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The original "The Thing" videogame released for the PlayStation 2, Xbox and PCs back in 2002 has received a brand new remaster courtesy of Nightdive Studios.

The original game served as a sequel to the highly acclaimed horror film "The Thing" from 1982 with Kurt Russell , following the story after the ending of the movie with a U.S. Special Forces rescue team sent to investigate the disappearance of the research team on an Antarctica base.
Nightdive Studios released a new trailer on December 5th during the PC Gaming Show, and in a completely unforeseen move, Nightdive Studios shadow-dropped the game on the very same day for multiple systems.

Some of the new features for this remaster include:

• Faithful restoration of the original game​
• Remastered graphics, textures and 3D models​
• Antialiasing​
• Per Pixel Lighting​
• Up to 4K Resolution​
• Up to 144 FPS​
• Modern controller support​
• Multiple languages​
• Achievement support​

"The Thing: Remastered" is now available for Xbox Series consoles, PlayStation 4 & 5, Nintendo Switch, Steam, GOG and Humble.

"The Thing: Remastered" on Xbox
"The Thing: Remastered" on PlayStation
"The Thing: Remastered" on Nintendo Switch
"The Thing: Remastered" on Steam
"The Thing: Remastered" on GOG
"The Thing: Remastered" on Humble

 

[wartutor]

For a remaster this "thing" (pun definatly intended) looks like shit.

 

[Bladexdsl]

For a remaster this "thing" (pun definatly intended) looks like shit.

they had to dumb it down to run on the switch

 

[OilFreak]

Too many fucking remasters these days

 

[SDA]

Oh, at least it's a thing.

 

[ZeroT21]

I'm guessing the reason it got a shadow dropped release was because it won't gain much sales numbers

 

[zebrone]

Seems a porting,not a remaster.
Almost on switch...

 

[K3Nv3]

Awesome they remastered this I was just thinking about this classic a few weeks ago.

 

[raxadian]

For what I have seen this was a 7/10 game. Only worth remembering because it was based on a movie and was actually okay.

 

[Purple_Shyguy]

30fps on Switch. Totally lame.

It's a PS2 game, bro

 

[Xdqwerty]

Oh, at least it's a thing.

*ba dum tsss*

 

[VinsCool]

I see what you did here with that thread title Mr. Shadow.

 

[brunocar]

All the links in this post are fucked lol

 

[OilFreak]

I see what you did here with that thread title Mr. Shadow.

I don't. Can you please explain it?

 

[SDA]

*ba dum tsss*

 

[Bladexdsl]

"remastered" for the SHITch than LAZILY reported to everything else

 

[xtrem3x]

Looks alright...

A remaster is supposed to just be the ability to play it on modern systems. Small upgrades to lighting and textures etc whilst keeping it pretty much how it was so people who enjoyed the original can play it again with a dose of nostalgia.

If you look at this thinking it will be a remake, with vastly updated visuals, then you'll be disappointed. It's not trying to be that.

 

[RedColoredStars]

For a remaster this "thing" (pun definatly intended) looks like shit.

they had to dumb it down to run on the switch

Doesn't surprise me that these two knob-heads don't know the difference between a remake and a remaster.

Seems a porting,not a remaster.
Almost on switch...

If it was a port the graphics would look exactly the same as the original release.

 

[ShadowOne333]

All the links in this post are fucked lol

Fixed them

 

[LagunaLoire88]

30fps on Switch. Totally lame.

It's a PS2 game, bro

Live with it, Switch games are 30 fps on purpose to save battery life