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I love John Carpenter's The Thing and ran into/bought the game version over the weekend.  Really excited to see if it lives up to the movie at all. The back of the box claims that it has mechanics where you manage your team's paranoia levels to keep them from freaking out on you. I hope that actually works out in-game and isn't just an annoying WalkingDead style "your choices REALLY don't matter" things. It can't be worse than the prequel movie though, right?
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Mar 23, 2016 21:43
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Don't get your hopes up, its not very good and also ruins the ending of the movie.
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Mar 23, 2016 21:49
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It's not great, but it's fine
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Mar 23, 2016 21:50
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I'm expecting it to be "just ok," and would be surprised if it didn't gently caress up something from the movie, honestly. .
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Mar 23, 2016 22:07
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The Thing game is bad and all the paranoia and 'maybe one of you is the alien!!!!' poo poo is 100% scripted to the point where you can have a negative test on someone then have them turn out to be a monster at the next 'this is when someone turns out to be a monster' bit. Oh and your companies have literally the dumbest AI I have ever encountered in a game.
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Mar 23, 2016 22:12
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Sakurazuka posted:The Thing game is bad and all the paranoia and 'maybe one of you is the alien!!!!' poo poo is 100% scripted to the point where you can have a negative test on someone then have them turn out to be a monster at the next 'this is when someone turns out to be a monster' bit.
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Mar 23, 2016 22:16
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As a The Thing ripoff I liked Extermination more. It's an early rear end PS2 third person shooter so expect clunkiness but it exists in that weird period where games were moving from arcadey to realistic. Reminds me of Blue Stinger in a few ways.
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Mar 23, 2016 22:41
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VoidBurger posted:I love John Carpenter's The Thing and ran into/bought the game version over the weekend. it's bad but i wish someone would make a multiplayer first person the thing game it'd be sick as heck. VoidBurger posted:bwahahaha welp, that was basically what I was expecting to happen there. That claim reeked of "false choice that doesn't really matter." Should be entertaining at least? I'm the dope that like Silent Hill Homecoming, so I have a soft spot for bad horror games. in the very first level you find the ufo blair was building. y'know, the ufo they blew up in the final act.
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Mar 23, 2016 22:54
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Groovelord Neato posted:it's bad but i wish someone would make a multiplayer first person the thing game it'd be sick as heck.
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Mar 23, 2016 22:58
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Groovelord Neato posted:in the very first level you find the ufo blair was building. y'know, the ufo they blew up in the final act. (I won't be reading the spoilertags, I do wanna play the dumb thing for myself after all)
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Mar 23, 2016 22:59
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VoidBurger posted:bwahahaha welp, that was basically what I was expecting to happen there. That claim reeked of "false choice that doesn't really matter." Should be entertaining at least? I'm the dope that like Silent Hill Homecoming, so I have a soft spot for bad horror games. I guess it's better than Homecoming also the main bad guy looks exactly like John Carpenter
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Mar 23, 2016 23:17
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PhysicsFrenzy posted:Finally got and immediately burned through Oxenfree last night. I don't want to say much, except that it's kind of like what you'd get if the entirety of Life is Strange had the same atmosphere as the last episode and a half, and then you threw 12000 voiced lines of dialogue ala Firewatch in with it. Everyone in this thread should buy it and play it in the dark with headphones on. I just binged through this in one sitting, that was a really cool game. The production values for it were way better than what I was expecting. The animation and voice acting was all top notch. The end game kind of dragged on a bit I felt but I'm definitely glad I played through it. I'm probably gonna go look up some lets plays to see how some of the different options play out.
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Mar 24, 2016 00:51
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VoidBurger posted:bwahahaha welp, that was basically what I was expecting to happen there. That claim reeked of "false choice that doesn't really matter." Should be entertaining at least? I'm the dope that like Silent Hill Homecoming, so I have a soft spot for bad horror games. Shatmemz is better. But! I played this way back when before the mechanics were exposed, and it was a good time. If you actually know no spoilers I hope you 'enjoy' it too! Disclaimer, I liked Homecoming too, but also that Men in Black game and Carrier, so I'm pretty terrible.
