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The Thing for the original xbox

post #1 of 10
5/15/09 at 3:33am
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I bought this on Ebay for 2 dollars after my friend sort of hyped it up as being "pretty cool".
What am I in for?
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post #2 of 10
5/15/09 at 3:39am
A crappy Half life clone. For two dollars if you're a big fan of The Thing, you'll be entertained enough, but games have evolved so much since it came out, I doubt you'll be impressed.
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post #3 of 10
5/15/09 at 4:23am
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Dude, I love playing classic games that I missed out on now and then. I recently played Manhunt for the first time and liked it more than any of my recent 360 purchases...
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post #4 of 10
5/15/09 at 6:51am
You're in for "pretty cool". Better than a film sequel, no doubt.

Domingo is correct that it hasn't aged gracefully, but still, 2 bucks.
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post #5 of 10
5/15/09 at 8:56am
It's a great budget title worthy of its license, but still pretty busted in spots.
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post #6 of 10
5/15/09 at 10:06am
It is has a brutal difficulty if I recall.
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post #7 of 10
5/15/09 at 11:07am
In another thread I admitted I suck and could not defeat this game. For $2, you will get your money's worth.
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post #8 of 10
5/15/09 at 12:38pm
Most irritating thing about the game- no matter how much you get your teammates to trust you, no matter if you do blood tests on them every 5 seconds, they will still turn into The Thing at scripted parts. Ruins that "trust" aspect of it completely.

It's a pretty average game but has enough for fans of the movie to warrant a playthrough.... especially for 2 bucks.
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post #9 of 10
5/15/09 at 1:30pm
http://www.spoonyexperiment.com/2007...-thing-review/

You'll laugh at this video at least once.
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post #10 of 10
5/15/09 at 1:39pm
One of the cool things about the game other than the license (which is, let's be honest, the best thing it has going for it) is that there's a protracted intro sequence before the Things start showing up. So few games do this - suspensefully set up a dangerous situation before thrusting the player into a gunfight - that I remember it being notable for the first hour or so alone. Half Lives 1 & 2 did this pretty well, too.

I haven't played it since it first came out on the PS2, so I can't vouch for how well things have held up. It probably looks pretty terrible by now.
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