Body Harvest (Nintendo 64, 1998)

Body Harvest has the sharpest learning curve (time needed to learn how to play well) of any game I have ever played. Indeed, I owned the game for years and played for well over 50 hours before I realised how to succeed in it. The task of learning may be too much for some. But for those with perseverance, the game provides a great experience.


Body Harvest has one of the largest worlds of any game I've played: it is simply enormous. The first level of five, Greece, is a bit larger than the size of a average game's world. Partly because of this, the game takes a huge amount of time to complete. But it is a worthwhile experience. The game is largely shoot-em-up, and players get to use a variety of weapons, from machine guns to howitzers, to engage the enemy. But there are also a variety of (often difficult) puzzles to solve, and the chance to meet several interesting characters on the way. Additionally, the game allows the player to command vessels ranging from fire trucks to planes to ships during the course of the game.

Body Harvest is a very dark game. After the first level, Greece, it becomes rather desolate, with rainy Java and snowy Siberia providing two good examples. But the battles and puzzles are engaging and the storyline is well-developed. If you can devote the time to learning how to play properly, you will be gratified and rewarded.

Body Harvest was a video game that I grew up since the Nintendo 64 was first released. The coders paid some attention to and applied special details to the game that made it both enjoyable and historically accurate. I enjoyed this game as a child and still today because of it's difficulty in terms of progression, and for the time of release, a less linear game than was typically available. All of the zones are open-ended, and it does a good job of masking that it is guiding you along a pre-set path. All in all, for it's time it was a fantastic game that I enjoyed very much, it encompassed driving, RPG elements, puzzle-solving and also Adventure/Action. It was certainly ahead of it's time, which is why I still enjoy playing it today.

As a Grand Theft Auto Fan, I really had to go back and pick this game up because Pre Grand Theft Auto 3 this was the game that Rockstar Meshed with the GTA series to make GTA 3. So this is really a non story prequal in game play and mechanics.

When I heard that, I had to check this game out. I looked it up on youtube and what I seen was really cool.

From my point of View this game is a mix of all of these games.

#1 GTA 3: in Game Play Mechanics and 3D shooter and vehicles.
#2 Metroid: You look like Samus from Metroid, you fight aline Bugs and bosses.
#3 Godzilla: you fight giant monsters and can kill them with planes and numerous vehicles.
#4 War of the Worlds you defend your home from giant aliens
#5 Sliders/Stargate you go back into time and travel through a dimensional portal to different periods to save the people from the horde of aliens.
#6 Sims: You go into houses and you can turn on and off the lights and you go around the places and you can talk to folks,.

From what I've seen and played I am surprised that I missed this game. I say this game is a must have if you are a fan of any of the above that I mention because this game has it all. The graffix might not be as expanded on as todays games but come on, this is a Rockstar GTA 3 and above type game on the n64, don't you want to play the game that was the brain child for GTA 3? Well you won't be disappointed if you do. This game is fun and I really like it.

A very good and rare game to have in any ones collection. Body Harvest is a third person action adventure game that will surely meet any ones expectations for N64 standards. Pick it up today on eBay.

To be honest this game is way below the standard graphics and game-play of today. That being said, this game is still fun. It is just amazing how back when it was a current release we thought a game like this was great. I've played FPSs with better graphics on the N64. This game is nice because of the open world exporation even though it is sparcely populated with people, explorable building, and sights to see. I almost want to say it is like GTA because you can jack vehicals and shoot people. Levels are saved directly to the cartridge. Unfortunatly there is no way to save progress in a level to be completed at another time. I don't have houres and houres to devote to gaming so not being able to save progress makes it hard for me to advance in this game.