The Medium

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  1. Mandulum
    Mar 15, 2021
    7
    It has an old school vibe, from the movement to the camera angles. The story's okay, weird and twisted but just okay. They could have done with the running sequences, those are never fun.

    Date Completed: 2021-03-14
    Playtime: 8h
    Enjoyment: 7/10
    Recommendation: If you like horror games it's worth a play.
  2. SuperkenGaming
    Feb 16, 2021
    7
    The Medium
    Bloobr team is back on the right track
    If youre new to the channel, I love layers of fear, I only metnion it in every other horror review I do, its one of my favorite horror games of all time, so naturally I have to play every game bloobr team makes, and unfortunately they havnt been that good since the observer, however with the medium, bloober team takes a crack at 3rd    The Medium
    Bloobr team is back on the right track
    If youre new to the channel, I love layers of fear, I only metnion it in every other horror review I do, its one of my favorite horror games of all time, so naturally I have to play every game bloobr team makes, and unfortunately they havnt been that good since the observer, however with the medium, bloober team takes a crack at 3rd person horror, and while its far from flawless, it’s a pretty decent first attempt…
    here you play as a medium, you get a call, you go to this creepy hotel to investigate the call, and things don’t get normal from there… reviewing this game was a roller coaster of feelings, as the medim is a roller coaster of quality.. the cutscenes are great, the voice acting, the chracters, the story, all amazing, but the game itself feels really dated, tons of texture pop ins, the game will chug along at times, and overall marianne feels super awkward to control, the cameras, the movements, everything to remind you that despite the acting and cutscenes =, this is indeed not a AAA title, it feels big budget indie, which is fine especially in the hands of bloober team, they are great at creeping you out and building intriguing environments.
    As a medium you can go back and forth between your world and the spirit world, and you get to see both sides at a time, going back and forth to find items or interact with objecst to solve a puzzle or open up an area for the other, it really is a fun little back and forth puzzle game from time to time. However the execution isn’t quite the most enjoyable.. infact overall, The medium is probably one of the least enjoyable horror games ive played in a while, its slow and tedious, these sections while theyre a cool idea, never do anything fresh with it, youre basically doing the alive or dead version of everything you’ve done in horror games before but in accordion from.. Im over dead ends and fixing fuse boxes and finding valves… can horror games come up with literally anything else to do than find the things that’s missing….
    Im so over this type of gameplay, im over being in the same areas for 10-20 minutes just clicking on stuff until I find a missing lever, its boring, borderline painful after a while, and really makes your game feel like a chore.
    Please give me something new, the indie games industry pumps out 20 of these games every year.
    I don’t mind it every once in a while, but when that’s the main hook of your game, I cant.. And with the medium lasting about 6 and a half hours, it feels twice that long with how slow paced it is…
    But ultimately The Medium is saved by its cast of characters and story, I had to see where this was all going, even if it felt like it was going nowhere, enjoy this hotel for the rest of your life.
    I give the medium
    a 7/10    … Expand
  3. Young_Nacho
    Feb 14, 2021
    7
    This game is definitely gonna be hit or miss for most people, depending on what you’re looking for in it. If you’re searching for some tense horror gameplay or intricate puzzle solving, I would say look elsewhere. But if you are interested in exploring some incredible hellscape environments and unraveling a really interesting story, then The Medium is definitely a game for you.
  4. apostolosapok
    May 1, 2021
    7
    First of all i want to congratulate the creators of the game that were not afraid to tackle this niche in my opinion game genre and not sticking to another stupid cheap jump scare horror game.

    The Medium is one of those games that has so much potential to be an excellent game but eventually leaves mixed feelings. My main 2 problems with the game were first the constant annoying    First of all i want to congratulate the creators of the game that were not afraid to tackle this niche in my opinion game genre and not sticking to another stupid cheap jump scare horror game.

    The Medium is one of those games that has so much potential to be an excellent game but eventually leaves mixed feelings. My main 2 problems with the game were first the constant annoying narration by the main character breaking the 4th wall and explaining to me the gamer how the story is developing, its a cheap technique and it destroys the atmosphere of the game, and second the lack of clever puzzles and heart pumping chasing, it also felt like the narrations that i mentioned previously like i was a dummy that had to be guided through so i don't lose and quit the game.

