LGR - Harvester - DOS PC Game Review

[@store_brand]

"I'd say this is a death by natural causes." "...natural causes?!" "You can't live without a spinal cord, son."

[@darisucc7749]

N A T U R A L C A U S E S ?

[@trekaddict]

Well, technically that's true...

[@MaxUltimata]

The better part is the line before that, Mrs. Pottsdam asks if it was suicide.

[@andrewpliakis]

Nothing unnatural about that.

[@solaufein1374]

The most memorable quote

[@pushinguproses]

I do like a lot of the adult themes in this game. First couple discs actually intrigued me; I liked the simulated 1950s setting and the super weird characters, and the gameplay wasn't too bad. The second half of the game left me completely cold. :| The combat was downright tedious. For me, getting to the end was worth it, despite horrible sidescrolling.

[@poppapiltch5601]

Ya

[@farcry223]

Agreed

[@kellysmith7357]

**replying to eight year old comment**

[@DirtyRottenTaylor]

@@kellysmith7357 *Same. I love your content Roses!!

[@schlockfather]

The combat isn't even that bad. Just save your gun for any enemy that uses a gun. It's really simple.

[@NeverendingOpera]

"Natural Causes?" "Can't live without a spinal chord, son." Classic!

[@WatanabeNoTsuna.]

I could have lived my entire life without trying to learn the F chord, though...

[@tonygalati2672]

The actor Kurt Kistler who plays Steve was arrested for possession of CP, and in his mugshot, he's wearing the same blue shirt from the game.

[@AzrealTheDemon]

he really was a "kidder"

[@LGR]

Indeed. Sums up the whole game really: just insane. I could hardly believe the madness I was seeing at times, and the utter absurdity of it all just made me want to continue.

[@spitfireuk11]

It's things like this that keep bringing me back to KZbin

[@pushinguproses]

I like Phantasmagoria, but I don't find it too comparable. Though both FMV games, Phantasmagoria hardly has any satirical undertones and really doesn't make, or even attempt to make, any profound statements. I liked IHNMaIMS, even though it also had a lot of glitchy/design issues. I think Harvester could have been a lot deeper if it were designed/performed better.

[@rustyshackleford6633]

Are you and LGR still friends?

[@elliotj2250]

@@rustyshackleford6633 not now dale

[@PerryMason123]

All this time I never noticed the "GEIN MEMORIAL" on the banner at the bake sale. That's downright dark

[@6hypnone]

Creepy af

[@Alevamltd]

O_O

[@0neDoomedSpaceMarine]

I think one of the best scenes I've ever seen in an exploitative violent work such as this is when the Sheriff arrests you, takes you home, then puts you to bed, tucks you in and kisses you on the forehead. I was COMPLETELY unprepared for that scene.

[@LGR]

What would you like me to do about it, exactly? My channel is my channel: I do what interests me and cover things I'm into that week. That's too bad for you I guess, but I don't tailor my videos to your interests. That's the beauty of KZbin: if you don't like something, you can go and watch something else. Or wait until the channel you watch does something you like. If you still wanna complain, the least you can do is say what you WOULD like to see. Otherwise, how am I supposed to know?

[@sophiacristina]

Those people which complain about everything are the worst of the earth, nobody likes them.

[@MegaTNT32]

**Explodes aggresivily* Doctor: "Death of natural causes." Other Person in room: "How the fuck is that natural causes?" Doctor: "Ye can't live without a spine." Other Person in room: "You're a terrible doctor." Doctor: "Yup, natural causes."

[@kittythemouse6988]

+MegaTNT32 you can't survive an operation by a terrible Doctor son

[@kazoo3434]

That's Sheriff Dwayne, not a doctor

[@thomasfang7120]

LGR, hello from another North Carolinian! This has become one of my favorite channels. I've gotten a huge appreciation for game manuals thanks to your channel. I see that you have Darkseed II. If you ever feel like it, I would love to see a review of it. Thanks for all the hours of entertainment!

[@naipeadicto]

"You can't live without a spinal cord son" -best line ever. Great review!

[@philv2529]

an ultraviolent video game criticising violence in media.

[@gallusgallusdomesticus281]

+Phil V You would think it's just satire.

[@davidkyo1985]

Spec Ops: The Line or Hotline Miami also come to mind.

[@malopez3779]

It's less critisicsm and more social commentary

[@bryanadkins6776]

or it could be criticizing the idea that violence in media creates really word violence.

