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This subject appears in Serious Sam: Next Encounter.  This subject appears in Serious Sam 4.  This subject is from the Mental War era. 

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"I always wanted to drive one of these, over a bunch of aliens!"
Sam Stone[src]
 

The Combine Harvester is a controllable land vehicle that appears in Serious Sam: Next Encounter and Serious Sam 4.

Overview[]

The combine harvester appears as an ordinary harvester with a long header that, instead of being used for harvesting crops, can be used to grind up hordes of aliens into pieces.

The harvester behaves depending on what game the player is using the vehicle in.

Serious Sam: Next Encounter[]

When the harvester takes a critical mass of damage or runs out of fuel, it will explode. If it's destroyed by enemies, the level will instantly end regardless of how far the player has progressed, though they can exit it at any time and leave it aside somewhere it will be safe. Also, the harvester will take damage from bumping into objects, though besides trees, towers and the city walls at the two sides of the level, there aren't many potential dangerous hazards.

Serious Sam 4[]

The harvester is a slow vehicle with poor turning speed. However, its cutting platform can mow down weak enemies with ease, as well as destroy obstacles such as bushes and trees. However, using the cutting platform on anything besides enemies (bushes, trees, etc.) will actually damage the vehicle and cause its health to deplete over time.

The combine harvester is perfect for 'harvesting' swarms of enemies such as Gnaars, Processed Anthropolyps, and Zubenhakrabian Spiders, though its large size, slow movement and steering speed makes it an easy target for Beheaded Kamikazes. Kleer Skeletons and Processed can easily catch up with the harvester from behind and climb onto the vehicle.[1] Once on the harvester, enemies will be able to damage the player behind the wheel unless they are shot off. Like other vehicles in the game, the player will die if the harvester is destroyed.

The player is able to use some of their weapons when driving the harvester, such as the SOP38 Pistol, 12 Gauge Pump-Action Shotgun, or M29 Infantry Assault Rifle. The player cannot, however, use heavy or two-handed weapons like the RAPTOR Sniper Rifle.

Appearances[]

Serious Sam: Next Encounter[]

The combine harvester appears in The Silk Road lost level.

Serious Sam 4[]

The combine harvester appears only once in the campaign, in A Breakfast in France. After Sam helps a hippie farmer named Filibert defend his farm from Mental's forces (which he himself summoned, believing they were some of sort of peaceful 'angels' and not invaders), he thanks Sam by providing location of a military base nearby, and allows Sam to take his harvester.[1]

Tactics[]

Serious Sam 4[]

  • The harvester is an ideal weapon for mowing down hordes of weak enemies, though the player should try to kill most of the enemies in one mow and keep an eye out for any enemies they missed, as they can climb onto the harvester from behind all the way to the driving cabin. They must be shot as soon as they appear.
  • It's not advisable to run over Belchers, as their explosion damages both the player and the vehicle, not to mention that the player's screen will be covered by the Belcher's bile for a short period of time and obscure their vision.
  • Kamikazes should be high-priority targets along with Major Bio-mechanoids, and should be avoided or killed whenever possible to prevent them from damaging the harvester and potentially destroying it.
  • It's better to switch to third-person when shooting, as being in first-person will limit the player's field of view. The player can also fire in any direction when in third-person.
  • Unless needed to, do not run over obstacles such as trees and bushes, as they damage the harverster.
  • If the harvester's health is too low, exit the harvester and fight on foot rather than continuing to drive in it.

Related achievements[]

Serious Sam 4[]

Achievement Harvest Festival
Harvest Festival
Harvest 100 enemies with a combine harvester.

Gallery[]

Serious Sam: Next Encounter[]

Serious Sam 4[]

Artwork[]

Retail[]

List of appearances[]

External links[]

Wikipedia favicon Combine Harvester on Wikipedia

  1. 1.0 1.1 Serious Sam 4 level: A Breakfast in France
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