Overall: A SCARY, hard, and fun experience that will suck you right into the story and will never lets you take your eyes from th screen until you beat it. Gameplay: SCARY, but very hard. The controls, in my opinion, are not hard to master. And the gory, compelling story is excellent. Graphics: Not quite up to par with Xbox, but I bet that PS2 owners would be pleased with it's appeal. The strong part about it is the weather effects. The snow looks excellent. Sound: AWESOME!! The sounds of the wind blowing and your other squad mates throwing up everywhere is cool and scary at times. Suggestions: Make some kind of sequel and other weapons.
Overall: The closest thing to playing the movie, this game creeps me out big time. Story has some twists and turns and the moral/confidence aspect when dealing with other troops is a great and fitting touch. Gameplay: The controls take a lot of time to get used to. Switching between weapons and items is somewhat time consuming and a death sentence in tense close combat. The trust system is very unique and keeps the replay strong, but can also lead to alot of frustrations and dead ends. Graphics: The game, while having nice grisly details, i.e. vomit, blood, charred corpses, weather, does have clipping and lacks some power that could have been utilized from the Xbox. Sound: Creepy John Carpenteresqe music and creature sounds that you hear just on the edge of your hearing keep you on edge. Good use of environment sounds, but not alot of variation due to setting.
Overall: This is a good game, but not a great game. I am a huge fan of the movie, and I feal somewhat disappointed with this game. There are some MAJOR flaws here-for instance, about ten seconds after testing my medic, he started thinging out. What the heck? If they were going to make these scripted events, then why the hell do they even have tests??? Another big flaw was the saving system-this is way to Resident Evil-how about some !&%$@#* in-game saves whereever I want? I always get to a save point at a hard part of the game with little or no health/ammo/backup/supplies and I have to either save and die 100 times or go all the way back to my last save and redo everything. Crap. Gameplay: Well, the controls were kinda freaky at first, took some time to be able to balance the joystick movcement, but all in all, very confusing. More guns next time, and how about better explanations for my objectives? WHY am I searching the warehouse? WHY do I have to plant C4 on the infirmary? WHY WHY WHY? Graphics: The graphics are ok I guess...not at par with Splinter Cell, thats for !&%$@#* sure...gun models are blocky, damn enemies come in four varieties-head things, medium-size things, walker-things, and boss-things...wheres some aliens, huh? This thing has been to multiple planets before earth and could transfrom to any of them at any time...so why does it always hunt me as a big flesh-booger? Sound: I love to hear my teammates cuss and talk to each other(and vomit!!!). The characters mouthes move like japanese anime. Crap. Suggestions: dont make any more games please...at least TRY harder if you do. And more variety.
Overall: I Liked This Game Alot And I am Still Playing It But Iam Stuck I need To Go Buy The Buck So I can Beat it But Its Kool As Hell And is really a 5 Gameplay: It kool I like the control over the other teammates of mine and i like the fact that you can interact with things. Graphics: Graphics are kool and i love the gore and the other things in the games make it great i really was impressed with this game. Sound: I was just great man i love this games so much. Suggestions: Dude make me another games please because this was the best yet.
Overall: Bad game, horrible story, very very boring. Somewhat hard, and very frustrating. This game had a lot of potential and thats what angered me. Gameplay: Very slow game. The story isn't very good either. The actual playing isn't a lot of fun. You are better off playing something like Panzer Dragoon or Halo. Graphics: Graphics are the only thing done right in this game. I noticed some slowdown. The enviroments were overly dark also. Sound: Horrible music. If the music was good I might've given this a higher score. I don't know how you can mess up this category but they somehow did it. Suggestions: Work harder next time.
Overall: I'm a fan of the movie, and this game is a continuation of the movie, so it was fun and interesting to play it and see what happens. Everyone should watch the movie "The Thing" It's sweet. There is also an interesting element in the game, where you can test your teamates to see if they're infected. Gameplay: The controls are easy, but could have been fine tuned some more, to be more resonsive and accurate. The levels are pretty easy to figure out, and flow toghether nicely. Graphics: The graphics create an erie atmoshphere, but are always crisp and clear. The monsters may look kinda crappy, or stupid but thats how they're supposed to look, as the movie was made in the 80's or so, and the game is continuing the story Sound: Crisp footsteps are made when you walk, and the monsters make scary noises, and guns sound how they should as well. Suggestions: Make a prequal to the thing, but spend more time making the gameplay a bit better.