    Apart from those 2 problems that can easily be fixed in my opinion and were present because the creators wanted the game to be accessible to a broader audience, the game is very good, it has great graphics/animations, a captivating story, great characters /acting and if a 2nd game keeps the all those good things remove the main character narrative and replace it with other more clever ways of explaining the story, better/more clever riddles and more difficult/stressful enemy encounters/chases it can be a 10.    … Expand
  5. Seosamh27
    Jan 30, 2021
    7
    This game is a good throwback to the old Resident Evil, Silent Hill and Dino Crisis games.

    "Few jump scares and lots of looking for items" I have mixed feelings about this game. It is good and worth a play through but has some flaws. Environments look really nice but character models are flat and could have used more work. Also movement is super slow but i feel like they done it on    This game is a good throwback to the old Resident Evil, Silent Hill and Dino Crisis games.

    "Few jump scares and lots of looking for items"

    I have mixed feelings about this game. It is good and worth a play through but has some flaws.
    Environments look really nice but character models are flat and could have used more work.
    Also movement is super slow but i feel like they done it on purpose to add suspense. it just didn't work tbh.

    Overall it was a good game.
    Definitely worth playing if you are a Game Pass subscriber.
    Maybe wait for a price drop if you aren't.    … Expand
  6. watchm824
    Oct 26, 2021
    7
    "The Medium" is a good game that leaves me with a pleasant aftertaste. But expect from her experience similar to the experience of passing "Silent Hill" is not worth it.
    "The Medium" lacks interactivity and there is no way to fight opponents. The game is more like an interactive movie.
    Pros: beautiful surroundings, interesting plot and atmosphere. The main advantage of the game is    "The Medium" is a good game that leaves me with a pleasant aftertaste. But expect from her experience similar to the experience of passing "Silent Hill" is not worth it.
    "The Medium" lacks interactivity and there is no way to fight opponents. The game is more like an interactive movie.

    Pros: beautiful surroundings, interesting plot and atmosphere. The main advantage of the game is music.
    Cons: too simple and uninteresting puzzles, character animation, minor technical problems (the game slowed down in some places for unknown reasons).    … Expand
  7. anykey_
    Jan 31, 2021
    7
    The game turned out to be very interesting. For the most part, I guess I hadn't played much quests before. On the Xbox Show Case, she looked pretty interesting. As a result, it came out very short. The musical accompaniment turned out to be quite good. Questions are about the graphics in this game, about facial animations and about performance as such. The bloober team might have beenThe game turned out to be very interesting. For the most part, I guess I hadn't played much quests before. On the Xbox Show Case, she looked pretty interesting. As a result, it came out very short. The musical accompaniment turned out to be quite good. Questions are about the graphics in this game, about facial animations and about performance as such. The bloober team might have been pretty quick, IMHO. But, in general, a game for the evening. You can play.… Expand
  8. XLazer
    Aug 13, 2021
    7
    Overall - 7/10

    + Amazing art and world design, especially the spirit world + Sadness/Lilly Good story but poor way of telling it, it was all over the place. Some characters had amazing voice acting while the main protagonist felt lacking in that department. They had an amazing set of music but used rarely. - Gameplay was below average, puzzles could have been more    Overall - 7/10

    + Amazing art and world design, especially the spirit world
    + Sadness/Lilly

    Good story but poor way of telling it, it was all over the place. Some characters had amazing voice acting while the main protagonist felt lacking in that department. They had an amazing set of music but used rarely.

    - Gameplay was below average, puzzles could have been more engaging/challenging
    - Textures not loading in time/Frame drops

    Enjoyment - 6.5/10    … Expand
  9. przeprze
    Jan 29, 2021
    7
    The Medium is probably the most fully realized (original) game by Bloober Team.

    the art direction is simply out of this world. as a person who loved Beksiński art before knowing how to even read his name properly, I am amazed at how well his paintings and the whole world become a living entity. it's a bit less impressive in the tight interiors, partly because of the sometimes    The Medium is probably the most fully realized (original) game by Bloober Team.

    the art direction is simply out of this world. as a person who loved Beksiński art before knowing how to even read his name properly, I am amazed at how well his paintings and the whole world become a living entity. it's a bit less impressive in the tight interiors, partly because of the sometimes questionable placements of the camera, but overall the love and appreciation for pan Beksiński is felt in every second of this game.

    the story is very decent, too. it manages a nice balance of predictability and genuine suspense and mystery, very familiar and mundane late-soviet things are nestled well together with some rather screwed up subject matters. if anything, for a foreigner who is interested in Poland, this game feels and plays very polish. being from a neighboring country, I quite liked the painful authenticity of the environment design.

