this is so cute. :) im a big fan of ruby gloom so this made me very happy.

COOL REVIEW !!

This video really sucked me into Alice's rabbit hole, at the time, i have finished playing both games. I have mixed feelings with Madness Returns, but AM Alice is such an amazing game. Thank you so much for introducing me into this amazing series!

Odd since the play through I’ve seen of this didn’t have the glitches

Such a shame because a premise based around dreams and nightmares has so much potential for creativity.

I’ve always wanted to play this game and American McGee’s Alice when I was younger but I didn’t have a PC that could handle them. I was able to get Jericho and Alice: Madness Returns for my 360! 😅

Just found this channel and fell in love with the content tbh

A better plot would have been "Alice got a job in an orphanage, the place caught fire, she got the last of the kids out and was then knocked out by someone but came to and managed to escape as the place burned down and now she's in prison while the police investigate whether "a prior lunatic" burned the building down WITH HER BOSS INSIDE (as they haven't inspected the building for remains yet)." Then you could have Alice going to Wonderland questioning whether she killed her boss or not and torched the place, each of her friends asking her vague, yet suspiciously pointed questions that jar memories from her that she'd never really thought about, but all come together raising red flags that quickly point towards HER EMPLOYER burning the building down for the insurance money. In a real world cut scene we then see him caught, hauled into the station and admitting that he did it, had actually locked the doors, had no idea how Alice opened it to get the kids out and was going to "come back from an outing to a burned out building with everyone dead" and just pin the blame on a dead Alice to collect it, given her past history with "buildings burning down" and institutions. Just a vague outline of an idea, but it would explain Alice having a relapse, the inner turmoil of not wanting to confront a traumatic situation even when you know deep down it's not your fault and the big payoff where she's proven innocent and perhaps works for a happy and successful new orphanage afterwards as her "reward", we see her photo on a newspaper proclaiming "Alice Liddel - Local Hero" with a photo of the burning building under it for a dark twist on a positive situation. Something like that.

also check out "Flying on the wings of steam (remix)" for a really good track! also thanks for this retrospective! it was awesome! :D

The game got a 5+ in my book

Alice madness returns what's my first taste of the series, so most of these points don't really count for me, story or mechanic wise, these were my first experience with this series, I really liked this game, I consider it some of my favorite games I played, I really liked the astheatic of this game

Much better than Madness Returns! My favourite game.

Loved the video! But there's some things you got wrong: they're not in a boarding school, the first episode is "Gloomer Rumor", no one in the show has an age (there's a lot of inconsistencies but the main cast are shown to be taller than child characters, the wiki isn't the most accurate either). But regardless I'm just so happy to get more content about Ruby Gloom ^^ This show came out when I was 3 so it's so nostalgic for me~

As I was fascinated with it's looks too, I could've been happy trading them for less linear locations. As seen in games of this era, they could've only managed these graphics on the XBox 360 by cutting everything. It worked for Borderlands (except cars), for UT3 (except being the less played UT game now) and for Condemned: Criminal Origins. The latter is made to feel like a claustrophobic thriller, but that doesn't fit any type of ambition Jericho had, and they should've toned down the graphics to flesh out thematic levels more and, maybe, had some time to invest in other things. It's really a product that makes you imagine it's potential more than focusing on a current gameplay, lol.

Idk that boss fight was hard...at least the wii mote piano segments were. Also the piano puzzle segments in general fuck those

Father Raulings is technically a Chaplain. In the Army, they typically hold the rank of Captain or above and are referred to as "Chaplain So and So" instead of Captain, or in this case, "Father". Given his age, I'm pretty sure he's atleast a Lt. Col.

For me it'd be the crunchy footsteps as you walk over the floor of dead babies in Outlast 2. Not even the dead babies, but the SOUND of stepping on them. 🤮 Great video!!

They could rename this Paranormal Activity: the Game and make millions

I support your sapphic stance!

Weird game! It's probably a good thing it's so short as I can imagine it would get pretty frustrating if you failed after 40 minutes or so during your first few attempts at it, what with the seemingly trial and error aspects of the identification mechanic. Great video!!

Great retrospective! It makes me feel like playing the game and I wasn't aware that it was included with Alice Returns (which I own but haven't played yet) so I look forward to playing it there, even if it might be a bad port...

Honestly when I played the sequel to this game on PlayStation now it definitely gave me big earthbound vibes with all four of them in my party running around the world it was great

"Drinking is about 50 percent of the game. Get used to her little hiccup sound effect". I feel so seen.

