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* [[Complete Monster]]: A whole town of them, but none stand out more than Mr. Pottsdam.
** {{spoiler|Steve himself may become this at the end of the game if you choose the bad ending. The first thing he does upon being freed from the virtual reality is murdering some random woman and devouring her finger
* [[Crazy Awesome]]: Colonel Buster Monroe, the shell-shocked commie hunter.
* [[Critical Dissonance]]: When the game came out, it didn't sell very well, and was poorly received by critics. Nowadays, people generally seem to agree that it is competently made and actually has some interesting concepts. The implementation of real time combat in certain sections is still unpopular, however.
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** It helps that "BYE" is a very appropriate response to any of the creepier residents of Harvest.
* [[Non Sequitur Scene]]: The Wasp Woman is practically a Big Lipped Alligator Character. She contributes nothing to the plot, you don’t have to visit her house for any reason, and she’s the only character Steve can kill without any repercussions. Which then leads to another example when she turns out to actually be half-wasp.
* [[Player Punch]]: The game frequently highlights the consequences of
** Without giving anything away, the [[Bad Ending]] is the epitome of this in the game, also serving as a [[You Bastard]] moment for the player.
* [[Scrappy Mechanic]]: Real-time combat in a point 'n click rarely works very well. This is not one of the times it does.
* [[Special Effects Failure]]: The
* [[They Wasted a Perfectly Good Character]]: Aside from her first and only appearance (which is optional to begin with), the Wasp Woman has absolutely no impact on the plot. If you talk with her about her philosophy on wasps, there is some [[Foreshadowing]] there, but that's about it.
* [[Values Resonance]]: ''Harvester'''s satire has surprisingly aged well because of the fact that [[Moral Guardians]] are still using violent video games as a scapegoat for big murder crimes and are still under the belief that they create serial killers.
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