Alice : Madness returns (EPIC)

Spear · 19-06-2011 1:01am

Healium wrote: »

Someone on here said that only the PS3 and Xbox versions get a free copy of the original

When bought from EA's own Origin platform for PC, it's sold as the Collection, so you get both.

Healium · 19-06-2011 1:34am

Spear wrote: »

When bought from EA's own Origin platform for PC, it's sold as the Collection, so you get both.

Yeah, I know that, was only talking about retail (ShadowHearth's case). Should have specified

No code with retail copies of the PC version

Potential-Monke · 19-06-2011 10:07am

For those that have it (consoles), which is better, 360 or PS3? I'm going to buy it off Amazon (which according to the customer reviews comes with the download code for the original too), and i;m a bit worried about a comment above that said even after install the disc spins on the 360 (have an old elite).

Healium · 19-06-2011 12:03pm

Potential-Monke wrote: »

even after install the disc spins on the 360 (have an old elite).

Yep. No idea why. Wonder if they could patch that

Xambo · 19-06-2011 12:09pm

Crazy game LOL epic

ShadowHearth · 19-06-2011 12:27pm

Healium wrote: »

Yeah, I know that, was only talking about retail (ShadowHearth's case). Should have specified No code with retail copies of the PC version

hehe cheers, but i allready knew it from a page before, what i wanted: can it be bought from somewhere, if i dont have it with me alice madness returns. is it in xbla or ps3 shop, as i cant find it on origins

Notorious · 19-06-2011 12:37pm

Not much stock of Alice came into the store where I work and we usually get floods of stock for every game. Nobody was pre-ordering Alice so we got precious little stock as a result.

ShadowHearth · 19-06-2011 12:47pm

Notorious wrote: »

Not much stock of Alice came into the store where I work and we usually get floods of stock for every game. Nobody was pre-ordering Alice so we got precious little stock as a result.

i presume extremly underrated game before release. the ones that knew alice 1 were creaming theyr pants knowing we got a sequal.

my friend works in extravision and i asked him if he got alice? he was like: wtf? some alice game? is he seriuos? then after awile he checked trailers and was quite surprised.

Healium · 19-06-2011 1:20pm

ShadowHearth wrote: »

hehe cheers, but i allready knew it from a page before, what i wanted: can it be bought from somewhere, if i dont have it with me alice madness returns. is it in xbla or ps3 shop, as i cant find it on origins

Didn't you buy it on PC? Yeah, you can get the original on PSN and Xbox, but it's not an arcade game. It's a DLC add-on, and has to be launched from the Madness Returns disc.

ShadowHearth · 19-06-2011 1:31pm

Healium wrote: »

Didn't you buy it on PC? Yeah, you can get the original on PSN and Xbox, but it's not an arcade game. It's a DLC add-on, and has to be launched from the Madness Returns disc.

I did got it on pc, but there is no sign where I can buy that addon

. So I thought maybe there is stand alone game of Alice 1 somewhere.

Maybe like beyond good and evil hd? Sort of a surprise that they don't have it as stand alone game...

Healium · 19-06-2011 1:52pm

ShadowHearth wrote: »

I did got it on pc, but there is no sign where I can buy that addon . So I thought maybe there is stand alone game of Alice 1 somewhere.

Maybe like beyond good and evil hd? Sort of a surprise that they don't have it as stand alone game...

It's not a stand-alone, because EA are using it as an Online Pass, so you can only play it when you buy the game.

To be honest, I don't condone pirating games ever, but in this case, since you bought it on PC new, I'd just go off and torrent the original. They're not losing any money over it

It's free with new copies on PS3, Xbox and through the EA store - you got f**ked

ShadowHearth · 19-06-2011 4:48pm

did anyone tryed to do screenshots?

again an epic scenerry and i cant do ****

i do printscreen, but when i paste it in to mxpaint its just a black screen

PogMoThoin · 19-06-2011 5:09pm

ShadowHearth wrote: »

did anyone tryed to do screenshots?

again an epic scenerry and i cant do **** i do printscreen, but when i paste it in to mxpaint its just a black screen