    the characters are quite interesting, too - probably my favorite out of all BT's games. they are solidly written, amazingly acted and have enough charisma to make drudging through the "gameplay" and at times disastrous level design at very least bearable.

    because no matter how competent the game is, how well-animated, no matter how many expensive talents are involved, and how lofty the developer's ambitions are, this is still very much a Bloober Team's game, a stylish, unevenly paced walking simulator with tons of notes, unskippable chases from unkillable monsters who one-hit you and painful, miserable lack of any meaningful gameplay.

    yes, the split-screen level design and puzzles are nice - the first couple of times. same as mirror puzzles. same as "dive" puzzles. 95% of the game is just walking, sometimes breaking into a ridiculously slow jog.

    unfortunately, it's not the "Silent Hill successor" we've been promised. it's Layers of Fear, but in third person. an early 00s puzzle game, but simplistic and boring.

    just another Bloober Team's game.    … Expand
  10. Rutgrrr
    Feb 20, 2021
    7
    I really liked the atmosphere and story of this game. There are some technical issues though (crashes, framedrops), but nothing that really breaks the game. Not a big fan of the fixed camera angle. Was expecting a much more 'horrory' game, luckiliy it wasn't that bad ;-)
  11. xjecox
    Dec 14, 2021
    7
    Excellent game, immersive sound, good graphics, good story, needs to be optimized for RT.
  12. izaiasgo
    Jan 30, 2021
    7
    Jogo em si é muito bom, jogabilidade old school, porém esse questão de dois mundo ao mesmo tempo e inútil serve apenas para demonstrar poder do xbox , mas o gráfico não e tudo isso, poderiam ter feito algum lance de aproveitar o sdd em vez do vídeo para fazer essa troca dos mundos
  13. Sevoal
    May 27, 2021
    7
    A correctly made adventure game for a few nights. I recommend. I hope the developers will make more games in a similar concept. Interesing fact is the action takes place in Kraków.
  14. Boldanone
    May 14, 2022
    7
    The game has an interesting story, pretty good visuals, unusual mechanics. I liked the cutscenes, they looked excellent for a game with a limited budget. Overall, a good game.
  15. Saulle_infDev
    Mar 4, 2022
    7
    Strepitoso, questo gioco riesce a catturarti in ogni modo, questa iniziativa di mettere la meccanica del doppio mondo è affascinante e penso sia riuscita benissimo.
    Audio, musica e tutto il resto le ho apprezzate moltissimo, enigmi non troppo difficili, ma se non ci pensi lo risolvi, tutti gli oggetti e cose extra sono molto belli, ma dove mi sono emozionato di più è nella fine con musica    Strepitoso, questo gioco riesce a catturarti in ogni modo, questa iniziativa di mettere la meccanica del doppio mondo è affascinante e penso sia riuscita benissimo.
    Audio, musica e tutto il resto le ho apprezzate moltissimo, enigmi non troppo difficili, ma se non ci pensi lo risolvi, tutti gli oggetti e cose extra sono molto belli, ma dove mi sono emozionato di più è nella fine con musica e cutscene finale maestosa. Congratulazioni mi avete fatto rimanere davvero entusiasta di questo titolo.
    Super consigliato.    … Expand
  16. AlexandrRosca
    Feb 19, 2021
    6
    Medium, The | 2021 | PC | Played for: 9h

    A fixed camera exploring game, with 2 alternate/ simultaneous worlds. The idea is interesting but the execution feels rushed and not fulfilling. The graphics are good looking but the optimization is bad. Controls and gameplay feels stiff. Sounds and music is good. Consider only if you like the genre and even then only on discount. Story:    Medium, The | 2021 | PC | Played for: 9h

    A fixed camera exploring game, with 2 alternate/ simultaneous worlds. The idea is interesting but the execution feels rushed and not fulfilling.
    The graphics are good looking but the optimization is bad. Controls and gameplay feels stiff. Sounds and music is good.
    Consider only if you like the genre and even then only on discount.

    Story: 7/10
    Gameplay: 4/10
    Graphics/Physics: 8/10
    Music/Sound: 8,5/10
    Overall: 6,13/10    … Expand
  17. DreamCore
    Jan 31, 2021
    6
    The Good:

    * Interesting story. * The split screen, multi-reality thing is cool. The Bad: * Very short. Can be completed in 6-7 hours. * The gameplay leaves a lot to be desired. * Performance is very unstable. * Bugs and crashes. Verdict: While the game has a fairly good story and a very intersting split-screen mechanic, the gameplay leaves a lot to be desired. There is    The Good:

    * Interesting story.
    * The split screen, multi-reality thing is cool.

