McGee's original Alice coming to consoles?

By Fred Dutton Published 18 April, 2011

Madness Returns to include download code.

Classic PC adventure American McGee's Alice is finally coming to consoles, according to the game's creator.

McGee told CVG that retail copies of its forthcoming multiplatform sequel, Alice: Madness Returns, will include a code to download the original game.

"There's also going to be pretty significant release which is the original Alice brought over to the consoles," explained McGee, "so that a person who's purchased Madness Returns gets a download code and is able to bring Alice 1 onto their console and play through the entire original game alongside playing Madness Returns."

He didn't mention whether it would also be available separately from the sequel or whether it's been updated at all. Publisher EA has declined to comment.

American McGee's Alice was a PC-only release back in 2000, winning 8/10 from Eurogamer. Tom Bramwell went hands-on with its belated sequel last month.

"The world of games has moved on a lot in the past 11 years, and we'll need a little more convincing before we believe Alice has learned enough in the meantime," he wrote.

"In other words, Madness Returns looks promising, but you might want to give it a sanity check closer to its 14th June release."

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Comments (15) Latest comment 1 year ago

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  • evild_edd #1 1 year ago

    This would be good news and could help tempt me to make a purchase.

    Never played the original but like the art style.

    Will be waiting for review scores for Madness Returns.....

  • sega #2 1 year ago

    Is McGee's Alice a fondly remembered and good game? I remember hearing it was terrible back in the day and avoided it based on what seemed like a popular oppinion back then, but 8/10 is a respectable score. So, is it worth a look?

  • metallicorphan #3 1 year ago

    been thinking of buying Alice of Amazon for PC(costs like 20-30quid)...now i don't need to

    can't wait for these games now!!

  • GreyScale #4 1 year ago

    Good news. hopefully lots more people will play it, look past the rose tints and realise what an overrated, irritating, repetitive, frustrating, style over substance lump of a game it was. Gfx were alright tho I spose.

  • menage #5 1 year ago

    Very smart. I love these pack in bonus games, just like Extraction with Dead Space 2.

  • Pastici #6 1 year ago

    @GreyScale

    Like COD?

    OK that was cheap.

  • menage #7 1 year ago

    Wonder if it's a real HD remake.

  • el_pollo_diablo #8 1 year ago

    The first one was really really good, although that was a long time ago. I suspect it feels pretty aged now.

  • oupe #9 1 year ago

    It had nice platform elements and looked good. That's all I can remember. Not as good as Hexen :)

  • kupocake #10 1 year ago

    'Coming to consoles' rather implies that the game is kicking around for PC. As opposed to being £30 second hand and completely absent from the digital distribution platforms.

    Unless of course, they're avoiding any release of the original game because it'll undermine the sequel by being better/worse/the same old shit.

  • Bulbatron #11 1 year ago

    I was interested in playing the new Alice game, but never played the original, so making it available for console players seems like a great idea to me.

    But is it good or is it crap? There doesn't seem to be a consensus here.

  • Mister-Wario #12 1 year ago

    Bulbatron: I agree. My first thought upon reading the news story was FRIG YES. But views on the game are clearly mixed. The only real solution is try it myself, I guess.

    Still, I hope they release the game separately, like with Banjo-Kazooie on 360 (you could get a code with Nuts and Bolts for the original, and it also came out separately later on) since I don't know if I can afford this on release.

  • Der_tolle_Emil #13 1 year ago

    Alice 1 is good. It has aged, some parts even badly, but it is still worth playing. Some platforming elements feel out of date and there are a few trial and error passages but they are not much of a problem - they simply remind you that you are playing an older game, which you usually forget while playing (unless you care about graphics a lot).

    Note that I played it last year for the first time, so no nostalgia here. Sadly it is hard to find, no digital distribution service seems to have the game.

  • metallicol #14 1 year ago

    i was wondering about the original too. found this 'retrospective review' on youtube.

  • sheldipez #15 1 year ago

    I tried the original Alice on the PC for the first time last year and it doesn't hold up well at all. It's aged worse than Mickey Rourke's face.