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|developer = Spicy Horse
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|publisher = Electronic Arts{{vgregion|}}
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'''''Alice: Madness Returns''''' is a psychological horror hack and slash action-adventure platform video game developed by Independent studio Spicy Horse and released by Electronic Arts for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360. It is the sequel to American McGee's Alice (2000). James "American" McGee, a video game designer who is most famous for working on the Doom series, was involved in the development. The game was released worldwide beginning in North America on June 14, 2011, followed by Europe on June 16, 2011, the United Kingdom on June 17, 2011, and Japan on July 21, 2011. The game is also backwards compatible with the Xbox One.
'''''Alice: Madness Returns''''' is a psychological horror hack and slash action-adventure platform video game developed by Independent studio Spicy Horse and released by Electronic Arts for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360. It is the sequel to American McGee's Alice (2000). James "American" McGee, a video game designer who is most famous for working on the Doom series, was involved in the development. The game was released worldwide beginning in North America on June 14, 2011, followed by Europe on June 16, 2011, the United Kingdom on June 17, 2011, and Japan on July 21, 2011. The game is also backwards compatible with the Xbox One.


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==Known Issues==
==Known Issues==
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Glitched audio and video during the Spicy Horse and Unreal Engine logos. This game gets stuck on loading screens if it's not loaded with '''libsail.sprx''' and '''libssl.sprx'''.


==Special Notes==
==Special Notes==
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  alicemr_unlockfps_notes: &alicemr_unlockfps_notes
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    Author: "FlexBy"
    Notes: *alicemr_unlockfps_notes
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    Patch:
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Latest revision as of 12:26, 19 September 2024

Alice: Madness Returns
Alice Madness Retuns PS3.jpg
Developer(s) Spicy Horse
Publisher(s) Electronic Arts
Release date(s) NA June 14, 2011
EU June 16, 2011
JP July 21, 2011
Release type Multi-platform
Genre(s) Action, Adventure
Mode(s) Single-player
GameID(s) BLUS30607 (IRD), BLES01265 (IRD), NPUB30545, BLJM60359 (IRD), NPEB00625
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Alice: Madness Returns is a psychological horror hack and slash action-adventure platform video game developed by Independent studio Spicy Horse and released by Electronic Arts for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360. It is the sequel to American McGee's Alice (2000). James "American" McGee, a video game designer who is most famous for working on the Doom series, was involved in the development. The game was released worldwide beginning in North America on June 14, 2011, followed by Europe on June 16, 2011, the United Kingdom on June 17, 2011, and Japan on July 21, 2011. The game is also backwards compatible with the Xbox One.

Alice: Madness Returns follows Alice Liddell, a girl suffering from trauma caused by the death of her family in a fire. Alice was discharged from a psychiatric clinic and now lives in an orphanage for mentally traumatized orphans under the care of Dr. Angus Bumby. To get rid of the trauma and learn the truth about her past, she once again falls into Wonderland, where a new evil force has corrupted it.

Configuration

Options that deviate from RPCS3's default settings and provide the best experience with this title are listed below.

GPU configuration

Setting Option Notes
Resolution scale threshold 592x592 Fixes broken bloom if resolution scaling is used.
Write color buffers On Fixes lighting issues, specially in Chapter 4.

Advanced configuration

Setting Option Notes
Accurate RSX reservation access On Needed for stability.
Driver wake-up delay 200 May help prevent the game from freezing.

Debug configuration

This tab is hidden by default. For instructions on how to enable the Debug tab in the settings window, click here.

Setting Option Notes
Force CPU blit emulation On To be enabled if resolution scaling is used.

Known Issues

Special Notes

Patches

Anchors:
  alicemr_unlockfps_notes: &alicemr_unlockfps_notes
    "Maximum framerate with the patch is half the Vblank frequency. Without the patch, adjusting Vblank frequency increases the maximum framerate up to 58 FPS."

PPU-2ce96496d48434427bd319eb88660bb89b51b9be:
  "Unlock FPS":
    Games:
      "Alice: Madness Returns":
        NPEB00625: [ 01.00 ]
    Author: "FlexBy"
    Notes: *alicemr_unlockfps_notes
    Patch Version: 1.0
    Patch:
      - [ be32, 0x0034ca98, 0x60000000 ]

PPU-935581b04fc192eac3cd677f51bb3921e22c0e41:
  "Unlock FPS":
    Games:
      "Alice: Madness Returns":
        BLES01265: [ 01.00 ]
    Author: "FlexBy"
    Notes: *alicemr_unlockfps_notes
    Patch Version: 1.0
    Patch:
      - [ be32, 0x0034cad0, 0x60000000 ]
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