The Thing Cheats (Xbox)

On the second level (when you get out of the helicopter for the second
  time).  You will find a man in the building. heal him and tell
  him to follow you.after you get him away from the place he was you
  will see two canisters shoot them two times. after they explode use
  your fire extinguisher to put out the fire. In this room you will find
  ammo and a flame canister with one reload.

  


      

      Simple Strategy 1

      Always keep your team members well stocked with arms and ammo,
      even if they are infected. It is easier to kill an infected member
      and take all his stuff then it is to backtrack trying to find more
      ammo.

       Don't waste your medkits that determine DNA. If a team
      member is infected it will manifest itself in due time. Infact it
      seems to be scripted. I did a test on a member and it showed
      nothing. Then 5 minutes later he was a nightmare.

      
  

      1st boss strategy

      Under the warehouse through a door is your first real boss. As
      soon as the cut scene has ended keep yourself to the left of the
      room keeping your back against the door. There is a tentacle that
      pops out of the wall on the right. Shot gun the hell out of the
      boss then use the flame-thrower on it until it collapses on the
      floor.

       You will have to shoot the little spider things as your
      killing the boss because there is a hatching bubble just the other
      side of the boxes your standing next to on the left of the room.
  

      Beat boss #2

      When you enter the door and the second boss is there there will be
      a junction box to the right of you. Don't bother with it because
      it is a waste of time. Go up to the boxes to the left of the
      junction box and slowly move to the side of them. When you have a
      good aim at him and he cannot hit you shoot him until when you
      lock onto him the crosshair is red. Then run up to him and
      flamethrower him and run behind the boxes. Go up and flame thrower
      him some more. This might take a couple trys but eventually you
      will beat it.
  

      
  

      Get Witley on your
      team

      To get Witley on your team when you reach the dome at the very
      start where you see Witley before you take a step throw a blue
      grenade outside into the snow then the cutscene will appear and
      Witley will be standing there instead of running.  Take your
      bloodtest and use it on him.  Give him a weapon and you now
      have Witley on your team.
  

      
  

      Easy way to beat
      spiders

      If you and your team are up against an army of spiders what you do
      is-move you and your team into a room with a door control and shut
      the door, while your in there reload your gun and heal yourself
      then open the door and kill as many monsters as you can, if there
      are to many or you are running low on health or ammo close the
      door again and repeat the process.

      P.S-dont forget about your team-there no good without amo or a
      gun!!!!

      
      
  


  

Go into to his garage. Fix the electrical panel that operates the hoist. Step back towards
the middle of the big door. There is an opening between two of the crates. Using your
grenade launcher in first person targeting, send in a grenade. If the Thing turns its head
toward you, then you have him targeted. Continue sending in grenades until he begins to
burn. You can send in a few more if desired for extra fun. Run into the Thing's room and
on the far wall from the big door is a switch. Throw the switch and watch as the Thing
dies. You will probably take one hit from him.

Use the following trick to get a doctor in the same room with you during your battle with
the second giant Thing. Walk to the large garage door. Get the doctor close to the door as
well. Then, tell him to not follow you anymore. Push him as close to the door as possible;
and close enough to you that when you flip the switch to open the door he will not move.
Before you flip the switch, tell him to follow you again. Flip the switch and when you are
shown in the locked room with the second giant Thing, he should be beside you. Use him to
heal you during the fight with the Thing.

The following trick requires Stun Grenades (found in the back of the room with Boss 3),
Blood Test Kit (found in the same room), and the Grenade Launcher (in the save room down
the hall from Boss 3). Starting after third Boss fight (hanging tentacle monster),
backtrack your way out of the weapons lab, back up the air vent, and to the "mine"
elevator. As soon as you reach the surface, strafe left, and equip both the Grenade
Launcher and Stun Grenades. If you step forward at all, it triggers an intermission
sequence you have to die and start the level over. Enter first person mode and aim up the
corridor, parallel with the bottom of the last metal wall panel. Launch a grenade and
quickly walk forward. The intermission sequence will trigger, but Whitley will stand still
instead of running off. Now, quickly run ahead of him (preferably block his path to slow
him down) and use the Blood Test Kit. He now trusts you enough to follow orders. Order him
to follow you (otherwise he walks around the corner triggering guards to attack) and give
him a weapon. You have now backup. He only lasts a brief amount of time, and will
disappear roughly halfway up the snow corridor, which appears scripted. However, every bit
of backup firepower helps in that spot.

Always shut the door of the room you walk into, if you have the chance. For example, on
the level where you have to kill all the walkers, a walker will enter from the front door
if you do not shut it.

An easy way to beat walkers is to have a machinegun and flamethrower

Wait about one minute at the main menu to view a longer, uncut television trailer for the
game.

When you encounter the first Thing Boss, hold Up/Left and you should run under it before
it can hit you. This will also aim you directly at the junction box. Immediately start
fixing it. As soon as it is almost fixed, hold Right to run through the door. Since he
will still keep fixing it as long as you release the button, with luck it will be fixed
before the Boss attacks for the third time. At the intermission sequence you tend to take
off in a random direction, so this may take a few attempts, save immediately before trying
this. If successfuly completed, you will only lose only about half a bar of health and no
ammunition, making the next area much easier.

When someone's trust is in the orange and they will not do anything for you, enter first
person mode and aim the gun at their head for three seconds. They will now do things for
you without good trust.

Get to the top of the control tower to destroy the C4 you attached to the planes. Once you
are at the top of the stairs you might have to destroy some spiders and a walker. Once
they are destroyed go to the door to the left of the stairs door and immediately save your
game. Then pull out your sniper rifle and go to the center window and shoot the C4 on two
of the planes. Once you shoot the first one the hanger doors start to close so you have
hurry and shoot the second one, then run out of the room and go left until you come to
another door on the left. Go in that room and go to the center window and shoot the last
two C4 planes before the hanger doors close. I have found that its much faster to shoot
from the center windows because all you have to do is turn left and then right to shoot
the planes. Hope this helps someone.