Overall: Its a fun combat/horror game. Its not as creepy as horror genre buffs might wish for... but its really quite fun. At first I thought it would be a lame spin on the movie...but it is its own story. Just an all around fun game. Not absolute top of the line. But. Just a great game. Gameplay: Good use of camera. Controls are easy and intuitive. Level designs are nice...it doesnt get repetive. Controlling the squad was intimidating to me at first (I dont really like Rainbow 6 type games) but it was a lot easier than I thought it would be. Graphics: Graphics are good. not top of the line, but definitely get the job done. There are a few points where it really shines: great movement of character ...and great facial detail. Sound: Good voice acting. Decent mumsic and sound all around. Not as creepy as say Silent Hill 2...but....its mixing the whole team combat thing with the horror thing....so you cant expect it to be totally scary. Suggestions: If I had to make one suggestion it would be to have a larger variety of aliens in it. The same few get old kinda quick.
Overall: I love the movie and I love this game. The developers did an awesome job of making the atmosphere just right. I get sucked in everytime and have physically jumped in my seat a few times. The music sets the eerie mood along with sounds of awful moans from some creature waiting to make a meal out of you in the distance. This is must have for any horror genre fan especially if your a fan of the movie. Gameplay: The game plays very well and the first few missions are basically for training and ease you into the game before throwing you into some hairy situations.
The team members have some really good AI and I haven't had any of them get hung up on corners or doors. They act like a people and get scared when they see a grim scene (there are a lot of them in game with lots and lots of blood) which will somtimes cause them to puke. The games get you aquainted enough with the AI characters that I've actually felt bad when some of my team members turned into creatures.
What I don't like is at some points your teammates who passed a blood test previously will turn into monsters for no apparent reason other than to remove them from the storyline.
The only other major gripe is it can be hard to impossible to see things that are right at your feet like fires and little monsters. This can be very frustrating at times but doesn't ruin the overall experience.
Graphics: Great graphics, good character animation with the lips syncing up well with the voice acting most of the time. The enviroments looks good and the creatures are what you would expect. The animation of the creatures is a little jerky but good for the most part. The framerate is solid even with a large number of little creatures trying to take a piece out of you and your comrades. Sound: The sound is fanatastic. The AI characters voices, the creepy screeches and roars of the aliens, the foot steps of something walking up behind you all adds up to engulfing atmosphere.
Overall: Man, I LOVE THIS GAME! Rent the movie first and then play the game, it's awesome. The save points are sometimes far apart and cause for some multi do over moments, but that keeps the game from being too easy. I COMPLETELY LOVE the people you can fight side by side with, they are the most realistic "Buddies" I've ever had in a videogame. Great levels, great monsters, so much of this game is so cool. Gameplay: Nothing like flaming a few things! The multi weapons are great, the controls are fun. Awsome levels, story, things to do and everything. The ; are cool, the limit you can spend in the snow is cool, instead of slow scare like Resident Evil, the creatures are fast. Very nice change. Graphics: The graphics are sweet. Fire looks awesome, snow looks awesome, levels look awsome, lots of blood and gore. Very nice. Sound: Perfect soundtrack fits the game. Every one of your "Buddies" has different things to say, that neat. Explosions are awsome and so is gun fire and hearing the distant sound of a creature in the other room. Suggestions: Pleeease do another. I want more THING!
Overall: Usually I am very wary of games based on movies, but The Thing is slightly better than most. It has an original story from the movie (but, does incorporate the movie into the story here and there), and original characters. The game has original elements that you don't see in many games and the graphics are adequate. However, it is not without it's flaws. Mainly, some frustrating levels. Gameplay: The original story is nice, and the trust/fear element is a nice inclusion. I liked the varied characters and baddies. I really did not like having to battle "bosses". It just didn't feel like a game that should have boss levels. It should have been more linear like Halo or Max Payne, where you battle your way to the end without coming up against a "boss". Also some of the boss AI was a joke. There is one where you can stand right under it and it won't hit you. Also some of the game gets way too hard. I consider myself to be a good gamer, but had a few spots where I had to play it over and over again to the point I got really upset with the game. Lastly, I could have done without a few of the "puzzle" solving moments. Graphics: The graphics are good, and the environments do a good job at giving you a creepy or uneasy feel to it. Sound: The voice acting is also good. The creepy noises and the occassional music is all very good. Suggestions: If it weren't for the couple times that the game got unbearably hard, I would have really liked this one.
