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THE THING NEEDS THRILLS THAN CHILLS "A 2ND MCFLY REVIEW"

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 0 / 3
Date: October 22, 2002
Author: Amazon User

Now, I had this game for a week, but then I returned it, this review is why.
GAMEPLAY: In the beginning, you start with 3 squad members, dropped of in an icy place, ( I think it was alaska ). Now, having to manage teammates, giving them weapons and ammo, and nurturing them is not a good way to memorialize your squad. Let me tell you this, it will get boring, more difficult and too gory that you will stop playing and return the game.
GRAPHICS: Now graphic wise, the game suceeds, and since there was a movie, it kinda simulates the personalities. Nothing to get excited about.
SOUND/MUSIC: This is the weakness for almost every video game. Wind blowing, squad mates complaining, and gunshots don't incoorporate the stunning feature to keep playing or to commit suicide. Its very sad really.
OVERALL: Now, don't blow [money]on this game, if you like it, get it used. There is no way a homosapien would be dumb enough to pay full price for this sucker. Sure 3 stars might of been harsh, but I wouldn't pay [money] for a cheap impersonation of SOCOM.

Bad game based on one of the best horror movies ever -

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 0 / 5
Date: June 17, 2004
Author: Amazon User

An absolute joke of a game, with many unintentionally hilarious moments. There are quite a few bugs and errors, and the whole game seems unpolished and unprofessional.

Why they bothered tying it into the movie is beyond me, they just didn't make good use of the license. Most of the time you are running around in the snow or some featureless hallway with not much clue of what you are doing.

Save points are spaced ridiculously, some are too close together, some too far apart.

Trust system works....not at all. All your companions "turn" so there's seriously no point to it. As for story and character developement...forget it!

A special mention about the bosses in the game because they are stupid. Last boss is easiest of all and the second boss you can just run past to the next level.

Badly designed in all areas, boring, and directionless, with characters you don't care one whit about. A total disappointment.

Didn't live up to potential

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 0 / 2
Date: July 08, 2004
Author: Amazon User

This game could have easily been as good as any Resident Evil, but didn't make it. Those who have made this game didn't understand what makes Resident Evil ... Resident Evil. It is too bad, since I like John Carpenter's The Thing.

The graphics are like most PC games, not that great. Character faces are just graphics stretched over a flat round circle, very common in PC games. From some angles they look ok. The graphics are otherwise good and are not the main misfortune of the game. I tend to prefer 3D stills whenever possible, because 3D engine graphics common on the PC often give me a big headache after a lengthy play. Resident Evil: Outbreak is a graphics highlight because it seamlessly mixes 3D stills with 3D scrolling, in which the scrolling 3D isn't headache inducing one bit! The graphics of RE: Outbreak make PC games look two generations behind!

The biggest problem this game suffers from is gameplay. At times you feel you don't have enough ammunition and supplies. Another big problem is that only fire can be used on some enemies. This is nothing new as most of us had seen the movie, right? The flamethrower is very clumsy to use and monsters often move very fast. Blake often ends up burning himself to death with his own weapons. This is a real gameplay problem. This problem kept me from finishing the game, unfortunately.

A very promising game that only hits an average rating.

why I ask? why?

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 0 / 2
Date: February 06, 2008
Author: Amazon User

Ok, first of all I never finished the game, but that is because it is so frustrating and boring to the point where you can't possibly finish it without having dreadful thoughts of putting a gun in your mouth. Actually, the thoughts I had of putting a gun in my mouth were much more entertaining than this piece of shiz. I mean seriously, at least if I put a gun in my mouth I get to have complete control of the gun and where the bullet ends up. The latter statement brings me to my main point, and that point being, if I can't control the aiming process of my gun then what am I actually doing? Why do the gaming companies feel like they have to cater to people by implementing a lock on aiming system rather than a manual one. It completely takes the fun out of the entire experience. Whats truly amazing about this game is the fact that even with automatic aim implemented it's still a freaking hard game! So lets backtrack, the game is boring, frustrating, and flat out stupid!