Use fraps

Just started this, wow, amazing so far

ShadowHearth · 19-06-2011 5:34pm

PogMoThoin wrote: »

Use fraps

Just started this, wow, amazing so far

hehe. people love it lol.

does this game gets "boards.ie seal of approval" so?

calex71 · 19-06-2011 7:59pm

SO started on nightmare and even though the game didn't have a manual (rental) I still didn't bother to read the one built into the game or I missed the on screen tip that tell you if you use shrink in the purple lotus flowers it regenerates you heath

D'uh Calex

AceCard Jones · 19-06-2011 8:18pm

@Calex

Yeah you need the disc in the machine to play the DLC. Weird that your console is still spinning the disc with the game installed, not happening on my end...

I have to say, I'm really enjoying this game. I made the mistake of playing through the first game first which for me wasn't much fun at all.
I like most of you am baffled as to how it got such terrible reviews, It's Zelda/Darksiders meets God of War, how can that be bad? The art/theme of the game is amazing and keeps you captivated throughout. The Euro Gamer review in particular annoyed me as it seemed the reviewer had it in for the game from the start, and most of his problems with the game just aren't the case at all. I can't go into it any further without spoilers.

I seriously recommend this game to anyone, especially if you're tempted already.

Headshot · 19-06-2011 8:24pm

Im playing it on nightmare lvl and at first i was like wtf "I cant be this easy" but bloody hell it gets really hard soon enough, numerous deaths

calex71 · 19-06-2011 8:36pm

Headshot wrote: »

Im playing it on nightmare lvl and at first i was like wtf "I cant be this easy" but bloody hell it gets really hard soon enough, numerous deaths

It's scream at the screen stuff alright, but in a good way , and the check points are perfect imo, not too generous not too unforgiving.

ShadowHearth · 19-06-2011 9:18pm

Just finished chapter one. And i feel like an idiot on holidays who forgot his camera at home! half of game i play, the ather i just want scenery screenshoted! :eek:

Chapter one ending was lolz and disturbing at the same time.

now in chapter one, and allready seen some fecked up stuff and loads of stuff to be screened. :eek:

alice hair just needs a whole new topic! I could watch her for hours on platform going up an down, or her hair playing in wind! clothes and hair are done just perfect!

how can they give bad reviews to something like this?! :rolleyes:

calex71 · 19-06-2011 9:50pm

ShadowHearth wrote: »

alice hair just needs a whole new topic! I could watch her for hours on platform going up an down, or her hair playing in wind! clothes and hair are done just perfect!

If there was ever to be a movie amy lee of evanescence would be without doubt be the only girl alive that could play her...... drools

Chairman Meow · 19-06-2011 11:49pm

Just getting to the end of chapter 3 at the moment. This chapter is looooooong, but the art style is amazing here.
Also, ill just say, watch out for the giant ant statues in level 3. Seriously. Theyre ****ing creepy. Youll know what im talking about when you see them

Theres some great stuff in chapter 3 anyway, one of the mini games is

a 2D platform game where alice gets sucked into a japanese watercolour

This game is seriously amazing. Its not without its faults, but the atmos and art make up for them.

chrislad · 20-06-2011 6:50am

calex71 wrote: »

It's scream at the screen stuff alright, but in a good way , and the check points are perfect imo, not too generous not too unforgiving.

I scraped my knuckle on a part in chapter two (the part with the shark fish and one of the big black enemies) after my 10th death! Threw my hand back and hit the shelf! Ow!

Chairman Meow · 20-06-2011 10:58am

some footage i fraps'ed from the PC version

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MftZoQ2Y0MY

put it on 720p..**** looks lovely. Thos i had to put physx on low. ****ing ATI

Healium · 20-06-2011 3:52pm

Just finished chapter 2, finding that the game keeps getting better.

Loved the octopus

"This place has more empties than a Dublin brewery..."

Helix · 20-06-2011 4:21pm

cant understand the lack of love this is getting from some of the gaming media

wtf is wrong with them

Headshot · 20-06-2011 4:22pm

Helix wrote: »

cant understand the lack of love this is getting from some of the gaming media

wtf is wrong with them

What score did your mag give it ?

