Alice Slaughters Wonderland

Very nice game. My only pet peeve is that I can't seem to find any indicator of how much money I currently have

can you even defeat scalpel

Amazing game really enjoyed it here is Part 1 of my playthrough 

I want to know "I am one (ONE).

Then, I accepted 9000 and became more.

Part of me decided to leave (leave).

And then I was cut in half. "I can't understand the answer to this puzzle. I've been stuck all day 😢

this was great_ loved all your games

Finally got around to my part 3

im sorry but, why is she so sexualised???

(Contains Spoilers) Overall this game is yet another great game from the legendary A.V. Dassow. The voice acting was amazing and it definitely felt as though the characters had personality behind them.  The game was not only humorous at points with jokes and some of the voice acting, especially with Bill the lizard, but the game also balanced it out with morbid and darker themes. The character designs were 10/10 as usual and the map layout made the game feel ginormous, it was a billion times better than what I'd expect for a browser game. 

(Spoilers) Another thing I'd like to add is that I loved the reference to previous game characters, it is nice to see them again. Furthermore, the multiple endings were all worth going back and watching through, one of the endings in particular made me realise just how morbid the game truly was, which caught me completely off guard considering Dassow typically has happy / joke endings. Despite being surprised by it, I found it to be such a cool twist although I will have to pretend that ending doesn't exist so I can cope better with the story. 

Now for the critiques. The game takes around 6 hours to complete, which is great, I love playing these games. However, you'll spend roughly half this time waiting for your turn during battles, especially when you're up against either multiple enemies, enemies that do multiple types of attacks in one turn, or sometimes both. One of the hardest enemies in the game ended up being 2 sewer rats you find towards the end, they were harder than some of the bosses. They have this green attack that deals maybe 120 health to all of your characters, since theres 2 of them and you only have 500 health on your characters at this point of the game, you'll lose everyone in 2 turns if you aren't healing everyone fully between each attacking round. I'm not sure if I had incredibly bad RNG, but the dice rolls seemed to screw you over 80% of the time, in battle I was getting "lose 44-50" sanity the majority of the time,  the only positive one I got was double loot. Because of this, you need to keep Alice at minimum 50 sanity points or you risk getting screwed over by a random dice roll. Speaking of, if you do happen to get a dice roll outside of combat, you best be prepared to lose anywhere from $1000 - $4500, which will prevent you from upgrading equipment, and makes searching corners of the map for coins redundant since you'll most likely lose it all in a dice roll.

Enemy placement in a-lot of areas seemed to be deliberate to slow you down. You will be faced with multiple tanky enemies that you cannot avoid since they sprint at you. After spending maybe 3 minutes to defeat one, you will face another one 15 seconds later. At points I was losing it because I couldn't go 20 seconds without bumping into another enemy. One recommendation I will give to anyone late in the game is DO NOT fight the blue scalpel guy after you defeat grey Alice. He is by far the most difficult enemy in the game, He has the ability to one shot multiple people in your team in a single round. I am not sure if he is a joke enemy that you are not meant to defeat, but I ended up just running around him which allowed me to finish the game. To sum up, the games story, character designs, voice acting, and atmosphere was all great, compared to previous games this one has a lot less puzzles and the few that do exist are very easy to solve, I assume this game was intended to be more of a fighting game than a puzzle.

As stated before, the game overall is an appealing blend of horror, enjoyment, and personality, with likeable characters and a well thought out storyline. It is well worth playing through and watching the end credits to make Dassow happy. 

The game looks stunning, some voice acting is actually incredible and the gameplay is fun, not to mention the multitude of references to other classic A.V Dossow games.

The Retro part of the game was super nice, would not mind an entire game looking like that!!

If anything I would mention how the combat sometimes drags for too long, some enemies are damage sponges and sometimes it felt 70% of my attacks missed, is not that the combat was difficult, I think I died twice, it was just very bothersome towards the end having to wait for an enemy to cast 3 AoE spells before I got my turn.

At the end of the day I would say this is a very well rounded, comprehensive and solid game that, even if it's no my personal favorite, I can vouch for how worth it is to experience it. Specially the final part and the endings.

Keep up the good work!

I was really excited to experience this game after playing the demo.

And in the end, I got the satisfying experience I wished for.

The characters, the voice acting, and the story were pretty good, and kept me engaged until I finished it.

The voice actor for the Hatter did a phenomenal job, by the way.

His performance was my favorite out of all the others.

But I also  want to give  my compliments  on the atmosphere, the music, and the art (all of it, not just the character portraits).

Some of these helped me a lot to immerse in the world I was exploring, and I couldn't ask better treatment from that perspectice.

When it comes to the combat system, I had a really good time with that as well.

I didn't feel any weird difficulty spikes through the game, and most of the boss fights were really satisfying.

I also appreciated how forgiving it was at times, especially towards the late game.

Keep in mind that I played on normal mode, though.

If there is something that made me roll my eyes was the final dungeon.

Its lack of enemy variety really impacted it negatively after the first half.

To the point where I wished I could end it sooner or face a new boss instead.

!!!!SPOILERS ALERT!!!

I bet you laughed your ass off when you made sure that Alice would lose all her Sanity after using the Scalpel.

You left me one hell of a surprise when I used it against the third phase of the final boss.

It didn't hit me as hard as the "Return to the Surface" ending, though.

That depiction of Alice returning to reality was very brutal.

Putting serious stuff aside, I was surprised that the BOING BOING BOING attack wasn't one of the most powerful AOEs in the game.

I mean, imagine if a ridiculous attack like that was able to wipe the entire party.

It would have been hilarious.

Good game!

Funny how there needed to be a disclaimer that there was no sexual content, in case the big boobs threw you off. 

REVIEW/SPOILERS (it gets wordy):

I came back to my comment to give my full review after fully playing it. I really enjoyed it! It took me about ~5-7 hours to complete it in total (normal mode). The sanity aspect was a cool feature that I haven't really seen in other RPG Maker games I've played so far. Felt like there might've been some F&H inspiration. 

As a chronic saver, I also really appreciate that there were  a large amount of save files (I know some other games tend to have a small limited amount). I would also say that there was more of an emphasis on battles rather than puzzles, which isn't necessarily a bad thing, just something to point out. 

For the battles, I think they were pretty solid overall. Later near the endgame, however, I think some of the enemies' attacks took really long (especially with attacks like peritonitis), which was a bit annoying. That, on top of the high HP, made the battles drag on for quite a while. 

Speaking of high HP, there was one battle in particular that made me question "is this even possible to beat?" which was the battle against Scalpel (fun reference btw). I did eventually beat him though.  

Another thing to point out was that some of the attack SFXs were really loud. Like, really loud. For example, I had the witch as a guardian spirit (?) and the "Summon the Witch" attack was SO LOUD. I had to take out my headphones every time I used that attack lol. 

Also, not gonna lie, the Duchess battle threw me for a loop because I guess I wasn't expecting three forms (two maybe, but not the third one lol). It was annoying that I had to fight her third form again (refer back to my reply), but I can't really be mad. 

But overall, I had a lot of fun! And for being a free game (which is WOW! btw), there was a lot of content to explore. Hoping to see this game get more attention!

Good game but, why do you needed Alice to have such big melons ? Is it goonbait ?

is it supposed to be 16:9 in fullscreen mode? doesnt look right...

Thanks again for letting me partake on this incredible journey!