[@lazyrobbie1033]

Ever seen Videodrome? Satires usually do this

[@brbbiobreak]

02:25 They stuck a 6 year old in a crib and refused to give him a blanket and the crib is in the kitchen.

[@Jordan4Ibanez]

"You can't live without a spinal chord, son." Words to live by in your daily life.

[@sophiacristina]

That is why i keep it in place!

[@LGR]

Good point. This being a PC-exclusive, and one that failed commercially, it wouldn't get quite as much exposure even if it had come out during that whole debacle.

[@SantuXD6]

"Neeeturaaal causeeeees?"

[@JPlatinum333]

I first found out about this game through Retsupurae's commentary on it (which I definitely recommend watching if you have a few hours worth of spare time). As much as I loved seeing those guys tear this game apart, I still think the concept of this game was quite interesting and it certainly seems worth checking out in spite of its flaws.

[@julielloyd8120]

To me it seemed like Slowbeef was actually legitimately interested in it.

[@bobby3234]

I just watched longplay of it, it went like a breeze.

[@BendingInTheWind]

"...if this guy can get an acting gig, then so can you!" Haha!

[@scooter4196]

"You can't live without a spinal cord son." Thanks for the info. I never knew 😂

[@LGR]

Indeed I have, beat it recently actually. It is fantastic.

[@LRD-p8w]

Wait until you find out what the the actor who played the main character did, truly a monster

[@flyingbearcrap1121]

He always was a kidder

[@ghostflxwer]

@@flyingbearcrap1121 kiddy diddler*

[@snarkasticdouche3863]

@@ghostflxwer You always were a kiddler, Steve.

[@Chinothebad]

you always were a diddler, Steve. Also side note, it makes situation in finding Karin dark in a different way.

[@tonygalati2672]

He was wearing the outfit from the game in his mugshot.

[@KoopaKid2000]

Harvester is so weird that I love it. I saw Joel from Vinesauce play the whole thing and it was so interesting. The surprises were just brilliant.

[@bobby3234]

The chat kind of spoiled a lot to him though. Consider watching longplay instead.

[@RobertoFornaro]

MY MEAT!!

[@Infinite_Jester]

I watched Grimith and Lethalfeline play it. Quite enjoyable.

[@sophiacristina]

Omg, if you kill the actor after the TV station is burned. He becomes piles of ashes, that is a brilliant surprise, omg...

[@FLlTTER]

"Partner rating: No mature content" yea ok

[@predcon1]

I like how you have Darkseed II front-and-center during the box shot.

[@LGR]

They remind me a lot of each other :)

[@predcon1]

+Lazy Game Reviews Sure, in that "Mom says 'Hi' to you in the kitchen right before her head explodes" sort of way.

[@floopsfooglyfunhouse8797]

+Lazy Game Reviews You should do a video on the darkseed games!

[@nicolashrv]

From the creators of Itchie and Scratchie's "You need a heart to live" comes "You can't live without a spinal cord"

[@wooterz]

Well you always were a kidder, LGR.

[@sm4sh3d]

One of my favorite games from when I was young (I was 14 when this got released), fantastic quirky dark humor (the sheriff is just awesome), interesting social commentary on violence and a very sick David Lynch like atmosphere for most of the game. I don't even mind the things ramping up to pure gore in the last act, but I understand why some people don't like that. A must buy, and it's crazy that nobody ever tried to bring up a similar atmosphere in a game since then.

[@LGR]

A second channel? I see no reason to do that when I could just upload such a thing to this channel and be done with it. However, I don't plan on doing that anytime soon, especially when there are plenty of other awesome videos that do already. There's a great "DOSBox 101" video by PushingUpRoses, for instance.

[@pushinguproses]

Maybe they designed the game's box first? I don't recall seeing that..

[@hawaiianpunch1813]

i simp for u queen

[@yeahgirl11]

@@hawaiianpunch1813 lol

[@Quimbyrbg]

"You can't live without a spinal cord, son" Now I want that as a motivational poster. Words to live by.

[@BClocals]

Bought harvester for $1 on steam. Worth every penny. I do miss the days of live action scenes in older games like this.

[@MaximumRD]

Ha awesome review as always man! Not surprising I was looking for videos since it just became available on GOG for $5.99! Seeing it was one of your reviews was a bonus.

