Didn't this game give you options when it came to finding crew members? I remember reading that depending on the choices you made and how you handle things, your team mates could either be paranoid and try to kill you or stay calm and back you up.
Is a sad thing that with today's technology no game company has cared to complete the sequel to this game or at least do something set in the same universe (well, there's an online game but my low end Pc wont' run it). This game was awesome and I'm thankful I played it until the glorious end...
This game was cool but had one problem. You could check your teammates blood like the movie but the changing sequences were scripted. You tested your partner's blood, he passed as human, then the next thing youknow he changed into a monster.
@MrJihadJesus LOL I played it too and never saw that problem. I guess that was a glitch triggered by the many rushers out there that never understood that the game was designed to be played SLOWLY.
@KronnangDunn The review in PC gamer said the sequences were scripted. I read that review though after I played the game. You are so right about the rushing though, Call of Duty mentality I guess.
@SergeantLuke the ORIGINAL movie was called The Thing From Another World, and was from 1951. get your fucking facts straight before you shat out of your mouth.
@SergeantLuke oh and to answer your question theirs the original book "who goes there" and the original movie made in the 60's i think called "The Thing FROM ANOTHER WORLD"
@MrJihadJesus Wrong. The original is a novel called Who Goes There published in the 1930s. Then came the 1950s movie called The Thing from Another World, then the 1980s remake called The Thing, then the 2000s game called The Thing and finally the 2011 prequel to the 1980s remake, The Thing... Nuff' said...
@KronnangDunn I wasn't really mad or anything, I was just making an observation. But, if you must know, I will say that "The Thing Returns" and "The Thing Appears" would make pretty good titles in my opinion.
@SergeantLuke Was the first 2 "The Thing's" related beyond the fact that the creature is the Thing? Like, what was the theme of the original "The Thing"?
@dragonheart967 "The Thing" is a quasi-remake of the 1950s monster movie "The Thing from Another World". The Thing in that movie was just a generic bulky monster, a la Frankenstein's creature, but the one from the 80s remake was a inhumanoid horror that could turn itself into anything. This game was the sequel to the 80s movie, and the movie that came out back in August was a prequel.
Does that answer your question, or did I misunderstand?
@SergeantLuke I need to correct you on that. The 1982 "The Thing" is a remake of a 1950s movie but John Carpenter really adapted the story from a horror short story called Who Goes There? by John W. Campbell, Jr. I read the entire short story and in there is the whole scienfitic facts about what the monster is and its motives. You can find the story online and read it. It tells what happens after childs and Blair are left alone as well.
I know. I read somewhere that Childs was supposed to live, but the actor who play him and was gonna voice him, Keith David, couldnt do it due to scheduling conflicts.
@snake2006 dude they never do a blood test on mcgrady and you keep hearing a laugh throughout the game, he's probably the thing. Although i prefered the ending of the film before they brought the game into it
This game fucking sucks. I have it for PS2,Xbox and PC since I am such a big Thing fan.
It's bullshit, Child froze to death, McGrady is still human you see him at the end of the game. It doesn't match up,where did all the other things come from that attack you in the game, the Norway camp killed all the Things except for the Dog which went to Outpost 31. So if Mac and Childs were Human,then there would be no more things since Mac killed the rest of them.
I know I spelled Mac's name wrong. I realized it when I posted it.
And I have played through the entire game, I own it for PS2,Xbox and PC since I am a big thing fan, I have a collection of Thing merchandise, including the VHS,Laserdisc,DVD and Blu Ray of the film, I have the 51 movie on DVD and VHS. I have the action figures of the Blair monster and Norris Thing.
Also there is many errors, such as Blair's ship being in tact when in the film it was blown to pieces.
The axe in the door is missing in the Norway camp, the door to the ice block room having to be unlocked via a code written on the wall is NOT in either movie. There is a body in Outpost 31 with it's guts hanging out in the game which is NOT in the movie.
Want more? There are tons of spider things and big things yet when Mac was there, there were no things.