Helix · 20-06-2011 4:24pm

Headshot wrote: »

What score did your mag give it ?

5 stars and recommended

Chairman Meow · 20-06-2011 4:42pm

Helix wrote: »

cant understand the lack of love this is getting from some of the gaming media

wtf is wrong with them

Theyre too busy taking part in a circle jerk over Child of Eden to notice it :rolleyes:

Think about it, eurogamer gave Homefront a 6, and Alice a 5. does anyone actually think that Alice is actually a worse game than ****ing homefront?!

Actually, **** it. Thats it. I originally thought EG gave homefront a 4, then i looked it up and saw they gave it a 6. Im honestly disgusted anyone could rate a game as imaginative as alice worse than insipid ****e like Homefront. Im never reading another review again.

Helix · 20-06-2011 4:43pm

Chairman Meow wrote: »

Im never reading another review again.

read mine instead

deathrider · 20-06-2011 4:43pm

Chairman Meow wrote: »

some footage i fraps'ed from the PC version

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MftZoQ2Y0MY

put it on 720p..**** looks lovely. Thos i had to put physx on low. ****ing ATI

It simply looks stunning!

Chairman Meow · 20-06-2011 4:46pm

Helix wrote: »

read mine instead

a link would help :P

super_furry · 20-06-2011 4:47pm

Chairman Meow wrote: »

Theyre too busy taking part in a circle jerk over Child of Eden to notice it :rolleyes:

Made the mistake of getting Child of Eden. Sure it looks pretty but its the same game Rez was, only this time in technicolour. Lasts you no time too.

I'll be trading it in for Alice tomorrow.

Helix · 20-06-2011 4:50pm

Chairman Meow wrote: »

a link would help :P

its print

click magazine

granted, i could put it online on our site here, but that would require more effort than im willing to make right now

Chairman Meow · 20-06-2011 5:09pm

super_furry wrote: »

Made the mistake of getting Child of Eden. Sure it looks pretty but its the same game Rez was, only this time in technicolour. Lasts you no time too.

I'll be trading it in for Alice tomorrow.

Ill try CoE when its ridiculously cheap. Even as much as i love Rez, the game can be finished in 40 minutes and aside from high scores, theres little replay value, and that was the vibe i got from CoE. Also, the music sounds crap. Also, if anything the gushing reviews actually turn me off it! I mean read this **** from EG:

It leaves you with a peculiar sense of power: it feels as though you have the influence of a redemptive god, restoring a fallen world back to its Eden state after a corrupting virus. A splay of the fingers and what is broken is repaired, what is begun is finished. Alpha and Omega. Grasp and splay.

Seriously, i just cant take this crap seriously. They give Alice a 5 and its repetitive and boring, yet an on rails shooter is a 9/10 and the closest you can get to having a game suck you off and make you a sandwich.

Helix, if i see your magazine anywhere, ill have a look

ShadowHearth · 20-06-2011 5:45pm

Helix wrote: »

read mine instead

as i remember you prety loved it too m8. what magazine you write for?

your nfs shift 2 and mk reviews were prety solid m8, bought bouth, liked bouth.
p.s. what about your own review thread here?

good few of us know you here, so we would be prety interested in your reviews.

ShadowHearth · 20-06-2011 6:52pm

i still cant believe it... lazygamer gave it 6/10, but everyone in comments love the game...

i just dont know wtf is wrong with reviewers? do they all expect anather cod to give a review 8++?

PogMoThoin · 20-06-2011 9:31pm

In the mad hatter area, fcukin little elves with their forks and teaspoons, keep walloping me on the head

This is epic, I'm having great fun, GOTY for me so far

Headshot · 20-06-2011 11:51pm

lads do you think upgrading the weapons increases damage?

calex71 · 21-06-2011 12:07am

Headshot wrote: »

lads do you think upgrading the weapons increases damage?

I resorted to the paid dresses and weapons pack playing on nightmare

Checkmate Dress + Knightmare hobby horse FTW

Upgrade benefits were negligible compared to the damage dealt by enemies on that setting :eek:

The checkmate dress seriously overcompensates at times though!!!!!!!!