Overall: For everyone who's pissed, including me, that Resident Evil is on the
F*@!ing gamecube, The Thing is the game to buy. This game is very Resident Evil oriented and is the perrfect blent of horror and strategy. Gameplay: I love everything bout this game. The controls are really amazing and lets you change the configuraions to make it more comfortable for the gamer. The camera is very good and the storyline is very well thought of. Plus the fact that you have to gain peoples trust and you can test the for the virus is amazing. I also love the game's short little cinemas and the objectives are wicked!!!! This is really Game of the Year material. Graphics: The graphics of theis game are very well designed. All ther characters have their unique faces and body types and the enimes also look very good. The only bad side is there are some gliches in the game that really !&%$@#* you of and make you dislike the game; but if you look past that, the graphics are very gorgeous. Sound: The sound is very well done and I had zero problems with it. Way 2 go !!! You can tell that the developers went all out. Suggestions: Make a sequal and try to make a multiplayer mode and try to include xbox live in somehow. Otherwise, this game is brilliant!!
Overall: Beautiful concept, but a disappointment to the horror genre. The ideas were there but they couldn't put them together right. This game is pretty fun if you're bored and don't mind slightly bad controls. Lots of strategy required in this game. Gameplay: This game was like Survivor in Antarctica. You and your team are stuck in Antarctica. You're looking for what happened to the previous crew. Appearantly... there's this "thing" that ate them all up and can mutate into humans. So all your teammates are paranoid. You have to keep their trust by giving them a weapon... The spin in this game is taht you don't know if you're partner is a "thing" or not. keeps you on your toes sorta. I didn't like the controls... and it wasn't too scary of a game. More of just an action/adventure. Graphics: Not the best graphics... and definitely not the type of graphics a horror game should have. Whenever I think horror game, I think of a very well drawn out game. Ie. Resident evil, DOOM III, and silent hill. The blood should feels ticky and the corpses should seem realistic. They did to a certain extent... but naa...nice bathroom tiles :) Sound: yeah... anyway... i guess the music went well with the game and so did the voices. The music chaned according to the mood of the game. Could have worked a bit on the speech though. Suggestions: fix controls... fix the whole giving/receivnig weapons thing, change the graphics, and have better movies.
Overall: I didn't like this title when I first played it, and I couldn't even beat it, but after I went and bought the strategy guide it wasn't as hard as before. You will almost drop the game because of the difficulty in the 6+7th levels. But after you get the hang of the combat system it isn't as bad. Gameplay: The gameplay in this game is very difficult, but after you get the feel for the sub machine gun, and lighting your enemies up in a fiery inferno, this game will become quite fun. Graphics: The graphics, in this game are very good, especially the flames. You will run across plenty gruesome scenes and they serve the xbox justice in there leaking veins, or severed head. The only problem that I have with the graphics are the voices when one of the characters cuss. Sound: The sound is great, you will get down right scared when you hear massive thumps on the floor around the next corner, or the squeel of the little heads with feet. But probably the best sound is the horrifying roar of the massive things. Suggestions: Make the game less difficult, and in the first few levels, give us more health packs, but other than that keep putting out great titles like the thing.
Overall: I have got to say that I got stuck a few times to work out what I had to do next. However once that was over I loved this game. It was great when there were heaps of "thing"s coming from everywhere and it was me and my teammates fighting hard to survive. Fantastic. I would recommend it. At least to rent! Gameplay: As I have said, getting stuck annoyed me and almost made me give up a few times. Whether that is because I am not as seasoned a gameplayer as others I don't know. However I found the controls easy to pick up and the trust thing was a doddle. Which is a pity because it amounted to giving someone a gun to get them to trust you. Thats ok but I was hoping for something more engaging. Also the whole game felt more like an interactive story than something that you have control over. An example would be the blood test situation. While these should tell you whether a team mate is the thing or not, they are totally useless. Even if you know that the player is going to transform into the thing they don't show it even when tested seconds before! Apart from that I found it very immersing and satisfying. Graphics: I thought the graphics were pretty amazing. Not as good as they might have been if it were not a multi console release, yet still very nice and high quality. I do think that it had a little more quality and clarity than it's PS2 counterpart. The running in the snow was sweet and the general attention to detail was good. Sound: Minimal but used to good effect. What you want to add atmosphere and create the immersive effect that draws you in and keeps you absorbed. Suggestions: Improve trust-fear set up. Make the blood tests work!!