I've noticed you encounter a hellofva lot of characters. Too bad they all seem to come and go real quick. None of them acually stick with for long periods of time, not even the Dr. Faraday who's modeled after John Carpenter himself.
as a kid only 8 or 9 i found this game impossible after a month i got over my fears and completed it then saw the movie,since ive never played a horror game as good
i was playing dis game i was like 6 or 7 i first seen d cutsean scared me i was looking around to complete lvl 1 i picked d wrong language so dey wer speaking different language my m8 went give me d remote i completed d game i said no u didnt finnaly completed d first lvl den i was on second lvl wer it shows u d alien but u dont fight it yet i shit one like o no im nt going der
its easy there is a blind point where he cant hit you in one of the corners i think, and i hear from a friend that you can kill the 1st boss when you see him running (human form) in to the building
@adhockey99 Totally 100% agreed
LordHelljackle 1 day ago
Didn't this game give you options when it came to finding crew members? I remember reading that depending on the choices you made and how you handle things, your team mates could either be paranoid and try to kill you or stay calm and back you up.
hunk84 2 weeks ago
@hunk84 yeah there was a trust mechanic that determined how loyal and stable your companions were
puppet23ca 2 weeks ago
HAHA at the begining he uh uh uh wake up
SammyFlores238 2 weeks ago
I think that everybody agrees that this is really similar to dead space
Alkatraz242 2 weeks ago
@Alkatraz242 im pretty sure that this game came out way before dead space...and that dead space has a healthy influence from "the thing"
adhockey99 1 week ago
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TheDailyCraft287 2 weeks ago
"I'M LOCKED, LOADED, AND READY TO MAKE SHIT DEAD!"
00SaRResH 1 month ago
@00SaRResH "who talks like that!"
DannyShaubolo 2 weeks ago
@newnickostudiosx lol The Thong.
Masterpg94 1 month ago
Racoon city? is this resident evil LOL 1:31
deadpoolallgalo 2 months ago
These cutscenes are awsome.
NoobSnoopy 2 months ago
They're flying at night with the temperture below Zero how odd.
SR71ABCD 2 months ago
Right now this is the only sequel to the 1982 the thong
NewNickostudiosX 2 months ago
Is a sad thing that with today's technology no game company has cared to complete the sequel to this game or at least do something set in the same universe (well, there's an online game but my low end Pc wont' run it). This game was awesome and I'm thankful I played it until the glorious end...
KronnangDunn 2 months ago
@KronnangDunn what about dead space? it seems pretty similar to me
UnknowSoldier87 3 weeks ago
This is one of the most underrated ps2 games of all time. It was an extremely fun and tense game.
TheHorrorAnthem 2 months ago
This game was cool but had one problem. You could check your teammates blood like the movie but the changing sequences were scripted. You tested your partner's blood, he passed as human, then the next thing youknow he changed into a monster.
MrJihadJesus 3 months ago
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@MrJihadJesus LOL I played it too and never saw that problem. I guess that was a glitch triggered by the many rushers out there that never understood that the game was designed to be played SLOWLY.
KronnangDunn 2 months ago
@KronnangDunn The review in PC gamer said the sequences were scripted. I read that review though after I played the game. You are so right about the rushing though, Call of Duty mentality I guess.
MrJihadJesus 2 months ago
hahaha, i love the way they speak in the first cutscenes.
oh btw im norwegian and they say
larsen larsen.
omg omg help me help me.
i cant get it but i thing he says. stay away stay away
and then they get killed :'D
UlfInge 3 months ago
im the only one that thinks about stephen kings the thing?
Mr1gurra 3 months ago
@Mr1gurra you mean IT?
puppet23ca 3 months ago 16
@puppet23ca You wanna know the funny thing. When I first saw that movie when I was like 5 years old and saw the clown, I ran away screaming.
dragonheart967 2 months ago
@Mr1gurra probably
Mr1gurra 3 months ago
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@Mr1gurra I thought John Carpenter made The Thing.
Daniel100Benner 3 months ago
Heres how the movies and games are in order:
-The Thing 2011
-The Thing 1982
-The Thing (video game)
BlackOpLego 3 months ago
How is this game any way?
MrXeno55 3 months ago
@MrXeno55 I;m a big fan of the movie and thought that this game was pretty well done for what it is.
RobinHood252 3 months ago
1 body? what happened to Mac at the end? from the 1983 w/e film he was right next to childs
Str8NoLife 3 months ago
They should remake this game, just like the 2011 movie, they're doing.