    The Bad:

    * Very short. Can be completed in 6-7 hours.
    * The gameplay leaves a lot to be desired.
    * Performance is very unstable.
    * Bugs and crashes.

    Verdict:

    While the game has a fairly good story and a very intersting split-screen mechanic, the gameplay leaves a lot to be desired. There is no real enemies or combat. The Maw will just chase you in a few scripted sequences. Most of the time you're free to explore at your own pace. The game is basically a walking simulator with gameplay basically only consisting of solving some very basic puzzles, but there is no challenge here. The game is very short and can be completed in 6-7 hours which is both good and bad. Good because the lack in gameplay would have been very repetitive had it been longer. The game also suffers from bad performance (25-130 fps on an RTX 3090) with lag spikes every so often. I also had 4 crashes and 3 times I got stuck in invisilble objects, forcing me to reload. Luckily I only paid $30 for it, because it really isn't worth more.    … Expand
  18. Spectralfire
    Feb 10, 2021
    6
    Decent. The game's story is good. Gameplay is bare bones. Chase scenes with the game's primary villain lead to some genuinely adrenaline pumping moments. Environments begin to look drab and repetitive until you get outside the facility. The story drove me to see the game through to completion. The game has some unique elements which help make up for the minimal level of interactivity.
  19. corcoles9310
    Jan 30, 2021
    6
    Me encantan los survival horror, es uno de mis géneros favoritos. Pero tengo que decir que The Medium no es un survival horror. De hecho , está muy lejos de serlo. Es una aventura gráfica al mas puro estilo de Telltale Games pero sin la rejugabilidad de estos juegos debido a las elecciones.
    The medium es un buen juego, correcto sin alardes. Tiene una historia muy interesante de suspense    Me encantan los survival horror, es uno de mis géneros favoritos. Pero tengo que decir que The Medium no es un survival horror. De hecho , está muy lejos de serlo. Es una aventura gráfica al mas puro estilo de Telltale Games pero sin la rejugabilidad de estos juegos debido a las elecciones.
    The medium es un buen juego, correcto sin alardes. Tiene una historia muy interesante de suspense que te atrapa bastante y quieres saber en todo momento del título cada vez más y más de la elaborada narrativa que ofrece. Sin duda lo mejor del juego.
    Gráficamente es bonito pero no es next gen desde luego en ningún aspecto y mucho menos en los modelados y expresiones faciales que son bastante lamentables.
    La dualidad de mundos es interesante pero noto que está desaprovechada en el juego.
    El sonido es un gran aliciente y la banda sonora también.
    El juego carece de puzles interesantes y no hay ningún tipo de reto durante la aventura.
    No he muerto ni una sola vez y si alguien muere es porque algo ha hecho mal no porque el juego le proponga un reto.
    El juego puede durar unas 10 horas ya que la movilidad es lenta pero lo peor del título sin duda es que carece de exploración y no ofrece rejugabilidad ninguna.

    Básicamente ver un longplay en youtube y jugar al juego no dista de ser una experiencia muy diferente siendo sinceros.

    Aun así es un buen título que aconsejo si tienes el game pass pero no recomendaría a nadie por 50 euros.

    Gráficos 7
    Jugabilidad 5
    Sonido 8,5
    Vida útil 4

    NOTA FINAL 6

    -JUEGOS SIMILARES-
    Until dawn es sin duda un gran título que se me viene a la mente si te gusto y tiene mas vida útil.
    Otra opción interesante seria Song of Horror aunque ese juego si que es más cercano a un survival-horror.    … Expand
  20. SexiPlexi
    Jul 29, 2021
    6
    The medium is ok game, the story is excellent and some of the visuals effects very pretty, but the performance is shockingly bad, any game that is optimised so poorly will always loose 3 from 10 from me the other 1 is the controls are so clunky,..you need to take more time to optimise a game I am sick of poorly optimised games, there is no point of making game prettier if you cant get itThe medium is ok game, the story is excellent and some of the visuals effects very pretty, but the performance is shockingly bad, any game that is optimised so poorly will always loose 3 from 10 from me the other 1 is the controls are so clunky,..you need to take more time to optimise a game I am sick of poorly optimised games, there is no point of making game prettier if you cant get it to 120fps.....this is the 2020s all games should run smooth at 120fps by now anything lower is dated and producers should be ashamed.… Expand
  21. nitorita
    Jun 11, 2021
    6
    A seemingly promising adventure game that is unfortunately weighed upon by frequent crashing, an annoying camera, easy linear gameplay, and unoptimized graphics despite looking like they came from a decade ago.

