Arguably, his game was closer to the original “Through the Looking Glass” books than any other revisitation, especially Disney’s. I liked AM’s Alice. I thought it was a “Great Fucking Game!” in spite of the jumping puzzles. I’m pretty stoked about his next few games, although I won’t choke down anything he shoots out (like I do from Dreamcatcher who is 99% awesome in their titles). I really can’t wait to see how he does Oz and then the next “cherised cultural treasure”, which usually means “originally dark story lightened up by some popular movie”.
Arguably, his game was closer to the original “Through the Looking Glass” books than any other revisitation, especially Disney’s.
I’ve heard other people say that, but I don’t get it. I’ve read both the Wonderland books and played through Alice a couple of times. The books had mature themes under the surface, but it was mainly satire of political and religious conventions/organizations. With the exception of the Red Queen there wasn’t really any violence in the books, and even the Red Queen was mostly bluster to little effect. The only part I ever found remotely creepy was the bit with the Jabberwockey poem and the knight.
In the books there was nothing approaching the violence and creepy stuff that appeared in the game. Alice was not a knife-wielding psychopath. The Mad Hatter had not tortured The Door Mouse to death by replacing his innards with machinery. Boojums weren’t even in the books. Alice never encountered zombie children in an insane asylum.
You can argue that the Disney version was much more bright and cheerful than the books, and I’d probably agree. I can’t see how the game was more faithful. It was WAY out there.