Honestly I kinda distanced myself from stuff American McGee makes because of how he was defending confederate statues saying taking them down will "erase history" back in like 2017 on his Twitter I'm not gonna lie from what I heard about the story of Alice asylum I'm really dreading this "potential" third game

To any avid readers of alice in wonderland/alice through the looking glass, were the village of gnome miners and the school full of insane children ever in the books?

i can confirm after i beated that the first one is better

I haven't played Fatal Frame 3 in a few years but I remember being frustrated with the pacing and sheer length of the game. After 10 hours I just wanted it to END!! xD It had some cool moments but it's still probably my least favourite Fatal Frame game. Great analysis! You mentioned a lot of the opinions I had after playing and the explanation of the story really helped me since it did seem a bit all over the place when I played. Amazing video, well done!

Wait there going to be a third game

Just got my copy from Japan in pristine condition. Now I only have to get the 4th one and my collection will be complete. The first three games have gone up in price again, even the recent reprints.

Magoo you did it again!

My pick would be the night versions of the Terrorist Hunt maps in Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Vegas 2. The enemies are already terrifying enough in the daytime but at night... hoooo boy!

I rewatch Muppet's Christmas Carol every Christmas and I'm kinda glad that it's the Christmas special that I grew up with. Well, that and the Power Rangers one. 😅 Great job on this! It can't have been easy to watch all these! 😂

Great video

I too have an irrational appreciation for PS1 style graphics. They just hit that perfect nostalgia spot! Great video!

This game gives me Tellytubbies/Slendytubbies vibes... 😅 Great video! Well written and entertaining!

Excellent video.

Your so petty i love it lmao

Fetch is totally happen imo

Um ok, a) love your stuff, just found it and it is fantastic. B) WHAT MUST I DO TO GET A COPY OF YOUR SCREENPLAY?! PDF? I’ll pay money! I want to read that so bad!

Your videos are so phantasmtic that both satan's and jesus' and santa's superpowers combined wouldn't be enough to replicate the sofuckingoodiness of them... I hope you never stop making them (at least until I'm dead, cause then I won't care anymore, I guess). Thanks for all your effort, and best of luck, dear Countess Amelianstein of Himurovania.

Always a joy to watch your vids! Great job! The final choice was perfect!💕

Awesome video, luv your editing style lol it gets me every time.

Cool.

Other then a man,what possible motivation could a woman have? Like,what else is there?

They should do a reboot of this series. 👍

OMFG, that creepy Alchemist has the same voice actor as Alistair from Dragon Age.....And that thought won't leave me any time soon now....great 😭

How the heck did your Fatal Frame reviews send me down this rabbit hole? XD Seriously though, I love this channel and all of the obscure horror-adjacent media I now know about. As a French Canadian, I agree with your opinion of us.

I loooove this game. It’s my favorite in the series for a number of reasons. I love the themes of the moon and masks, I like the location and lore… but this game does have major problems that not even I can look past. It’s become a tradition in Fatal Frame for each game to have a confusing and convoluted story. I loved Crimson Butterfly for being a standalone story only loosely and thematically tying in with the first. Fatal Frame 3 is my least favorite for forcing everything to be connected in some way or another while trying to maintain it’s own standalone plot. I love the forth entry for being just barely connected with the previous games and presenting the story in a non linear fashion. The games biggest problem (other then clunky motion controls) is that there isn’t enough information provided for a game trying to tell it’s story in such a way. If you’re gonna build a puzzle for people to solve it better have all the peaces to assemble. And this was done completely deliberately. The game was code eloped with Suda 51 with his team alongside the original crew behind the prior entries and this game reeks of Suda 51. I only played one of his games before and while he’s a competent director this guy really loves to tell a story in the most confusing and fragmented way. Even in the Japanese there’s no way of knowing what’s going on in the game. I played Mask of the Lunar Eclipse at least 4 or 5 times and I still don’t know what exactly is going on. I’m just as confused as the protagonists. Also I swear 3 of the chapters feel like meandering. Nothing of importance happens for 1/5th of the game you’re just traversing the hospital and picking shit up yet main plot wise Ruka is as clueless as she arrived.

I still have a crush on Martin Mystery...He is one of several fictional crushes I hold dear...Jeez, is something wrong with me?

McGee tried to retcon everything which ruined it all. Don't forget the third game which retcon everything once again. Dayum. 😑🔫