My Thing Review

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: September 09, 2002
Author: Amazon User

First of all, as one of the biggest John Carpenter fans (I even kind of liked Ghosts of Mars) that I know, I was both eagerly anticipating and dreading this game. I knew that there was no way for it to live up to the 1982 film, but I was hoping that it would. I am both pleased and somewhat disappointed. As a Carpenter fan I enjoyed the way that the game managed to build upon the film. You do find out who was infected at the end of the movie (was is MacReady or was it Childs) and you get to look at the spaceship that Blair (A.k.a Wilford Brimley) was building - and all of this happens in the playable prologue in a visit to the site of the original film. The nice mood that the game builds up in this prologue (and trust me, its really creepy) eventually winds down into a rather average first person shooter. Now, as a fan of both half-life AND all of the resident evil games (yes, even survivor!) I like first person shooters as much as I like survival horror games - but this ends up being almost too much of the former. While much has been said here about all of the great aspects of this game, little has been said about what just doesn't quite work. Yes, the whole trust aspect of the game is interesting - but there are problems. Certain squad members only follow you so far during levels before they change into a version of the thing and attack you (i.e. they will change just before you fight a boss - they won't go any further - so whether you kill them when they are a thing or save yourself some health and just put a bullet in their head before it happens is up to you. I prefer the latter since it saves ammo and it usually takes off the top of their head in a nifty video game gore way.) Now, I have no problem with this - it was in the movie and so it should be here. However, I see no point in being able to test the blood of your squad if they change into the Thing whether or not the blood test comes back positive or negative. Why even put the blood test in the game? So far, I have had about 5 team members - all of whom who have changed into the monster despite my giving them blood tests in which they tested negative for being infected. So that's a problem.
Second, the real time weapon switching (as opposed to Resident Evil, in which you have to switch to an inventory menu) can be really frustrating. Espescially when you are looking for a weapon, scrolling through a list, and getting jumped by five of those hopping chicken things from half-life. I've been killed many times because I pulled up a sniper rifle instead of my shotgun. Also, the weapon icons are so small that its hard to tell the difference between weapons - and since I only have a 29" TV - it can be tough.
The controls are much nicer than the "turn and move design of resident evil - however, since (at least on playstation two) the same joystick you move with is also the crouch button, I often find myself trying to run from a particularly tough foe, only to find myself duck walking away in a crouch since I pushed down on the joystick nub while running.
All in all this game is great for the gamer who likes survival horror or for the fan of the Carpenter film who has never played R.E. or Devil May Cry or Silent Hill. However, it will never replace R.E. Code Veronica in my collection.

THIS GAME ROCKS!!!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: September 29, 2002
Author: Amazon User

I AM A GREAT FAN OF THE MOVIE, SO WHEN THIS GAME CAME OUT MY INITIAL REACTION WAS THAT THIS GAME WOULD BE SOME LAME ATTEMPT TO MIRROR THE MOVIE.... NOT SO!!! THIS GAME PICKS UP WHERE THE MOVIE LEFT OFF AND DEVELOPS AN INTRICATE STORYLINE BASED ON THE MOVIES' EVENTS. THE GRAPHICS ARE QUITE GOOD AND GAMEPLAY IS SUPERIOR. CONTROLS ARE VERY USER FRIENDLY. I HAVE PLAYED MANY PS2 GAMES, INCLUDING MAX PAYNE, METAL GEAR SOL, AND MEDAL OF HONOR. THIS GAME RANKS WITH THESE MASTERWORKS WITH EASE. I HAVE NOT ENJOYED PLAYING A VIDEO GAME THIS MUCH SINCE I FIRST PLAYED RESIDENT EVIL ON PS1. TWO WORDS: PLAY IT.

Great Game A Must Buy!

