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[jackal27]

Yeeessss! Just played this on my PC during Halloween a couple of years ago! The movie is one of my favorites and this game is pretty solid too. Tense as crap!

 

[SparkTR]

I tried playing this on PS2 ages ago but never got far, might try the PC version now to see if it's any better.

 

[Apt101]

I had a lot of fun with it on PC. I don't remember much, because my friends and I were all drinking heavily as we took turns playing through it. I just recall it was a good time.

 

[D-Stubbs]

Good game even though it got to be pretty damn hard from what I remember. I don't even know if I finished it or not.Still got it on my shelf, maybe I should pop it back in lol.

 

[Baraka in the White House]

There's a bunch of concept artwork out there for a second game based on The Thing. It's a shame they never gave the franchise another go.

 

[Stranger In The Alps]

Played this back when I got my PS2. Amazing horror game with a great atmosphere. I remember reviews tearing it apart back in the day, so the quality of the game pleasantly surprised me.

 

[Scrooge McDuck]

The problem here is that these events were scripted. The process was totally broken. You could blood test a guy, have him come up negative, move five feet across a phantom line in the floor and have him explode into a "thing." There is literally nothing you can do about this. Once you realize the testing process is useless (except to calm down a panicking team member) it robs the trust dynamic. And yes it is 100% predetermined at specific points, I tested the hell out of this one.

What happens if the test does come back positive? Would the member would just burst right then?

 

[BGMNTS]

Yes it was great.

 

[RoyaleDuke]

I was pretty hyped for this back in the day but I never played it partially due to reviews and not having any money/whatever money I did get I had to spend wisely since I could probably only get maybe 1 or two video games a year.

I am the biggest fan of JC's The Thing and the short story it is based on(Who Goes There?), and I love the constant sense of dread and paranoia once the Thing is amongst the scientists.

 

[Warablo]

I wanted to like the game but it was way too hard for me at the time.. The 1982 film is amazing and still holds up today.

 

[Grief.exe]

ah, I had an ok time with it, but I don't think I can say I "loved" it. There were some pretty crucial flaws to the game that sort of ruined it for me.

I played the PS2 version, it was buggy as all hell. But beyond general bugs...


A big part of the game was picking up team members, keeping them calm and not panicking, and never being sure of who was and was not a "thing." You could periodically find blood tests to use that would determine who was and was definitely not a thing. If you didn't find out in time, your infected team members could turn on the party when you were vulnerable.

The problem here is that these events were scripted. The process was totally broken. You could blood test a guy, have him come up negative, move five feet across a phantom line in the floor and have him explode into a "thing." There is literally nothing you can do about this. Once you realize the testing process is useless (except to calm down a panicking team member) it robs the trust dynamic. And yes it is 100% predetermined at specific points, I tested the hell out of this one.

And god help you if you DO manage to keep a human team member alive through skill and tenacity. the game is so buggy I've kept valuable team members alive through nasty firefights, walked into an elevator with them, then came out of the elevator totally alone one floor up. The game didn't expect me to let them live, so they just weren't. You're going solo through this game whether you like it or not.

Enemy spawn points? same deal. some corpses aren't really "dead", they're things playing dead, and will spawn crawlers when you get nearby. The only way to stop this is to torch them with a flamethrower to kill them for good. The problem here is that this process is ALSO scripted. see a dead body on the floor and want to light it up? go ahead, torch that sucker all day long. cross an imaginary perimeter though and that body will start spawning things like you never touched it.

The game needs SERIOUS polishing. good idea, but the execution was just busted.

Sounds like they had the concept right, but ran out of time to nail the execution.

A roguelike with the mechanics done correctly could be amazing.

 

[Tidus_Great]

interesting concept, flawed execution

average 5/10 game TBQH

 

[big_z]

the movie is fantastic but the game is a piece of shit. the description of the game and some of the gameplay ideas behind it are interesting but the execution is awful. the underground labs and garbage screamed wannabe resident evil and it hurts the movie lore. terrible game.

 

[shaowebb]

Dude no...this game had a fitting nickname for being about puke and fuseboxes in most scenes. It was a slog, and it really screwed with canon for The Thing. How in the Hell was Kurt Russell alive? There was zero chance of that.

 

[petran79]

watched few minutes of the game in early 2000, PS2 version
average at best. I was more interested in Silent Hill 2 and RE:CV back then.

never bothered with that game and I wasnt the only one...

 

[gabbo]

What happens if the test does come back positive? Would the member would just burst right then?

Pretty much. That said, you'd waste a lot of blood tests doing it randomly, unless you're entire team is panicked all the time. The when and where is pretty scripted, so the test won't come back positive until the game arbitrarily decides you need one less team member.

 

[AJ_Wings]

Dude no...this game had a fitting nickname for being about puke and fuseboxes in most scenes. It was a slog, and it really screwed with canon for The Thing. How in the Hell was Kurt Russell alive? There was zero chance of that.

Yet Keith David was just killed off. I love how McReady rescues you with a helicopter at the end of the game with zero explanation.

 

[AHA-Lambda]

I remember enjoying it at the time, despite some jank and fuseboxes, but I doubt it's held up well.

Also in terms of canon to the film, it's pretty fucked. Kurt Russell has already been mentioned but the premise to me felt flawed from the start, how were the things in the game after the events of the film? I don't recall it being adequately explained.

Edit: with reference to the op, there were definitely some instances of scripted infections.

 

[jesu]

I remember it being too hard for me, original xbox

 

[angrygnat]

I have it for PC. It's one of the few games I have left on there. It's buggy in spots. Sound cuts out. Cut scenes are sometimes dropped in the middle but my God. What a fun game. I have to agree with an earlier post. This IS the best game adaptation to a movie. The Thing is in my top five horror movies and this game actually does it justice.