Femme Fatale Pack [Download]

by Electronic Arts

Product Details

• ASIN: B00822T5R2
• Release Date: May 17, 2012
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Was worried about Alice May 24, 2012

By P. Szalay

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I had played Mirror's Edge on The Xbox 360 when it came out and really liked it so I was glad to be able to pick it up again.

Never actually played the original Alice and the internet buzz about Madness Returns scared me a bit but IMO the naysayers have it wrong. It's a really fun game (so far, not finished yet). Perhaps fans of the original are let down by something, can't really comment on that but that does often happen with sequels, but I'm liking this game. It's a fun platformer with nice graphics and atmosphere.

Supposedly both of these games had problems when they were originally release so that could be what some people were talking about but they seem to run great now.

5.0 out of 5 stars OMG how can i use this in real cheap price June 24, 2012

By neolnna

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if this sale revive and you haven't play this game,
you had better buy these pack.
you will never regret

10 of 20 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars The best games of their release years (by a mile)... May 23, 2012

By TheTruthHurts

Please see my individual reviews of these titles for elaboration on the title; the best way that I can sum up the ability to own digital copies of both of these games for a total of under $10 is as follows: if you don't download this two-pack, you must be assumed to be utterly bereft of taste and sensibility and/or (more likely) are completely insane (nothing personal...just sayin'). I hope this helps.

p.s. both of these games require SecuROM (but don't require Origin, thank God [meaning you don't need an active internet connection to play them, though activating them with EA may be required [can't remember]). I recommend trying to find a way to cope with this (minus trashing the games, themselves), or that you consider heading back to console land (hint: uninstall the games before reinstalling your OS and you won't lose that activation [you get five per title (more than fair, in my opinion)]).

p.p.s you will want an XBOX 360 controller to play both of these games (don't worry about what other supposed "PC gamers" will think of you...it's vastly superior to keyboard/mouse, especially when playing console ports [and much more so when lying comfortably on a couch] with native 360 controller support). It's so superior, in fact, that I own two sets of controllers and receivers, and carry the second with my laptop (in its bag, at all times).

p.p.p.s. head on over to Metacritic and check out the gamer scores (PC section) of these titles, then compare them to the "critical" reviews. The gamers know best...both of these games were (in my less-than-humble opinion) the best of their release years (as the title states, by a mile). ME has a steep learning curve (especially using a keyboard), but stick with it......the game flows beautifully once you learn how to master wall jumps, etc. (instead of simply trashing it online, like so many others that failed to learn how to play it properly :) ).

p.p.p.p.s. (not sure how many are usually permitted, but there's another) you don't need a beast of a system to play these games, aside from PhysX (which both support). In fact, both run on my new $350 laptop with only Intel 2000 (at 720p on lowest settings, of course...sure they look like heck, but yeah, they're playable). (My primary system uses a 2500K and two 560 Ti's [pictures under "images"].) Here's what you need to do:

(I guess we'll forego further use of postscripts) Both games run on Unreal 3, which means you can edit the heck out of the .ini files. Look for C:\Users\YOURNAME\Documents\EA Games\Mirror's Edge\TdGame\Config\tdengine.ini [C:\Users\YOURNAME\Documents\My Games\Alice Madness Returns\AliceGame\Config\AliceEngine.ini for Alice]; control-f "bSmoothFrameRate" . Set to "true," set max to "60," and min to "40". Next, set PhysX in Alice to "medium" (you won't miss those fake-looking oil slicks that absolutely destroy fps [I can't maintain 60fps at 1080p using two 560 Tis on "high"]). Next, in Nvidia Control Panel (or download D3D overrider if using AMD GPU), set v-sync to "force on" in Mirror's Edge's game file (v-sync doesn't work when "yes" in game [no idea why]). Done and done...both games should now run buttery smooth locked at 60fps (assuming you have at least a 560 Ti or 6870, and a decent, newer CPU).

These two games are, well,...not games. They are geniunely transcendent "experiences" that apparently weren't up to snuff under most critics' guidelines (which are mostly ridiculous [e.g. assigning more weight to "sound" than "did you love the game and would you recommend it without skipping a beat, at any price" (I guess that's too long for most critics' review systems, but really, that's what matters most)] [incidentally, both of these games have superb soundtracks]). Ironically, play-once-and-forget titles like Mass Effect 3 (user score somewhere in the 4-5 range) always manage to hit 90%. Lesson: start with gamer scores and regress to what critics have to say before deciding whether (or not) to buy a game. Read more ›