Note: The following review contains spoilers for
Alice: Madness Returns.
When I first played Alice: Madness Returns, I enjoyed it for
what it was as a follow-up to the dark and twisted American McGee’s Alice,
playing which spurred me to actually read Lewis Carrol’s Alice duology.
However, it only occurred to me after looking up the game later that I managed
to somehow miss the point of the story to some degree, and so wanted to play it
again to catch anything about the game’s themes I may have missed. That, and I
had been meaning to try out a $2 DLC (still available as of this writing) that
introduces new dresses and further upgraded weapons that “break” the game.
After taking another trip through the corrupted Wonderland via New Game+, I
felt as though I was able to fully enjoy the game and appreciate it more for
what it is.