    The premise of the game is as follows: Your character is an esper who can interact with a parallel spirit world, and her actions in either world influence the other. She has the    A seemingly promising adventure game that is unfortunately weighed upon by frequent crashing, an annoying camera, easy linear gameplay, and unoptimized graphics despite looking like they came from a decade ago.

    The premise of the game is as follows: Your character is an esper who can interact with a parallel spirit world, and her actions in either world influence the other. She has the ability to help spirits pass on, which is integral to the story. Everything takes place in a nightmarish, apocalyptic world.

    Sadly, despite such an interesting premise, the game feels incomplete, as it features supernatural elements that fail to scare you, many underutilized gameplay mechanics, and a lack of exploration and interaction that could've and should've been capitalized upon. All you do is follow an unambiguous path holding forward for the majority of the game, with most of the side content being inconsequential.

    The story was built to be discontinuous and gradually fed to you in the form of flashbacks, but that only served to provide confusion instead. The ending was also unbelievably random and abrupt, which made the game even more lackluster and makes you question whether the game may have been quickly wrapped up for release.

    Overall, the game feels like an unoriginal mishmash of other horror adventure games. I cannot recommend this game in its current state due to all of the crashing, so I suggest testing it out first on a platform like Xbox Game Pass before committing. The game seems to be more stable if you do not exceed 60 FPS, so keep it at that.    … Expand
  22. zNeverSleeping
    Feb 18, 2021
    6
    Por mais que o jogo fosse promissor, a trama não me pegou muito. A gameplay não carregava minha falta de interesse na historia e a narrativa pouco se desenvolvia. Os personagens, principalmente a protagonista, são fracos. Fora o desempenho quando o jogo se "duplica". Felizmente, acontece poucas vezes.
  23. ashbrian
    Feb 1, 2021
    6
    Es un juego entre regular y bueno, ojo, no es para todo el mundo, si piensas encontrar un Silent hill o RE, este titulo no es para ti, a mi gusto es un juego que peca de ser demasiado fácil.
  24. NoSkinPotato
    Apr 13, 2021
    6
    It's a good game but there are some really big flaws. I'm gonna separate this review into sections

    GAMEPLAY The gameplay is pretty much if Detroit Become Human has decent puzzles. It is cinematic but it is really boring. Passing through a short ledge in this game could take you about 40 seconds, it is that stretched. The majority of the time this game is pretty much a walking    It's a good game but there are some really big flaws. I'm gonna separate this review into sections

    GAMEPLAY
    The gameplay is pretty much if Detroit Become Human has decent puzzles. It is cinematic but it is really boring. Passing through a short ledge in this game could take you about 40 seconds, it is that stretched. The majority of the time this game is pretty much a walking simulator.

    VISUALS
    The game looks **** clean and incredible lookin. The attention to detail is insane.

    STORY
    This is a story driven game and this is one of the main reasons why I gave this game a lower score. This type of story telling is really not for me. It's like Control where you need to read a lot of collectibles stuff to fully understand the story and at some point of the game you'll just feel lost. I'm a fan of the story but I'm not a fan of its storytelling. The story is tackling some really dark themes and the dialogs are well written.

    CONCLUSION
    I think the game is decent, I didn't have much of a good time playing it but I can easily recommend this game on sale. Wait for it to be >60% sale    … Expand
  25. Ca_thal
    Feb 4, 2021
    6
    A dull and short affair, with gameplay that doesn't really expect much from the player, besides walking between points of interest.

    It has some brilliant voice acting and music, however. Get it if you want a time waste on GamePass, but I don't recommend buying it.
  26. GandalfCzarny
    Feb 3, 2021
    6
    Bloober Team really need to stop trying do a horror games. When Medium is focus on characters and story telling is good. But when we must run from stupid giant piece of garbage with wings and Cookie Monster voice, than the only thing you feel is cringe than fear. It's far for being bad game, but I also can't call it a good one
  27. ErayTellezi
    Mar 12, 2021
    6
    6-7 saatlik bir oyun. Oynanış çok kabız. Kamera açıları ve kontroller eski Resident Evil ve Silent Hill gibi. Kamera açısının atmosferi ve çok şık görünen mekan tasarımlarını geniş geniş göstermesi bakımından oldukça faydalı olduğunu söyleyebiliriz ancak kontroller yer yer çok zor.

