i played this after madness returns so i was a little spoiled by how polished it was compared to this which of course makes sense. also i played the original game on disc for pc which is a mess to set up for controller since it wasnt supposed to be played with one. once i was done with that tho (thx to xpadder still existing), this game was a huge journey. at some points i believe it was even a little bit more immersive than the sequel. its also nice having alice hang on to objects since that was always a point that bothered me when playing the platforming elements of madness returns.
it looks nice, has really cool voice acting and an amazing story. its worth looking into it and crying about the fact the 3rd game was canceled.