Overall: In the thing, you assume the role of Blake, an infantry soldier that need to investigate with his teammate in a mysterious disappearance of scientist in the white desert of Antarctica. But thing did not happen has they would, because some kind of strange alien has come to the rendez-vous and they are here to kill you. Before i rent this game, i heard a lot of good comment about it and it sound like this : the thing was freaking awesome, one of the best game on x-box, better than Resident Evil itself. Personnally, i though that all this comment was false and i know what i am saying because i played so many game on this console that in my mind, i am able to recognize which game is good or bad. Also, before i begin my review i must say that this game is a sequel of the excellent movie which got the same name. Gameplay: Usually, when you are in charge of a team, there is always something that goes wrong. In Halo, they were charging the covenant without any fear and the result was always catastrophic or your own team were shooting at you. But this time, they have done a great work with the team system. In fact, your team can't shot at you when you are in front of them, they must spread out around if they want to shot. Also the trust/fear system is something new that i particularly like, because sometimes the NPC didn't want to follow you, so it's give the feeling that you must convince them to gain help and if you want to arrive at your main goal you can give them a gun or heal them, after that they will trust you. But if they saw too many murder or violence they will be scared and they will never trust in you again. An another good idea was the kind of soldier that you can have : a healer, an enginer and a mercenary. There also a bad side of the medal in this game, like when i was stuck in a level because i was unable to find a sniper and i was obligated to have a sniper because my objective was to snipe some c4 at a sniper spot before they secured the hangar and you can't do it if you walk through each hangar. Also, sometimes you need an enginer but the last one you got has died in the previous level. Some kind of advertissement could have been great for the player because when you are near the end and you didn't save on multiple spot you are in big trouble. It should have been like your mission is failed because your engineer is dead or you can't pass the level if you didn't find the sniper. Finally, this game was a pale copy of half life because the story, the monster and the army that came through the story near the end is the same has half life. I know that the movie was there before half life but this game is a sequel of the movie so for me it's a pure copy. I forgot to say that the lasting appeal is quite short, ten hour on normal and it's done and there no real skill system ( if you put it on easy you got a better view with your flashlight, that all ). I will finish this part of my review with this sentence : If you saw the trailer, you saw all the best moment of the game. Graphics: This is pretty hard to say that this game got the best graphic ever seen. First of all, it's look like Silent Hill because with the fog, they reduce the graphic at his minimum and it was the same in The Thing but they replace the fog with the snow storm. Also in most of the game you are in a dark place, so you can see the texture. The model of the alien were quite bad, i mean they are scary but they look so weird for alien. The video was the only exception, they were good has i would. Sound: The sound in most of the game that i played was perfect because usually their nothing really special to take care but i find a big mistake in this one. The producer of the game has done their copy with the possibility of playing in a different language but when i first begin to play i was able to read the instruction in french but there was no voices. Probably that for you it's nothing but for me it's unforgiven. Suggestions: I didn't want a sequel because there is too many thing that need work !
Overall: The overall appeal of the game varies. I was somewhat disappointed with the game overall, but what it lacked in some areas, it made up for in others. My basic suggestion? Rent it. There is no replay value once the game is beaten. So unless you got alot of extra $$$ to blow, just rent it for the weekend. It won't take a second rental to beat it. Gameplay: The gameplay was different. I recognize the interactivity of Half-Life in the game, however they could have done more with it. Like previous reviewers, it would have been better to have the characters interact with each other more instead of complaining how stupid this mission is, etc.
One thing that I really hated is the save feature. You can only save at certain points in the game and there a some levels that there is no save point.
Something else that really got me is the first 8 levels are really fairly easy. But then the last 2 levels get insanely hard. It's like they tried to make up for the entire difficulty of the game in 2 levels. Not cool.
The 3 bosses (excluding the final guy/thing) are way too easy, imo. There are sweet spots for these bosses where you don't even get hit one time.
The length of the game was lacking alot. I personally do not care for the idea of paying $50 U.S. or $80 CAD for a game that is done within a matter of hours (like Bruce Lee). That is why I am glad that I read the reviews and rented the game first. Saved myself alot of hard earned cash. Graphics: The graphics on this game were very well done, I must admit. Now, obviously, it could have been better if it was designed for Xbox first, then ported out to PS2. But alas, that's not the way that ports are done :(
Sound: Sound was good in this game as well. The music helped to create a good atmosphere to play in. Even if it does get old hearing the guys complain about the mission :) Suggestions: It's an Xbox for crying out loud. Use the hard drive. Make saves available whenever you need them, instead of whenever you choose to place them.
