loved the story here and the game itself was gorgeous but GOD i wish there were some actual boss fights!!! feels like a step backwards from the first, but otherwise mostly everything is improved upon in madness returns. both games in the alice series have different elements i enjoy, but it's weird to see things from the original game cut. the lack of boss fights is one, but also the loss of weapon variety. combat felt much more fun to me in madness returns though so that can slide.