Headshot · 21-06-2011 12:42am

Is it wrong to say I love her dresses at each stage

chrislad · 21-06-2011 7:04am

calex71 wrote: »

I resorted to the paid dresses and weapons pack playing on nightmare

Checkmate Dress + Knightmare hobby horse FTW

Upgrade benefits were negligible compared to the damage dealt by enemies on that setting :eek:

The checkmate dress seriously overcompensates at times though!!!!!!!!

I may follow you. On Chapt 2 and one of the parts has 2 Teapots and a Big Black Slime guy. Killed them and 4 Teapots arrived with another Slime Guy. Grrrr arrgh.

ShadowHearth · 21-06-2011 8:06am

chrislad wrote: »

I may follow you. On Chapt 2 and one of the parts has 2 Teapots and a Big Black Slime guy. Killed them and 4 Teapots arrived with another Slime Guy. Grrrr arrgh.

Imagine this is being read by someone who has no clue about Alice and it's style and design. He would go: wtf?!?! Tea pot?!

calex71 · 21-06-2011 8:44am

chrislad wrote: »

I may follow you. On Chapt 2 and one of the parts has 2 Teapots and a Big Black Slime guy. Killed them and 4 Teapots arrived with another Slime Guy. Grrrr arrgh.

If that doesn't do it, then wait till you meet the colossal ruins !!!!!!!!

Chairman Meow · 21-06-2011 9:08am

I also love her dresses

I accidentally equipped the octo-grinder, that thing looks so cool. Shame they took out the baby grinder, which was a baby that spits teeth! Just up to chapter 4, the opening was glorious. And thn once you get to

queensland

**** GETS REAL

calex71 · 21-06-2011 9:42am

Wow the start of chapter 5 :eek:

The drills in the walls of the bloody room in the asylum like something from silent hill

ShadowHearth · 21-06-2011 10:54am

FFs by the looks of it it's pretty long game?!

I only started chapter 2 lol. Totally no time for it

.

Don't feel to good ATM, might have a go a bit later.

Chairman Meow · 21-06-2011 11:17am

ShadowHearth wrote: »

FFs by the looks of it it's pretty long game?!

I only started chapter 2 lol. Totally no time for it .

Don't feel to good ATM, might have a go a bit later.

Most chapters seem to weigh in around 3 hours!

Healium · 21-06-2011 1:21pm

Chapter 3 seemed to be the longest by far. About 30 minutes into chapter 5 now.

Pretty much got my pros and cons figures out, so for anyone who hasn't played yet, I'll put 'em up here once I'm done. Think there's only 5 chapters, any way

calex71 · 21-06-2011 1:50pm

Healium wrote: »

Chapter 3 seemed to be the longest by far. About 30 minutes into chapter 5 now.

Pretty much got my pros and cons figures out, so for anyone who hasn't played yet, I'll put 'em up here once I'm done. Think there's only 5 chapters, any way

Chapter 5 was my favorite in terms of how it looked

grizzly · 21-06-2011 3:55pm

What do you think of this review;

...My motivation to keep going was only to see what it might paint upon my monitor next, not because I craved any more jumpy-stabby. I prayed for jumpy-stabby to stop, in fact. “Just show me the next zone! Unlock Alice’s next dress! I just want to see, I don’t want to play anymore!” That’s what I’d have cried at my PC, were there not someone in the room at the time. What I actually cried was “oh you bast… oh for fuuu… oh not again” and unrepeatable variations upon a theme, as I strove just to get through it. In a great many ways, it’s doing what Psychonauts did, and that’s what drew me to it so much in those early hours, but sadly its spirit just isn’t the wild equal of its superficial madness.

What began as a delight ended as a chore. Tightened down to 6 or 8 hours Alice would have stayed a convincing wonderland, but it’s hard not to suspect that someone just wanted to make the best or even just get their money’s worth out of all that remarkable art. Less curiouser and curiouser, more like averager and averager.

Alice : Madness returns (EPIC)

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