Alice: Madness Returns

Alice will battle through stages to stop the train and find out its true meaning.

There are five large chapters in Wonderland, each with different themes and different types of enemies.

The gameplay can be described as 50% platform-jumping and 50% hack-and-slash combat.

Unlike the previous game, the emphasis is on fighting with melee weapons, although there are also means (and necessity) to shoot enemies.

Melee attacks are strung together with a vorpal blade (quick attacks) or a toy horse (slower, but more powerful and able to break through enemy defenses), and a pepper grinder or tea cannon is used for ranged attacks.

The grinder has a cooldown time and can also be used to activate switches from a distance.

Alice has a timed bomb as well and can dodge incoming attacks by briefly turning into a cloud of butterflies.

A focus mode can be triggered to keep a specific enemy in view and in this mode Alice can deploy an umbrella to reflect incoming projectiles.

When she is low on health, a monochrome hysteria mode can be triggered where much more damage is dealt and Alice can harvest enemies for health instead of teeth, the main currency left behind by enemies.

For the many platform sections, she can triple jump in the air and glide down.

During her travels, Alice will visit both XIXth century London and imaginary worlds.

One of the novelties of the game is Alice's ability to shrink herself anytime, allowing her to enter small pathways and detect otherwise virtually invisible platforms and objects.

It is also used to receive clues about the next goal.

From time to time, players need to complete various mini-games

Alice: Madness Returns for PlayStation 3 is currently worth €71.07 loose, €51.55 complete in box, and €98.99 factory sealed. Prices are based on real sales and update regularly on Gamevaro.

Alice: Madness Returns has a steady sales history on the tracked marketplaces, meaning it trades hands regularly and isn't considered particularly rare.

Loose means cartridge or disc only, CIB (complete in box) includes the original box and manual, and sealed means factory-sealed and never opened. For Alice: Madness Returns, loose is €71.07 and CIB is €51.55 — CIB commands a premium because original boxes and manuals are fragile and often don't survive.

The PAL version of Alice: Madness Returns is currently worth €71.07 loose, versus €50.17 for NTSC-U. Regional price differences usually come down to print run size and regional collector demand.