John Carpenter's The Thing: Remastered by Nightdive Studios

[luj1]

yeah, not on the level of blood, but it gets too much hate imo... it had some style and innovative weapons

 

[Semiurge]

They tried and failed to get remasters of the No One Lives Forever games made, but because the IP is in legal limbo and partly owned by multiple companies, no one is willing to make it happen. Blood II is a very likely possibility, since Atari owns the IP now I believe. But it would take a lot of work to redeem that game. At the very least they can fix up all the bugs, improve the visuals and cutscenes, and send the hitscanners to hell where they belong ideally. But it would only turn a 3/10 bad game into a 5/10 average one.

Shogo would make for a better remaster, and let's add the first F.E.A.R and Condemned to that list because why not.

I don't see their remastering Blood 2 as very likely, it has such a bad reputation. But then if they're remastering The Thing, anything's possible. They just wouldn't devote as much attention to it as they do Id/Bethesda games.

Condemned rests in the firm grip of SEGA, but an entity such as Nightdive might just manage to loosen that grip. It really just needs a graphical upgrade and its good to go.

 

[H. P. Lovecraft's Cat]

This remaster feels like a bigger and bigger waste of time. There's like what, maybe 5 people on the whole entire planet that was asking for this? There's a gazillion other more deserving games.

 

[JDR13]

blood 2 is a good game

 

[Fedora Master]

This remaster feels like a bigger and bigger waste of time. There's like what, maybe 5 people on the whole entire planet that was asking for this? There's a gazillion other more deserving games.

I get the feeling marketing people are looking at "omg underrated unknown classic games" zoomer YouTube and make their decisions off of that.

Seriously, the only reason anyone even knows about this game is the post facto streams that exist because the game is so jank.

 

[Infinitron]

Welcome to the first episode of Deep Dive, a show by Nightdive Studios to cover games – past and present – with artists, developers, and special guests from around the industry.

In this episode, we’re taking a closer look at The Thing: Remastered with insight from our development team, as well as a special interview with Mark Atkinson, one of the talented directors and programmers behind 2002’s The Thing!

 

[Infinitron]

In this bonus episode of Deep Dive, Locke sits down with Nightdive Studios' Art Lead, Joel Welsh, to discuss how the art is progressing on The Thing: Remastered! Please note the images shown in this episode are early works in progress. It's important to the Nightdive team to be transparent with the community about how the game is evolving.

 

[Baron Dupek]

 

[Hagashager]

Wasn’t this game pretty shit

Depends, did you watch the Spoony Experiment back in the day?

 

[NecroLord]

This remaster of the 2002 canon sequel to John Carpenter’s 1982 horror classic The Thing features some of Nightdive’s most impressive visual upgrades to date. In addition to improved models, textures, and environments, new dynamic lighting, and 4K resolution at 144 FPS, we’ve worked with the original development team on an assortment of gameplay improvements.

Notably, the advanced fear/trust interface where your influence on your team’s psychological state directly impacts whether or not they cooperate with you. Are you brave enough to join Cpt. J.F. Blake and his team as they investigate the chilling events that transpired at Outpost 31? Find out when The Thing: Remastered releases on PC and consoles later this year.

Stay tuned for future announcements!

What's with that awful bloom/weird lighting?
That wasn't in the original game.