This was one of the better games on the original Xbox.  I loved it.  You might think of it as the original survival horror game that titles like Dead Space were molded from.  I’d love to see a battle between the weird mutated spawns in The Thing against the Necromorphs in Dead Space. 

The game takes place about 3 months after the events in the 1982 movie starring Kurt Russell.  The Thing (movie) was playing last night on Cinemax and it reminded me of the game.  It’s a classic movie that I can watch over and over without getting bored.  I loved the movie and I loved the game.  There was some freaky shat going on in both.  Seeing a guy’s chest cave in and turn into some giant mouth was disturbing, yet awesome.  And I won’t even mention the head turning into a mutated spider.

Flashback Game: The Thing
Released: September 1 2002
Platform: Xbox
Next-Gen Meter: Very High

I suppose I’ve sort of already received a sequel to this because Dead Space is as close to The Thing as we have on the Xbox 360 but I still rated my desire for a sequel “very high” on the next-gen meter.  However, I don’t think Computer Artworks or Universal Interactive can do much about my desire for an update to The Thing.