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lufiaguy
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The Thing (Video Games)

The Thing is a 1982 horror movie by John Carpenter about an alien that can imitate other forms of life. Video games of the same name are available for the Xbox, PlayStation 2, and the PC - these continue the story three months after the end of the movie. Do the video games live up to the movie? Was it wrong for the video games to try and continue the story?

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Wed 21 Jul, 2004 9:38 am

roschler
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Re: The Thing (Video Games)

I don't think so, The Thing (PC) was a great game. It had an innovative feature where you could build trust (or lose it) with an AI character by giving or taking away ammunition, killing an alien in front of the AI character (builds trust) and more.

As far as continuing the story, they already had a legal license for the game.

My two cents.

Wed 21 Jul, 2004 3:26 pm

lufiaguy
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Re: The Thing (Video Games)

I've only played a bit of the PS2 version and yes, the trust part looks clever and good fun.

By "Was it wrong for the video games to try and continue the story?" - I meant did the story in the game live up to the story in the movie? (Probably a stupid question!) Wink

Thu 22 Jul, 2004 3:17 pm

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Re: The Thing (Video Games)

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Originally posted by lufiaguy [is rather cool]
The Thing is a 1982 horror movie by John Carpenter about an alien that can imitate other forms of life. Video games of the same name are available for the Xbox, PlayStation 2, and the PC - these continue the story three months after the end of the movie. Do the video games live up to the movie? Was it wrong for the video games to try and continue the story?

Fri 05 Nov, 2004 5:48 pm

lufiaguy
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Re: The Thing (Video Games)

Erm... I can't work out what you mean! Razz

Sat 13 Nov, 2004 11:16 pm

devans
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Thing Good - Thing Scary

The Thing was really quite frightening for its time and a reasonably unique concept (copied many times since including X Files and Stargate). Has been remade I think - must look and update OEP. Very Happy

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