American McGee's Alice Demo

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland was quite the story, especially since most of it was rather strange and a lot of metaphors are required in order to explain the underlying ideas. However, regardless of how strange the original story may have been, the game at hand proves that it can get much creepier, as long as you add insanity and monsters into the mix.

American McGee's Alice is an adventure game that creates a very unusual world, filled with weird characters and plenty of things that don't exactly make sense. It also features corrupted versions of well-known characters from the original story, which should fuel your nightmares for at least a few days after playing the game.

As far as the story is concerned, everything revolves around Alice and her insanity, which is triggered by the death of her family in a freak accident. As she gets older, she gets more and more disconnected with reality and she spends more time in Wonderland. However, the imaginary world is infected by Alice's insanity as well, only to transform into a truly terrifying place. Your goal is to try and fix it, in order to save Alice in the process as well.

Even if the game has some pretty disturbing horror elements, the entire gameplay is also coated in a thick layer of dark humor, which is especially obvious in the dialogue and the cutscenes between chapters. However, that doesn't mean you will spend most of the game laughing at clever puns, even if the sarcasm and irony become quite obvious at times.

Visually, the game was designed to look cartoonish, but gritty and creepy at the same time, especially when it comes to the characters and the environments. The latter deserve a special mention, since you get to explore some of the most wild and original landscapes seen in video games. Moreover, the id Tech 3 engine helps a lot and it certainly displays some impressive special effects.

In the end, American McGee's Alice is a one-of-a-kind game, especially when it comes to story and level design. The clever puzzles and ingenious dialog makes for some very memorable moments, as well as plenty of disturbing events.