Alice's Adventures in Wonderland was always meant to be a book for children. A world, not necessarily of happiness, of wonder with talking animals who inhabit it. It's completely made up of the imagination of a child who is bored and wants to go on an adventure. American Mcgee's Alice corrupted this story, and world, and twisted it into a macabre, but amazing adventure. The story is about the same Alice who went to Wonderland, this time a few years in the future, after who first couple adventures. It starts with her dreaming in Wonderland when her house catches fire. Her dream friends wake her up and she listens to her parents screaming in pain as they burn alive. This corrupts her and she is sent to a sanitarium. Then the game begins, and you enter the new evil that is Wonderland. Her insanity has changed the place beyond belief, and any resemblance of a child's imaginary playland is gone. Like I said, the opening scene hits hard and you really feel her pain. As the game goes on it becomes increasingly violent, and you can feel her mind slipping even further away. It's a brilliant design and a nice break from the norm. With the new Tim Burton movie coming out I wonder, and possibly this version if they ever get around to it, if this game will get overshadowed and seen as nothing more than a copycat. Even after 8(?) years this game still manages to hypnotize me and I get lost in the world that is Wonderland.
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