Rating: 
Summary: Game has unresolved issues....
Review: The copy write of this program causes it not to run on all CD ROM drives... I have Samsung CD ROM SC-148 and it will not play.
Tech support stats "its a known problem with no resolution at this time."
Buy it and take chance it wont run even if you meet all system requirements...
Rating: 
Summary: Great game but the easy level sure isn't
Review: the graphics and story line are excellent also the action is fast past,but my complaints are as follows:(maybe some one from
Sierra might read this?)1 easy level is too hard(try getting into the armory!)
2 sequence is too long between save points-this is strange
because some save points are very short?
3laguage unsuitable for younger people,it doesn' really add
to the story line!
4sometimes switches between weapons seems to malfunction-I have
a new dell with top features and no problems with other programs
5 this is a very good game and avid gamers will no doubt be
able to get into the armory,but for the rest it will be a
frustrating experience-did they forget this was supposed to be
fun?
Rating: 
Summary: awsome game this is
Review: The other day,which was 6 days ago I was watching the sci-fi channal and the commercials came on the first one was about sam adams new light beer which was pretty stupid then this commercial
came on right in the begining it said rated m for mature then shows these guys jumping out of a heliacopter and run to this base I thought at first it was another aliens game because guys are shooting spider like thing out the window and this big red alien running around and the guy trying to kill it with a flamethrower and the leg with blood all around it was pretty cool looking. but what suprised me that the name of the game was
"the thing." it tooked after my favorite movie way cool it contuies right after the movie its the thing 2, the game.
this was the kind of game i had to have. i have 10 computer games , red faction, predators vrs. aliens 2, and many more but this game is the best beats all of them.
Rating: 
Summary: A fresh take on shooters
Review: The Thing attempts to spruce up the shooter genre with some novel elements and largely succeeds. One of the most obvious is the squad-based aspect of many missions, requiring you to keep your engineer alive so he can fix a vital control panel while the soldier provides extra firepower and the medic dishes out healing kits. This works a lot better than in previous attempts, though the squad only really comes into play later on in the game, as almost all the members you recruit early on have a habit of turning into Things... This is further enhanced by the need to keep your team trusting you and stop them from freaking out, though this is usually easily accomplished. The game is based on the aftermath of John Carpenter's excellent 1982 film The Thing, in which an alien entity takes over an Antarctic base by infecting people with a virus that causes them slowly to mutate in bloodthirsty monsters. The game puts you int he persona of J.P. Blake, a marine sent to discover what happened. After a few levels of chasing around in the snow, you discover you aren't the only one sent in after the aliens... The graphics look like a spruced-up version of Half-Life, which isn't bad, though it's not quite as pretty as games based on the Quake III engine. The control interface unfortunately betrays the game's multi-platform target, displaying the clunkiness normally found on console games. Still, they've managed to avoid the worst excesses of console kludging, and it is fairly usable. The action itself is mostly third-person with auto-aiming (adjustable), though you can switch to a static first-person view. Another console hang-over is the inability to save anywhere - you're restricted to save stations that are sprinkled around the levels. When entering a new level you often need to run around for 10-15 minutes of game-time before you find a save point, and while occasionally irritating, it does add to the tension of the game. Overall, an excellent new shooter, well worth your money.
Rating: 
Summary: Don't Waste Your Money (PC Version)
Review: The Thing is marketed as an enhanced first person shooter by Black Label Games and promises "an awesome blend of action, evasion, trust, and fear". I picked it up because I am a huge fan of John Carpenter -- Rowdy Roddy Piper in "They Live" consistently makes my Sci-Fi top ten. Unfortunately, this game fails to deliver on this promise, and even worse, it fails to deliver on even the fundamentals of first person shooter games. Net/net: I find it difficult to believe that any serious gamer could recommend this title. Here's why you should spend your money elsewhere...
1) Hyper linear, childishly simple, mouse in a maze game progression
2) No jump function (this is made even more ridiculous by the programmers use of a fence that comes up to the main characters knees to draw game boundaries)
3) No look-up or look-down capabilities
4) VERY limited weapon selection -- the weapons that they do offer have truly uninspired affects
5) Unforgiveably inefficient user interface The reason I gave it 2 starts instead of one is because the programmers have made a moderately successful attempt at enabling the gamer to manage a squad. But since everything else about the game is so tremendously [bad], the novelty of this wears off in five or ten minutes. Sorry Mr. Carpenter, looks like you'll need to file this one alongside of "Escape from L.A.".
Rating:
Summary: Incredible Game!
Review: This game could almost be compared to Half Life. Although the controls are a little strange, you can easily get used to them. I had trouble running it(the sound would quit working) but I went to www.thethinggames.com and downloaded both the patches and it works like a charm! Yes the flamethrower is somewhat annoying but it isn't that bad. THIS GAME IS NOT FOR THE LIGHT-HEADED! With the ability to explode humans heads off, people giving you the finger, and more blood than the HALLOWEEN and Friday the 13th series COMBINED!, this game is rated M for mature for a reason! But still is a must buy!
Rating:
Summary: Incredible Game!
Review: This game could almost be compared to Half Life. Although the controls are a little strange, you can easily get used to them. I had trouble running it(the sound would quit working) but I went to www.thethinggames.com and downloaded both the patches and it works like a charm! Yes the flamethrower is somewhat annoying but it isn't that bad. THIS GAME IS NOT FOR THE LIGHT-HEADED! With the ability to explode humans heads off, people giving you the finger, and more blood than the HALLOWEEN and Friday the 13th series COMBINED!, this game is rated M for mature for a reason! But still is a must buy!
Rating:
Summary: One of the best Games I've played in a long time
Review: This game has survival horror written all over it. Though this game is not as good as the resident evil series, it outstanding in its own creepy way. The graphics, sound, and plot of the story are superb, and the fights with the thing and its creatures are awesome. Better yet what I really like is how your crew can go a-wall if you don't watch them carefully thats a really cool feature of this game, its even closely related to John Carpenters 1982 movie which gives the game an even greater effect. But this game does have a few annoying flaws such as not being able to look up and down freely, to do so you have to go into sniper mode, which doesn't really work in most situations. And as for the weapons, lets just say they aren't the greatest. But everything else such as the gore and effects of the game make up for it all. I highly recommend this game to any survival horror fan.
Rating:
Summary: great mood too many bugs
Review: this game has the best ambience of any game i have played. great sound, and music. really scary in some parts but sometimes the characters get stuck and you cannot figure out what they are saying so it makes it hard to keep up with plot.
you cannot kill any of your team and accidents do happen especially in a firefight. sometimes i shoot a monster but your team gets caught in crossfire and your objective is to keep your team alive. if they die it is game over. objectives are also not so clear at first making it difficult to know what going on. all in all it is a good game, scary with good graphics which have great bodies and blood on the walls. i had no "unmatched" graphics as mentioned by another reviewer.
all in all a good experience. you need to exert some effort but in the end it is all good with the thing.
Rating:
Summary: Stinks
Review: This game stinks.
The graphics are good but you can't save (or at least I haven't found it) and always have to start from the beginning.
You can't adjust the video card setting to 1280 X 1024. .
Can't jump, can't look up or down, can't do diddly squat.
Don't buy it. Spend the money on Return to Castle... Medal of Honor, or Jedi Knight Jedi Outcast.
I give it two stars for the graphics.
| 
