Alice: Madness Returns

Before I start with more of my ramblings, I just have something to say... Who the heck thinks I would do a good job as Sebastian? Pfff, I was kind of kidding when I put him as an option for my next cosplay. I did not really consider that people out there would actually think I would do a good Sebastian. Shows how much I know...

Anyway, I will get back on that later on this post...

So I have been feeling a little... Anxious? I suppose? These last few weeks. I kind of felt like I wanted to do something fun, but not something that it would take a LONG time to finish or something... After a while I figured that I could get a new video-game just to occupy my mind, and get some enjoyment out of it (something I was kind of lacking to be honest).

Seeing as a visit to the arcade was a complete and utter FAILURE. But it's in the past, and I rather not remember that.

I went to one of the many video-games store, and saw "Demon's Souls." It looked interesting, and it was winner of the best video-game of the year award. I figured that it was going to be an excellent game, plus the bonus that it was cheap too. I bought it, and decided to try it that very same day.

Oh. My. Gawd.

I started playing it, when not even five minutes into the game I died. I was kind of surprised (who fricking dies within five minutes?!), but got over it when it turns out to be part of the plot of the game. So I continued it. It is about this place whose name eludes me, which is supposedly being invaded by these "demons" of some sort. Many people have gone to this place, trying to defeat these demons and be proclaimed a hero. I was one of those many, and, as being one of the many, I also died as the many.
Then my "soul" was transported to this "Nexus" where I could "live" even without a physical body to contain my soul. To get my body back though, they told me that I needed to collect the "demon's souls" that were invading the place.

I was like, "okay. I can do this." And I started my journey. Not ten more minutes into the game, I died... Again. And not only was I transported back to the very BEGINNING. I also lost ALL THE SOULS that I had captured up to that point. At first I was like, "crap, I need to be more careful." But after dying again, and again, and again (I do not suck at video-games, okay? I just want to make that clear XD), and starting from the very beginning with zero souls, I decided that it was either the video-game or me.

I decided to lie to myself, and chose the video-game.

I went to return it, and at a glance I saw the game of "Alice: Madness Returns." I thought it was like the updated version of an Alice game I saw a friend of mine play some years ago, and decided to buy it. I always wanted to know what it was about. Sounded cool to play a demonic version of Alice in Wonderland to be honest. I bought it, and started to play it.

After a while I kind of got the hint that there was some background history among the characters of the story, and decided to research about that. What I found out was that this game is the sequel of the game "American McGee's Alice," which is the game that my friend played. Wanting to go along with the plot as it supposed to, I started to play the prequel.

No... Just, no. I hate when they make games that were meant for computers and change it for other consoles. The controls are never quite as accurate, and they leave you very vulnerable to enemies. You can pretty much guess that I also sucked at the prequel of the game.

So, I went back to the sequel.

It is such an amazing game. I really don't want to spoil too much of the plot, but this is more or less what it is about. After the three books of Alice by Lewis Carrol, the house where she lived burns down making her the only survivor of this tragedy (Sounds sooooo familiar....). Her whole family gone. She was put into a hospital to deal with her burns and such, but her mental state was complete comatose. The people decided to translate her into an asylum where she spent 10 years of her life in. This is where the prequel starts, in the asylum. To make long story short, by defeating the final boss of the game she was able to wake up from her comatose state and finally leave the asylum.

After that she was introduced to this hypnotherapist doctor who promised her to make her forget her memories (of her childhood and the fire), so she could live on as a normal person. This is where the sequel starts.

Beautiful graphics. Wide variety of worlds. Different scenarios (both 3D and 3D), tactical battles, and awe-inspiring musical background. Really worth while, even the amount of money is still being sold at.

I guess that is it for today! I had a point I was going at, but this post is already too long as it is. I guess I will have to address my point on my next post...

Have a great day. Thank you for reading!

Ja ne.