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Where the movie left off... the true terror begins

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 13 / 13
Date: May 27, 2002
Author: Amazon User

I played The Thing at E3 (Electronic Entertainment Expo) and it totally rocks! The gameplay is intense and the story is terrifying. It is a sequel to one of the best action horror films ever created - John Carpenter's 1982 film by the same name. In the game, you must gain/keep the trust of your squad to get through the missions. This has never been done before in any game that I know of and it makes it really interesting. If you're easily offended by violence or bad language than this is NOT the game for you. They didn't hold back a bit. Very realistic. Really fun to play. Highly recommended.

This game is going to be great

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 6 / 9
Date: May 29, 2002
Author: Amazon User

I went to E3 last week and a demo of this game was set up and I got to play it...let me tell you, this game is amazing. It's like the next generation of video game because not only is the game play great and the graphics are amazing, but there is this whole other aspect of the game called trust/fear that you have with people on your team and it adds a whole other, more realistic dimention to the game. I didn't get to play it for a really long time but they also played a trailer for it that looked exactly like a trailer for a movie but it was all actual game play. As this game gets closer to releasing, people are going to start realizing just how progressive this game is.

An exciting new game with a twist on gameplay.

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 13 / 16
Date: June 17, 2002
Author: Amazon User

I've had the E3 build of this game for two weeks now to do a review for my website about The Thing.

The game has many great features. The game can be viewed in a 3rd or 1st person viewpoint depending on what you are dealing with during the game. Typically, you move around in either a Tomb Raider style view, but this is often accented by a Resident Evil viewpoint as well. During a battle you'll want to switch to 1st person, though, and at no fault of the game itself, as with all console based shooters the controls are lacking compared to a mouse/keyboard.

The atmosphere or environment are well done as well. Interiors are dark with plenty of nooks and crannies. Exteriors are just as well done but believe me, you won't want to wander from the buildings or guidelines... it's quick to get lost in the flurries and that fact may be just as nerve-racking as having to deal with the Thing beasts wandering around.

Speaking of the enemies, while they may not have the "fluidity or variations" of those seen in the movie (according to the producer, technology on hand wasn't up to the task), they can be quite a handful to deal with. Watching one of your NPCs "burst out" can be quite gruesome and very well done.

And when your NPCs aren't turning inside out, they are well done and somewhat distinct... the don't suffer from the sameness of the "Barneys" in Half-Life. Also, they react to the situation. Not only to they talk to themselves, or other NPCs, to reassure themselves, they may also kid around or if a scene is really bad, throw up.

An interesting feature has been the trust/fear interface. As I've only played the first couple levels, I suspect I've not seen it when things get really bad. I've encountered a couple particularly shaken NPCs, but I've not had the chance to really put this through it's paces either.

So far, it's been really fun, though I've limited my play as I want to be able to enjoy the full game when it releases.

The Thing (review)

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 30 / 33
Date: July 16, 2002
Author: Amazon User

"The Thing" takes the video-gaming world into a new dimension. Consider one of the best games of the new century, as it contains aspects of the video games we all love and new aspects which will leave one speechless. It is an adventure game unlike any other, for its orginality, complexity, outstanding visuals, and fantastic gameplay.
The most intersting and innovative part about this game is the Trust Meter concept. The object of the game is for you and your squad to complete missions, which each memeber responsible for different tasks. As the game moves on you are drawn in by the emotions each memer feels. In this game the characters seem like real humans as they express themselves emotionally (as well as visually) as they begin to lose mental stability. These humans also become skeptical of you as well, this is where you must earn their trust so you can ultimately win the game and avoid being attacked by your own team. This is the most exciting, complex, challening, and original part of the game that sets it apart from its predecessors.
The graphics are amazing as well in combiantion with the gameplay. As you are stuck in the freezing Artic...searching for the surviving members of your team, you embark in an almost too realistic experience of the Artic. The creatures, your nemisis, put you on the edge of the seat as you can be amazed by seeing infected humans morph into the Thing. As you go along through heavy and empowering gun play, you also get to blow a lot of things up to. This always leaves on satisifed as the visual effects in this game make one feel proud of their accomplsihemnts after seeing creatues and structures get blown to bits.
This game has an effect on the player as well. One will be left biting their nail to kepp on playing, but at the same time leaves a player in such frightening suspense of what lies around the corner. The game plays so well with everything, using real human intuition and emotions, scary situations, and using the environment. A player must use everything around them to ultimately win, and this makes the game well worth it in my book!