    Optimizasyon çok kötü. FPS yer yer düşüyor. Özellikle aynı anda iki ekran gösterdiği yerler çok fena. Oyun    6-7 saatlik bir oyun. Oynanış çok kabız. Kamera açıları ve kontroller eski Resident Evil ve Silent Hill gibi. Kamera açısının atmosferi ve çok şık görünen mekan tasarımlarını geniş geniş göstermesi bakımından oldukça faydalı olduğunu söyleyebiliriz ancak kontroller yer yer çok zor.

    Optimizasyon çok kötü. FPS yer yer düşüyor. Özellikle aynı anda iki ekran gösterdiği yerler çok fena. Oyun bu mekaniği, aynı anda iki farklı zamanda olmayı çok da iyi değerlendirememiş gibi geldi bana.

    Aksiyon yok, bir yerlerden eşyalar bularak küçük ve basit bulmacaları çözerek ilerliyorsunuz. Müzikler çok iyi. Atmosfer ilk bir kaç saat bazı yerlerde gerse de sonra alışıyorsunuz. Hikayesi ve gizemi oldukça dikkat çekiciydi. Topladığınız notlarda anlatılan küçük hikayeler de var ama onlar tam açıklanmıyor. Belki ben bazılarını kaçırmışımdır. Hikayenin finali açık uçlu bitti. Üstelik bağladıkları yer çok tatmin edici gelmedi.

    Görsel dil olarak Zdzislaw Beksinski'nin çizimlerinden epey etkilenmişler. Hatta bazı resimleri direkt oyunda mekan olarak yer alıyor. Resim sanatından hiç anlamam ve ilgi alanıma girmez ama kendisinin benim telefonumda bile bir kaç eseri var.

    Oyunun yapımcısı Bloober Team'in daha önce cyberpunk temalı dedektiflik oyunu Observer'ı oynamıştım. Tabii çok farklı tür ve oynanış sunuyorlar ama onu daha çok sevmiştim.

    Sonuç olarak pek beğenmediğim bir oyun oldu. Hikaye ve atmosfer oynanışla desteklenememiş.    … Expand
  28. Richard_dias
    Aug 15, 2023
    6
    That is really a medium game. Nothing more than that.
    The game looks very good and the plot is kinda OK (although I didn't like the ending and what it means at all), but the gameplay itself... It was disappointing. Bloober Team itself made some comparisons to Silent Hill back in the day, and I ended up thinking this would be a survival horror game, instead of a walking simulator with    That is really a medium game. Nothing more than that.
    The game looks very good and the plot is kinda OK (although I didn't like the ending and what it means at all), but the gameplay itself... It was disappointing. Bloober Team itself made some comparisons to Silent Hill back in the day, and I ended up thinking this would be a survival horror game, instead of a walking simulator with basically no combat.    … Expand
  29. Top1saraya_
    Jan 7, 2023
    6
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  30. nnrer
    Dec 28, 2022
    6
    certainly not a game for everyone and the game has lots of puzzles which may be too hard for some people
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Generally favorable reviews - based on 49 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 29 out of 49
  2. Mixed: 19 out of 49
  3. Negative: 1 out of 49
  1. LEVEL (Czech Republic)
    Apr 12, 2021
    60
    The Medium is a psychological thriller with various simple puzzles, a whiff of horror and music like from Silent Hill. As a result, you will play the game mainly because of the storytelling and for its atmosphere. [Issue#310]
  2. Riot Pixels
    Apr 1, 2021
    69
    The Medium deftly ties all loose story ends and shows impressive art direction, but it lacks wholeness. The game feels like an artist who has too many ideas at the same time; he would grab a brush, then a pen or a piece of coal… but still cannot finish his masterpiece.
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  3. Cubed3
    Feb 25, 2021
    80
    The Medium isn't an unflawed masterpiece. It's got some performance issues on PC and some jankeyness in unexpected places. However it has got this absolutely unique horror atmosphere, beautifully crafted worlds and some absolute heart-string pulling story moments. This is a successful return of the "horror adventure" game style from those golden oldies everyone fondly remembers. Bloober Team has done an outstanding job making this title and it's one hundred percent recommended to all fans of horror.
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