Alice's Teacup Madness FREE

From the developers of the Dash series (Hotel Dash, Diner Dash, Wedding Dash etc.) and their second latest - Avenue Flo, PlayFirst has come up with...

Alice's Teacup Madness!
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Long story short, a girl named Alice follows a curious-looking bunny, falls into a hole and ends up in a completely different universe.

The only difference between the original and the one here is that the bunny actually stops and helps her. Apparently, the only way to get back is to earn enough money and get out. 

The bunny then helps her by setting up a cafe and teaches her how to run it.

From here on out, it's pretty much the same as the Dash series with the serving of customers and all that :)

The first box is the loading thingymajingy. The second box (top) shows how much your goal is for the tutorial section as well as the expert goal. 

The bottom box is a screenshot of the tutorial. If you're new to how PlayFirst does their magic, then you'd probably need to go through it :)

It's still the tutorial thingy here. My advice is, be patient. The "Alice" now moves a little slower than Flo does in her other games but it gets better.

Still the tutorial here because this game series requires the usage of toppings (as you can deduce from the strawberry *or is it apple?* topping). 

In the first level, you only go through with a single-flavoured tea and a single-shaped-mold pastry. When you get to other levels, you access other shapes and different coloured teas.

We're nearing the end of the tutorial already :) 

Pretty much the same concept as Diner Dash and other Dash games - you get more points if you seat the characters where the colours match.

The Hatter was supposed to come next but I didn't want to ruin everything, so... :)

And that concludes the level as well as the tutorial! From this page, you can choose to upgrade straight to the FULL game for $4.99 or choose to continue with the trial first.

In the end, you still have to decide whether or not you want to pay because you only get to level 8 with the free trial. PlayFirst is like that. It's the only reason I hate it :P

All in all:

2/5 for Artwork. I hate the drawing. It's nothing like their previous works or better. It's 3D but the movements and character-drawings are so... -.-

2/5 for Storyline. Nothing interesting like the Dash series. For one, the story itself was based on Alice in Wonderland. They tried to change the ending a little but it didn't spark my interest.

4/5 for Items. I like the fact that you can boost Alice's speed in the middle of the game, albeit for a limited amount of time. It makes it so much easier to serve customers. There's also a "Serve" button for the food to instantly appear in front of their respective order-ers so as to save time. And they also have the usual decorative stuff.

3/5 for Extra Services. There's the guy at around level 6 who starts standing by the door to help you kick unhappy customers out before they leave on their own. Apparently you lose a lot less money by kicking them out the cafe first O.O I rated it 3/5 because I'd rather not let that happen :P

Despite all the low ratings and not-so-high ratings, I'd still get the full version if I have the chance. Even if the drawing's ugly, it doesn't affect the fact that it's an awesome game to play. I love PlayFirst and I'll always be on the look-out for new products.

:)

Find out more about the game here.

That's about it, then. CIAO!!

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