Comment on Mid games review: American McGee's Alice (2000) and Alice: Madness Returns (2011) PS3
Essence_of_Meh@lemmy.world 1 week ago
Thanks for the write up. I never really thought how these games played on consoles so it’s interesting to see this perspective.
While far from perfect, I really can’t help but like the first game. I agree it didn’t age well in some respects yet I still had quite a bit of fun replaying it not too long ago. Granted, I’m a weirdo who also likes Bungie’s “Oni” so I tend to have a decent amount of resilience towards games like these.
I’m a bit torn on the sequel honestly. I do like it as a game (even if it’s a bit too long in my opinion) but I feel that as a sequel to the original plot it’s a bit… mean spirited (?) towards Alice. Maybe it’s just me, but her starting the second game in pretty much the same situation as she was in the original kinda takes out of the ending of the latter.
frozengriever@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 week ago
I enjoy playing mid games, and while I don’t regret the time I spent playing, they are less enjoyable on a moment to moment basis than truly good games.
I thought the sequel was a logical progression with how Alice would still have PTSD from the trauma she went through and how Victorian era London was not the best environment for someone with such mental issues.
Essence_of_Meh@lemmy.world 1 week ago
Yeah, I totally get it. Old (and only mid) games can be a real coin toss between fun and tedium. Quality of the game doesn’t affect my enjoyment too much but I understand that it can be an important factor for others (and even that can vary between games).
I can see your point about the story and I would really love to approach it from this perspective, for some reason I’m just unable to do so unfortunately. No idea why, I just can’t. I have a much easier time seeing a reason for a third game (rip) considering the ending of Madness Returns but we all know how that went.