To reimagine Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass as a grimdark third person shooter is a silly concept looking back, but it ultimately works wonders thanks to amazingly polished visuals and soundtrack that serve as a wonderful time-capsule of late 90s to early 2000s PC game aesthetics. These aesthetics carry the game for the entire duration of its runtime, even despite its simple story and somewhat bare mechanics.
As a proper shooter, the game doesn't aim to exceed anything that existed at the time. Though the level design lends itself to inventive environments, and the variety of different weapons is welcome, there is not much to differentiate this game from others of the time. In fact, due to poor weapon balance, some frustrating enemy design, and unwieldy platforming, I tend to find Alice to be falling a bit behind its contemporaries in the gameplay department, even if it does more than make up for it in terms of aesthetics.
As a proper shooter, the game doesn't aim to exceed anything that existed at the time. Though the level design lends itself to inventive environments, and the variety of different weapons is welcome, there is not much to differentiate this game from others of the time. In fact, due to poor weapon balance, some frustrating enemy design, and unwieldy platforming, I tend to find Alice to be falling a bit behind its contemporaries in the gameplay department, even if it does more than make up for it in terms of aesthetics.