Alice Thoughts (Part One?)
Jun. 21st, 2011 05:28 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
crossover_chickCame off a round of playing Alice, so here's some thoughts. I may be going back again after supper -- my computer just seems to need a small rest. Damn thing shut itself off during one fight. (At least this explains what happened that time I left it paused -- I think the game's straining my video card a bit.)
-->Started the game back in good old London. Left Nanny talking to a fellow hooker and went exploring. Apparently someone had died recently, as we came across mourners, black-masked gentlemen, and a coffin. Also saw some people dressed rather more nicely than usual, and some lovely architecture. Conversation was still all nasty, though. :p One guy and girl were negotiating the price of affection, so to speak. (Also, mad model reuse. XD)
-->Went in to see Wilton J. Radcliffe, Solicitor. Why Alice goes to the Mysterious East in this chapter is revealed -- turns out Radcliffe has a thing for Eastern china and suchlike. He even keeps a decorative katana. (Don't you just wish Alice could grab that in the real world?)
-->Head into Radcliffe's office, and he has Alice's bunny! Give it back, jerk!
-->Paper-theater time: Radcliffe claims he didn't steal Alice's bunny (she "abandoned" it at the asylum, you are SUCH a dick) and relates what we know of the fire. Nice callback to AMA in that the story everyone knows about is the family cat knocked over a lamp in the library. The fire trapped Alice's family upstairs -- but here's the interesting thing: Alice's sister Lizzie NEVER TRIED TO GET OUT. Never unlocked her door, died in her bed. Hmmmm. (This also may explain why we never heard anything from her AMA, sadly -- she's probably already died in that opening cutscene.) Radcliffe, however, suspects ALICE burned down the house. And the idiot TELLS HER THIS. At least he doesn't sound surprised that she "had a psychotic episode."
-->Out of paper-theater, and -- huh? What the hell? The office is suddenly abandoned -- it looks like no one's been there for a while. Was -- was Radcliffe the dead guy?
-->Downstairs is the same story -- practically everything's gone, and the door's boarded up. And outside the back door, it's SNOWING. Time frame, please!
-->Head out into the snow, have a look around and -- Mock Turtle's snowglobe (last seen in the Vale of Tears) is suddenly on a pedestal in the courtyard. And there's this odd thing on the house nearby. . . .
-->BURNING MUSHROOMS WHAT THE HELL
-->Okay, we have Londerland! I -- thought this came at the end of the game, but no -- Wonderland and London are being smushed together, and it's not a pretty sight. Mainly because Wonderland appears to have a vortex of doom in it.
-->Infernal train rumbles through, we end up in the Vale of Doom. D: Cheshire informs us this is all Alice's fault and things are only going to get worse. Alice asks if there's so little hope, Cheshire replies that there's even less than that, and if she fails. . . .
-->Oh, lovely, more Ruin. At least these are the little ones.
-->Gotta smash some crusted-over Ruin off a hookah. Take a breath in, and he can talk to you! And provide platforms.
-->Hop up and around, gather teeth and bottles and fight more Ruin, use the steam vents, around and around we go. . . .
-->Oh, the VALE. . . D: It was so pretty, and now. . . :(
-->Land on a platform, find myself losing health, realize that the sizzling Ruin is NOT just decoration.
-->Find bits of the Hatter's Domain scattered about. :(
-->But ooh, what is this? Why, it's the Teapot Cannon! Yays!
-->Ruin spawns! Noo! Fortunately it's little Ruin and they're very easily taken care of with the cannon. Now --
-->FUCK FUCK COLOSSAL RUIN HEEEELP How do I kill it how do I kill -- IT KILLED MY COMPUTER.
-->Boot Chester back up, play a round of Solitaire to give it a rest, back to the game. I discover that the targeting recticle turns red when you aim at its legs -- hmmm. I fire as much tea as I can at it, avoiding the shit it throws. And then it turns into this weird chugging thing with crazy steam vents firing at the front (got caught in those once before the crash, killed me pretty effectively) and a big old baby face on top. Fire tea, discover that if I hit the baby face it's stunned! Aim high, Alice! And finally. . . .
