The Thing: Remastered

Pretty cool game, I like how it has some unique mechanics, like having to manage your team-members sanity, and having engineers fix electrical panels. If you are a fan of The Thing you should like this game, there is a bit of "fan service" in the game, which I found actually pretty cool. It can get pretty intense at times. It is a bit janky by todays standards, but its still fun to play, and has some cool monsters. If you like The Thing give it a try. Tho I would try to find it on sale, cause I do feel its slightly expensive for what it is, only being a 5-6 hour game. But im down to support Night Dive they been killing it the past few years.

Needs more music. It has a few instances where the it kicks in for a minute and goes away. if it had that but looped or active like syphon filter or red dead 1 for example. but great game for a ps2 remaster

Возможно лучшая игра по фильмам. или одна из.

Oh man, this one is interesting. I have so much mixed feelings about this game, but I still consider it one of the best movie tie in games (not a huge bar to cross, I know) but still, underrated gem with BUNCH of flaws, and it's in my personal top 10 niche games ever! My first encounter with this game was back in 2002/2003, when it first originally came out. I remember like it was yesterday, I went to local CD shop, saw the interesting cover and went on to buy it. Fun personal fact: I actually never couldn't complete this game because when you kill the last boss and cutscene is supposed to play, my game would just crash (probably because it was pirated and there was missing cutscene file lol). So when this remaster was announced, I was feeling excited and nostalgic, and a little surprised to be honest. This game is considered abandonware, and I was thinking that me and like 15 random folks only remember it to this day, so it was nice that it came back from the dead, because it deserves it. I won't go on much about the remaster, because as always, Nightdive did a fantastic job with visuals and QOL additions. I'll talk about the game in general, the core issues that still remain. This might go all over the place, so lets start with the good stuff: - Visuals. Even for a 2002 game, it looks really good. - Game had some neat and ahead of the time ideas. The blood test, anyone can be infected, squad mechanics etc. - The build up is actually really good, you are not immediately thrown into action, not until the 2nd level. - Some horror elements and set pieces. - Gunplay is servicable. Sniper rifle is super fun to headshot enemies and blow their heads. - Barely any music which helps to build tension. Now for the mixed/bad stuff: - The story and in general being the sequel to THE BEST HORROR MOVIE is lame and falls flat in comparison. Generic "evil guy wants to rule the world" story. - Game is super omega short. You can see my play time (like 3 hours), which is laughable. Yes, I've mostly known where to go and what to do, but still, game is super linear, it shouldn't take you more than 5 hours to complete it, unless you are braindead. - Enemies, particulary the Half-Life ripoff headcrab enemies. Holy smokes, there are billions of them through the game and it gets super repetitive and boring fast. Bosses are crap too and some of them are hard for no reason. - Enemy AI is garbage, especially human soldiers. Sooo braindead it's hilarious sometimes. - Game has zero replay value, you have some big areas, but since it's 2000s game, it's super empty. Nightdive tried to add exploration aspect, but it's just random stash of weapons and ammo, which brings me to next point. - Ammo. Dear Lord, there is more ammunition and weapons in this game than the whole WW2 army combined. It's almost impossible to go out of ammo + you can carry huge amount of ammo (500 smg rounds, 100ish shotgun shells, 30ish grenade launcher bombs etc). I know developers were going for the action horror game + you have squad to take care of, but come on, you could make it a little less, that would make it more tense. The only part where I had to use my brain and vits was when you lose your equipment mid game, but that was only briefly, you stumble upon armory later on lmao - By far my bigest gripe, even though I briefly understand it was a matter of time and lack of resources and technology: infection of your squad. Original idea was that it was supposed to be totally random, at any point in the game your mates can get infected and transform into creatures. However, it ended up being entirely scripted at some specific points in the game. And it seems like the same problem is in the remaster. It would add sooooo much replay value and great moments if it was random. - The one problem with the remaster I have is price. No offense to Nightdive, they are doing fantastic job with the games they restore and remaster, but for this game, 28,99€ feels like a robery. Single player, super linear, 4 hour game with ZERO replay value (even achievements are a joke and you can easily do them in single run). I love this game, it has a special place in my heart, but this is too much money for so little value. At this moment, it's on sale for 15€ and that's the most I would pay for this. Everything over is not worth it in my opinion. That's pretty much it. So who do I recommend this game to? I would say to fans of the movies and folks that have that kind of autism for these types of niche, 2000s games. This game hits that spot perfectly. At the end of the day, maybe this is just my nostalgia hitting me hard and in reality, this game is mediocre and not worth it. I guess you'll have to decide.

This game is very buggy and did not stood the test of time. Mechanics that could be great but felt under explored (?) by the devs. This is pure nostalgia bait for the thing fans.

PUTA QUE PARIU, por onde posso começar?? Esse jogo é incrível!!!!!!!! Uma sequência incrível pro filme do John Carpenter. A mecânica de equipe, por mais que seja simples, funciona muito bem. Te deixa apreensivo várias vezes por você ficar cuidando dos NPCs pra não morrerem e te dificultarem a gameplay, O design das criaturas é incrível é horroroso e asqueroso!! Como deveria ser mesmo. Deem uma chance pra esse jogo, porque ele merece. Era pra ele ter uma continuação, que infelizmente foi cancelada. Com essa volta de jogos de terror baseados em filmes clássicos, tipo o Halloween e o Alien: Isolation 2, gostaria que tivesse algo da franquia Enigma de Outro Mundo. Enfim... joguem ele!

"Some things are better left as memories. I used to love this game, but when I came back to it, it just didn't feel the same anymore."

ta weno tal como lo recordaba de hace unos 12 años atras? o hasta mas!!

Shooting feels awkward and it honestly failed to hook me. The gameplay I experienced was monotonous and unengaging, and I found it easy to get lost despite a bombardment of tutorial dialog at the beginning. The story seems pretty simplistic, so I don't particularly care to see the rest. 10/10 movie though.

A taste of nostalgia. Didn't play the full game when it first came out. Played it now. It was a fun 10 hours but what is worth the money and commendation is the effort Nightdive put into remastering the game