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Here's the Gameplay in Alice: Madness Returns

Welcome back to Wonderland. Please enjoy your stay!

Mar. 7 2011

Posted by: Brad

In This Episode:

Alice: Madness Returns

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One word ... wow .

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Me likey, me wanty on... releasy?..

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Looks pretty good. I may play this.

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@Deusoma:   whoa jeez, I regret not playing the first now, this looks insanely creepy 
 
 
would be nice if they would release the first one again as an HD downloadable
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@Riboflavin:   
 I'm legitimately surprised by the number of people who think Alice is like God of War. Did so few people really play the original? It was a shooter!
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@Deusoma:  crap, maybe I don't remember it as well as I thought. Been quite a while.
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Edited By Redharlow

Visually looks cool in an artistic way. But the gameplay? Looks way too archaic.

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She be crazy!

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Edited By Konanda

So fucking excited and June 14!

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Reminds me of the 2008 Prince of Persia.

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Holy crap that video looks good, my GF will love playing this.

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Edited By Tennmuerti

Hmm, interesting.

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Looks fun! My girlfriend is going to looove this.

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Edited By coaxmetal

I don't really understand why any character action game is branded as a GoW ripoff... GoW was good, but it wasn't even the first of the genre. Not really sure what spawned the genre, but DMC was certainly a big deal before GoW ever was, and this looks more like that style of combat than GoW anyway. 
 
As long as the combat in the game is solid, I will be happy, its the style that I think really shines here. Hopefully it will be good.

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Ah, yes. Reminds me of high school brooding.

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Edited By penguindust

Looks cool.  Not much like God of War to my eyes.  More like Devil May Cry or Bayonetta.  I'm very impressed by what I see so far.  In these types of games, control is key, so we'll have to see if it handles as well as it looks.

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Edited By CharkeeFarlee

WOAH. 
Insta-buy.

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Edited By swfcfan

The game looks nice. I have the first one on PC but im glad that this  sequel  is cooming onto home consoles as I prefer to play action/puzzle/platform adventure games on my TV in my bedroom.*
 
*Plus my PC is a bit outdated for gaming so I stick to playing games like  Command and conquer 3  and Painkiller on it!
 
Also @HerbieBug said:

" EA being involved with this concerns me. "
 
Errr why? ...... EA Games published the first Alice game!

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i loved the first one and i'm looking forward to this.

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OMG, WTF, LOL!!!!  Wow rip off God of War.  Cant anyone do anything original these days!  I know GoW and PS3 are the best things in the universe but come on!!  I mean im 12, Ive been around the block on gaming.  This is just sad!!!! 
 
Ok, I feel dirty.....i can only hope all these GoW remarks are just for fun.  Is not, plz dont breed :p...... 
 
Game looks sweet.  Hope it controls better then the last one.  Love the trippy nightmare dream to these games.

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Awesome trailer! They're probably going to put a bit too much emphasis on combat and less on exploration for my liking, though. Was the frist game very linear or did it offer a certain degree of freedom? 
I'd be really interested in this title if it was a bit more like Zelda or Darksiders...
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Looks awesome!

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EA being involved with this concerns me. 

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@Deusoma said:
" @TurboMan said:
not trolling. Just stating that in the trailer, the character had two knives as weapons. I'm willing to bet money that the square button is a horizontal attack and the triangle button is a vertical attack. If done right, this game could be pretty cool, but if it's like Dante's Inferno... could be a trainwreck. "
The original game, which this is almost certainly going to copy, was a third-person shooter. The knife was just the traditional crappy melee weapon you fell back on when you ran out of energy for your other weapons. Personally, I think the gameplay would actually be improved if they made it more melee-centric, though I'd prefer it to be more like Zelda than God of War. "
This one looks pretty melee-focused IMO. Maybe it'll play differently from the original...
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So Alice is the God of War now?  Just saying. :)  

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@Spectreman said:
" It´s how we wish Epic Mickey would be. "
Also reminded me of Epic Mickey, for some reason.
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looks great but the gameplay is not blowing me away yet

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Alice Souls?

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This looks pretty awesome.

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I really liked the look and offsetting feel of the first game, but this universe strikes me as a little excessively dark and more hack and slash based. Not that the gameplay in the first was any prize, but I was favorable of the design. This is more like what would happen if Silent Hill/Doom and Alice collided, but otherwise I'll reserve judgement. 
 
However, I probably won't care as long as the dialogue is witty and the Cheshire Cat is still awesome.

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Keep up the weird and I'll keep interested.

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Wow, that looks really cool. Never played the original but that game looks awesome.

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Much more interested in playing the original now, just for some background.

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Art style of this game looks soo good, I never played the original, but this may just sway me towards a purchase.

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looks "meh".

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this looks great. 
*add to the "to play" list*

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@TurboMan said:
not trolling. Just stating that in the trailer, the character had two knives as weapons. I'm willing to bet money that the square button is a horizontal attack and the triangle button is a vertical attack. If done right, this game could be pretty cool, but if it's like Dante's Inferno... could be a trainwreck. "
The original game, which this is almost certainly going to copy, was a third-person shooter. The knife was just the traditional crappy melee weapon you fell back on when you ran out of energy for your other weapons. Personally, I think the gameplay would actually be improved if they made it more melee-centric, though I'd prefer it to be more like Zelda than God of War.
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Well, this is still a video game. Totally stoked about the design, less so about the gameplay. Here's hoping it's good. 

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I like the art style and aesthetic but the gameplay doesn't look too interesting.

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i'm interested.. but cautiously so.

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Nice visuals.
 
Is Johnny Depp in this game?

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I never liked blondes anyway.

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@TurboMan: What does that have to do with anything?... I was just pointing out how stupid your original comment was. You called Alice a God of War clone - how is that possible when Alice is a third person shooter...
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doesnt look bad I guess.    

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@ComradeKhan said:
" @TurboMan: C"mon American McGee has much more vision than the suits at EA that just wanted to cash in on a God of War clone... Just because there is some hacking and slashing doesn't automatically mean its a clone of God of War... Get back to me when you've really played it, and then try and tell that... This game will definitely be unique to American McGee's style. "
I'm sure he is.
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looks dope!! cant wait to play this over summer

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It´s how we wish Epic Mickey would be.

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@TurboMan: C"mon American McGee has much more vision than the suits at EA that just wanted to cash in on a God of War clone... Just because there is some hacking and slashing doesn't automatically mean its a clone of God of War... Get back to me when you've really played it, and then try and tell that... This game will definitely be unique to American McGee's style.
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@Goku13K said:
" How are we not getting the first one re-released on Steam or something already! I DESIRE TO PLAY THROUGH AGAIN!!!!!! "
My thoughts exactly, I never had the chance to play the first one and I would very much like to. An XBLA or PSN release would also be very welcome.
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@ComradeKhan said:
" @TurboMan: Why would you troll on Giantbomb? Go somewhere else. "
not trolling. Just stating that in the trailer, the character had two knives as weapons. I'm willing to bet money that the square button is a horizontal attack and the triangle button is a vertical attack. If done right, this game could be pretty cool, but if it's like Dante's Inferno... could be a trainwreck.