#also made me pretty sad realizing how much more innovation there was even in crummy movie inspired videogames back then

[galoosreblogger]

I finally watched The Thing the other week and it was fantastic, of course. But now I'm kind of wishing yet again that they remade the 2002 The Thing game. I never played through the whole game but I remember it having some cool features like... Trust system that determined whether your teammates trusted you or suspected your infection, and that affected their choice to follow your orders. Fear system that determined how scared they were which impacted their ability to successfully execute their jobs and follow commands. Infection system which gave everyone who came in contact with the Thing a random chance to become infected.

That's sounds like such a fun mechanic! Having to go through the research stations full of horrors while constantly trying to keep morale up, sharing ammo with your people so they don't feel powerless all the while you're all watching each other from the corner of your eyes because who knows if one of you is already infected...

The one thing I'd enjoy a modern adaptation/remake of is this game and it's not happening.