-->IT'S DEAD! CALLOO, CALLAY, FRABJOUS DAY! And it dumps a shitload of roses and teeth, as is only fitting. Health, health, precious health.
-->Keep going around, killing shit, smashing shit, getting updates and movement help from Caterpillar. And bemoaning the poor Vale. :(
-->LOL -- Menacing Ruin on one side, me on the other. Poor thing keeps trying to charge and is having no luck. A little deflection with my umbrella, a few tea grenades, and life is good. (Around this time I also turned off dynamic shadows to help ease the strain on my card a bit.)
-->Up and around -- discover more chunks of the Hatter's Domain and bits of the Looking-Glass Line station. :( Also spend a bit more time than necessary searching out a bottle.
-->Head over and around to the station -- oh, hello there Madcaps. Excuse me while I kill you. (Get lost, Drifting Ruin!)
-->Find my way over to a memory thanks to Shrink Sense platforms and steam vents. (I keep telling myself during a lot of these bits "Just remember Airborne Terror," since a lot of it is navigating from one vent to another.) Bad little Lizzy tried cigarettes, but didn't like them. Smoking is bad for you!
-->Another Colossal Ruin to take down. Fortunately now that I know what I have to do, it isn't as bad as previous times. Have tea in your eye, bastard!
-->After clearing away the Ruin, we take a shrinky-dink side trip to collect more memories (I should mention a Radcliffe one reveals him as a real dick. No empathy at all. >(), fight some Madcaps and an Eyepot, and collect some teeth. I'm up to Level 3 with both my Vorpal Blade and Pepper Grinder, and Level 2 with the Hobby Horse and Teapot Cannon.
-->Over to the one nice part of the Vale remaining -- greedy little sod, aren't you Caterpillar? He shrinks Alice with some smoke so she can slip into a tiny little Chinese statuette.
-->Where I left off -- the Mysterious East! Symbols in the air, tiles to jump on, kimono-style dress for Alice! Preeetty.
Okay, like I said, I might be going back to the game later tonight, so you can probably expect some sort of Part Two later. Right now, though, I really gotta take a shower. ^^;
-->Started the game back in good old London. Left Nanny talking to a fellow hooker and went exploring. Apparently someone had died recently, as we came across mourners, black-masked gentlemen, and a coffin. Also saw some people dressed rather more nicely than usual, and some lovely architecture. Conversation was still all nasty, though. :p One guy and girl were negotiating the price of affection, so to speak. (Also, mad model reuse. XD)
-->Went in to see Wilton J. Radcliffe, Solicitor. Why Alice goes to the Mysterious East in this chapter is revealed -- turns out Radcliffe has a thing for Eastern china and suchlike. He even keeps a decorative katana. (Don't you just wish Alice could grab that in the real world?)
-->Head into Radcliffe's office, and he has Alice's bunny! Give it back, jerk!
-->Paper-theater time: Radcliffe claims he didn't steal Alice's bunny (she "abandoned" it at the asylum, you are SUCH a dick) and relates what we know of the fire. Nice callback to AMA in that the story everyone knows about is the family cat knocked over a lamp in the library. The fire trapped Alice's family upstairs -- but here's the interesting thing: Alice's sister Lizzie NEVER TRIED TO GET OUT. Never unlocked her door, died in her bed. Hmmmm. (This also may explain why we never heard anything from her AMA, sadly -- she's probably already died in that opening cutscene.) Radcliffe, however, suspects ALICE burned down the house. And the idiot TELLS HER THIS. At least he doesn't sound surprised that she "had a psychotic episode."
-->Out of paper-theater, and -- huh? What the hell? The office is suddenly abandoned -- it looks like no one's been there for a while. Was -- was Radcliffe the dead guy?
-->Downstairs is the same story -- practically everything's gone, and the door's boarded up. And outside the back door, it's SNOWING. Time frame, please!
