American McGee's Return of Alice Gets Creepy Stop-Motion Trailer

[John Funk]

American McGee's Return of Alice Gets Creepy Stop-Motion Trailer

The recently-announced sequel to American McGee's Alice now has a ballpark release date - it'll hit in 2011 - and a slightly unsettling "unofficial" trailer.


I'm not quite sure what exactly it is about Alice in Wonderland that pings the creativity of others, but sometimes we do get some awesome stuff out of it. Whatever else you could say about 2000's American McGee's Alice, you certainly can't say it doesn't have a sense of style. If this trailer is any indication, the upcoming Return of Alice - first revealed in a blog post back in February [http://www.americanmcgee.com/wordpress/2009/02/20/alice-sequel/] - will follow in its footsteps.

Or maybe it's just that, as things like the music video for "Sober" by Tool demonstrate [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hglVqACd1C8], the stop-motion style of animation makes already-creepy things that much creepier.

Here's the one thing I don't get, though - the game's new website [http://twitter.com/americanmcgee/status/5358832441] refers to it as an "unofficial" trailer. I could understand if it was, say, a version cut together by a dedicated fan from pre-existing footage, but this is the first real video we've seen of anything having to do with the game. It's linked to on the official website. What could be unofficial about it?

(Thanks, InProgress!)

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[Heart of Darkness]

Bah. I really wished I've played the first game. Then this announcement might actually excite me.

 

[Rigs83]

It is odd with the whole (little) blood splatter at the end.

 

[Scrythe]

kaskdjgahldhgkalsdjfjasdflasdjfjasdlkfjasdkAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARGH!

Why the hell isn't the first one a freakin' movie yet?!

 

[cleverlymadeup]

the first game was fun if not a bit odd, i should go back and finish it, never got around to doing that

 

[Gxas]

Ok, so I definitely need to find a place to pick up the first game. I've always wanted it but was too young when it was released.

Funk, after the last Alt+Escape of "Alice is Dead", you re-incited my flame for the world from the "Looking Glass". Sad that the movie coming out will be terrible.

 

[Monshroud]

I wonder where they are going to go with this game. I enjoyed the first one although the controls seemed a bit dodgy to me. I did love the visuals though and I am looking forward to seeing the darker version of the Alice world in modern graphics and sound.

 

[Good morning blues]

I'll tell you why it's an "unofficial" trailer. It's because American McGee is a self-absorbed moron who doesn't know what "unofficial" means.

American McGee's Alice was a great game, but everything that man has touched since has turned to shit. This one is being developed the same way that Bad Day LA and Grimm were, so I have no expectations whatsoever.

 

[Voltano]

First time I heard they are going to make a sequel to that game.

Spoiler: SPOILER!! Only click if you have played the game.

Didn't Alice snap out of her psychological trauma when she killed the red queen? They showed her leaving the asylum as well at the end. I'm thinking they had to come up with some "dick move" to justify a sequel.

Looks alright so far. Maybe it will be just as fun as the original?

 

[The_root_of_all_evil]

?'But I don?t want to go among mad people,' Alice remarked.
'Oh, you can?t help that,' said the Cat. 'We?re all mad here. I?m mad. You?re mad.'
'How do you know I?m mad?' said Alice.
'You must be,? said the Cat. 'or you wouldn?t have come here.'?

 

[MarsProbe]

kaskdjgahldhgkalsdjfjasdflasdjfjasdlkfjasdkAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARGH!

Why the hell isn't the first one a freakin' movie yet?!

I thought they were making a movie of it, being sure I had heard it was a work in progress. Perhaps it's currently on hold or something.

Still, in the meantime, I'm sure we'll be able to make do with Tim Burtons adaptation, right? Right?

Hmmm.....

 

[Acidwell]

I Loved that game. the atmosphere as well as the story were just perfect even today. Fair enough the graphics and gameplay are a bit dated but no more than half life and people still play that

 

[FinalGamer]

Oooooooh! I loved the first game, it was so awesome but....uhhh I wonder how they're going to continue it. I won't spoil the ending of the first but well, it did seem pretty final.

 

[TsunamiWombat]

Hmm... Where can I get the first?

 

[Andronicus]

Well I never got around to playing the first game neither, seeing as I was too young at the time of it's release to get it. I do, however, have a vivid memory of watching someone play it at a friend's house once upon a time. I remember I was playing Tigger's Honey Hunt on Playstation, so that pretty much puts into perspective my taste in videogames at the time.
...
...
... I was fun, alright!

Anyway's, I'd prefer to play the original first, but I can't find it anywhere. Maybe with the hype that the second game brings, they'll put the first game on Steam.

 

[Trivun]

Bah. I really wished I've played the first game. Then this announcement might actually excite me.

It's worth it. Believe me. I was lucky to get a cheap copy on ebay, but it's truly a great game. What with that and Tim burton and Marilyn Manson both doing their own Alice films, plus the new McGee game, I think next year I'll have plenty of macabre-style Alice to satisfy my lust

 

[scnj]

kaskdjgahldhgkalsdjfjasdflasdjfjasdlkfjasdkAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARGH!

Why the hell isn't the first one a freakin' movie yet?!

Because video game movies invariably suck.

 

[historybuff]

Holy crap! They're making another one!


\o/

 

[The Random One]

In before someone mentions "American McGee Presents American McGee's Return of Alice by American McGee's".

I know I should be excited, or at least somewhat interested, by this, but I am not, and that is strange. Maybe I have grown cynical, or maybe I have realized that since there are so many people needed to make a video game come to life someone having their name on a non-indy title looks like something people only do ironically.

 

[PS2MAN]

Why the hell isn't the first one a freakin' movie yet?!

There is always the Tim Burton one due out next year.