THE THING VIDEO GAME (2002) Playing With Fear

THE THING VIDEO GAME (2002) Playing With Fear
Games based on movies don't always turn out so well. Especially games that seem forgotten to time. But every once in a while, a game based on a film comes along, blows people away, and is somehow still lost to time. This is the case with 2002's "The Thing"; an exciting, true to the film experience that feels ahead of its time. So come join us as we dive into just how good this game is, and why it possibly fell by the wayside.
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Written and Narrated by Andrew Hatfield
Edited by Tyler Nichols
Produced by John Fallon
Executive Producer by Berge Garabedian
SERIES SYNOPSIS: Welcome to our video series, "Playing With Fear" where we take a look at the horror video games that have influenced the genre, whether that be through their stellar gameplay, characters, story, or a combination of elements. Join our host, Andrew Hatfield, as he dives into the history of how this franchise came to be, and all the games it inspired in the process.
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[@TheProphegy]

I want a remake of this. The trust feature in this game was awesome. Give people guns or supplies and they’ll trust you more. You didn’t know who was infected. It was actually pretty dope.

[@moodyowlproductions4287]

Yeah just one problem with it..need to be random transformation...not scripted....that is the major problems with this franchise...hope one day it can be made...one day

[@TheProphegy]

@@moodyowlproductions4287 having it being randomly generated would be cool, but that first playthrough where you don’t know who’s who would be dope.

[@KaliU-ix2kf]

Among us

[@thepolishspejsonpl6368]

well here you go. they just announced it

[@tristenjacob6081]

wish granted

[@User1Joke]

They just announced a remastered !

[@maybe1day373]

This game was a devastating experience for me as i was 8 years old with no english. I can still remember having nightmares about the first encounters...

[@michaelfaraday7388]

The descent on those metal ramparts filled with perilous steam pipes & explosive barrels, not forgetting hordes of critters & special ops has to be one of the tensest & exhausting sections in any videogame. The fact that the game is so punishing in its difficulty, yet still makes you keep coming back is a testament to its brilliance.

[@josephmassaro]

For those interested, there is a sort of low budget homage game to the Thing movie and game on Steam called Antarctica 88. Trust me, it ain't a rip off (it becomes obvious very quickly that the game developers are very self aware of what they made) and the graphics are about as good. But it is fun. I highly recommend it for Thing fans.

[@johnb.8687]

I wish they did have a The Thing remake. I would image it to play like Dead space

[@josephmassaro]

@@johnb.8687Well, there are plans to remake the movie, so a tie in game is certainly a possibility.

[@phicks7963]

I need to track this down. How much does it cost?

[@josephmassaro]

@@phicks7963 Not much. It's on steam.

[@josephmassaro]

@@phicks7963It's on sale for about $4 until March 4th.

[@Omnitrix8]

This game deserves a remake!

[@olechristianhenne6583]

I know

[@drakashrakenburgproduction5369]

A remaster is coming

[@Omnitrix8]

@@drakashrakenburgproduction5369 @ first I thought you were trolling, till I just saw the trailer on IGN! Thanks!

[@chillinvillain2707]

You get what you deserve!!!

[@GlenviewNo1]

A great game and one that actually had a satisfying ending too - which can't be said for a lot of games!

[@TheVideoGuyfromOhio]

Takeshi's Challenge, Lol

[@diogogomes3238]

this game was the real sequel to the john carpenters masterpiece. good old times

[@smootsprint4722]

The ending killed it for me.

[@THENEVERDEADIV]

well considering that the 2011 movie was a prequel

[@starkiller_88]

I own this and still haven’t beat it!! It’s pretty though but I should commit to finish it

[@seimen4348]

There was another sequel-attempt?

[@t045tSKT]

There's never been a sequel.

[@78KRS]

Loved that game in the day. I've been hoping for remake for years

[@trevorp8124]

I never actually finished the game, but have pretty damn fond memories of the bit with you, the medic and the engineer in this little several-room portable that's under prolonged attack from all sides by aliens jumping thru the windows but also has this *massive* arsenal in it

[@gutz1981]

This was that one game I rented back in the day and got pretty far ahead, but never finished as I left the country to start anew elsewhere. Would like to pick it up again some day.

