By Alec Meer on October 8th, 2012 at 4:00 pm.
John mostly didn’t like one of the earlier Edna & Harvey point and click adventure games very much, but then other things John doesn’t like include Bath Spa’s loveliest cinema, dancing and -REDACTED- so what does he know? (Quite a lot when it comes to adventure games, actually). He saw some promise though, and perhaps that will be the case in this new Edna & Harvey game, and though I can tell you absolutely nothing of use about it I want to post about it purely because the subtitle HARVEY’S NEW EYES made me giggle for reasons I don’t entirely understand. Also, a local brewery is called Harvey’s, and for a moment I thought I was getting a press release about a new ale called Eyes. I would totally drink Eyes. I would also totally love it if breweries sent me ales to review. I’ll find an excuse to do it on RPS, I swear it!
No beer here though, look:
You play a girl called Lilli, who’s sent to convent school and has to suppress negative emotions because Catholics. That doesn’t work out, apparently.
I like the sad accordion music, but it does look a wee bit Windows Paintbrush. Expert WIndows Paintbrush, mind.
That’s out, from Daedalic Entertainment, on this very day. More information here.
08/10/2012 at 16:04 Njordsk says:
Twice the same picture and lack of pun. THE FALL OF RPS §
08/10/2012 at 16:09 DanPryce says:
Reviewing XCOM and Dishonored this morning pretty much fulfilled the site’s destiny.
It astonishes and sickens me that I typed Dishonored without the ‘u’ naturally.
08/10/2012 at 16:23 jrodman says:
Diushonored? Dishonorued?
I fail at british.
08/10/2012 at 19:05 HothMonster says:
The Us come after the Os so it would be Dishounouredouououououou.
08/10/2012 at 16:30 iucounu says:
Well, there was a limit; the jokes couldn’t get much cornea.
08/10/2012 at 16:57 Lumberjack_Man says:
Eye see what you did there.
08/10/2012 at 17:52 Hoaxfish says:
he clearly had no eye dear what to use
08/10/2012 at 22:55 Max Ursa says:
blink and you miss it
08/10/2012 at 22:56 Max Ursa says:
he went to specsavers?
09/10/2012 at 01:01 Skabooga says:
A point and click adventure taking place in a convent? I’m sure you’ll end up having to do altar pushes and pupils.
08/10/2012 at 16:08 anoniminimity says:
Haha, bit bizarre to see the local brewery mentioned on RPS.
Harvey’s is totally awesome so well deserved I think.
08/10/2012 at 18:33 MiniMatt says:
If we’re going to enter the brave new world of distilliery product placement I’m more than willing to crowbar in references to the superior qualities of Dom Perignon in all my future comments in return for a steady stream of “review samples” from Moet.
Oh who am I kidding, trying to come across as all refined. Hook me up with IrnBru, Maltesers and supermarket ownbrand moonshine :o)
08/10/2012 at 16:10 DyvimTvar says:
I can tell you that the german version that has been availible for quite some time is a game I loved.
Very weird (content wise), but solid point & click adventure. I actually prefer it to the first one.
Sure hope the translation is done well.
Edit: Also the trailer spoilers far too much.
08/10/2012 at 16:11 Mayama says:
The Edna & Harvey games are great tragicomedy’s… well at least in german I guess alot is lost in translation.
08/10/2012 at 16:11 TechnicalBen says:
If you want some real strange MS paint artwork check out MS Paint Adventures.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MS_Paint_Adventures
http://www.mspaintadventures.com/
Be warned though. You may loose more time than the universe has available (over 8000 pages of comic!).
08/10/2012 at 17:03 Phantoon says:
But that’s not made in MS paint.
It’s made in photoshop.
08/10/2012 at 21:36 The Random One says:
Well, out of the +8000 panels across four stories, at least one was made in MS Paint! By which I mean, exactly one – the first panel of Jailbreak.
08/10/2012 at 22:04 Kyrius says:
This other comic is also great!
http://www.nuklearpower.com/8-bit-theater/
But i digress….
08/10/2012 at 16:22 Gap Gen says:
Wait, John doesn’t like the Little Cinema? But I saw Scott Pilgrim for free there. With free beer.
08/10/2012 at 16:24 harvb says:
I wasn’t aware I had new eyes, but hey thanks.
08/10/2012 at 16:27 CommanderZx2 says:
It says available on steam, but I don’t see either of the games there.
08/10/2012 at 17:02 Xardas Kane says:
One of the most disturbing in a cute way games I’ve played in a while. That cute girl is a psychotic mass murderer I tells ya, a murderer!
The German version was very well worth the money, can’t say if it’s going to be as good in English.
08/10/2012 at 18:03 RedViv says:
Not if they surgically extract most of the dialogue again.
08/10/2012 at 17:08 Arehandoro says:
It seems like if Daedalic had a button to develop graphic adventures in mass.
08/10/2012 at 17:43 SeLfKiLlEr says:
there were 3 years between the 2 parts and another one for deponia and they were released accordingly in germany
but it seems they just gave all their games to some outsourced translator, thats why they’re released so close together
and harveys new eyes was really good as was deponia (but that i didn’t like in a english replay)
09/10/2012 at 09:38 Arehandoro says:
Thanks, I didn’t know it :)
08/10/2012 at 21:49 RegisteredUser says:
Harvey’s eyes scream for icecream
No eyes? If Harvey can’t see us, then obviously we can’t see him (great movie)
Hole in two: Edna and Harvey at it again
The Dame and the pain: Despite the name, this one is definitely not an eyesore
Edna 2: An eye-opening adventure
etc she-boop.
09/10/2012 at 07:27 Eich says:
This game is absolutly awesome. Buy it, play it, despair!