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Graphics:
+ harmonious comic style
+ full hd
- weak effects

Atmosphere:
+ good black humor
+ lovely and interesting heroine
+ very strong narrator

Sound:
+ catchy melodies

Balance:
+ short tutorial
+ partly tricky, but never illogical
+ difficult puzzles can be skipped
- at times too easy in the second act

Dialogs:
+ brilliantly written
+ "silent" heroine perfectly implemented

Game Size:
+ around 10 hours playtime
+ 3 endings
+ many bizarre figures
- middle part is too short and simple

Harvey's New Eyes is the story of Lilli: "the bravest girl in the world". At least that describes the narrator, a disembodied voice from the off, which would actually much rather tell of the "human eye-eating robot possum," but this must not, because too many children sit in front of the screen.
Edna and Harvey: Harvey's New Eyes is a solid, well-built adventure, but don't be fooled by the cartoon-like visuals: It's a dark trip to a very strange place where happy endings are in short supply.

Harvey's New Eyes actually follows the adventures of Lilli, a small, blonde near-mute girl living in a convent school. Lilli is the most virtuous child in the whole world, and yet their lives in the monastery is not easy. Your relationship with most of the other students is strained at best.
and it is often the aim of the Mother Superior is fast, irrational anger. Your only true friend is the older and much more talkative Edna, but when Edna hiding to escape the clutches of a mad child psychologist, life is complicated.
Lilli must first help from the monastery and then follow down to the hidden secrets they discover, and maybe learn a thing or two about themselves in the process escape her friend.

Most puzzles are inventory based, some with complex combinations, and often drawing from the game’s wacky humor (the solutions aren’t always terribly realistic). The game also features a handful of standalone mini-games -- logic puzzles presented in a close-up screen and requiring both text and image pattern analysis. Unless you’re blessed with a fabulous memory, a couple of these will require taking notes.
(Some of the mini-games can be skipped.) After Harvey’s appearance, the challenges involve problem solving in dreamlike landscapes to change or access something encountered in the workaday world.

Knowing the story and the characters of The Breakout adds to your experience in Harvey's New Eyes. But in some ways (easier interface, no frustrating invisible trigger, a compelling story).
Harvey's New Eyes is a better introduction to the saga. A quirky approach - start with Harvey's New Eyes to the end of chapter two, then play the breakout as long flashback sequence, and return later to finish the last chapter of Harvey's New Eyes.

Edna & Harvey: Harvey's New Eyes gives gamers an adult experience while providing the necessary cover for a teen rating. Recommended for old school gamers looking for a reminder of the past, or those who enjoy quirky plots.
It is aimed at adventure gamers who enjoy tongue-in-cheek humor and absurdist scenarios with dollops of darkness.

Score: 70 / 100
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The first thing that I liked about this game was the particular extremely dark humor, since the opening speech, where a narrator welcomes you and invites you to take the tutorial. At least in German, it’s absolutely delicious. It made me think of giving a ghastly report on a horrific accident with the voice a dad would read a bedtime story to his 4 year-old little girl.

The beginning was like any other point-and-click game. I was this sweet shy little girl in a convent-school, doing this and that and the other… and suddenly I was staring at my screen with eyes opened like two fried eggs, jaw dropped, my mind blown, exclaiming “WTF! Did that just actually happen? WTF!” (My partner, who had been watching me play, laughed his a** off exclaiming “holy sh*t!”). That sent me to one of the most surreal, fantastic, incredible adventure games that I’ve played. I’m glad it was a rainy Sunday, because I just couldn’t stop playing until it was over. I loved every minute of it.

Most “puzzles” are actually “collect stuff, combine/use”, but it has a couple of pretty cool mini-games. I strongly recommend this game to anyone who enjoys adventure or point-and-click games, but most of all, to anyone who’d like something out of the ordinary.

Edna & Harvey: Harvey's New Eyes is a mildly dark and twisted point & click adventure that feels a lot like Sam & Max style adventure games. Interestingly enough, you don't play as either Edna or Harvey, instead playing the role of the young innocent schoolgirl, Lilli. But Lilli doesn't speak too much, and most of her dialog is filled by a narrator that loves to hear himself talk. Even though his voice acting is good, he all too often comes off as being melodramatic when it usually isn't necessary. The result is a game that tries to be funny all of the time, but only succeeds some of the time. The narrator makes every effort to lighten the mood, but his delivery is often dry and humorless and the intended humor often can't compete with the game's dark themes.

The puzzles were pretty straightforward. There were only a handful of places where it wasn't obvious what the next move was. Graphical drawings are nicely done and the story is well written.

Steam achievements are broken. I finished the entire game without a single achievement unlocking.

Overall, Harvey's New Eyes is a reasonably well done point & click adventure that doesn't leave any lasting impressions.

Like every game from Daedalic's, it´s a masterpiece!
This one has a very cruel humor and many people die in a funny way.
If you like Adventures - get it!

!Nothing for Kids!

Wonderful game i really enjoyed playing it and i would play it again its just ashame that the achievements dont work. its funny and makes you want to keep playing.

GOOD. thats it. yeah.

Amazing game! Good story, music, and puzzles. Overall, it was entertaining and I would defintely recommend it!

Harvey's New Eyes is easily the best Daedalic title I've played. Yes, it suffers from the usual problem of there occasionally being times when it's not at all clear what you're supposed to do to proceed, but who plays point-and-clicks for the gameplay? The narration is top-notch, and the dark humor and juxtaposition of a macabre story with an inanely cartoonish presentation are sublime.