[@alexkelly6648]

*cough* emulate it to finish i, im actually doing that

[@deathclutch8681]

@@alexkelly6648 what’s a good emulator to use with it? Does it work pretty good on newer pc’s?

[@alexkelly6648]

@@deathclutch8681 awww my dude let me help you find one I use So find a pcsx2 you'll need to find a bios online but I'm sure it might come with one but there's a great tutorial on KZbin for how to get the emulator to run well . Actually I think the tutorial has the link for the bios that you should use ! From there one you got it up n running you'll need to map your controller which is easier than I thought but from there Google cdromance and you'll find a unlimited amount of Roms from god of war to the thing to even persona

[@nadirjofas3140]

@@deathclutch8681 Just play the PC version

[@deathclutch8681]

@@nadirjofas3140 is there a version on steam?

[@jamesbednar8625]

Good review!! I remember when this game came out and bought it right away for my PS2. Thought that it was a good game to play. however, think about half way through the game, I came to a spot that - for the life of me - just could not get past for whatever reasons. Re-started the game and would make it to same location and still not make it past that certain spot (do not remember what/why I encountered but this game kicked my butt). Also, as for the team mates - quickly learned to give them just enough stuff to gain their trust and complete whatever mission. Quickly learned that NO MATTER what you did or gave your team mates, they WILL ALWAYSTURN!!!!! So, gave them what was needed to gain their trust; complete mission, and quickly kill them off and loot their bodies.

[@marvio7325]

The PC version had some awesome mods you couldn't use on the console versions. The "no burst" mod stopped most scripted random NPC infections and the military "snow camo" mod made the uniforms of the soldiers look badass.

[@StuntMan_Marq]

Great video retrospective! I remember playing this back when it came out and I was really surprised by how much I enjoyed it. I've been meaning to play through it again. So glad that they added all the little details in it that makes it feel so much like the movie. Had some fun times with this one!

[@HelloBeast]

And now i have to watch The Thing for the 50th time. Fuck yea 😆

[@Leo.de99]

Never watched it, worth it ?

[@shainewhite2781]

Best Video Sequel to a movie I've ever seen!

[@Gregbaltzer]

I'd say Ghostbusters was better.

[@Stand_By_For_Mind_Control]

It aged pretty hard, but when this game came out it was so ahead of the curve and awesome. My big complaint is the soft-locks possible if you don't have enough ammunition after certain save points.

[@PenTheMighty]

Improvised weapons would fix that pretty well I think. There should be a remake.

[@ianrotten4453]

I've still got my PC copy. This game did scare the shot out of me long before Dead Space.

[@ChanceNix]

I still own the playstation 2 and xbox copy. I no longer have an old school xbox but the playstation 2 still works and the game is still great.

[@HuckelAR]

I remember playing this in my first apartment right around Halloween in 2002. Great memories.

[@austinmorales6260]

This was the second game I bought for ps2 and played more times then I can count. Such a great game!!

[@TheJulioGulio]

Sounds like someone's been playing Aliens:Fireteam elite and had some memories come back to him ;)

[@feck2594]

Funny you mention Aliens: Fireteam Elite because I hated that game almost as much if not more than The Thing vdeo game . I had low expectations for both , but i have to admit i was surprised how bad they were .

[@Maesterful]

@@feck2594 Weird how some people love and others hate it. Real mixed bag

[@Godemperor420blazeit]

Love aliens Fireteam. Dropped over 100hrs into it already. I really enjoy the gameplay loop, shooting and sound fx.

[@Dex99SS]

It was funny timing for me, as I had only recently discovered the movie myself... then low and behold a game came out based on it, and it all just fell into place for me. I bought it and played it immediately when it released. For PC of course.

