- Publisher: Bloober Team
- Release Date: Jan 28, 2021
- Also On: PlayStation 5, Switch, Xbox Series X
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Jan 27, 2021The Medium manages to unite in a single game four elements that are not easy to find well integrated in a single title: it maintains a good narrative tension, telling a difficult story in an affordable way, and its soundtrack perfectly complements this narrative. Its aesthetic proposal gives a unique framework and, at the same time, complements the story. Finally, it properly integrates its playable mechanics within the product. It is a risky work, which invites, like the rest of the Bloober Team games, that each one has their own interpretation of what happens on screen.[Recommended]
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Jan 27, 2021The story's emotional beats are written and executed well enough that I was nonetheless happy to go along for the ride even if some of the pieces didn't make much sense in hindsight. I'd still recommend waiting for a few patches to hit before you jump in, especially if you're planning to play on PC. But despite all the issues, I was invested the whole way through and came away with the feeling that The Medium is a journey worth taking.
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Jan 27, 2021Eventually, The Medium abandons its surprisingly empathetic take on the afterlife altogether to become a thriller, which, while honing in on a single thread, ends up being shallow and disappointing. The twists aren’t predictable but aren’t shocking, either, and while the latter half of the game sets itself up as an intricate web of interconnected relationships and secrets, it teases out hidden identities and other twists for way longer than it took for me to figure them out, leaving me waiting for the story to catch up. By the time I’d rolled credits and began processing what had just happened, I realized I didn’t have many plot points or striking moments to chew on.
Awards & Rankings
User score distribution:
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Positive: 501 out of 801
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Mixed: 131 out of 801
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Negative: 169 out of 801
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Jan 29, 2021Really good game , bloomer team make narrative games that are really stunning
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Jan 29, 2021a pretty good game, but not the best, it should be longer, have harder puzzles and more mecanics
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Jan 29, 2021