Trailers: Alice: Madness Returns Teaser

[KenzS]

Take a well loved fairytale and make a dark twisted spin on it. That's already so cliched it hurts.

The original game was 11 years old, hardly a cliche back then. In fact I don't remember very many video games so pitch black and comical in those days. You can't remake a game and expect it to be original, it's impossible.

 

[Andy of Comix Inc]

Take a well loved fairytale and make a dark twisted spin on it. That's already so cliched it hurts.

I think this envisioning of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland is supposed to be more like an close adaption of the source material, concerned primarily with providing a more accurate depiction of the series than Disney's portrayals of the license. The original Lewis Carroll story was basically a "fuck you" to the evolution of advanced mathematical concepts and the "logic" that followed them, taking the idea of a stable, logical universe, and turning it on its head until barely a shred of reality remained.

If that isn't adult and "twisted" already then I don't know what it is...

 

[Live4Lotus]

"If that isn't adult and "twisted" already then I don't know what it is..."

A donkey show...now that is both "Adult" and "twisted".

But seriously, I can't wait for this game; it will be great if it is just 1/2 as good as the last one. It is nice to see that the new Alice is a goth, and I can't wait for the sick, twisted things they they do to a story that is already a metaphor for hallucinogenic drugs, insanity, and the most evil thing of all...Disney. I almost wish disney had a hand in this; I would love to remove Mickey's eyes with a rusty knife...while he is still alive and kicking.

 

[Ithos]

I want this game sooo bad.

I dunno about this trailer though. The mood set by the other teasers were totally different. And in my opinion, better.

 

[Cali0602]

THEY NEED TO MAKE A MOVIE OUT OF THE ORIGINAL GAME.

They were going to a loosely based movie of American McGee's Alice a couple years ago using Sarah Michelle Gellar as the lead, but the project lost steam once Disney decided to do THEIR Alice. I can't even find the IMDB site for it anymore, that's how dead the project is.

I've got a good feeling about this one. Hell, I STILL play the original Alice from time to time.

 

[AssassinJoe]

.........holy crap!

That was the creepiest thing I've ever seen!

I can fix that if you want...

If you're planning on showing me the trailer for Dead Island, I WILL END YOU!

 

[lacktheknack]

.........holy crap!

That was the creepiest thing I've ever seen!

I can fix that if you want...

If you're planning on showing me the trailer for Dead Island, I WILL END YOU!

Almost right.

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But if we're going for monstrous face mutilation, then...

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[hilarius117]

THEY NEED TO MAKE A MOVIE OUT OF THE ORIGINAL GAME.

Now that the most obvious statement has been stated by me - I can't wait for this game!

Check out the mid 60s Czech movie "Alice"
It is all stop motion with strange visuals. Has no soundtrack and just loud background noises. veeeerrrry unsettling. It is on netflix.
Worth a watch IMO

 

[MrShadowzs]

ehhhhh it looks okay, a little melodramatic, but arn't these guys a little late for the Alice Train

 

[Breakdown32]

ehhhhh it looks okay, a little melodramatic, but arn't these guys a little late for the Alice Train

Well ive played (and loved) the first game American McGee's Alice, over and over. From what they've shown so far it looks pretty much like the 1st. Considering everyone has been trying to make Wonderland dark and twisted they are a little late. Still they were the ones to do it first in video game form. I just hope Spicy Horse gives it their best, I mean after playing Mcgee's Grimm im hoping for something above average.

 

[rofl jet]

The effects of Second Hand pot Smoking

I'm having a baaaaaaad trip man...

 

[ayvee]

I'm excited for this game, but this particular teaser/trailer is my least favorite so far. Does anyone else feel like the end was just tacked on to say "hey, we have blood in this game!" ?

Nope, that's actually one of its main draws. It's a dark version of the Alice fairy tale. And a sequel to a very awesome, albeit dated, game:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_McGee%27s_Alice

Oh I get that it's a dark game. And a sequel.

I just think that the random cup biting, "attack!" shouting, stabbing, and evil smiling were tacked on and silly.

 

[ObsessiveSketch]

Take a well loved fairytale and make a dark twisted spin on it. That's already so cliched it hurts.

But make a second game... which is just the same crap all over again? There's a word for that.

It's pathetic.

Do they really think we haven't seen the little girl grinning with blood splattered on her face about a thousand times before?

American Mcgee was the first to really bring this trope to fruition. His original game, "American Mcgee's Alice", was not only a well written and intricately designed and stylized game, but paid direct homage to many of Carroll's original (non-disney-fied) characters.

In it, the themes of space and time, insanity, dual personalities, and survivor guilt are examined, while at the same time incorporating the familiar characters in a believable way. They are just as insane, this time taking on a more menacing appearance, but are expertly written in a way that evokes their Wonderland counterparts to a T.

While it has become a VERY tired trope of late, I am nothing but excited for this game: a sequel to the originator, designed by the same Dev as the first.

 

[Cali0602]

From a story perspective, I'm really hoping this ends poorly for Alice. As one who is apparently digressing back to her original unconscious struggle with the death of her parents it shows the potential for an endless loop of struggle, recovery, and digression. So if she wins again, who's to say she won't slip again.

As much as I love what Alice brings to the table as a twisted character, this story feels like it should end with her either dead or completely mad. (What can I say? Tragedy has a special schaudenfreud-ic place with me)

 

[imnot]

Well that was, um, what?