More interaction between characters and allow the characters to stay with you longer.
Make the game longer. Short games vs $$$ = just renting it instead of purchasing it, which in turn ='s less $$$ for you.
Overall: This game is really amazing. Everything comes together well and if a sequal or two can keep it there this maybe a competition for the Resident Evil series. Gameplay: This game adds quite a bit to the survival horror gener. The trust and fear elements factor into the game good. The atmosphere is spooky and the level are well designed. I only wish there was some reason to replay this game after it was all over but the replay value is very low. Graphics: This game looks great just like most xbox games do. The things look especially good. The fire effects could have used some work to make them look more natural. Sound: Sound plays a big part in all survival horror games. It set the atmosphere for the whole experience. Some of the guns could have used a little more kicked but most were fine. Suggestions: Make the sequal longer and have your team mates interact more with each other.
Overall: This is an excellent game, to say the least. By now you should know that it is based just after the 1982 movie of the same name. You play Blake, commander of a team sent to find out what happened at Outpost #31. Unfortunately, things go wrong. The trust and fear aspect is a refreshing change, and fairly well implemented. The thing looks horrible and grotesque, and that's what makes the game so enjoyable. This is obviously a survival/horror game, and once you get into the game it shows. Gameplay: The trust and fear aspect comes into it's own in The Thing. If an NPC gets too scared- wether it be from seeing the thing, or seeing a corpse- They'll eitehr blow their brains out, or blow your brains out. The same goes for the trust aspect- If an NPC doesn't trust you they won't follow orders, or they will tell you to do something to gain their trust. If the NPC's trust goes to low, he'll think you're a thing, and proceed to kill you. With that in mind, if you think one of your 'team mates' is acting suspicious, and you decide to wipe him off the map, you'll either gain trust from other NPC's for exposing the Thing, or lose trust for killing an innocent human. It is possible to 'persuade' NPC's to do something even if they don't trust you, by pointing a gun to their head.
The controls are okay, but they can become fiddly. There is an auto-aim feature which makes the Thing just a bit to easy, but that loss is suplemented by a gain in difficulty, because to the thing's bigger than a scuttler, you'll need a flame thrower.
The Thing beats Resident Evil in nearly every aspect of the game. Graphics: Despite The Thing being a ported game, the visuals are fantastic. They aren't on the level of Halo, but they do the job. The Thing looks horrible, and you'll jump out of your seat when you're playing at 1am, with surround sound, and a walker burst out behind you. Your NPC's all look lovely, as they look around, scratch, get bored. The lighting in The Thing is done to a great effect. Lights flicker on and off, and flares light up the room. You'll need extra pants for The Thing, as I found out when two of my NPC's deformed into The Thing after I performed a blood test on them. Sound: There is no back ground music to be heard in this game, but the sound effects are implemented to a suitably scary fashion. Your NPC's talk, and the creepy sounds coming from The Thing will make you jump. You really need to play this game to get a good feeling of the scary sounds in this game. Suggestions: If you're going to make a sequel than make it Xbox Exclusive, just so Xbox owners can laugh in the face of GC and PS2 fanboys!
Overall: It was a very interesting game while i had it. It is one of those puzzle resident evil type games wehre you have to find certain items to get farther in the game which really irratates me. It has suspense and all the other good stuff. Gameplay: The controls are pretty good but i dont like the aiming aspect. i think it is hard to aim and stuff. Graphics: The graphics were alright. I have seen better before but they deffinetly were not the worsed. The detials in some parts of the game were really nice though. :) Sound: I really woulnt know what the sounds was so ill just give it a 5. I never put on the sounds :( i just listened to music while i had it Suggestions: A little less confusing. More action.
