Edna & Harvey: Harvey's New Eyes
Daedalic’s early years were busy. Plenty of games got released under their name, but Edna and Harvey didn’t get lost in the shuffle. Thing is, while they had an idea for revisiting the duo in some form, the idea wasn’t to make a sequel. The title the second game ultimately got was a marketing decision, specifically mentioning both Edna and Harvey instead of just the latter, who has a much larger role this time. Characters and story beats from the original game are present, and the game does act as a sequel for Dr. Marcel specifically, but the focus has shifted to explore the themes of the first game in a new, far more meta way. Harvey’s New Eyes is a strange experiment of a game that still follows the dark comedy roots, and you can see what was tried here to mixed results being utilized more effectively in later projects.
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