i played this when i was a little girl back on the xbox 360 and i just had to replay it as an adult so my opinion on this game is a little biased. personally, i love this game, its visuals are quite beautiful (i genuinely dont remember the game looking this pretty as a kid), the character/chapter designs are top tier with some being grotesque and others being unique to fit the style the game wishes to portray, and the level designs for platforming are fun for the most part. there was only three downsides i had with this game and one was the combat, i struggled just simply dodging since back in the day dodging was either left, right, up, and down with no diagonal dodge available which made me feel like a tank at times but its whatever, its an old game, obviously the controls arent gonna be great for our day and age (id also like to mention i played this with mouse and keyboard so if you played or decide to play on controller then your experience with combat may be different). the other downside is that you HAVE to go into the game files and fix some stuff. there is a guide on steam that helped me fix the umbrella being broken, unlock my fps cap, unlock the dlc dresses/weapons, unlock american mcgee's alice, and even allowed me to skip cutscenes. i HIGHLY recommend you follow this guide for a better experience: https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3675142891 the last downside i had with this game was the chapters being too damn long especially the mahjong looking ass chapter and the dollhouse chapter. i dont remember these chapters being so long when i was kid, i remember loving the dollhouse chapter but as an adult i hated it, it overstayed its welcome near the end. despite these downsides, i still recommend this game for anyone who has not played it purely for its story and visuals.