NexusElite 3 months ago
Is the storyline exactly like the movie or is it the expedition before the events of the movie?
UltimateGamerTrainee 4 months ago
@UltimateGamerTrainee takes place after the movie
puppet23ca 4 months ago 3
@UltimateGamerTrainee this game take's place 20 year's after the first movie.
superzilla784 3 months ago
Bad norwegian, lol
teddifisk 4 months ago
They should remake this game
jackxl53 4 months ago
@jackxl53 definitely
Guerillaradio13 3 months ago
I remember the part where the blood test shatters, scared the hell out of me when i first played it because both guys turned
1968Vietnam1969 4 months ago
Original: The Thing
Sequel: The Thing
Prequel: The Thing
Does this franchise have an aversion to changing the damn title?
SergeantLuke 4 months ago 38
@SergeantLuke Actually, the original was called The Thing From Another World
clfxful 3 months ago
@clfxful Yes, but the remake of that movie was just called The Thing, and that's what this game and the new movie are sequels to.
SergeantLuke 3 months ago
@SergeantLuke the ORIGINAL movie was called The Thing From Another World, and was from 1951. get your fucking facts straight before you shat out of your mouth.
captinretardo 3 months ago
@captinretardo buddy jonh carpenters version was based on the book "who goes there" wich was written by jonh w cambell in 1938.....
thejonathan130 3 months ago
@SergeantLuke stop wining its a great series well the movies anyway is the game good? and is it an option to have it in first person?
thejonathan130 3 months ago
@thejonathan130 I'm not whining, I'm just making an observation. I think it's a great series as well.
Yes, and no.
SergeantLuke 3 months ago
@SergeantLuke oh and to answer your question theirs the original book "who goes there" and the original movie made in the 60's i think called "The Thing FROM ANOTHER WORLD"
thejonathan130 3 months ago
@SergeantLuke That's the whole thing. Pun intended.
emanuelshapera 3 months ago
@SergeantLuke The original was called The Thing From Another Planet. The monster was played by James
Arness, Marshall Dillon from the old show Gun Smoke.
MrJihadJesus 3 months ago
@MrJihadJesus It was called The Thing From Another WORLD, and I was referring to the remake that this game is a sequel to.
SergeantLuke 3 months ago
@MrJihadJesus Wrong. The original is a novel called Who Goes There published in the 1930s. Then came the 1950s movie called The Thing from Another World, then the 1980s remake called The Thing, then the 2000s game called The Thing and finally the 2011 prequel to the 1980s remake, The Thing... Nuff' said...
KronnangDunn 2 months ago
@SergeantLuke Okay, let us all see your suggestions then...
KronnangDunn 2 months ago
@KronnangDunn I wasn't really mad or anything, I was just making an observation. But, if you must know, I will say that "The Thing Returns" and "The Thing Appears" would make pretty good titles in my opinion.
SergeantLuke 2 months ago
@SergeantLuke Part 4's gonna be called The Things, just to fuck with people.
Or The Thing 4: Thing Harder.
DJRozwell 2 months ago
@SergeantLuke
That's just their thing.
FLCLCBSC 2 months ago
@SergeantLuke Was the first 2 "The Thing's" related beyond the fact that the creature is the Thing? Like, what was the theme of the original "The Thing"?
dragonheart967 2 months ago
@dragonheart967 "The Thing" is a quasi-remake of the 1950s monster movie "The Thing from Another World". The Thing in that movie was just a generic bulky monster, a la Frankenstein's creature, but the one from the 80s remake was a inhumanoid horror that could turn itself into anything. This game was the sequel to the 80s movie, and the movie that came out back in August was a prequel.
Does that answer your question, or did I misunderstand?
SergeantLuke 2 months ago
@SergeantLuke I need to correct you on that. The 1982 "The Thing" is a remake of a 1950s movie but John Carpenter really adapted the story from a horror short story called Who Goes There? by John W. Campbell, Jr. I read the entire short story and in there is the whole scienfitic facts about what the monster is and its motives. You can find the story online and read it. It tells what happens after childs and Blair are left alone as well.
vsusanmoon 2 months ago
@SergeantLuke there are prequels and secuels ?
