YMMV / Hybrid Heaven

• Complete Monster: Mi'Goea is a parasitic alien driven solely by the desire to consume life. Taking over the body of the Gargatuan who'd come to be known as "the Traitor", Mi'Goea subjugated the pacifistic Gargatuans and used their resources to kick-start an invasion of Earth that would leave humanity dead or enslaved. Creating a race of clones known as the Hybrids and implanting in them the feelings of superiority over humans, Mi'Goea had multiple advisors close to President Patrick Weller captured and replaced by Hybrid analogues before capturing President Weller himself and intending to do the same to him, with the intention of using the President's clone to invade the rest of Earth in a brutal conquest with the military's support. After Secret Service Agent Johnny Slater causes the collapse of the Hybrids' subterranean shelter, Mi'Goea orders the starship's boosters to be fired in an attempt to break through Earth's crust and destroy Manhattan, dooming any Hybrids still in the shelter, along with the newly birthed clones. Confronted by Johnny, Mi'Goea coldly says that doesn't care that his Hybrids are all dead, for he'll simply create more. Released from the Traitor's body after Johnny kills the Traitor, Mi'Goea exposes his true form and states his goal is to harvest all life on Earth, intending to continue the invasion to the bitter end.
• Cult Classic: Despite its copious flaws, Hybrid Heaven is fondly remembered by a small group of former players, and not just because it was one of the few RPGs on the N64. Its bizarre action/turn-based combat system with its incredible collection of moves (Want to give an alien a German Suplex, then curb-stomp it while it's down? Who's stopping you?!) remains completely unique in all of gaming. It was also, for its time and system, quite technically impressive (despite some bland level design and occasionally clunky controls) with fully-voiced, lip-synced dialogue in some of the cutscenes.
• Special Effect Failure: Using the Expansion Pak. While it does make the game look more crisp and sharp, the Nintendo 64 simply couldn't handle how the game used it (high resolution textures being a big culprit) which causes the frame rate to suffer. What makes it more infuriating is the Expansion Pak was designed to allow games to have a higher draw distance and screen resolution, which would have been perfect for the game if it was utilized properly.
• That One Boss: Hybrid Heaven has quite a number of boss fights, and it's likely that every single one is That One Boss to someone in the world. Here are some reasons why:
  • Some of the bosses don't follow the same rules of movement during combat as you. Usually, when you select a move and the enemy is obviously out of range, you simply make the attack and strike nothing but air, missing and making yourself look like an idiot. In the case of these enemies, they can select the attack, move closer to you, and then start the attack proper.
  • Many of the bosses have unique abilities, such as using a force push-style attack to knock you off your feet (which at least doesn't do any damage), using breath weapons on you, or turning invisible (though you can guess where they are if you watch the camera carefully).
  • Nearly every human boss you fight in the game carries a gun. While fighting said bosses, moving too far away from them will prompt them to pull out their gun and start blasting away at you, so you can't just run out of range of their melee attacks to give yourself a breather. It gets even trickier once bosses start packing the Ice Shot or Ion Shot, or worse, their three-shot SP versions. Many of the human mooks have guns as well, but they at least tend to only use weaker guns.
  • All this said, one standout is the fourth fight in the final boss rush - It's a giant monster that you can't grab, that barfs out breath attacks constantly at both short and long range, can slap you across the room with its tail if you try to get behind it, and worst of all, gets to attempt to counter most of your moves BEFORE you launch them, and can do so from just about any angle of your approach if it feels like it. It's entirely worth considering just breaking out the stock of single-use guns you've probably collected over the course of the game and cutting loose.