[@laurab6146]

10:57 LGR's mortal enemy "41% off packing peanuts" The town is out to get you XD

[@sbcinema]

I love this full Motion Video Games

[@ScreenHardy]

your page is now easily one of my favorite accounts on here, thank you.

[@ravick007]

The sergeant-at-arms is clearly a relative to the demon narrating the stuff in Doom 2016.

[@theunbearablejuan]

I think this game is a diamond in the rough. The combat is clunky, it's very buggy and some of the acting is just horrendous but somehow the game's atmosphere and characters make it enjoyable. Some of the scenes are genuinely disturbing and the David Lynch + gore theme of the game works great. Now.. GOG, where's my DRM free version of the game?

[@AssaulteedOne]

It's there, today, for $5.99!

[@kendallmoore3936]

Blue Velvet meets Twin Peaks methinks.

[@koolaidman10574]

Found out about this game around a decade or two ago and you gotta love it from a distance

[@spinlathes9288]

You're doing great, you show me all kinds of cool games and hardware I'd never know about otherwise. This Harvester piece is a perfect example! I actually went and watched a full 5 hours lets play thanks to you. I've watched at least 80% of your videos and have almost nothing but praise.

[@LGR]

It'll happen, just not sure when. Hopefully soon!

[@jettblack2977]

I knew this game seemed oddly familiar and now I know why, I use to have it. I don't think I had all 3 discs and I never played it, but I remember looking into it and seeing some of the intro. These kinds of games should REALLY be brought back especially if people want to give it a more movie/realistic feel. Plus I never got to play one and I think I'd enjoy it.

[@BloomnBruin]

The guy who was the actor for Steve actually has his own website called "Kistler Creative". He has a section of his site documenting what he remembers about being involved in it.

[@bigalsretroroom]

Me commenting on a 10 year old video after discovering this game on another channel who played through the entire thing. I loved how weird and disturbing this game was, and the twist at the end was so campy and great.

[@TVindustries5000]

"you always were a kidder Steve!"

[@edelgardw.4760]

At 3:33 does the sign say "Gein Memorial"? Like Ed Gein?

[@ashwath5733]

Ren Hork Mhm

[@Vandal_Savage]

@Ren Hork Come looking for this comment and wasn't disappointed :)

[@LGR]

Honestly, if you're that desperate to see the ending, you can watch any number of the dozens of other videos showing such things :)

[@Glassandcandy]

In this game you can get Steve arrested for showing pornography to a child In real life the guy who played Steve was arrested for child pornography Life imitates art

[@korynnininm]

I'm a fat high school clarinet player. And yes I did leave it there.

[@MDSoldierGEIST]

Excellent review, one of my favourite classic adventure games. Army Base General is such a memorable character.

[@Llirik13]

Wtf? Why this game looks SO MUCH BETTER than any modern "interactive movies"?

[@jbfarley]

It isn't

[@crzybrit8150]

"You can't live without a spinal cord son" Duane Dwyane - 1996

[@PandaWeight]

Great review! I really was obsessed with this game in the mid 90s

[@warrenbeattysnose]

Gree up playing point and click adventure games in the 90s, but missed this one. I played it about a year ago and had a blast!

[@savornsok]

I have been searching for this game for so long!!! I remember playing this years ago. Thank Lazy Game Review.

[@LodgeLevel4]

+TheReal Sok Welcome to watch "The Harvester Show" :)

[@mattm7220]

So wait... This mid-90's "horror" game plays out over 6 days? Doesn't that mean it happens over 5 nights? Dear Lord, the 5-night-horror-game idea has always been around, hasn't it?

[@MFHOOD56]

I'm so glad you did a review on this. Such a cult hit.

[@what_now_]

Thank you so much for introducing this game to me. Has a huge David Lynch/Twin Peaks sort of surrealism hanging over it. Skipped this game when I was younger, happy to be on board the crazy train now!

[@DivineBloodline]

LGR, not sure if that was a Caboose (RVB) you pulled, but sounded like it to me... Made me quite happy so thank you sir.

[@SlavaisFilth]

Your humour gets better with every new video, keep amazing stuff going, Clint!

[@ScoopexUs]

Put a smile on my face even though I'll never play adventure games due to time consumption etc. And this is not a lazy game review at all :)

[@NihilQuest]

Consider me interested. What a shame I didn't get to play this one back in the day. Surprisingly I remember lots of advertisement for Harvester in game magazines in Poland

[@BigDaddyZakk420]

Dude, did you leave a review on GOG ? Because I swear to god I just read your review, verbatim, on there like ten minutes ago. Complete with West World and Stepford Wives references. Anyway, great review, regardless.