NitooJackerarg 1 month ago
@NitooJackerarg ya newest movie made in 2011 is the prequel and this game is a sequel
dnt666 1 month ago
@SergeantLuke Actually the original was titled "The Thing from another world" x3
sumpmiffot 1 month ago
@sumpmiffot The "original" I was referring to was the 1982 movie, a REMAKE of Thing from Another World.
SergeantLuke 1 month ago
@SergeantLuke Oh right, sorry. I noticed many people said the same thing I said. Sorry about that as well. Didn't mean to spam =P
sumpmiffot 1 month ago
@SergeantLuke
The 82 film is probably closer to the 30s book than the 51 film.
rehzon 1 week ago
Why isnt collins riverdancing?
BigPapaBear1000 4 months ago
HD REMAKE?!?!?!?!?!?!?
Halost117 4 months ago
6:20 Sergeant Johnson?
DarkSpydaIV 4 months ago
Blake?..BLAKE!?!.BLAAAKKE!!!!!!
only saying that cause he sounds like David Hayter/Snake from Metal Gear Solid
killernarwhal117 4 months ago
Snakes vs the Thing-Headcrab/half life ripoff creatures
killernarwhal117 4 months ago
@killernarwhal117 It's funny because John Carpenter's The Thing had the "headcrab" back in '82...
MrThundergod94 4 months ago
@MrThundergod94 lol whats?,didnt know that,thanks
killernarwhal117 4 months ago
the thingy
aquamichellle 4 months ago
I was so mad that childs died that I shut the game off there. Depending on how the prequel goes later today, I may finally pick the game up again.
thepatient08 4 months ago
@thepatient08
I know. I read somewhere that Childs was supposed to live, but the actor who play him and was gonna voice him, Keith David, couldnt do it due to scheduling conflicts.
DatFatPat 4 months ago
i dont know about you guys but this game was plane creepy. like even when you didnt see the thing, it was just wierd
MetaITV 4 months ago
@snake2006 dude they never do a blood test on mcgrady and you keep hearing a laugh throughout the game, he's probably the thing. Although i prefered the ending of the film before they brought the game into it
TheUntrained 4 months ago
This game fucking sucks. I have it for PS2,Xbox and PC since I am such a big Thing fan.
It's bullshit, Child froze to death, McGrady is still human you see him at the end of the game. It doesn't match up,where did all the other things come from that attack you in the game, the Norway camp killed all the Things except for the Dog which went to Outpost 31. So if Mac and Childs were Human,then there would be no more things since Mac killed the rest of them.
snake2006 4 months ago
@snake2006 If you played through the game you might get some answers... Like how to spell MacReady's name...
MrThundergod94 4 months ago
@MrThundergod94
I know I spelled Mac's name wrong. I realized it when I posted it.
And I have played through the entire game, I own it for PS2,Xbox and PC since I am a big thing fan, I have a collection of Thing merchandise, including the VHS,Laserdisc,DVD and Blu Ray of the film, I have the 51 movie on DVD and VHS. I have the action figures of the Blair monster and Norris Thing.
snake2006 4 months ago
@MrThundergod94
Also there is many errors, such as Blair's ship being in tact when in the film it was blown to pieces.
The axe in the door is missing in the Norway camp, the door to the ice block room having to be unlocked via a code written on the wall is NOT in either movie. There is a body in Outpost 31 with it's guts hanging out in the game which is NOT in the movie.
Want more? There are tons of spider things and big things yet when Mac was there, there were no things.
Game SUCKS.
snake2006 4 months ago
holy shyt i remember playin this game when i was around 7 dam i got scared sooo easily lmao :P
UPINTHEFACE 4 months ago
Awesome game, could never beat the first boss you come up against though so I never beat it.
TWFlintNC 4 months ago
"...CHRIST."
Ryushinku 4 months ago
1 thing IS The Thing.
Greenday2004 5 months ago
Probably one of the best games on the ps2
jaylex666 5 months ago
@jaylex666 I have the PC version when it first came out. Really cool game!
ehelibuff73 5 months ago
I've noticed you encounter a hellofva lot of characters. Too bad they all seem to come and go real quick. None of them acually stick with for long periods of time, not even the Dr. Faraday who's modeled after John Carpenter himself.
