It doesn’t make it unplayable but the fact that the original title is over 20 years old and suffers from less compatibility issues is astounding! And you know sure as hell EA won’t patch it! This can lead to many crashes, even some that require a complete restart of the game. This has lessened with new updates and recent releases, but Alice II struggles with lag and inconsistent framerate, even when the program files are adjusted properly. This was also the era of the physx software by Nvidia, which was utilized beautifully in Batman: Arkham Asylum and Arkham City, yet has a tendency to hinder performance. Titles from Harry Potter to FIFA were known to be locked at 30 fps and ran dismally due to poor optimization and lack of future-proofing. Yeah, 2010s era EA games were not the best on PC. But besides that, it’s a solid sequel from a great game designer. It isn’t as crisp and concrete as 2000’s Alice. Its visuals are a mix of stunning to typical PS3/Xbox 360 resolution. It’s more playable than its predecessor but it isn’t as inspired. The sequel was a beautiful, audacious game that expands the twisted Lewis Carroll allegory for trauma into a horror-heavy dark nightmare, making more deliberate shocking twists and visuals. So in some miracle, EA and McGee released a continuation of such a classic with an even more ambitious title: Madness Returns. While gameplay wasn’t the best, it was still a great work of genius, a fully realized vision like no other video game. His work with the original Alice all the way back in 2000 on PC was an artistic masterwork in atmosphere and game design, a complete, singular vision from an incredible mind.

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