Alice’s Wonderland 4: Festive Craze – Review

The holidays are fast-approaching, and Wonderland is divided! One team wants to get ready for Halloween, while the other side wants to kickstart Christmas. Before Wonderland descends into chaos, can Alice find a common ground for both sides and bring the two-in-one holiday to Wonderland?

Big City Lab has been busy churning out Alice’s Wonderland sequels these past few months. With the sheer speed of the production, it is easy for Alice’s Wonderland to become just another cookie-cutter Time Management series. The good news is, even with four games in such a short period of time, this Time Management series remains as imaginative as ever.

Alice’s Wonderland 4: Festive Craze is the series’ first holiday sequel and the unique thing is that it combines two of casual gamer’s favorite celebrations – Halloween and Christmas. The storyline here is delightfully wacky, filled with light-hearted dialogs and fun events. This also translates into the gameplay, as the game introduces plenty of refreshing tasks and features that are appropriate for the two featured holidays and the Wonderland theme. With 40 levels in three difficulty modes, the game packs a lot of well-designed levels that require thoughts and strategies.

If you are familiar with Time Management games in general, nothing in Alice’s Wonderland 4: Festive Craze will seem revolutionary. However, the thematic twists are enough to hold the game together from beginning to end. Unlike most Halloween-themed games, the Halloween elements in this game are less spooky and more celebratory. The cheerful Halloween theme also makes it the perfect match for the game’s other theme, which is Christmas. The game’s jolly feel is emphasized through its production. The visuals are certainly not mind-blowing, with some animations that look unfinished. Regardless, the colorful graphics and the feel-good music help bring out the best in the game and make the experience even more entertaining.

Alice’s Wonderland 4: Festive Craze Collector’s Edition comes with 20 bonus levels, a strategy guide, additional achievements, collectibles, morphing objects, additional mini-games, wallpapers, and concept art.

Alice’s Wonderland 4: Festive Craze is more than your standard Time Management fare, integrating high-energy holiday spirit that is hard to deny.