I finished Alice Madness returns yesterday and I think it was a great game but every complaint levelled against it in reviews are spot on.

But they didn't annoy me as much, yes the chapters go on for a hour too long but they also ended just before I would get bored. Yes there is a lot of levers to pull but the puzzles are all well done and kept me interested.

It must be said that I played the game mostly for the art and I think it done that stuff fantastically and coupled it with solid combat and well executed platforming. It's just a shame that the levels weren't better paced and a hour shorter because it could have been amazing.

But that said it is still worth a look if you are in it for the art, if not you may run into the same problems that other reviewers had with the game. Personally I would score the game a 8/10

Finally got my copy of Catherine in the mail yesterday, I have only played that for a couple of hours so don't have a strong enough views on that game yet to talk about what I think of it. I will update tomorrow with my thoughts