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Mar 24, 2016 01:03
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VoidBurger posted:I love John Carpenter's The Thing and ran into/bought the game version over the weekend. It was Ok, like others have said the paranoia/fear mechanics were much simpler then advertised and the blood test system was straight up bullshit. As a horrorish shooter it was decently fun though. It definitely feels like a game released before the consoles of the time could live up to its promises. I'd love to see a new version on modern hardware though.
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Mar 24, 2016 01:20
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Leper Residue posted:I just binged through this in one sitting, that was a really cool game. The production values for it were way better than what I was expecting. The animation and voice acting was all top notch. The end game kind of dragged on a bit I felt but I'm definitely glad I played through it.
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Mar 24, 2016 01:23
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Sakurazuka posted:I guess it's better than Homecoming also the main bad guy looks exactly like John Carpenter Appropriate, since he's also voiced by John Carpenter.
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Mar 24, 2016 01:50
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VoidBurger posted:I love John Carpenter's The Thing and ran into/bought the game version over the weekend. I read a review of this game once.
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Mar 24, 2016 01:53
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Well, me and the missus turned off the lights, donned the headset, and sat down to play Kitty Horrorshow's Anatomy. Oh my loving god that game does an incredible job of getting under your skin and tormenting you. All psychological horror, no jumpscares, just weird, bizarre, unpleasant sights and sounds that climb under your skin and leave you writhing in abject misery. It's a short game, clocking in at about 40 minutes, but it's the perfect length. It builds tension beautifully and preys upon your expectations. If you're tired of jumpscare-ridden short form horror games, you should check out Anatomy. Thanks for other people's input when I asked about it, I think it's definitely worth a play.
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Mar 24, 2016 02:02
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Songbearer posted:Well, me and the missus turned off the lights, donned the headset, and sat down to play Kitty Horrorshow's Anatomy. If it's no jump scares, I'm totally down. Also, I'm going to pull the trigger on Sylvio when I get home with the girlfriend.
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Mar 24, 2016 02:49
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Hah, I have a signed Thing poster by John Carpenter himself commemorating the Thing game. Sadly it does not live up to its pedigree. Other characters can get freaked out to the point they vomit or piss themselves, typically if you take them to a scary place covered in blood or something. Their trust of you is basically managed by you giving them weapons or doing a blood test on yourself. Getting engineer guys to trust you so they repair doors for you is a thing, though if I recall, you can also force them to do so by aiming your gun at them for a few seconds.
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Mar 24, 2016 13:49
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I feel like a good The Thing game would be more like a Telltale game but with semi-random elements. The Thing isn't really about blasting aliens, and if you want that, Dead Space already exists.
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Mar 24, 2016 15:29
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The Vosgian Beast posted:I feel like a good The Thing game would be more like a Telltale game but with semi-random elements. The Thing isn't really about blasting aliens, and if you want that, Dead Space already exists. Yeah, exactly. Make it a mystery game where who is a Thing is random (kind of like how it was variable who was or wasn't a replicant in the Blade Runner adventure game).
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Mar 24, 2016 15:35
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I remember this review and now I feel old 
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Mar 24, 2016 15:43
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VoidBurger posted:I watched an LPer play the alpha for NightCry.... I'm honestly not sure where the Clock Tower nostalgia comes from. Every time I've tried one it was really bad to actually play and the writing was never good enough to make up for it. Improbable Lobster fucked around with this message at 16:31 on Mar 24, 2016 |
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Mar 24, 2016 16:19
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Hmm.. Clock tower is good! I even bought the ps1 copy from the video store in my home town when it closed. I was way too young to figure it out when I first played, but as an adult...