-->Head out into the snow, have a look around and -- Mock Turtle's snowglobe (last seen in the Vale of Tears) is suddenly on a pedestal in the courtyard. And there's this odd thing on the house nearby. . . .
-->BURNING MUSHROOMS WHAT THE HELL
-->Okay, we have Londerland! I -- thought this came at the end of the game, but no -- Wonderland and London are being smushed together, and it's not a pretty sight. Mainly because Wonderland appears to have a vortex of doom in it.
-->Infernal train rumbles through, we end up in the Vale of Doom. D: Cheshire informs us this is all Alice's fault and things are only going to get worse. Alice asks if there's so little hope, Cheshire replies that there's even less than that, and if she fails. . . .
-->Oh, lovely, more Ruin. At least these are the little ones.
-->Gotta smash some crusted-over Ruin off a hookah. Take a breath in, and he can talk to you! And provide platforms.
-->Hop up and around, gather teeth and bottles and fight more Ruin, use the steam vents, around and around we go. . . .
-->Oh, the VALE. . . D: It was so pretty, and now. . . :(
-->Land on a platform, find myself losing health, realize that the sizzling Ruin is NOT just decoration.
-->Find bits of the Hatter's Domain scattered about. :(
-->But ooh, what is this? Why, it's the Teapot Cannon! Yays!
-->Ruin spawns! Noo! Fortunately it's little Ruin and they're very easily taken care of with the cannon. Now --
-->FUCK FUCK COLOSSAL RUIN HEEEELP How do I kill it how do I kill -- IT KILLED MY COMPUTER.
-->Boot Chester back up, play a round of Solitaire to give it a rest, back to the game. I discover that the targeting recticle turns red when you aim at its legs -- hmmm. I fire as much tea as I can at it, avoiding the shit it throws. And then it turns into this weird chugging thing with crazy steam vents firing at the front (got caught in those once before the crash, killed me pretty effectively) and a big old baby face on top. Fire tea, discover that if I hit the baby face it's stunned! Aim high, Alice! And finally. . . .
-->IT'S DEAD! CALLOO, CALLAY, FRABJOUS DAY! And it dumps a shitload of roses and teeth, as is only fitting. Health, health, precious health.
-->Keep going around, killing shit, smashing shit, getting updates and movement help from Caterpillar. And bemoaning the poor Vale. :(
-->LOL -- Menacing Ruin on one side, me on the other. Poor thing keeps trying to charge and is having no luck. A little deflection with my umbrella, a few tea grenades, and life is good. (Around this time I also turned off dynamic shadows to help ease the strain on my card a bit.)
-->Up and around -- discover more chunks of the Hatter's Domain and bits of the Looking-Glass Line station. :( Also spend a bit more time than necessary searching out a bottle.
-->Head over and around to the station -- oh, hello there Madcaps. Excuse me while I kill you. (Get lost, Drifting Ruin!)
-->Find my way over to a memory thanks to Shrink Sense platforms and steam vents. (I keep telling myself during a lot of these bits "Just remember Airborne Terror," since a lot of it is navigating from one vent to another.) Bad little Lizzy tried cigarettes, but didn't like them. Smoking is bad for you!
-->Another Colossal Ruin to take down. Fortunately now that I know what I have to do, it isn't as bad as previous times. Have tea in your eye, bastard!
-->After clearing away the Ruin, we take a shrinky-dink side trip to collect more memories (I should mention a Radcliffe one reveals him as a real dick. No empathy at all. >(), fight some Madcaps and an Eyepot, and collect some teeth. I'm up to Level 3 with both my Vorpal Blade and Pepper Grinder, and Level 2 with the Hobby Horse and Teapot Cannon.
-->Over to the one nice part of the Vale remaining -- greedy little sod, aren't you Caterpillar? He shrinks Alice with some smoke so she can slip into a tiny little Chinese statuette.
-->Where I left off -- the Mysterious East! Symbols in the air, tiles to jump on, kimono-style dress for Alice! Preeetty.
Okay, like I said, I might be going back to the game later tonight, so you can probably expect some sort of Part Two later. Right now, though, I really gotta take a shower. ^^;
