The Thing for Xbox

Xbox

Action Adventure

GF Rating

Number of Players

ESRB

Compatible With

Xbox 360

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The Thing

Not Rentable

Also on:PS2

GF Rating

6.5

243 ratings

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Game Details

Release Date 9/10/2002
Publisher Vivendi Universal
Developer Computer Artworks
Platform Xbox
Genre Action Adventure

Number of Players 1

Blood and Gore, Violence

Game Description

As Blake, you are the leader of a crack military squad. Some time ago, a scientific station in Antarctica sent out a distress signal and were never heard from again. Your team has been sent to investigate, but it quickly becomes apparent that some ... thing ... is not quite what it seems. The game takes up the story at the end of John Carpenter's 1982 cult classic. Paranoia quickly becomes another character in the game, as your squad begins to view one another, and you, with increasing suspicion. Prove your continuing humanity to your comrades, but keep one hand on your gun, because any one of them might be The THING.

Critic Reviews

GameSpot Review (8.4 out of 10)

The Thing is a horror-themed action adventure game and is based on John Carpenter's classic 1982 horror film of the same name. The game serves as a sequel, picking up three months after the events in the film. Yet even if they haven't seen the movie, after playing through this rather lengthy an...more

User Reviews

Average Member Rating: 6.5 out of 10

Great Game! Under promoted!. (8 out of 10)

posted by Clipped (ONTARIO, CA) on Dec 16, 2006
Member since Dec 2005
10 out of 12 gamers (83%) found this review helpful

This is a great game that [unfortunately] flew under the radar and was not properly promoted or advertised (the two guys that gave this a 1 out of 10 are insane - I suspect they know each other, because I refuse to believe two different guys in a row gave a game that videogame magazine critics on av...more

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