Cytron1515 5 months ago
the game was completely awesome at the time !!
deathklok29 5 months ago
It's was 2002 it's looks great for it's time sand it might be fun
JoshDoVids 6 months ago
Wat a lame game
yomancaster 6 months ago
dude, you can't see nigger at 2:25
AlluPWN 6 months ago
thats a bunch of blood taken during test
saadsnake6 6 months ago
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i can guess this game sucks
mindfreak6661 6 months ago
@mindfreak6661 it has a few glitches and the story is pretty basic but it delivers in other areas not a bad game in my opinion
puppet23ca 6 months ago 23
@puppet23ca cool vid
coolboy12312345 4 months ago
@mindfreak6661 fuck you..this game rocked, just like the film
dubleyhew13 4 months ago
@dubleyhew13 he is a pussy thats why he hates this cause he is afraid of scary games and movies :P
GiorgosK97 4 months ago
@mindfreak6661 Actually it got above average reviews from most major video game websites.
DamorahTalset 4 months ago
@mindfreak6661 it was actully really good
samuel3oh3 3 months ago
00:31 That the type of monster that rape people in the dark alleys of Cleveland!
RastazzMigas 6 months ago
我卡在第8關了...不敢玩~.~
A130561142 6 months ago
AHHHH help, its Mr Wilford Brimley trying to test his blood sugar because he thinks this guy has die-a-beetus!
Pugslee3 7 months ago
Its kind of funny to hear my own language in a videogame tough :)
MrFrontteeth 8 months ago
Looks like a GODDAMN ufo
lol....
technologic21 8 months ago
Epic they speak Noringlish. Norweagian + English(in the start)
Joso2304 10 months ago
The original Necromorphs
TrippyScarecrow 11 months ago 3
@TrippyScarecrow Lol, I saw the similarities.
spartanshawn23 10 months ago
@TrippyScarecrow exactly, dead space was based on the thing, loosely
browneps 8 months ago
this game freaked me out the first time i played it
pegorino1000 11 months ago 3
They called this best horror game of 2002
AloneInTheDark525 11 months ago
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Is that Kurt Russell's voice?
GAF1987 1 year ago
i never understood what that creepy laugh was all about? and I played the whole game still not knowing what that was all about anyway
jordan16195 1 year ago
@jordan16195 Withely's laugh... you can listen the radio turns on... when Blake find the body
5copfxqt 1 year ago
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One of the best games that i ever played sorry 4 my bad english
sperumita6mzero 1 year ago
One if the best game that i ever played
sorry 4 my bad english
sperumita6mzero 1 year ago
This game looks better on xbox!! the playstation2 version sux too dark. The game is cool!! They should do a remake on the new systems.
jg31 1 year ago
Yeah its me you jackass!
kevinwon 1 year ago 21
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as a kid only 8 or 9 i found this game impossible after a month i got over my fears and completed it then saw the movie,since ive never played a horror game as good
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shielz2k9 1 year ago
i was playing dis game i was like 6 or 7 i first seen d cutsean scared me i was looking around to complete lvl 1 i picked d wrong language so dey wer speaking different language my m8 went give me d remote i completed d game i said no u didnt finnaly completed d first lvl den i was on second lvl wer it shows u d alien but u dont fight it yet i shit one like o no im nt going der
andrewl3779 1 year ago
When I 1st played this game when I was like 10 or 8 the opening sceen scared the shit out of me I love this game
TheSkullAssassin 1 year ago
I killed that black guy.
JumpstyleFanatic 1 year ago
love the voice of blake reminds me solid snake
Fontoxx 2 years ago 28
@Fontoxx
Reminds me more of Chris Redfield.
Taraka1 1 year ago
@Taraka1 LOL, me too
kingbrick9 1 year ago
@Fontoxx yea blake gives that Solid Snake vibe. Especially when he says, "The base is gone Colonel".
JayTekken1 4 months ago 2
@Fontoxx the irony that Kurt played a character called snake pliskin and this guy 2:16 sounds just like the VO of liquid snake .
EDDIEinWAR 4 months ago
aww childs is dead
jonhylu 2 years ago
its a game man its non cannon lol
childs is very much alive according to john carpenter
xMandalorex 2 years ago
Never got past the first boss
KDP3200 2 years ago
its easy there is a blind point where he cant hit you in one of the corners i think, and i hear from a friend that you can kill the 1st boss when you see him running (human form) in to the building
Psquit 2 years ago