The 2002 survival horror The Thing, inspired by John Carpenter’s classic movie of the same name, is one of the most underappreciated games on the PS2. A squad-based third-person shooter, the release was noteworthy for incorporating a trust and fear mechanic, which altered how NPCs would respond to protagonist Blake, based on your actions.
It was flawed, but a very interesting idea, and something we haven’t really seen explored since, outside of games like The Last Guardian, where Trico would act contrary like a real animal.
This upgraded PS5 and PS4 version from remaster specialists Nightdive Studios aims to introduce the release to an entire new audience. Due out later this year at an as yet unannounced date, the release looks like it’s maintaining the look and feel of the PS2 original – but bumping the overall texture quality and running in 4K at 120 frames-per-second.
It’s a really interesting and unique game, and it’s great to see it being made available on modern hardware. We’ll obviously share the release date when we know more, but we’d implore you to add this to your wishlist as it’s definitely worth playing once it’s available.
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Nightdive so I'll be grabbing this. Love them.
does this game have a cooperative option? don’t really know anything about it, interesting either way
I think i played this back in the day - I definitely played a 'the Thing' game around this era. My memory is of a game which was excellent in its 1st half but tailed off badly after.
Sadly the remastering here does not seem anywhere near the level of the Dead Space remake/master game we got recently, but 120fps is outstanding if it reaches it.
Much like ET, I was in the “capture and study” camp. Obviously it could communicate and was intelligent, why kill it? Looks like a fun old style RE game.
@Rich33 Dead Space was a full on remake, Nightdive don't really remake games they just remaster them so they have better qol changes.
Huge respect for Nightdive ❤️ They've brought back some nostalgic treasures as well as introducing me to several games lost to time.
PO'd and Killing Time are next on my list of theirs. Ill snap this up when it's out.
I feel old with some of these remasters and I'm still in my 20s 😅
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