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Alice creator American McGee says he was inspired by a Valve demo he saw while working on Quake 2 (www.pcgamer.com)
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[–] 30 points 4 months ago (4 children)

God I wish the IP didn't belong to EA. It has so much potential, I always wanted Alice 3 to be a Soulslike personally but I know American McGee himself had some ideas already for Alice: Asylum to be the next installment. Shame EA doesn't give two fucks about the franchise.

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  • [–] 8 points 4 months ago (2 children)

    I always wanted Alice 3 to be a Soulslike personally

    That would definitely keep me from buying it; I can't stand those sorts of games. I did like the first two, though, and still have the CD for the first one kicking around.

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    • [–] 10 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (17 children)

    Calling American McGee "Alice creator" with no additional context is a bit absurd.

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  • [–] 25 points 4 months ago (11 children)

    I mean, his game is called "American McGee's Alice." Saying "American McGee's Alice creator, American McGee" is a bit wordy and repetitive.

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  • [–] -4 points 4 months ago (9 children)

    I know I get that, its just that Alice is both the name of the game and the name of the character, one of which he created and the other he didn't. There's not a great way to phrase it, but it makes it sound like he created the character Alice, which he did not.

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  • [–] 10 points 4 months ago (1 child)

    She is named after and inspired by the Alice of Lewis Carrol's books, but she's a very different take on her. He created this version of her.

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  • [–] 5 points 4 months ago* (2 children)

    As far as title artistic licences go this case is by far on the good side in today's age - it's not even:

    American Valves just blasted Steam & changed history forever, here is why if you don't click on this article an Alice will get murdered

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  • [–] 2 points 4 months ago (3 children)

    You really have nothing else going on in your head?

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  • [+] -6 points 4 months ago

    Yes legally that is the full title, but in the actual logo art it's a very small "American McGee's" and a big "Alice". Kind of like all the "Sid Meier's" games. They're named like that because they didn't want to risk trademark problems with simple names.

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  • [–] 6 points 4 months ago (3 children)

    The article contains all the context that is needed. You can't have a full blown article as a title.

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  • [+] -9 points 4 months ago (2 children)

    Literally didn't say that. Thanks for that useless input.

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    • [–] 8 points 4 months ago

    In an alternate reality, people played Sid Meier’s Alice and American McGee’s Civilization

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    [–] 3 points 4 months ago*

    I want those games to release on gog, I've been waiting for so long, I want to play them again!

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    [–] 3 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

    A few bits of dialogue for those who haven't played the Alice games:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EcZr_-iPLrA

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