[@NicVegas]

Yessss I loved this game

[@Rad_Thibodeaux]

Literally one of the hardest games too

[@Diggy22]

Makes me glad that I still have my PS2 disc of the game

[@Jh0than]

One of my favorite games growing up

[@FUBARGunpla]

the ending of this video makes me so fucking happy, we're getting a remake boys!!

[@ALiberalVeteran]

This was hands-down, one of the greatest games ever made. So glad to hear night dive. Studios is making a remake

[@brans0217]

bought this game in the same year I first watched this movie….. need more good content from this universe.

[@spider531]

I remember this game well. Rented and played it all night. Scared the crap out of me.

[@wstine79]

This is a great video.. I hope you guys review the Land of the Dead game.

[@priqq1]

Jerma985s favorite game😉😆 One of his most legendary streams ever

[@beejay271]

I thought The Thing prequel was a solid movie. It truly sucks that they decided to go with the CGI effects (rather underhandedly by the studio) I thought the story was pretty good and the attention to detail in regards to John Carpenter's The Thing is uncanny. I feel The Thing prequel suffers like Jaws 2 suffers they're both good movies but they just happen to follow EXTREMELY GREAT movies. I think the prequel, the Carpenter film, and the video game make a great trilogy.👍 BTW... John Carpenter's The Thing is my second favorite movie of all time!

[@justaguy7230]

Love this game. The Xbox one runs on 360. Thats how I played it recently.

[@trull122]

Great job man, I really enjoyed this. My all time fav too.

[@GhoulReviews]

This game NEEDS a remake

[@RichL57]

Finally we are getting one

[@GhoulReviews]

@@RichL57 haha yes brother lol. Well a remaster but still lol I'm very happy 🤣

[@Cobra-gl7or]

@@GhoulReviews We read your comments and we decided to remake the game for you so you can stop crying.

[@GhoulReviews]

@@Cobra-gl7or it's a remaster bud 👍

[@Cobra-gl7or]

@@GhoulReviews Uhmm yeah remaster

[@jimspagg5496]

I really enjoyed playing through the game.

[@filmbuff2777]

I actually played this game again fairly recently after not having played it in years. Unfortunately, because it is so old, I couldn't get the right patches to fix the bugs, but to my surprise, it mostly worked pretty well on my PC, except for a couple of scenes where the audio crapped out, & the game crashing when you beat the final boss, so I had to watch the ending scene on KZbin. I enjoyed playing it again. The early parts of the game are so atmospheric & I found it to be unsettling. After you beat the first boss it is less atmospheric & more actiony, but its still enjoyable. There is so much potential for a new game. Possibly an Alien Isolation type of game.

[@liamlyon1808]

Iv still got this on PC some where in my loft in a box along with my old Windows XP PC.

[@Joey7Z7Horror]

I always loved Universal since I was a kid but now that I'm older and a major horror specialist, I realize Universal is a legend in the horror genre besides just the Halloween Horror Nights events. To name a few old classics, Tremors, People Under the Stairs, The Mummy, The Birds, Child's Play, today's subject of The Thing, and best of all, JAWS. Universal is a fantastic master of horror.

[@bankjibbernow]

Couldnt agree more. My all time favorite movie, full stop. The game captured a lot of its elements. Remake long overdue. Great vid!

[@dr.chungusphd108]

Loved this game as a teen.

[@tojo9979]

This game was so far a head compare to every game back then. I dont understand how it was not popular

[@2a4me96]

The Original was ahead of its time on release. It was so good.

[@RioBroski]

I still have this game...

[@monolith158]

Its a game worthy of a sequel or remaster for sure, loved it.

[@Gregbaltzer]

Just couldn't get into this game. My biggest issue is that every time you needed someone's help to get through an area when you were done with them they'd turn into The Thing and attack you. It really ruined any suspense/paranoia on who the thing was in the game.

[@vtastek]

It is a shame really, they would turn at scripted moments. I managed to keep people alive, but still they wouldn't get into the elevator and die. That said, gameplay was nice, it would let you fight back and be scary at the same time.

