LGR - Harvester - DOS PC Game Review 

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

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.

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.

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

Harvester is now available on GOG for $5.99 and its the uncensored version

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.

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

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.

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 RU-vid: 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?

It's things like this that keep bringing me back to RU-vid

"Partner rating: No mature content" yea ok

"Neeeturaaal causeeeees?"

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

**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."

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

an ultraviolent video game criticising violence in media.

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

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.

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

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

Well you always were a kidder, LGR.

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!

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.

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

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

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

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.

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.

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

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

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

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.

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

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.

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.

"you always were a kidder Steve!"

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

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

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

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.

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

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.

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.

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?

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

Hey LGR, why not review Darkseed and its sequel?

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

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

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.

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

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!

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!

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!

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

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

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.

Keep up the good work, really enjoy your reviews :)

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.

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

I'd say you just got a level up in your reviews. Keep pulling back that curtain man!

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.

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

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

always was interested in this game, great video.

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

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

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 :)

I'm watching this today before watching Westworld, and you mention it!

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

Fantastic review, one of my favourite games.

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

God this game just keeps on reminding me of Darkseed.

this is really one of your best videos!

"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.

Thanks for the review, considering of getting this on the halloween gog discount.

I love this full Motion Video Games

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

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

thumbs up for the inspector gadget reference.

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

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

Well, as I mentioned in the vid, this came out a while after that whole debate was going on.

My man was early on the harvester review. Kudos

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

You can't live without a spinal cord, son.

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

Great review. Never heard of this "classic". I thnk this is one of the fmv titles that had to be played. I'll look for it now ;-)

How did u do the Dr. Claw voice though?!?! Awesome

Hey Lgr, have you ever played the game Claw, also known as Captain Claw by monolith software? i had it when i was a kid and it was one of my favorite games.

I wonder what a remake of this game would be like :/

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

2:20 Haha...that "Twilight" music ^^

I feel like it might be put on these gore lists because even though it's a little anti-climatic with the actual blood and guts, you've got the townsfolk behaving so horrible throughout (Especially with the horror of Steve's father and the cruel headmistress) that even though it doesn't reach the usual standards of body horror its so eerie that its still a really harrowing experience