The Thing
Developer(s): Computer Art Works
Publisher(s): Black Label Games, Konami (JP)
Genre: TPS Survival Horror
Wikipedia: Link
Game review links: Metacritic
Game review score: 78/100
Game description: While investigating the enigmatic deaths of American scientists in the Antarctic, a military rescue team encounters a strange shape-shifting alien life-form that assumes the appearance of the people it kills. As the team leader, you must forget everything you ever learned about obliterating aliens simply with a barrage of violent ammunition--this monster is difficult to see, hard to kill, and seemingly impossible to evade. In the midst of this lurking terror, you must convince your squad to cooperate and complete tasks essential to both the success of the mission and your own survival.
The game is a sequel to John Carpenter's 1982 film, The Thing and follows the story of Captain Blake, a member of a U.S. Special Forces team sent to the Antarctic outpost featured in the film to determine what has happened to the research team.
Test configurations on Windows:
Environment | Configurations | Comments | Tester | ||||
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Region | OS | CPU/GPU | Revision | Graphics | Sound/Pad | ||
NTSC-U/PAL | ? |
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0.9.9 r4878 | GSDX r4873 |
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BIOS: USA v02.00, 60/60FPS | Machina |
NTSC-U | Windows |
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1.1.0 r5452 | GSdx 5442 SSE41 |
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Runs above full speed. | |
PAL | Windows |
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1.3 Git 28 of May | GSDX |
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USA v02.20(10/02/2006), Minor grafichs issues in Hardware mode,software mode fine. | |
PAL | Windows |
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1.3.svn5932 | GSDX |
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USA v02.20(10/02/2006), Little |
Trivia
- Original names: 遊星からの物体X episode II (SLPM-62245), Das Ding aus einer anderen Welt (SLES-50976), 遊星からの物体XエピソードⅡ (SLPM-62245)
- Also known as Yuusei Kara no Buutai X: Episode II (JP)
Known Issues
Broken 3D
- Status: Fixed
- Type: Major
- Description: SPS and broken graphics ingame, superVU and interpreter VU hang the game.
- Workaround: Update to the latest nightly version of PCSX2.
The gallery
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The Thing (SLES 50975)
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The Thing (SLES 50976)