Overall: The Thing is based on the sci-fi horror movie of the early 80's and does a great job of capturing the spirit of the story. The thing is a hideous creature who takes over a living host and imitates it exactly. The movie had several memorable moments, and surprisingly so does the game. The game takes place right after the events of the movie, and captures that dreadful, whats around the corner feeling with excellent game events, foreboding sounds, and grotesque creatures and enviroments. The movie was scary cause you didnt know who to trust, and the game tries to incorporate that aspect also, although its a little straight forward and becomes a minor point of gameplay. The developers did a better job with the fear element, although it was still straight forward and simplistic, I witnessed my teamates going nuts just like the movie, shooting at anything and everything, coccooning into a small shell, and even killing themselves. I really enjoyed this game, it has a few knocks against it that bring it down, but overall it was an entertaining expierence. Gameplay: The controls had 4 variations, I played with the trigger buttons being the strafe buttons. The controls were easy enough, but i wish i had a better free look option. It also has automatic aiming, coupled with the lack of a true free look makes the game easy for veteran shooters. My biggest gripe is the lack of jumping, so it reminds me of an old style 1st person shooter without the mouse. The enemies are great(especially the bosses), they successfully capture the horror from the movie monsters. Grotesque bloody creatures, the sounds the creatures make made me tense and uneasy. I really liked the aspect of fire in the game, some enemies require you to finish them off with fire. You could also use fire strategically to wall them away from u. The only enemies that were disappointing were the marines, they were slow in the brain and trigger. The levels had many memorable moments, i loved the seige, the bosses, and cinematic in game events( seeing your buddy get blown away by the tunnel bomb was a nice touch). Your team ai is generally good, they follow you well(dont get stuck or fall hopelessly behind), help you in battles, and communicate there needs to u. Still, they dont really feel like teamates, and this part of the game could be improved. Your men often times were more like tools u needed to get to the next level then somebody i really cared or took notice in. One last thing that irked me was the physics, maybe it was a good thing there was no jump, cause there seemed to be a lack of any real physic model here. When i fell off the side of a building it felt like a huge gust of wind was pushing me forward. The grenades bounce seemed unrealistic too, a minor gripe, but its related to the overall control that i wish would be more like halo. Graphics: The monsters were great visually, especially the bosses. It reminded me of the movie, which i am a big fan of. The rest of the visuals were adequate, they successfully created a horrific, dark, bloody enviroment just like the movie. Sound: The sounds were great and added to the atmosphere. They took the sounds right from the movie i think, smart idea in the end. Suggestions: Fix the controls, make it 1st person with jumping, real physics AND keep the same theme, with teamates with fear and trust attributes. Have teamates that stay with u longer, and have character traits, personal knowledge and/or skills that make the player care about them more. In this game one engineer is just like all the others. Have them chattering about the events that have just unfolded or are generally happening. You could make the game a bit longer too, especially since once you reach the end there little reason to play it again. It would also allow you to develope game events that were character driven as well as action driven. Overall though, this was the best movie adaptation game ive ever played, BY FAR. Great effort and i hope to see a sequel!
Overall: The Thing is one of my favorite Sci-Fi (action/horror/thriller) movies and getting to play a game based on the movie is pretty cool. Especially considering how many years have passed. Sadly the game is not so deep and with little story and lots of repetition, it fails to immerse the player as much as I hoped for. Gameplay: There are some very cool elements here. It is great how they incorporated the issue of trust with NPCs, but it's not handled perfectly. There are a good variety of weapons, although you will use your flame thrower the most. Maybe there wasn't a lot you can do in a setting in Antarctica, but overall the story was bland, fighting repetitious and the environments got boring. It's also a pretty short & easy game, except the handful of bosses. It will frustrate the heck out of you trying to figure out how to beat them. Graphics: Nothing to write home about, definitely not pushing the Xbox at all. Sound: Nothing special. Suggestions: This was a great effort and well appreciated.
Overall: Well you see this game makes me horny. I enjoy the blood spraying from the bodies as they explode. I beat to this game more than beatiality pr0n. and i like my beastiality. Gameplay: this game sucks. its penis is smaller than mine, and that unpossible. w00t w00t w00t w00t w00t w00t w00t. Graphics: you know about the visuals do you? if thats so then why do i sometimes cut holes in young girls and have !&%$@#* with the bloody hole? Sound: this game very much sounds like me having !&%$@#* with your mother. very noisy and somewhat like a pig!! Suggestions: They should come over and taste my wang. I salted and cured it for them. Somewhat like beef jerky no doubt!
Overall: Has a creepy Resendent Evil appeal with more of a challenge to it. Definatly more to do than any other sci-fi/ horror game. Controls need some getting used to but after a few kills, it gets better! Gameplay: At first this game seems discouraging because you need to become adjusted to the controls but once you start moving around, and piecing the puzzle together time is the last thing on your mind. A winner. Graphics: No complaints here, sorry. The graphics are very clear and crisp. Unlike some games that confuse you when you get caught in corners, this game does not place you in that perdicament. Sound: The sound is excellent on this one. I was definately on the edge of my seat with the creepy sounds of this game.
