Alice Madness Returns - Consoles get the 1st game free included. PC gets you know what!

AWPC · 18 Apr 2011 at 23:47

This is pretty outrageous considering the PC made this game what it was in the beginning now EA shaft PC gamers :mad:

http://uk.gamespot.com/news/6308997.html

EA really need to get with the program as something like this will cause more bad feeling towards their PC games as you cannot tell me if they include the game on the consoles (which must be remastered as well otherwise it would not run properly on the 360/PS3 hardware) they cannot simply offer it to PC gamers as well :rolleyes:

No wonder EA had no comment! This is similar to when Dead Space2 was not intended for PC either until PC gamers protested about it so spread the word if you want to get a free Alice1.

Strife212 · 18 Apr 2011 at 23:51

Alice 1 is one of the only PC games that's rare and commands a high price, no re release

gronf · 18 Apr 2011 at 23:56

Does the first one play on modern set-ups? I've got a copy and play it on my back-up XP machine, but will it play on W7/Vista with a quad-core and current GPUs? However, if they could adapt it to run on 360/PS3... :rolleyes:

m0r94n · 19 Apr 2011 at 00:02

Strife212 said:
Alice 1 is one of the only PC games that's rare and commands a high price, no re release

I got a copy for £2 from CEX a while back. It's cheap if you know where to look

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AWPC · 19 Apr 2011 at 00:03

jomiyo said:
Does the first one play on modern set-ups? I've got a copy and play it on my back-up XP machine, but will it play on W7/Vista with a quad-core and current GPUs? However, if they could adapt it to run on 360/PS3...

Unsure but the principal is that if they can tweak (you have to assume they have done something to the gfx as well & made them a little more modern) to run on consoles why can they not let PC gamers have this for free as well its pretty unfair considering the profit margin on PC is actually much higher as no royalty fees to MS/Sony plus digital sales generate the most profit for EA & all other publishers on PC (no middle men to take a large slice).

Strife212 · 19 Apr 2011 at 00:16

Its Quake III Arena Engine, works perfectly on modern PC. The game was really demanding when it first came out

gronf · 19 Apr 2011 at 00:51

AWPC said:
Unsure but the principal is that if they can [...].

Exactly, that's what I meant by that last bit of my post. My regard for EA, as negative as it is, would've went up a hair had they taken the time to make it so we could play the first one on modern set-ups well. Instead, it plummets further...

m0r94n · 19 Apr 2011 at 01:13

jomiyo said:
Exactly, that's what I meant by that last bit of my post. My regard for EA, as negative as it is, would've went up a hair had they taken the time to make it so we could play the first one on modern set-ups well. Instead, it plummets further...

I've not had any problems on my 64bit Win 7 setup.

gronf · 19 Apr 2011 at 01:58

m0r94n said:
I've not had any problems on my 64bit Win 7 setup.

Ah, I just assumed, since I've so many problems with other old games. Good to hear, I'll try it out then

Semiskimmed · 19 Apr 2011 at 09:19

if they dont give it to pc gamers then that is really poor

Shamikebab · 19 Apr 2011 at 09:23

Sweet, I'll get it on console then, never played the first

AWPC · 13 May 2011 at 22:13

EA have changed their minds PC now gets a HD upgraded Alice1 but only if you pre-order from the EA store!

http://eastore.ea.com/store/eaemea/...etailsPage/ThemeID.850300/productID.227290100
http://www.americanmcgee.com/2011/05/12/news-for-pc-users-about-amr-and-alice/

d_brennen · 13 May 2011 at 22:16

Is the first any good even? Fell under my radar back then

KaHn · 13 May 2011 at 22:18

Ive got one of the original Alice in my car, was going to give it away here to someone but he never sent me his address.

Kahn

Hedge · 13 May 2011 at 23:12

KaHn said:
Ive got one of the original Alice in my car, was going to give it away here to someone but he never sent me his address.

Kahn

Give it back to me

Murray · 13 May 2011 at 23:16

What is it about?

Sin_Chase · 14 May 2011 at 00:36

Somehow I ended up with Alice 1 on PC by god knows what mechanism and I totally loved it. It was awesome.

opethdisciple · 14 May 2011 at 00:38

I loved alice 1 back in 2000

bhavv · 14 May 2011 at 00:39

So the only way to get Alice on the PC in HD is to pre order it from the EA store?

Lolwut?

Freddie1980 · 14 May 2011 at 00:40

Strife212 said:
Alice 1 is one of the only PC games that's rare and commands a high price, no re release

I paid £40 for Wing Commander 4 DVD edition, I could probably get my money back if I sold it on but I don't have any intention since it's very rare.

Poor move on the part of EA here, I thought they were doing a good job of supporting the PC recently but then they drop the ball on something like this.