This game seems like a more "Hardcore" take on the Thing-Thing series. The levels and objectives seem to be designed with the timer in mind, which makes for a more challenging and rewarding gameplay experience. If the timer were removed, then the level design and objectives would be pretty much useless.
Also, it's a good thing that the game doesn't save the objectives if you die. This makes it so that you try harder not to die, especially if you complete a lot of objectives, and helps improve your skill at dodging enemy attacks. I also like the enhanced customization. I love me some custom characters. And the music is pretty sweet too.
If the lose of objectives to dying, or the timer were removed, this would have been a much less rewarding game. It's challenging, sure, but it's that special kind of challenging where you can see where you messed up, learn from what you did wrong, and still have a great time playing, regardless of how difficult it is. It's kinda like an old NES game like Mega Man.
However, to be fair, being lenient towards a player might just be have its own rewards too. A difficulty option would have been nice. Overall, though this game did a fantastic job at, reusing old elements from the older games and adding in new levels and objectives that let the player feel rewarded for being good at the game, and even help the player get good in the first place.
Reviews for "Thing-Thing Arena Pro"
WHAT THE FLYING FUCK? When you die it doesn't let you keep your completed objectives??? That's bullshit, I spend all this time trying to find these stupid disks and as soon as I hit pro score i got a hundred of the buggers all shooting me at once.... Please make it so you at least get the bonus from the objectives you've completed.
Good game, But it lags to much that I can't even play. :(
Sonic and sonic.exe in madness, fan specal,. no creepy stuf.
Honestly, I'm pretty disappointed.
For one thing, it lags quite a bit, and there's no options for me to adjust to change it. No quality button, nothing to turn off shells or blood, etc. The only options are music and sound, which turning off does next-to-nothing to help.
Second, this isn't the Arena that is usually produced. Honestly, I cared for the old style, because it was, well, actually possible and playable. These time limit objectives are just not very good, as far as I'm concerned, and make the game feel less like an arena and more like a hide and go seek game where you try to find everything everywhere.