American McGee's Alice
| American McGee's Alice | |
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Original North American cover art
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| Developer(s) | Rogue Entertainment |
| Publisher(s) | Electronic Arts |
| Director(s) | American McGee |
| Producer(s) | R. J. Berg |
| Designer(s) | American McGee |
| Programmer(s) | Pater Mack, Darin McNeil, Joe Waters |
| Composer(s) | Chris Vrenna |
| Engine | id Tech 3 |
| Platform(s) | Microsoft Windows Mac OS PlayStation 3 Xbox 360 |
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Microsoft Windows, Mac OS
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| Genre(s) | Action-adventure, platform |
| Mode(s) | Single-player |
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| Aggregator | Score |
| GameRankings | 82.09% |
| Metacritic | 85/100 |
| Review scores | |
| Publication | Score |
| AllGame |   |
| Eurogamer | 8/10 |
| Game Informer | 9/10 |
| GamePro | |
| Game Revolution | B |
| GameSpot | 7.3/10 |
| GameSpy | 93% |
| GameZone | 10/10 |
| IGN | 9.4/10 |
| PC Gamer (US) | 88% |
| X-Play | |
| The Cincinnati Enquirer | |
American McGee's Alice is a third-person psychological horror action video game released for PC on December 6, 2000. The game, developed by Rogue Entertainment and published by Electronic Arts, is an unofficial sequel to Lewis Carroll's Alice novels. It was designed by American McGee and features music composed by Chris Vrenna.
The game uses the id Tech 3 engine first used in Quake III Arena. A PlayStation 2 port was in development but was canceled. A sequel, Alice: Madness Returns, was released June 14, 2011. Downloadable ports of the game for PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 were also made to coincide with the sequel's release as a free download with brand new copies.
Set years after Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass, the game features an older, more cynical and macabre incarnation of Alice. As of 22 July 2010, American McGee's Alice has sold over 1.5 million copies.
The game's setting presents a considerably more macabre rendition of Wonderland than seen in Lewis Carroll's original portrayal. Wonderland, being a creation of Alice's mind, has been corrupted. Alice's primary objective is to save Wonderland, and in doing so, save herself.
Shortly after Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There, at the age of seven, Alice Liddell witnessed the death of her family in an apparently accidental fire that broke out in her home, which was destroyed in the blaze. Suffering from survivor's guilt, Alice began to lose her grasp on reality and was ultimately sent to Rutledge Asylum, where she is observed and treated by Dr. Heironymous Wilson for her catatonia. Alice's only possession in Rutledge is a stuffed rabbit. Ten years after Alice was committed to Rutledge, she finds herself sucked back into a Wonderland that has been twisted.
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