The Thing
- July 08, 2002 00:00 AM PST
You�ll find snow, guns, and quite a few other four-letter words in Universal�s promising new survival/horror game.
Paranoia isn�t used often enough in video games�too frequently gamers feel too safe in their fictional environments. The Thing, which picks up where John Carpenter�s 1982 film remake leaves off, aims to knock down that barrier a bit, offering squad-based survival horror gameplay where you never know which of your military comrades could be human and which could be homicidal alien. They�re just as spooked�they�ll only trust you if you make them fear you or you heal and arm them�but you could be patching up your own murderer. The adult language alone will earn this game a mature rating, but there will be plenty of disturbing gore too�it�s a true sequel to the film, in style and content.In the preview build, the game�s inventory, weapon, and squad command systems were easy to learn, but there were lots of menus; a helpful tutorial was already built into the first mission. And yes, it�s shaping up to be creepy.
