Posted on: December 13, 2024
Komseda
Verified ownerGames: 277 Reviews: 2
Good remake
Just like the old one, only sharper and better
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The Thing: Remastered
Description
No One Survives Alone.
The 2002 third-person survival horror shooter that serves as a sequel to the genre-defining 1982 film is back, remastered by Nightdive Studios to bring this innovative blend of fast paced squad action meets survival horror to the modern era. Including Antialiasing, Per Pixel Lighting, 4K Resolution and up to 144 FPS.
Where the movie ended, the true terror begins.
You are Cpt J.F. Blake, leader of a U.S. Special Forces rescue team sent to investigate the blood-curdling events and enigmatic deaths of the American scientific team that transpired at the Outpost 31 research facility located in the frozen wastelands of Antarctica. Within these inhospitable surroundings your team encounters a strange shape-shifting alien life-form that assumes the appearance of people that it kills. Trapped by the elements and infected by this horrific entity, using all your team members is critical if you hope to accomplish your objectives, let alone survive. If you only knew which ones were still human…
The Thing Remastered Key Features:
• In 20 frightening levels, lead your team against terrifying monsters, from the scuttling head-spiders and human-like walkers to gigantic multi-tentacled beasts.
• Advanced trust/fear interface adds a new level of interaction – How you influence your teams psychological state determines whether or not they will co-operate with you.
• Experience brand new dynamic lighting, specular mapping, shadows, depth of field complemented by improved models, textures and environments to create a deep level of immersion.
• Use awesome firepower like machine guns, explosives and flamethrowers to torch your enemies.
• Brand new Achievements.
• Quality of Life gameplay enhancements to improve your experience.
• Choose multiple paths to solve problems that lie ahead and accomplish goals.
Popular achievements
Ghost From the Past
Play the Tape.
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54.29%
Let There Be Light
Restore power at Norwegian camp.
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50.79%
Bad Blood
Administer a Thing test.
common
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41.36%
Perfect Trust
Achieve 100% trust with all team members in a single level.
common
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42.86%
Out of This World
Find the UFO.
common
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60.79%
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Critics reviews
GamingBolt
8/10
The Thing Remastered is everything one could ask for in a remaster. With graphical improvements that don't sacrifice the original's gritty tone and convenience features smoothing out rough gameplay, this is a must-play for survival horror fans.
Read full review »Shacknews
8/10
The Thing, by its very concepts and mechanics, is well worth the price of admission for historians and enthusiasts. There really isn’t much quite like it, and perhaps that’s because it would be difficult to pull off well. For what it’s worth, The Thing was never perfect. It has some weird speed in its overall gameplay and cringy dialogue that detract from its scarier elements, but those elements are still fun, and with the improvements that address a sore spot in its strength, The Thing: Remastered makes an interesting outlier of the horror genre that much more valuable.
Read full review »TechRaptor
7/10
Ported by Nightdive, The Thing: Remastered looks fantastic and has all the bells and whistles you'd want from a remaster. As a follow-up to the cult 1982 movie, the story didn't quite do it for me, and the gameplay, mostly with its AI companions, can be a bit annoying.
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Posted on: December 23, 2024
mdredheadguy1979
Verified ownerGames: 65 Reviews: 1
A great classic!
I remember first playing The Thing on my old PS2 way back when. It was a good game back then. This remaster makes it a good game now! Some of the controls can be a little clumsy, but nothing too horrible. If you like both movies of The Thing, give this game a try!
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Posted on: May 10, 2025
Strike70
Verified ownerGames: 18 Reviews: 2
Fantastic!
Never played the original version but it was clearly ahead of it's time with it's companion mechanics and other cmplex gameplay. I love games like these cause challenge really adds even more tension to the horror elements. I also like the lock-on aiming system for guns, There is some aiming but this is more of a survival horror game than a shooter. Which I am more than ok with because I am getting sick of simple first and third person shooters where all you need is good aim to win. Anyway this is a must play if you like the movie, you even get to see all the most iconic rooms from the movie within the first hour and thirty minutes. Only potential downsides are things that you should expect with an old game like voice acting thats not really up to current standards but for me personally I even like that aspect it's charming in a slightly cheesy kind of way. So it gets a nine out of ten from me.
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Posted on: December 7, 2024
BaggySpartan117
Verified ownerGames: 147 Reviews: 3
Cute lil game
I always enjoy having to experience games like this from an era where people made what they wanted out of passion. Having never experienced this but also being a fan of the movie, Computer Artworks did a pretty good job taking the aesthetics and mechanics of the movie and turning it into a competant game.
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Posted on: December 22, 2024
Gio9715
Verified ownerGames: 226 Reviews: 1
Always want to play this game!
When I saw that this game will be available to play with better controllers I was really happy, for my worth the price and time, I been playing for a while and I'm loving it, recommend for those who like alien/horror/action games!
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