Skin and Snowmen, The Playmates Cold Climates Create

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 11 / 11
Date: August 05, 2002
Author: Amazon User

Its been years in the coming, too many to count in fact, so after seeing the previewed version of The Thing and having a short taste of its very "M for mature" greatness, I couldn't help but write a review about this unique roller coaster ride brought to us by the good people at Universal Interactive and Computer Artworks. (Give them a hand!!).

The elements of my deliciously enticing experience:
First, I feel compelled to try and stress how great the mood that this game was able to produce actually is. The look and the feel itself was so richly enticing, with the angles and the interiors drifting into darkened realms that were very much akin to those that the movie helped bring to the surface. It had that eerie ability to conquer goosebumps from the "seemingly hardened" and to make you look over your shoulder the whole time, pondering on the proximity the aliens the whole time. This combined with a second portion, the more unique "trust/fear mechanism," adding to your interaction with the people you met and gave those interludes a little slice of that down-home Antarctic paranoia we all know and love. Through this useful feature, you actually have the ability to calm freaked out teammates by giving them a confidence boost (and weaponry in the process) or to test them if you feel they could be part of the alien menace masquerading as your friends. Next, there are the aliens themselves, shambling nightmares that are somewhat like the movie but with liberties taken, and the feel of dispensed flame-thrower justice was about the only way to deal with such monstrosities (although splatter painting walls with their innards by shotgun dispensed glory was a fun idea as well). Added to this is the fact that the much expected gore is really plentiful, plus the mouths of the characters are of the unwashed variety.

If you want a game that delivers something that will grant you a sweet plague to go with your otherwise monotonous dreams, then this is the game for you. Just make sure to have a testing kit handy in case your friends suddenly seem a bit more fiendish afterwards.

a horrific game from the creater of holloween & freddy

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 6
Date: August 23, 2002
Author: Amazon User

This game is awesome i have the game and i havn't beat it yet but the beginning is horrifying two marines get swallowed by a big alien thing and the new trust/scared mode is cool because when one of your marine partners think there all bad they see a dead body and freak out and you have to give him medicine to calm him down there is soo much to talk about this game but i give this sweeet game 5 stars for being scary, realistic, and being the sequal to "the thing" the movie.

from the creator of halloween,& freddy brings "The thing"

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 14
Date: August 24, 2002
Author: Amazon User

If you thought the movie was over..... think again the horror on "The thing" the movie is just the beginning. Now in 2002 they made the movie game which is "The thing 2" this game takes off just after the first movie. I don't want to spoil the game for yall but dont be thinking that the movie had hardcore mutated monsters in it.play the game and you'll see the daddy of all the monsters in the game or is it a game its more reality when you play.I give it 5 stars for being soo cool and being the sequal to the best alien movies ever made.

The Thing.... a great horror game.

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 14 / 16
Date: August 30, 2002
Author: Amazon User

First of, being a big horror movie fan, I must correct one of the reviews. Someone titled theirs "a horrific game from the creater of holloween & freddy." It's spelt "Halloween," and John Carpenter did not create Freddy, or have ANYTHING to do with him (Freddy from the Nightmare On Elm Street series).

Now, The Thing...a GREAT game. Everyone who likes shoot-em-up or alien games or anything like that will love this game. And fans of the movie will love the game even more. The weapons, the Things, the interaction will your squad...it's all just great. (for more details on the game, just read others reviews).MAJOR WORD OF ADVICE........... Personally, I don't think you should BUY this game. Don't get me wrong, the game is great...but very short too. I bought this game, not knowing that. I bought it, and 4 days later (playing a few hours each day) I beat it. This is a good game, but you may just wanna rent it rather than buy it. It will save you a lot of money this way.

Compelling game!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 6 / 6
Date: September 03, 2002
Author: Amazon User

This game draws you in... It has great cinematic sequences, and they aren't too long like other games so you can jump right into without having to know a lengthy pre-plot.

This game is violent! But it's not gore for the sake of gore. It's gore for the sake of realism.

It is incredible mix of a storyline game, suspense, first person shooter, strategy and more.

The fact that you have to be aware of your teammates at all times makes this a revolutionary game and adds to the realism.

I usually don't like movie adaption games, and I haven't seen this movie, so I was hesitant to play it. But even without knowing much about the story beforehand I think it has an excellent plot, graphics and music. This is a must-buy.

Awesome and Recomended!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 13
Date: September 04, 2002
Author: Amazon User

This game is awesome and recomended so do yourself a favor and buy it all-ready. If you don't I will be mad, because you will eventually be mad to.

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