A 90s cult classic with a lot of splatter that could have been an excellent horror b-movie. Beautiful and gory in all it's campy glory. Reminiscent of Phantasmagoria, in a more...Evil Dead kind of way.

Featuring delightfully absurd dialogues that are sometimes unexpectedly insightful, a ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ crazy ending and buckets of black, morbid humor. If you have even the slightest taste for horror you should definitelly check this old gem.

I love old games like this one. At the time the different genres of gaming weren't so clear-cut as they are today. Not having the imperative to be separated in perfect little boxes in order to identify a game as "adventure", "action" etc, resulted in games like Harvester. A game with heavy adventure elements, timed events, combats, different weapons you can actually aim and use, ammo to manage and of course, many deaths.

There is a weird exhilarating sense of freedom in that lack of genre labeling in gameplay. You can't follow the patterns modern adventure games use, so even simple things may have an unexpected aspect to them. This kind of freedom in a game's design makes it more interesting -and of course, at times, harder to beat.*

Unfortunately Harvester also carries with it the sexist tropes of the era, so if you can't stomach good old sexism, a touch of homophobia, gratuitous sex scenes, ladies in lingerie and violence against women then you should probably choose another game. I was able to enjoy it despite of this, but I can't say that this will be the case for everyone.


*But, thankfully, in case you get stuck, it has one of the most beloved "features" of old games: cheat codes. N00b players everywhere, REJOICE!