Overall: What this game tries to do it does well. Engrossing story and the trust/fear factors add a nice dynamic to the game. Overall a fun game. Gameplay: It plays more like a ps2 game, has more of a ps2 feel to it than an xbox only game would have, but the gameplay is interesting and enjoyable. I'd be playing this one more if it wasn't for Enclave and Rallisport Challenge. Graphics: Nice looking graphics, not bad to look at, but not up to the level they could be at if it was xbox only.. but still nice. Sound: The sounds are well done.. the sound of your footsteps crunching in the snow combined with the graphics and gameplay elements make you feel like you're really out in the middle of the antarctic. Nicely put together atmosphere.
Overall: I loved this game, overall, it is probably the best game i have played in a long while. Just about everything worked for me. Ranging from the unique Trust/Fear aspect, to the halt what goes there attitude. Sooner or later, you will tire of the game, but that happens to all (most) games. And this would make a solid addition to almost any xbox library. If you are not going to buy it, at least do yourself SOME justice and rent it. RIGHT NOW!!!! PS; Watch the movie too. Its a very good horror flick (especially considering the time period) Gameplay: A lot of fun. a little short, so i docked it by point five. But like i said, almost everything in this game worked (for me)especially the unique trust factor. It made it realistic, or at least MORE realistic (it is sci-fi) The control layout is great too. And, there is always more than one way to go about solving a problem/puzzle. Which i feel is great! Graphics: Now the only reason it got -.5 here is because the constant blizzards. There is no escape unless your inside. The entire reason for the blizzards is to make it harder to see i know thats why they did it, but it is just relentless. I wish it was more like real weather, entirely random. Ranging from nothing, to extremely cold and raging blizzards. But its a constant thing. Like gravity. Sound: The sound/music only places great emphisis on the games surroundings or basic all around genre. the effects are ok. But the only thing i DIDNT like was when you kill a "Thing," its dying sounds as if there are more in the area. Like one last death whelp, that sounds like maybe its pissed off brother. Otherwise, it's good Suggestions: Make a sequel...Please? Otherwise, the only thing i want to fix is maybe the surroundings (contrasting surroundings) One "The Thing" game in antarctica and one in maybe California in daytime Like "The thing has made its way to california and has wiped away the now quarentined state, you and your large elite team must make a few sweeps cleaning the state of the parasitic infection." but thats just my opinion.
Overall: First off, I'd just like to say that The Scientist is a !&%$@#* in moron, do not listen to him. This game is worth all of the great reviews. The game is not a shoot-em-up type of game. It's third person, and even thought you do get to kill some aliens, A LOT OF ALIENS, the game is a
Resident Evil type game. Although the challenges are not the most difficult things in the world, if you put the difficulty on hard, then they will be harder, this is because of the lack of ammo, and more Things. Overall, a good buy, well worth it. Gameplay: The gameplay can take a little getting used to. Left joystick moves, right joystick strafes. Right trigger shoots. You move in third person, but u can look around and shoot in first as well. With the directional pad you can pick your items and weapons, right trigger fires, left trigger uses item. Sometimes its frustrating because I use my last medkit on my teammate rather than myself. Graphics: Graphics are good. Not Halo good, but good. Flames look good, really gory game. If you're into massive blood and gore, this is your game. Flamethrower really looks nice when u torch some thing. Sound: Sound is good, music is good, music goes along well in the game, hard to notice, but when you do, it really makes it that much better. Saliva is the band, theyre good.
Overall: Look - I generally agree with the rankings on this page. Im a very hardcore gamer. Thats why I felt compelled to write this review. I cant understand WHY DOES THIS GAME HAVE SUCH A HIGH RATING!? ITS HORRIBLE!!! Gameplay: Ok Here are the only positive things I can say. The game DOES provide some moody atmosphere. That is, until you have to solve one one-dimensional puzzle after another. Then it gets boring and WAY tedious. If you are looking for action, forget it, the controls and weapons functions do not provide for any 'athleticism' in the game. So...in summary...just as the game starts to get a little scary/moody, it also gets WAY frustrating and boring. If you really MUST play this game, I would use a walkthru, or else you will find yourself having to complete tasks over and over again because of bad save points. Graphics: This game looks just ok...think a decent total mod for half-life...which is a 5 year old engine and not what I expect from XBOX.
