Note: This first segment is about the prequel to Madness Returns in order to catch people up to speed with the story so far. If you wish to skip ahead to the actual review, scroll until after the dotted line and start reading from there.

American McGee is a man of many twisted tales; what else would you expect from one of the designers behind the first two Doom and Quake games. After finishing his work on the four id games, American transferred over to Electronic Arts studios and became the creative director of his own, twisted child: American McGee's Alice. Released in 1998 on the PC, the game was to take place after the books Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass and star Alice in the disturbing role of a criminally insane patient.

After accidentally burning down her house and killing her family, Alice floats through life, an empty shell of a person, letting her dark and twisted thoughts take hold of her body; this, ultimately, leads to her institutionalization into the Rutledge Asylum. After spending so much time at Rutledge, Alice's mind slowly takes over her body and her corruption overpowers her last shred of sanity, sending her into a Wonderland she no longer recognizes.

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I will refrain from telling you the rest of the story as the game comes free with the purchase of it's successor: Alice: Madness Returns. If the game is bought on the 360 or PS3, you get a redeeming code to download it off of Xbox Live or the PlayStation Network, if you buy the game on PC, it installs into your program files folder right next to the "Alice2" directory. How nice of EA. Regardless of whether the free prize you get with the purchase is worth it or not, is the game you're actually paying for, Alice: Madness Returns, worth it? Find out after the Jump.

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