[@LGR]

Yup, did you check the username of that review? :) It's the same as here!

[@BigDaddyZakk420]

Lazy Game Reviews Ahhh ! Haha, didn't even notice, man. Shows how oblivious I am : )

[@Manofculturee]

+Lazy Game Reviews when yo will do an review...of messiah!! come on man this one is a classic i thought u were the school of past video gaming hahaha :P

[@peppefrasca5179]

si porco dio!

[@RandomAcronyms]

I read "Postal 2" as "Portal 2" and did a double take.

[@LGR]

Yes, I'm a part of them. I'm listed on their channel, go check if you'd like!

[@KidpandaAG]

Great review again brotha. Love the deep insight into your reviews and the nostalgia when there!

[@dorpth]

I heard someone perfectly sum up this game: Roger Corman's Twin Peaks

[@LGR]

Ha! I'll have to remember that one.

[@captaincrit8654]

It’s on Steam now!

[@NonNewtonianAnything]

"He then puts on his shirt, so as not to completely blind you." Classic, hilarious LGR! :)

[@SumGameNerd326]

God this game just keeps on reminding me of Darkseed.

[@PenguinDT]

Now there's a game that needs a GOG re-release. Or even better, a HD remake or a sequel; Seriously; Put it on Kickstarter and I'll sell half of my property just to back it!

[@1ex1uger-prank-calls]

Thanks for reviewing Harvester (Was the review a response to a request I recently made?). I loved playing this game, although I don't remember the intro video or the video of the teacher beating up her student. Reviewers absolutely loathed this game, calling it an exercise in offensiveness for the sake of being offensive, but they didn't seem to get the concept of satire & appreciate how the game pokes fun at nostalgic revisionism regarding the 1950s. Like you, I feel the first 2/3rds > last 1/3

[@timinou9915]

I really , really dont like point and click adventure games , but this one got me hooked. I had to use a guide to get at the lodge part and gave up on the action part. Even with infinite ammo , its was a bit much. The ambiance and voice acting in this game is just incredible. Thanks for your review, might give me the courage to finish it someday.

[@SpaztallicA]

thumbs up for the inspector gadget reference.

[@Keppis100]

Played this 2 weeks ago and loved it! Highly recommended!

[@LGR]

I most certainly would. Not anytime super soon, but someday!

[@IHJello]

My man was early on the harvester review. Kudos

[@MrEk0o]

great review sir! is Sanitatium also on your list to review in the future?

[@limprlu]

Hi! Can you review Phantasmagoria 1 & 2? Thanks for all the videos, I love your channel!

[@CaptainSouthbird]

"You can't live without a spinal cord, son." The disc #3 failure of gameplay seems unfortunate, and I know from old Lucas Arts titles that "battles" can be implemented in a way that fits the original P&C Adventure style without resorting to a huge deviation. (Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis did push this a little bit with the Nazi fights, but at least there was usually a clever way to do it.) Seems like with a little more thought this could have been a truly perfect/unique piece of P&C Adventure.

[@PaddyMcMe]

The world's largest and slowest alarm clock bit had me in tears. Like something out of Monty Python.

[@leoz96]

Hey LGR, why not review Darkseed and its sequel?

[@TyphoidBryan]

Harvester 2: Still a Kidder. Not a bad sequel, but I much prefer Harvester 3: Revenge of Margot Kidder.

[@ghostflxwer]

rip

[@FrankLoon]

The wine bottle wife murder in Phantasmagoria is not something you forget just like that... Glad you mentioned it too, I was getting Phantasmagoria/Sanitarium vibes from this game.

[@BartelsBookshelf]

I noticed the copy of Dark Seed II in the background. Could we get a review of Dark Seed I and II, Clint? :)

[@naswinger]

whooo! a pinball machine at 8:20. good stuff

[@SilasMortimer]

I loved this game back when it came out. I don't remember if this is what I bought my first CD ROM drive for, but if not it was shortly after. It has such a surreal freakiness to it. I liked it far better than Phantasmagoria.

