Published by EA, neither game ever managed to find huge success, explaining the vast gulf of time between releases and the lack of a third game, although there is still hope for that, Fear not, though, because the original game actually comes with Madness Returns and can be accessed from the main menu. Both games were created by the demented minds of Spicy Horse and American McGee, whose first name legitimately is American. I’ve always had a love for things that take classic fairytales and feel-good stories and twist them into something sinister and strange, which is why this week I’m jumping back to the Xbox 360 era and the cultural touchstone that is Alice in Wonderland.Īlice: Madness Returns is actually a sequel to American McGee’s Alice, which was launched a full ten years before Madness Returns arrived. While I’ll certainly include some of the bigger titles available on the service, I’ll focus more on other games that you might have overlooked in the hope of leading you to a hidden gemĪfter the peaceful, relaxing experience of building hospitals and curing people suffering from illnesses in Two-Point Hospital, I thought it would be nice to shift gears and bring some much-needed darkness into our lives.
Welcome to Best of Xbox Game Pass where each week I’m going to pick out a game available on Game Pass and explain why I think it is worth playing.