Sound: Sound is good. 5.1...best part of the game. But sound alone just doesnt cut it. The sound may a bit intriguing, but it wont save you from the tedious frustration. Suggestions: Children! Dont listen to these high reviews...I dont understand how this game can be in second place. And trust me...its not just me...this game is not at all spectacular. Go buy UC, Ghost Recon, NFL 2K3...ANYTHING ELSE.FOR GODS SAKES, RENT THIS GAME FIRST! If you do, I guarantee you wont buy it. GUARANTEE. And if in case you were wondering...I give the MOVIE a 9 out of 10 - one of the best scary/horror movies of all-time.
Overall: Great game...Not the greatest title on the box but it doesn't really matter. Graphics look outstanding not resident evil but close..Game captures the movie to extreme measures...A must buy if your a fan or not. Gameplay: The game consists of some hick up's that are at times annoying but you can look past it. Control is better than PS2 and looks as good as the PC version so you got the best of both worlds. Graphics: Visually it is great, it aspects capture the emotion that you are going through and it really seems that you are there. Not the best but not bad at all. Sound: Sound appeal is the greatest part of the game. Ive never heard Dolby Digital sound so good in a game before..If you dont got the stuff go spend 600.00 at best buy and get it. Suggestions: Just use all that power and stuff under the hood and make the next one, one to remember..A+ game none the less.
Overall: Overall, the game is well done. The transition from movie to game was surprisingly well done. I expected a horror/action game, and I got it in THE THING! This is a definite game to play for those of you who are fans of good action/horror games, or for fans of the movie. I say, at least rent it...you'll end up getting addicted to its play. Gameplay: Overall, the gameplay is rather solid. Controls are easy to learn. I like the use of R trigger (fire) and L trigger (item) along with the D-pad for item/weapon select. The auto aim is a must for this game, as enemys have a way of popping up from any/everywhere and skirt about faster thank you can say "Holy Donkey F'er!" Trust/fear idea was well done, albeit sometimes a little frustrating (until you learn to leave the guys out of rooms that make them panic/lose it).
that said, sometimes the mission objectives are a tad obscure. making it frustrating to overlook something simple before you move onto the next 'level'. Graphics: Visually, this is the only real area taht I think could really use work. At times, the graphics look nice (i.e. faces, weather). Overall grpahics remind me of some suped up Playstation. The nice sprucing of gore (read: severed head in the comode) was a nice touch, but in all honesty, I could have used more! Sound: Not Halo Calibre by any means, but very well done. I like the fact that they characters actually SWEAR. I mean come on! In that situation, I wouldn't be saying "funk this!" I'd be pooping my pants, screaming for my mommy, and blowing my brains out with a shotgun.
The voice acting is well done, sometimes a little overdone, but all in line with the movie. Suggestions: I would have really enjoyed this game as a First person horror/action game. I understand this presents problems tracking enemies, etc. Still, it would have made it even creepier. Improve the graphics a little and tighten up the gameplay in certain spots and you have a total gem. Well done.
Overall: How in the world is this game getting such good reviews?! Maybe I was expecting too much, coming from a PC gaming background, but this game is so painfully linear in the plot that it hurt to play. It was frustrating as all get out. But, the plot/storyline was pretty decent, so I can't rag on it too much. It's the gameplay that stunk. This game does not deserve to be the second highest rated game on XBox, that's for sure. A one week rental, at best. Gameplay: This is by far the worst part of the game. Have you ever played Deus Ex for PC? At any one point there were about a dozen or more different paths you could take in the game, with a TON of NPCs to keep you occupied. In The Thing, throughout the first few levels, I found that there were only one or two possible things you could do before being able to move on to the next twist in the story. I felt trapped in the gameworld, because once you get stuck, you are really stuck! Maybe I suck at the game, but surely I'm not the only one?
The controls on the otherhand, are really good. The layout for the screens are simple to understand and operate, and I was very pleased to be able to control a game like this with a console controller so easily. Graphics: The graphics were quite nice, the cut scenes were not bad, although there was a little framerate stuttering and clipping. And the snow, oh my, the snow. Those uot; seem to be the perfect excuse for short draw distances, all too convenient. Sound: Sound was quite good. First console game I've played(outside of PC games) with any sort of cursing. Not that I care, just thought it was kind of funny to hear, for once. Nice atmosphere with the various environmental sounds. Suggestions: I don't know if it would've been possible to fit, but it would've been nice to have at least a half dozen directions to take, at any time in the game/plot.
Is it me, or is this a " attempt to copy an X-Files episode?
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