9. Alice: Madness Returns

Alice: Madness Returns gameplay

Speaking of expansive worlds, it's time to set our sights to Victorian London. A decade after a terrible fire took her family away, 19 year old Alice Liddell is deemed sane and is currently employed at an orphanage run by Dr. Angus Bumby. Things start taking a dark turn when Alice’s traumatic childhood memories return. The deaths of her mother, father, and older sister continue to haunt the poor girl. Her mind begins to dive back into her familiar madness. She decides the best thing to do is to return back to Wonderland, but with her absence, things have gone down hill. A new evil has invaded this realm and twisted her once familiar fantasy. Now she must find what has caused this evil to occur while figuring out what caused the fire that killed her family so long ago. This dark and twisted fantasy is right up my alley. The dark storybook-like cutscenes are always a pleasure to see. The characters have amazing designs, especially as you dive deeper and deeper into Wonderland and the mystery of Alice’s memories. Enjoy the use of unique weapons like the pepper grinder that is like a hand cranked minigun and the swift slashes from the vorpal blade.

“Alright boys, she only has a knife, we can take her!”

That knife is really something else! I might need to get one. For cooking of course…