Posted on: December 11, 2024
EddyLeFleur
Verified ownerGames: 29 Reviews: 1
Classic back for more!
Its a legendary movie with a good game tie in
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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.
common
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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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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 12, 2024
jack-da-pumpking
Verified ownerGames: 140 Reviews: 3
Broken Screenshot
I discovered early on that F12 will result in a game crash. No way to take screenshots on GOG. Not sure if it effects any other platform. I haven't beaten the game yet, but want to make sure this bug is mentioned.
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Posted on: December 6, 2024
StriceCold
Games: 200 Reviews: 5
Keep The Remasters Coming
I haven't purchased the game yet but i'm giving it 5 stars to balance out a 1 star review given by a user upset about the price. Reviews should focus on the game itself, not its cost. Nightdive is doing an incredible job right now, and I hope they continue bringing classic games to GOG.
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Posted on: December 6, 2024
Kyronus
Verified ownerGames: 650 Reviews: 4
Flat game for a fat price.
Is it great? No. Is it bad? Again, no, just medicore. No way in any sense, is this game a 5/5, let alone worth the £24.99 price tag. £19.99 is the area i'd say; wait for a sale unless you really want it. The only 'The Thing' about this game is having a flamethrower in one hand and an extinguisher in the other while burning some aliens as they try to run; in that moment, you feel like Mac... sadly, it fades fast and rears its head for a nostalgia high. Completed two runs, one on 'Normal,' during which I encountered three minor glitches that were not worth mentioning, but they resolved themselves after a quick reload, and another on 'Very Hard,' which ran without a hitch. Issues for me are the "ammo, ammo," the same for items: torches, extinguishers, plentiful nades, weapons, oh, the weapons... Yup, you will be packing a lot of doubles of guns and plenty of health packs before and after you get stripped clean, and the only time the "stop and go command" is actually used as it should have been intended is in the lab area where JC and 9mm become friends. The infection system is improved in how it should have been than scripted events; on my second run, it surprised me when the flamethrower hypochondriac turned on me but the other guy didn't; he got cooked all the same before turning. Enemy variety drops in the later part as you mostly fight the one-armed bladed types mutant miss piggies, and the norris wannabes. Tall boys needed more game time. Infected NPCs now drop weapons/ammo you gave them; this, to me, breaks the game in the balance of giving ammo and weapons out and losing them for good; they should have kept it like that or tied it to a separate difficulty that would have played better with the updated infection system and made use of the test kits that I only used once at the start for Pierce due to the abundance of "guns, guns, guns..." Soldiers don't turn; it would have been good for infighting and the vault extra is barebones.
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Posted on: December 13, 2024
ROtFlesh
Verified ownerGames: 142 Reviews: 9
Good, needs bug-squashing
Unfortunately, as the title describes, I'm having a lot of problems with bugs. Characters getting stuck in walls/tight spaces mainly, but it's frustrating enough that I've had to reload my save a couple times. I like what I've been able to play, but the minor bugs do need to get fixed before I can fully recommend buying this. I don't blame the devs or anything, they're trying to port a PS2 game onto the PC; from what I understand, this is not exactly an "easy" task, so I'm more than willing to give them the benefit of the doubt they'll do some work on the bugginess in the future.
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