Tuesday, 22nd October 2013

Harveys New Eyes
Game Edna and Harvey : Harvey's New Eyes
Released 2013
Developer Daedalic Entertainment
Available Apple GOG Steam

Edna and Harvey: Harvey's New Eyes is the 'sequel' to to Edna and Harvey: The Breakout. This time the player guides angelic little Lilli in her odyssey to defeat nefarious Doctor Marcel and his master plan. Harvey's New Eyes is a rich game in terms of the different situations, and the imagination that has gone into it. It also has very black humour. So highly recommended on that score.

As with the first game The Breakout how you choose to interpret what's going on is up to you. Who's mad? Is this all a dream? I'm not going to venture an opinion.

One or two of the puzzles defy rational explanation and I resorted to a walkthrough - as we have games within games here (so you play a RPG at one point) the game is probably having game with the player.

The game is not a consistent whole - so the first section where Lilli has to escape the convent is one part which doesn't mesh with the next section where Lilli is getting to the asylum. Which doesn't mesh with the third section actually in the asylum itself.

Brilliant and bewildering.