[@dotmbarricade3424]

well , there were technical limitations at that time . by the time of thing 2 game it was fixed but the company got bankrupt and we never got any other thing game or remake. so there is that

[@coolmacatrain9434]

The gaming industry really needs to figure out how to keep it's greatest IP's on sale/in the market place. For me, ICO, Silent Hill 2, Project Zero, The Thing, Beyond Good and Evil, Psychonauts, Resident Evil: Code Veronica X, Metroid Prime 1 & 2, Zelda's OOT & MM etc etc are some of the greatest games ever made, yet hundreds of millions of gamers will never get to play them?!? Imagine that happening with books or movies or music or TV shows?

[@jordanlindsey4403]

Do, From Dusk Till Dawn or Nocturne next.

[@SugarJRay]

The first and best game I ever played on the original xbox

[@Zeithri]

> I don't trust you. > Take this 9mm. > HEY BUDDY!

[@seanlanglois8620]

Remember playing this on my PlayStation 2

[@adriennereyes5405]

Not even a gamer but I'm looking forward to this 🤟💀🤟💀

[@RetroTech27]

A simple game with fairly advanced AI mechanics. NPCs had a will of their own, and would even attack you if you injured them enough, and could get scared and refuse to fight or even be sick. They could also get infected and turn into the thing. Seemed random and always kept me on edge. Imagine a remake =)

[@dr.loomis4221]

One game that I wanted them to remaster...but they never did

[@davidpeters1830]

I remember the thing a great game needs a remake

[@Jordyssey]

This game deserves a remake the way Resident Evil 2 did!

[@stephenmiller2544]

this game is badass!!! running into mac at the end is the iceing on the....Antarctica.

[@uros.u.novakovic]

I am sad they never got to make the sequel to the game before they went bankrupt. The concept art looked amazing. For anyone interested, there is a fan made The Thing game made in RPG Maker and it was very good in my opinion. I usually dislike RPG Maker games, but this one was great. Currently the developer is rebuilding the game from scratch cause they want to do some new things to it. Until that is done, the current version is complete and very fun.

[@jl23jackliu]

I remember playing this game, NPC turned on you gave me nightmares!

[@MortonsReviews]

Loved this game

[@andrewblanchard2398]

I played this game alone & in the dark HOLY CRAP DON'T EVER DO THAT I saw things crawling EVERYWHERE

[@EL-CUCUY310]

such a dope game. thought i was the only one who loved this game as a kid.

[@noneed4me2n7]

I played it on a PS2 and it was ok. I’m a super fan of the film so I had to play it. The story while a bit contrived wasn’t super lore breaking at least. Wish someone would do a version of the game ala Deadspace. Be nice to see it done with a proper budget and studio.

[@dsmith4658]

this game needs a remaster and another game

[@n8n8n8n]

Waiting for a remake of this game :)

[@lopeza.8046]

This is one of the hardest ps2 games I ever played. Still haven't beat it

[@rezlogan4787]

I played the original demo at 3 am when I was 12. I didn’t dare to rent it.

[@poemonroe8848]

This needs a remake so bad

[@ttehr9977]

This aged well. Remaster just got announced last week.😉👍🏼

[@ShawnnyPerkins]

Well I got some good news

[@danielstreuli7563]

Thing Boardgame ? Hell Yes!

[@fishbone08070]

Back in the good old days when games were developed for PC before consoles.

[@dangerousbobstudioLLC]

This was a big inspiration for my game Fossilfuel. While I didn't have the Thing creature, I like the idea of the cover-up and conspiracy. I basically replaced the Thing with Jurassic Park.

[@Animeman1993]

Sucks this was one of those one-off games but it did have approval of being a sequel by John carpenter himself and this had so much potential. I was in love with the gameplay and mechanics of it but my only gripe with it is the fact npc transformations were always scripted and you couldn't even be given the option of killing them beforehand since some turned out to be required to progress past a door or something BEFORE they transform anyway.