Recommended.
One more great adventure by Daedalic. As Deponia, good story, good characters, impresive voicing acts, fun, humor and absurd situations and puzzles.
Puzzles are so weird that you will probably need a walktrhough around.

An enjoyable sequel to the first. It's nice to see a game where they've kept in mind all the problems of the first and made honest attempts to fix those failings and make a better game. I think they have. You should still play the first game before this one though. It's also important to have a few save files just incase there is a problem.
I'm not to fussed on the fact that I've been unable to unlock any of the achievements in the time I've invested but that's just a bug, not the fault of the game, Other than that I think it's an enjoyable game that builds off the first.

Harvey's New Eyes was a really great game.
Altough it took me very long to get started with the game, because I´m not really into point´n´click adventures, but this game surprised me a lot.

The way the story is told and how Lilly, the main character, fits in it is just amazing.
Very great humor and a lot of moments which made me smile.

Don´t be tricked by the childish look of the game! It is quite simple, even though some of the puzzles are a bit challenging but you always get the option to skip it. But in my opinion the story is quite interesting and kept me playing so i finished this game in less sessions.


gameplay 9/10 - since sometimes it wasn´t really obvious for me what I had to do next

music 10/10 - I really enjoyed the music in the game. Its fits very well and felt athmosperic!

atmosphere 10/10 - the voices of the character and the different art styles and personalities totally got me! This was one of the main point for me why I enjoyed this game so much

price 5/10 - I got lucky that I got this game in a bundle, otherwise I wouln´t have played it at all since 20€ are way to expensive in my opinion

My daughter and I had a ton of fun playing this, I highly recommend it, although I think certain parts are not suitable for young children, but it is not an "adult" game.
The graphics are simple yet smoothly put together, and really draw you in at times.
The story line is very involving, and often takes a turn you didn't see coming.
A very well designed game overall, would gladly play through it again.

i havent finished this game though its a nice sequal to edna and harvey the breakout though i think its kinda intended for a younger audience then the first game

Good gameplay; great story; great imagination; great graphics; 4 stars.

Again, vanilla adventure game but with a very funny story and characters.

Ok after finishing the game, I'm ready to give it the thumbs up. There are some things that potential players of the game should be aware of before purchasing however, as they may dramatically effect enjoyment of the game:

1. The art style of the game, it really worked in some respects (Such as the Harveys/demons) but in other respects it was kind of lacking, such as the mouth animations of the characters.

2. Some of the puzzles in the game require a large amount of discrete math, so I hope you took a class in it in your undergraduate. Break out the truth tables! You can skip all of these puzzles though. I recommend trying your hand at them though if you have a familiarity with these sort of logic puzzles.

3. Acheivements straight up arn't working as of 11/28/13. If you're an acheivement ♥♥♥♥♥ like myself, this will disappoint you, and reduce your game completion % if you're keeping track of that.

4. Not so much a problem, but a warning. Art style notwithstanding, this ain't a kid's game. Were this game a movie, I'd rate it R. I wouldn't even recommend playing this in the same house as a kid.

That said, even with those caviats, the game is worth playing because:

1. The dark humor of the game is done well.

2. Solid endings

3. Most of the use thing on thing puzzles are fairly straightforward.

Anyway all told, I enjoyed it, you might too.

This game is lots of fun. It starts slow and turns out to be great fun. Early on you already know something is not quite right and as the game progresses you see how twisted it is. Great fun. My first contact with a Deadalic Game and a very good one.

This is another solid Deadalic casual point-and-click adventure/puzzler. If you are a fan of the genre, you will like this game. Its light in style- dark in humor, silly, kinda funny, doesn't frustrate, and has some fun puzzles.

The atmosphere of the game is really what makes it superb. Like many of the point-and-click adventure games by Deadalic, what sets this game apart from other, dull adventure games is the charm. The music, the art style, the characters... it all blends together into a charming experience.

Theres a real lot of dark humor in this game and it fits the atmosphere perfectly. It isn't a kid's adventure game-- even though it may look like one.

Some of the puzzles are pretty challenging because the solutions don't really make sense logically-- but they make sense within the confines of the twisted reality of the game.

If you are an adult that enjoys adventure games, but gets bored with the dull and childish ones and is craving a good experience, then you should check this game out.

I'm not fan of point & click, but this game got me for real. Voice acting and hand-drawn graphics are top quality. Missions (chapters) are enjoyable and very long. You would be surprised what it takes to feed the cat in this game. And it's just an ordinary cat. Another thing that got me on the first is soundtrack. That opening song is amazing and in-game background music is enjoyable too. I won this game on a giveaway and I probably would never buy it (before). But now, I can say it's worth the money because it's so much fun. Definitely recommend.

Wonderful but flawed.

The actual game itself, I can't fault. For a graphic adventure it has a good story, humour...creepiness... It uses the mechanics offered by the storyline well. Really it's so fun I don't want to say more for fear of adding in too many spoilers. I would love to recommend it without reserve.

But...

It suffers from some technical issues, inventory items that float in mid air while the inventory is closed, screen juddering and of course a couple of times where the game actually lapses into German (I was playing in English), and weirdly I would have forgiven all of that except that somewhere along the line (apparently in a patch a couple of months back) they broke all the achievements.

It's still well worth the price they are asking - none of the in game glitches are game breaking or anything more than an occasional annoyance, but if you're expecting a completely smooth experience with a bunch of achievements to collect you will be disappointed.

Edit: I went back to this after it had been updated a couple of times and reportedly fixed the achievements and some of them worked... but not all. Checked in on the forums and found I'm far from the only person still having issues with the achievements. Oh well...