Pretty good point and click adventure game. Decent length and puzzles are doable without needing the built-in hint system. I personally would have preferred to not have any references in-game about the hint system and there's a list of names in-game (probably people associated to the game) that's a bit immersion breaking. You'll eventually be playing 3 characters in different times, which is interesting (bit like day of the tentacle, but not as good imo). Overall recommended if you like 2d point and click adventure games. Obviously there will be a second part as there are some obvious loose ends. Will check it out when released.
This is a very enjoyable point and click adventure game. Highly recommended. Just be aware that at the start of the game there's a puzzle where you need to get past a guard. Because of the poor implementation of this puzzle it looks like there are 2 guards, while in fact there's only 1. All other puzzles are logical and enjoyable. Also, the UI is a bit of a pain. The followup game, Harvey's New Eyes, has a lot better UI, but still not as good as games like Deponia and The Night of the Rabbit.
I really liked this game. It has good graphics, sound, puzzles, characters and story and is quite long. It's based around a 12 year old boy in a fairytale type world, so it might not be for everyone, but I really recommend it. Just be aware that at the end of game there's an optional combat scene, which can freeze the game when doing something incorrectly. Either skip this part (there's a button for that), or avoid doing this specific action.
This game could easily have been 5 stars, wasn't it for the fact the developer intentionally puts the player into uncomfortable situations where performing antisocial actions are the only way to progress the game further. It's clear they have copied various parts of other games, like monkey island and day of the tentacle, but with poor implementation. As example [spoiler] you have to get an item on the roof of a building, but a few pigeons are standing in the way. This is much like in monkey island 1 with the guard dogs. In monkey island you can give them some modified food, which would make them go to sleep. The developer makes certain that the player is aware the dogs are sleeping, by showing a popup window. In this game however, you need to give the pigeons food, but add rat poison. This obviously kills the pigeons and the developers makes certain the player is aware they are indeed dead by stating this in a similar popup window. Obviously this is not only unnecessary, but also ridiculous, as pigeons are hardly dangerous creatures. The animal cruelty is visible in various parts of the game, like where you have to throw a hammer at a koala bear to get an item. It's however not only animals, as assaulting/killing people to progress the game seems also very normal. Another issue with the game is that you often are in the situation where only 1 single action would progress the game, but it's unclear what this would be. This results in aimlessly running around the whole game trying everything until the next bit of the game unlocks. The game is not that difficult, but some of the puzzles are just not very logical. You can figure them out when putting enough effort in trying stuff. Overall however the graphics and the overall story of the game is pretty good and in itself has huge potential. It's therefore a shame that certain parts of the game spoil it all. In its current form I can't really recommend it.
