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Edit, 1/12: a gentlemen posted a review below stating that the games don’t support 360 controller for PC…he’s wrong. Both games have built-in plug-and-play 360 controller support, and I can personally attest that this ‘complete collection’ is no different from all other editions…all that I own and use support 360 controllers with no effort, thought, or issue (I use a 360 controller exclusively, and have never had any trace of a problem using my controller with any edition of this game). I don’t know why his controller isn’t working, but don’t let that fool you into thinking that it won’t work for you…it will. If not, reply below and I will assist you (though I have no idea what the problem would be, since said gentleman provided no insight into his issue or anything he did or didn’t do to attempt to resolve the problem…).

I originally bought AMR for $8.99 some time ago; expecting nothing, I played through it four times, with 50 hours in at 99% (damn that one memory I can’t find…I refuse to use YouTube to cheat). I then bought a second copy from GameStop’s download service, just in case Amazon goes under or something (yes, the game is that good; of course, GameStop is probably going to go under soon, but hey, until then, I have two copies of the game).

Today, I noticed that this version includes the original Alice, something I’d been considering spending $100 on (used copy); while you can simply go into AliceEngine.ini and unlock the costumes and guns (did this a long time ago) (make sure you set max fps to 60, as well [the game is illogically limited to 31 fps without this modification [reply if you need me to tell you how to do this; for God’s sake, please don’t judge the game if you’re playing it at 31 fps (or any game, for that matter)]), the Alice files aren’t present (even though the option to play the game is unlocked on the menu). I expect this $14.99 to resolve that problem, and finally allow me to play what I expect to be the second greatest game of all time (behind Alice: Madness Returns, of course [just some hyperbole for you]). I’ll update this after I download, install, and successfully access Alice, but dang, am I excited.

Edit (same day, later on): As expected “Alice1” is now present, a 955MB folder that contains…you guessed it…Alice. Thankfully, it supports 1080p and has built-in 360 controls (not unexpectedly, as it’s clearly a 360 port). Time to start playing. 🙂

Edit: because you must not play AMR limited to 31fps (for God’s sake and your own), here’s what you need to do (right now…do not play the game before doing this):

C:Users(your name here…)DocumentsMy GamesAlice Madness ReturnsAliceGameConfig

Open AliceEngine.ini (with notepad), press control and f simultaneously, enter “smooth;” you should see the below:

bSmoothFrameRate=TRUE
MinSmoothedFrameRate=22
MaxSmoothedFrameRate=31

Make it look like this:

bSmoothFrameRate=TRUE
MinSmoothedFrameRate=25 (this is up to you, really, but I’d personally consider under 25 fps unplayable)
MaxSmoothedFrameRate=60 (these settings permit a maximum frame rate [at all times] of 60, and cause the engine to drop the “smoothing” effect at below 25fps [the game is a choppy mess with smoothing set to FALSE][if you’re playing on a weak laptop or something and can’t do much over 30 fps, set min to 20 and max to 30])

…save the file, and enjoy the game at 60fps (assuming your hardware is capable of it; it takes a 560 (give or take) to max the game at 1080p/60, and also a decent CPU [my 2500k at 4.3 uses about 30% (of the typically 50% available to most games, as most games can’t utilize more than two cores simultaneously)]).

Also, Alice (1) seems to be locked at 62 fps; great, but tearing is tearing. Force V-sync in Control Panel or D3DOverrider and play it at 60 fps.

*Also,* don’t play AMR with PhysX on high; set it to medium and forget the ridiculous oil slicks that destroy fps (just a suggestion).