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Mar 24, 2016 16:28
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Although I hit a wall in clock tower 3
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Mar 24, 2016 16:28
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Haunting Ground was good at the time and SNES Clock Tower was one of the best looking games on the system, other than that ummmm... Clock Tower 3 
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Mar 24, 2016 16:30
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Clock Tower 3 has a strong opening level, I guess.
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Mar 24, 2016 16:33
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The Vosgian Beast posted:I feel like a good The Thing game would be more like a Telltale game but with semi-random elements. The Thing isn't really about blasting aliens, and if you want that, Dead Space already exists. I feel like dead space 3 was a better the thing game than the actual the thing game.
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Mar 24, 2016 17:06
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DreadOut: Keepers of the Dark is out. Cheap enough that I plunked down on it with the help of some card money. This should be a nice tide-me-over until Nightcry, which looks janky and cheesy in the best possible ways.
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Mar 24, 2016 17:54
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clock tower 3 has simply the greatest fax-machine related scare in the genre
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Mar 24, 2016 18:13
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man nurse posted:DreadOut: Keepers of the Dark is out. Cheap enough that I plunked down on it with the help of some card money. This should be a nice tide-me-over until Nightcry, which looks janky and cheesy in the best possible ways. Did you like the original DreadOut? I very much did not, but I'm willing to give them another try if Keepers of the Dark is a significant improvement.
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Mar 24, 2016 18:46
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Zombie Samurai posted:Did you like the original DreadOut? I very much did not, but I'm willing to give them another try if Keepers of the Dark is a significant improvement. It is not an improvement in any way. I got enough enjoyment out of what I paid for DreadOut though.
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Mar 24, 2016 19:23
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VoidBurger posted:I love John Carpenter's The Thing and ran into/bought the game version over the weekend. To toss my opinion in the ring, I quite enjoyed the game, but I also knew about the whole Thing transformations being bullshit before I played it, so I wasn't disappointed by that. It's not as great as the movie of course, but it's fun enough. I do remember having trouble with one boss and breaking the fight by shoving an AI partner through the door, because it's supposed to lock you in alone, but if you push someone through ahead of you then you have help (and I think they shoot the boss during the cutscene so the fight's practically over when it does start). It's... it's not the most well made game, I'll admit.
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Mar 24, 2016 19:30
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VoidBurger posted:bwahahaha welp, that was basically what I was expecting to happen there. That claim reeked of "false choice that doesn't really matter." Should be entertaining at least? I'm the dope that like Silent Hill Homecoming, so I have a soft spot for bad horror games. I thought homecoming was okay outside of the two choices that determine your ending. I got the dream ending and was furious.
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Mar 24, 2016 19:38
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I thought Homecoming was pretty great until the 'big twist' about Alex's past, which I feel immediately neutered a lot of the game's themes. My favourite Silent Hill is 4 though, and I found 2 too much of a chore to actually play and just caught an LP of it, so I'm a Pretty Good Silent Hill Opinion Haver™
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Mar 24, 2016 19:46
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Speedball posted:Yeah, exactly. Make it a mystery game where who is a Thing is random (kind of like how it was variable who was or wasn't a replicant in the Blade Runner adventure game). Can we get Telltale to make a Blade Runner game then?
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Mar 24, 2016 20:04
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Danaru posted:I thought Homecoming was pretty great until the 'big twist' about Alex's past, which I feel immediately neutered a lot of the game's themes. Accordion Man fucked around with this message at 20:21 on Mar 24, 2016 |
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Mar 24, 2016 20:17
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Accordion Man posted:It really felt like they were planning on making Alex gay, but changed course halfway through. Like the game makes much more sense with Alex desperately trying to win his family's approval after coming out, even enlisting in the army, which caused him to get discharged due to don't ask don't tell. The sexy nurses, the Siam, the Lurker with its vagina dentata mouth, and those split penis monsters would make much more sense as well, even if they'd be on the nose.
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Mar 24, 2016 21:31
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VoidBurger posted:The Silent Hill Wiki Circumcision Moderator had the same theory, haha. Accordion Man fucked around with this message at 21:40 on Mar 24, 2016 |
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