[@SilasMortimer]

***** Maybe? Personally, I found the acting so wooden and the dialog so ridiculous that I had trouble finishing it. It's a piece of history, though, so might be worth considering anyway. In my opinion, a far better suggestion would be the Gabriel Knight series. Only the second one is live action, but I enjoyed it far more than Phantasmagoria.

[@thatguyontheright1]

***** Phantasmagoria is so bad, and so fucked up that it becomes awesome...if you are into that kind of horror. I wouldn't call it torture porn, but the violence is the big draw in Phantasmagoria.

[@MrSnapy1]

***** Since you liked this game yea Phantasmagoria is worth playing. I would recommend Gabrial knight 2 as well.Best I remember its made by the same company and is the newer game.Fixing a few annoyances of Phantasmagoria.

[@unbridledenthusiasm]

MrSnapy1 GK2 is incredible. Great sequel to a fantastic game, and far superior to Phantasmagoria.

[@A_Dopamine_Molecule]

Retsupurae did an amazing LP of this.

[@crithon]

always was interested in this game, great video.

[@ScottGreig]

I have SO been waiting for you to review this game!!! :)

[@tidusx665]

Hey LGR! Have you ever played the point and click X-Files game? Would love to see a review on that game. It's on pc and ps1!

[@slycooperscane]

After watching this video I spent the next day watching a full long play of this game. It was incredibly enjoyable.

[@Sublev]

The impression of the robed guy kinda reminded me of Inspector Gadget's villain... I almost expected to hear "NEXT TIME GADGEEEEETTT!!!"

[@bobsaggat]

SPOIL THE ENDINGS! I WILL NEVER PLAY THIS BUT I AM CURIOUS

[@Tybron]

Well alright then. ****ENDINGS SPOILER AHEAD!!***** After climbing to the very top floor of the Lodge, Steve is presented with the truth about the town of Harvest: That it's a virtual reality simulation created by a cult called the Harvesters to create serial killers through nurturing their sociopathic, sadistic tendencies. It's why everything in Harvest is so weird and gory, why the people are so strange (They're just AI programs) and why you were required to do more and more horrible things to innocent people to advance to the Lodge. You're given the choice to either kill the other only real person in the simulation (your fiancee Stephanie) or to marry Stephanie and live out your life in the town of Harvest, in which case they'll also pull your life support. If you choose the first option, Steve gets to murder his helpless fiancee, rip out her spine almost precisely like Sub-Zero's fatality in Mortal Kombat 1, say "Wow. That was neat!" and wakes up in the Harvester facility, now a fully indoctrinated serial killer. He hitches a ride home from the facility, kills the woman that picks him up with a hidden knife, and is then seen at home playing Harvester. His mom says "Violence in media can make you violent" to which he replies "That's bullshit, mom!", she replies "No it's not, why do you think they edited the violence out of those Road Runner cartoons?" Steve find the comparison hilarious, and laughs evilly. The camera pans down his throat to show the unwitting murder victim's finger in his stomach still wearing her ring, revealing that after slaughtering her in her car, he actually ate that finger. Credits roll. If you choose NOT to kill Stephanie, Steve marries her (with the monk as their pastor), buys a house, has a kid in the simulation and lives the rest of his life out happily with Stephanie in Harvest (even if it was only a few minutes in the real world). We then see the engineers cutting Steve's life support, and as he twitches in his death throes, expressing their disappointment at having failed to turn a young innocent man into a serial killer by using violent video games. One says "What a waste, this kid could've been something." "Never look back. We've got two more coming in." "There's gotta be a better way to develop these serial killers." "This is scientific. You want we should go back to the old way?" "What old way?" "Good breeding." They then laugh evilly as we see Steve and Stephanie flatline. Credits roll.

[@DoodMcAwesome]

Oh nice, that was a top ten list on gamefaqs shown at the beginning of the video.

[@PandaMonium92827]

It would have been better if he was kidnapped by the people in harvest, lost his memory due to the clubbing, and it was actually a real place where people who feed on transients who "wander in" that he had to escape from

[@Konsolensammler]

I thought you were going to make at lease one metallica joke in the video Harvester of Sorrow.... Still awesome video :)

[@maxderp5997]

Is the main character of this game, Steve Mason, Harry Mason's relative?? You know from the first silent hill game o-o

[@zaltroth642]

Harvester is also available on steam but be ready for some troubleshooting

[@typhusthetravler]

"you should probably grow a spine" I think this is the edgiest comment I've ever heard in one of your videos. lol