsored industry, tell it to that gamespot employee that got fired for giving Kayne & Lynch (I think it was that game) a bad review after the publishers paid for a big advertising campaign all over the site.

Not all sites and reviewers are in with it duh, but I don't bother trying to figure out whose who. Stickin' with quick user reviews and forum talk to get an idea how a game is. I dunno if I'll be picking this game up anytime soon tho, moneys tight and I've got my attention on some other games right now.

Helix · 10-07-2011 4:01pm

Robert ninja wrote: »

Sophisticated rebuttal there, Helix. Seriously, though. Prove me wrong. Anyone got any expereience in reviewing?[

im a professional games journalist for irish and canadian publications

it doesnt happen the way youre going on about it

there are no envelopes, no shady deals. nothing.

PogMoThoin · 10-07-2011 4:20pm

Helix wrote: »

im a professional games journalist for irish and canadian publications

it doesnt happen the way youre going on about it

there are no envelopes, no shady deals. nothing.

Maybe your audience isn't big enough to be worth bribing

I'd question lots of the reviews for this game. Much like hardware and gadgets, its hard to find an honest review of anything these days. The only thing I trust is the opinions of those on forums like here

Helix · 10-07-2011 4:47pm

ive spoken to plenty of people working in the industry in bigger publications who will tell you the same thing

ive gone through it before, in this thread too afaik. developers make the games and are the only ones who care about scores. publishers hire pr and marketing firms who procure ads. theres no direct crossover between the people who care about the scores and the people buying the ads. pr people only care about column inches, good or bad

calex71 · 10-07-2011 5:44pm

Well here's one guy who thought might have something good to say , and frequently buys his own copy of a game to review

http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation/3652-Alice-Madness-Returns

deathrider · 10-07-2011 5:47pm

In other news, I finished the game the other day. Stunning stuff from start to finish. I'll certainly be replaying through this one.

Genghiz Cohen · 11-07-2011 11:12am

calex71 wrote: »

Well here's one guy who thought might have something good to say , and frequently buys his own copy of a game to review

http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation/3652-Alice-Madness-Returns

Then why does it sound like he didn't even play the game?

The targeting system is the worst part of the game. Doesn't even get a mention.

CramCycle · 11-07-2011 11:30am

calex71 wrote: »

Well here's one guy who thought might have something good to say , and frequently buys his own copy of a game to review

http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation/3652-Alice-Madness-Returns

I used to think he was a good reviewer but he seems to have gotten quite lazy of late

Chairman Meow · 11-07-2011 12:59pm

Yahtzees reviews are generally more for comedic effect than anything else really. Tho it does seem again like hes another reviewer playing a totally different game to what gamers are playing

CramCycle · 11-07-2011 1:08pm

^^^^I always used to find his reviews funny, but recently they aren't even that funny, they just seem lazy, the Alice review would be a good example, normally he would pick out the minor irks in a game and over exaggerate them for fun, this review was like he didn't even try.

Chairman Meow · 11-07-2011 1:27pm

CramCycle wrote: »

^^^^I always used to find his reviews funny, but recently they aren't even that funny, they just seem lazy, the Alice review would be a good example, normally he would pick out the minor irks in a game and over exaggerate them for fun, this review was like he didn't even try.

Yeah to be honest it wasnt a great review really, just from the comedic side of things. He sounded a bit bored doing it really

ShadowHearth · 11-07-2011 1:37pm

I have to agree with you lads. As much as I love yatzee, his Alice review was not great, not funny and not accurate.

He bashed some of the games I really loved, but it was funny and he had the point. Alice review or funny bit was not good at all...

I actuolly thought he will like it... Weird...

zero19 · 11-07-2011 3:27pm

I'm really suprised at how much enjoyment i'm getting from this game, very impressed with it.

deathrider · 11-07-2011 4:49pm

Ah, he still makes me laugh though. I'd never take is his reviews seriously, I just like to chuckle at him hating on everything he can get his hands on.

ShadowHearth · 16-07-2011 8:41pm

well my internet went balls up and disconnects every 2 mins.

gave me opportunity to run away from everybody and play some sp games!

now in chapter 3. had really big issues with chapter 3 at the start... is there some issues with ATI cards? i played up till chapter 3 on nvidia 8800gt, but changed gpu to ati 6870.

it completly sorted itself when i entered that

Japan style part of chapter 3, which is awesome!

. i just was confused wtf was that all about. might it be becouse of physics thing?

Burgo · 17-07-2011 12:03am

Haven't had any trouble myself, using a 5850.

Chairman Meow · 17-07-2011 10:54am

What problem did you have? Low FPS?
Didnt have any problems there myself. Tho i did notice that using in game AA halves your FPS

Genghiz Cohen · 17-07-2011 9:50pm

HD4870, it stutters every now and again.

ShadowHearth · 17-07-2011 10:04pm

Chairman Meow wrote: »

What problem did you have? Low FPS?
Didnt have any problems there myself. Tho i did notice that using in game AA halves your FPS

i dunno m8, it was really weird. in chapter 3:

the place where wonderlands is in pieces, huge vortex and debries

it was really bad at times. i would just go out then start game again and it would be grand for a few seconds and then go balls up again.

then i entered that japan style place

and it went all grand. 60+++ fps with AA on.

i am thinking that it could be becouse of the physics thing. ati cant deal with it as its nvidia horsy.

Genghiz Cohen · 18-07-2011 10:27am

ShadowHearth wrote: »

i am thinking that it could be becouse of the physx thing. ati cant deal with it as its nvidia horsy.

fixed

Chairman Meow · 18-07-2011 11:05am

Just a couple of videos i made. Footage from chapters 1 - 4, so if you aint seen em yet, dont spoil it for yourselves!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b3Nj9w1EFHA

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZSHvWg3SlP0

super_furry · 19-07-2011 9:15pm

Picked it up on 360 for €35 in HMV today. Should I play through the first one first or would I be as well to jump straight into the second?

Alice : Madness returns (EPIC)

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