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News Files and Mods 20 October 2024, 10:17

author: Adrian Werner

American McGee's Alice remaster has been fixed after 13 years, but not by EA

The mostly forgotten remaster of American McGee's Alice had many technical problems that Electronic Arts never solved. Only now has one fan done so.

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When Electronic Arts released Alice: Madness Returns in 2011 it included American McGee's Alice, the first installment of the series, as an added bonuss to the Complete edition. However, it was not the same game as in 2000. Instead, it was pretty much a full blown remaster. However, this project has two major drawbacks - not only did it leave much to be desired technically, but today the purchase of the Complete edition is only possible through third party stores that sell keys. The latter will not change until EA comes to its senses. The former, on the other hand, has just ceased to be a problem, thanks to the VorpalFix modification.

This fan project fixes virtually all the shortcomings of the game.

  1. Most technical bugs have been fixed.
  2. Many elements, such as cut scenes, interface or menus were ugly stretched when playing in widescreen resolutions. With the mod, this is no longer a problem
  3. Support for custom resolutions and the v-syns function were also added.
  4. It now possible to run the game without Alice: Madness Returns.
  5. If someone does not like the remastered character models, the mod offers an option to disable them.
  6. The mod forces the models to always be displayed in the highest quality (before, the LOD system made it so that when the characters were a little further away, their simplified versions were shown).
  7. You can also freely set the target fps, as well as configure the FOV (field of view width).
With the mod the interface elements finally scale correctly to widescreen resolutions. - American McGee's Alice remaster has been fixed after 13 years, but not by EA - news - 2024-10-20
With the mod the interface elements finally scale correctly to widescreen resolutions.

All in all, VorpalFix fixes practically all the imperfections of the remaster, allowing us to fully enjoy the game. Now it would be great if Electronic Arts started selling it again, instead of forcing players to look for Complete edition keys in various unofficial stores.

  1. VorpalFix - download the mod

Adrian Werner

Adrian Werner

A true veteran of the Gamepressure newsroom, writing continuously since 2009 and still not having enough. He caught the gaming bug thanks to playing on his friend's ZX Spectrum. Then he switched to his own Commodore 64, and after a short adventure with 16-bit consoles, he forever entrusted his heart to PC games. A fan of niche productions, especially adventure games, RPGs and games of the immersive sim genre, as well as a mod enthusiast. Apart from games, he devourers stories in every form - books, series, movies, and comics.

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