The Thing (PS2/PC/Xbox) Game Review and Gameplay.

Hello everyone, my name is Vladislav and i glad to have you here on my channel. So in today's video we going to take a look closer at "The Thing" Yeah 2002 video game, which is actually a sequel to 1982 original "John Carpenter's The Thing" Movie So if you are a fan of original film, or even both films, yeah just in case in 2012 there was a prequel movie that share same title Then you'll definitely love it.

Even of game take it's place sometime after original 1982 movie We play as "Captain" Blake, who is a leader of team "Bravo", which is one of two Special Forces squads, that was sent to investigate what happened with U.S Research Station. During first levels of game, we are going to visit lots of familiar places Like destroyed MacReady's shack with tape recorder.

MacReady's voice in Game: I'm gonna' hide this tape when i'm finished, if none of us make it, atleast there will be some kind of a record. U.F.O spacecraft Blake : What the hell? Remains of the Norwegian base, and! Childs body! Yeah... Apparently he was never assimilated in movie after all.

Same time, MacReady's body is nowhere to be found. And what happened with him, you will find out only if you geat the game by yourself, i won't spoil that. "The Thing" is a survival horror/action type of game, with a lot's of interesting gaming mechanics going on.

And so... let's take a look at them. Right at start, game doesn't throw hordes of enemies at us But instead at first few levels, we are going to learn a lots of stuff Which is are essential to player's survival. And first one is a cold meter. Stay outside for too long, and you will freeze to death.

In game character's voice: Damn, it's freezing out here! This meter just in case affects only main character So soon as "Blake" reach any warm place, the meter start to refill for whole team. Next most important game mechanics, is a Team Management. Most of times throughout game we won't be alone There is allways Survivors to be found, or even important storyline characters.

Which is needless to say, if they die, it will be Game Over. Most of characters that you will find throughout game, will have 1 of 3 specifications. And first is a "Warriors" They are fearless in combat, so they don't lose their mind in rooms that filled with monsters and dead bodies.

In game "Medic" character: Oh Christ what is that? In game "Warrior" character: Chillout, everybody keep tight, till we figure out what is going on. Medics, which is absolutely awesome to have in team Since they can fight with monsters very well when equipped with weapon And have unlimited medpacks to heal everyone, exept themselves of course.

Yeah, in this game, if you don't have "Medics" currently in your team, then you have to heal everyone by yourself. At least important characters.
And 3rd one is "Engineer", and this is by me, is most hateful type of characters in this game. Because mostly all important storyline characters in game are "Engineers" And only they can unlock some doors, by repair "Fuseboxes" Some "Fuseboxes" of course, "Blake"can repair by himself, but most of them unfortunately not.

So, now we figured out character types in game And next important "Team Management" mechanic is a "Trust System" Trust of your team is very easy to gain, but also it's very easy to lose. There are lots of way to gain trust of your team But easiest one, is just a give somebody a weapon and ammo until his trust meter goes green, and that's it.

There is also a lot's of ways to lose trust But most horrible one, is just accidently shoot any of your team members, and they most likely will turn on you. And why it's so horrible? Because this is an "old" game, and there is a no quicksaves, so if you die, you will have to start from last save, or even whole level sometimes.

So try to never miss a "Save Point" So since "The Thing" game is sort of a based on movie And if did watch original 1982 or 2012 film, then you probably remember how this "Thing" creature assimilated everyone and everything, who made contact with it.

So mechanic like that are present in game also. At least until you already beat game once You will never know, who is in your team is actually infected. And here i want to tell you straight, that there is ways to check your team members, by using blood test on them Also you can use that Blood Test on yourself to gain trust.

But moments, when your team members will turn into monsters, are totally scripted So as i said, after you beat game, you will already know who will became "The Thing" and when. As i said earlier, "The Thing" is a Survival Horror/Action game, which means, that aside of horrofic atmosphere of deadly cold and monster infection This is a heavy action packed game, especially after second half of it.

At start of game, there will be only a low numbers of monsters, like crawling heads But later it's going to be huge assimilated creatures, that you have to burn by flamethower, and even huge bosses. At second part of game, when human enemies will start to appear Whole game will became more action oriented, with less survivors in your team, and more solo action.

So yeah, that was a small explanation of what is this game is all about And a gameplay footage So what do you think about this game? Did you played it? I think, i did beat this one like a 3 times And still like it, as i do like both "The Thing" movies.

This game sort of reminds me of a "Dead Space" Like a great horror, and great action, in one box. So yeah, if you didn't played it, then definitely check it out, but... that was it for today. Thank You everyone who did watch this video, especially till to the end If you like content like that, feel free to Subscribe to my YouTube channel, hit like, hit bell And...