[@MrAjd1n]

We need a REMAKE of this game, THE LAST OF US style ;)

[@mol5576]

This game was too scary for me. I only played it once haha

[@kingvader100]

great game time for a remake

[@xCypres]

I don't have much of an opinion on this game but I will say that I tried playing this game when it came out as a kid. For me it was one of those "where the fuck do I go?" type of games and I never made it past an hour or so before I gave up >:I

[@Chillton]

01:03 more like a re-adaptatiin of the original novella

[@123OGNIAN]

You can see screenshots of the canceled second part of the game on the unseen64 page.

[@jeffhunt2905]

It was flawed. I just couldn’t get past one part in the game I loved it until always getting killed trying to escape an area burning down due to its controls. Had to say it was memorable enough to make crave games like it so the dead space games coming out sort of made up for the messed up controls this game had. What’s more the people who played it never finished it either. A full on remastering campaignand added online multiplayer would give this game the nod it truely earned for being one of the smartest type of games out there at the time. With some of the great game tech out there it’s worth doing this over and going one better than the resident evil 2 and 3 remasters and they nailed it with the lighting effects and atmospheric pressure

[@-C-]

When you are in the final phase (open snow) if you do it speed running and clear it the game will fail and all the final part in the building will be without enemies. I did not understand what to do as everything was empty. Then suddenly the final boss

[@Fa11enUndead]

Honestly considering how popular games like Among us r dominating the market now (and with new technology) this would be the perfect time for a Thing game. Either as a multiplayer whodunit, a Coop story game with a possibility where one of you or your friends could end up becoming a thing, or a single player dead space style game.

[@ethancurtsinger172]

But than the Among Us fans who never watched nor heard of The Thing before would probably think The Thing stole it from Among Us, when really The Thing is what inspired Among Us.

[@aaronpop0083]

This is the canonical sequel to the movie. That's right everyone Mac was the thing the whole time.

[@sleepalaska]

i wish this would get a remaster instead of dead space tbh.

[@KenMabie]

arrrgh getting a copy of The Thing game for PC be easier than ye think you just got to know which bay to dock your ship in yargh ..

[@mrpinchee4890]

It's sad, I never finished playing this game.

[@abrutalimpact5687]

Would love to see a sequel. I just replayed the game.

[@lurkerrekrul]

When this game came out, I wanted it. Then I read a review that revealed that the developers had intentionally broken the game, and that killed my desire to play it. What do I mean by broken? The made the idea of not knowing who is infected a core part of the game, and gave you a way to test people to see if they're infected. This is completely, 100% pointless because certain characters are scripted to turn into the thing at set points in the game. You can literally test someone, get a negative result, and then they turn into a thing 10 seconds later. The developers intentionally broke their own game for the sake having a scripted story.

[@vincepena6308]

Wouldn't mind a remake of this Game

[@Graypaws]

This game was awesome in that it made you paranoid af just like being in the movie.

[@MuscleFlexPro]

My problem with this game was how is it possible that there is an underground lab that was not there in the movie

[@yahtzeetee1965]

Do more videos like this! For your regular channel!

[@MrLogic204]

It took me forever to finish this game, i stopped at some point for months because it was too scary.

[@fluffdegoss]

This would've actually been a kick ass sequel to the first one. instead we get a lackluster prequel with over done CG. I rented this back in the day, but never finished it. I might pick this one up again.

[@MoldyMojoMonkey]

Had this when I was younger! Unfortunately, I never got the chance to finish it. Not far into the game it would crash, and no amount of restarts would fix it.

[@AxeKick80]

I had this for PC back when it came out. I still have yet to see the actual movie it’s based on 😂

[@Csmallo]

It was a great game with one exception. It was very stingy with ammo.

[@mrjones29]

So it's been that long ago when it was released on OG Xbox almost 20 years ago. I remember the day I went to Gamestation and purchased it and loved the mechanics of the game and the dread and fear of the isolated base in the dark. It's one of the few games I never completed, and compared to the controls of Halo, it had terrible janky controlling system. Paramount should've made this game into a follow-up film instead of a prequel. Just copy the all out warfare like Aliens from Alien.

[@eldongrimes2306]

i wish this was on steam 😪