The Thing

The Good
The atmosphere is dense, the movie was captured very well. The graphics are outstanding with their great fire, snow, wind and illumination effects. The sound is awesome, the movie like engine-cutscenes are excellent.

The Bad
Savepoints.They are well placed, but nothing beats the standard saving system (via hotkey, at best). The team managment is okay and adds more depth and a certain paranoia factor, but the handling could have been easier.

The Bottom Line
Its a great game in the tradition of Resident Evil and the gfx look so much better. Having played this, I would say that a real 3D environment is indeed better than the static prerendered backgrounds that this "survival horror" genre offers normally. Good step ahead, and a lof of fun to play ! But maybe my vote is beeing affected by my....infection ?