Product Description

Based on the same elements that made the movie so enjoyable--fear, suspense, and the possibility that your teammate may have just been infected--The Thing lets players slowly creep into the action with the help of several non-player characters who can be controlled and used to protect and aid you and your team. Using a core team of engineers, medics, and soldiers, you must manage and control their level of trust in, and fear of, you. They react to your actions, and might betray you, if they think you might be the Thing. Conversely, you must constantly monitor which one of them might be infected, and dispose of them. They must trust you, but if they fear you, actions as drastic as coercion might be necessary.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #2118 in Computer & Video Games
• Brand: Sierra
• Rating: Suitable for 15 years and over
• Platform: PlayStation2
• Number of items: 1

Official PlayStation 2 Magazine
"Top-class survival horror meets one of the best sci-fi movies of all time. 9/10."

PSi2 Magazine
"A thrill from start to finish, The Thing is an essential action-packed title."

GamesMaster Magazine
"Smart, chilling and full of reward. Makes you really feel like you're up against an ice shelf stacked with alien horror. 86%."

Customer Reviews

Intellgalatic terror right here..................
Following the events of 'John Carpenters': The Thing', 'The Thing' picks up right where the game left off, with you, (the player), taking the part of Captain Blake, one of the soldiers sent into investigate the destruction of the research base.
Soon, you realise that there is more than what meets the eye.
Things appear everywhere.....they are infact "Comming out of the Goddamn walls!"
First, the graphics and characters are well animated, with good dialogue to boot. The Trust/Fear system used to interact with your squad members is very clever.
The Things, (aliens), themselves will suprise you on several occations.
The layout of the game, (the film bits), stick amazingly close to the film sections, and you can easily realise certain parts.
Even Childs from the film appears.
This is a survival horror with an incentive on 'survival'.
Another thing, the controls are well set out, and not complicated in any way.
Fan of the film? Even if you're not, BUY IT!

Great game based on a great movie
Not the most original idea, 'hey, lets make a Thing videogame based on the classic movie!' but it really works!
'The Thing' game picks up straight after the final events of the movie, as you and a squad of troops are sent to an Arctic base to find out what has happened to the survey team who have suddenly gone quiet...
In a similar vein to classic survival horror, such as Resident Evil, the action is mostly in the 3rd person as you and your team search inside the complex and through the blizzards outside, looking for humans, collecting items and weapons and shooting 'Things'.
It's got all the great sfx and atmospheric lighting of good survival horror games that get you absorbed in the action with some cool little details like an exposure meter that runs down when you are out in the cold (You've gotta be quick out there or you'll get frozen!) and the funny comments that your squad make when they are left standing.
But what makes it different? Well the squad members you have with you are an excellent addition to this kind of game. You must keep them happy by healing them and giving them weapons or they turn against you, making comments about you behind your back and even shooting you if you accidently wing them in combat! They can 'bug out' and go postal if you dont get them out of bloody areas quickly and lastly, how do you know they are not infected with the 'Thing' virus??
The attention you must pay to your squad made this a much more involving game for me, adding an angle that is missing in other games of this type as you keep them out of danger, fight alongside them or even use them as bait!
Other strengths are the mission-based approach as you complete certain goals to advance but be warned, some have a time limit to them! Its also a large game with lots to explore, find and solve as there are a few puzzles to occupy you. Some of the levels and bosses are far from easy so you need to keep saving at regular intervals.
Basically this is a detailed, atmospheric and involving game that keeps very close to the paranoid spirit of the original movie with shades of the Alien trilogy too. A must for anyone that enjoys the survival horror genre!

Absolutely Gorgeous Game
I tried playing "The Thing" last night and man was it GOOD.. It was soo good that I bought my own copy the next day.. If you love the movie and love survival horror games... then forget Resident Evil.. get the thing which is "The Thing".