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: October 13, 2002
Author: Amazon User

Alright first of all. Okay 10-Year old kid that wrote very dissapointing. Your review is terrible, the game is worth alot more praise than what you gave it. The graphics could not really be any better, if the graphics had to be better go buy an x-box. Alright now. This game is great. Its got a terrific story line that keeps you on the edge of your seat and wanting to play more. The squad based features are very cool along with the whole trust interface feature to make it even cooler. What I like the most is that you can give your members the gun you want to give them, have them heal you, have them fix things for you. The only downside is that you cannot cure them of an infection. This game is just too cool for me to explain in 1000 words. Go rent it see if you like it and knowing that you'll probably like it then go buy it.

AMAZING................................

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: November 13, 2002
Author: Amazon User

This is a science fiction/survival horror game were you play as a man named Blake who went with his team to Anartica to investigate a American research station that has been destroyed by deadly aliens that were frozen in the ground for years,then they thawed,woke up,and imatated organisms they ate and digested.Researchers couldn't tell who's human or a imatation so they thought trust was the only thing that could save them.RJ MacReady(researcher)left a record to let people know that if him and his team can't make it people will know what happened if they find the tape.When Blake and his team made it to Anartica they were trapped,confused,and didn't know who to trust.Blake found MacReady's tape and Blair's(researcher/giant Blairmonster alien)saucer(made from helicopter parts)and started to find out what was going on.This is not for kids due to the games violence,blood,gore,strong language,and scenes of suicide.If your 13+ it's okay(if you don't get disturbed by violence,gore,and strong language).This is also about what happened after John Carpenter's THE THING.
positive side:
(+)great graphics
(+)great seqeul
(+)good acting
negative side:
(-)way hard
(-)lip movements [stink]
If you want to learn more about RJ MacReady and Blair watch the movie before playing the game.
Here's the cast of the movie.
RJ MacReady(Kurt Russell)
Blair(Wilford Brimley)
Childs(Keith David)
Nauls(TK Carter)
Palmer(Dave Clennon)
Copper(Richard A. Dysart)

Norris(Charles Hallahan)
Bennings(Peter Maloney)
Clark(Richard Masur)
Garry(Donald Moffat)
Fuchs(Joel Polis)
Windows(Thomas G. Waites)

Good game......Some what scary too

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: March 01, 2004
Author: Amazon User

The thing is a very good game. The game is very scary in the first 5 levels but than (wich led me to give this only 4 stars)
is after you find out the man who youre working for in your mission is the bad guy who now takes your weapon away and abducts you. Its gets worse. You have to kill swat gaurds instead of monsters. The first beggining part was very fun and scary! But than well it seems like youre in a very bad sci fi movie. It is filled with action packed shooting,filled with fould language and extreamly graphic violence that will make some little ones run off to there moms.

I also noticed that if you dont tuch the controls you watch a trailer of the game wich looks ten times better than when you play it. In the trailer they showed much more camera angles and I noticed that the characters looked slight different and they acctualy looked better than they did when you play it.
I wish they have added some camera angles like they do in the Resident Evil series But oh well.
Still its a decent game with lota gore and action. And
if youre a true movie fan of the Thing than the ending will suprise you once you beat it.

Still I think they should have used camera angles for the game.
So atleast give the game a try.
Im also having High Hopes for THE SUFFERING. I hope its just as good and beter than this game.

simply put wow....

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: May 10, 2004
Author: Amazon User

THIS IS A GREAT GAME. this game has alot going for it. only thing is the ending doesnt really make alot of sense i wont go into it though cause i might ruin someones day but everything else is superp. the trust factor and the difficulty is perfect. its cool how if you neglect your allies theyll go crazy and might shoot you and then themselves as well. the graphics are good to. the funny thing is that after you beat the game you want to watch the movie which explains somewhat about the ending and other things like that so its pretty cool. has any one heard of a sequel?

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