The Medium

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  1. LukeSR
    Feb 18, 2021
    10
    Good game, good atmosphere. Bloober Team games are getting better with each release. I'm exited for their next project.
  2. Voctor
    Feb 17, 2021
    9
    Un tres bon jeux qui ma fais plonger dans cette univaire.
    Je vous le conseille
  3. 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
  4. NShep53
    Feb 16, 2021
    9
    Hearkens back to the 3rd person horror of the late 90s-early 2000s (like Silent Hill 1/2/3/4) but The Medium also manages to find it's own niche and is successful in doing so.
  5. 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.
  6. mpenalba
    Feb 14, 2021
    8
    The Medium es un gran videojuego cuando se lo evalúa por lo que es, un juego ambicioso de un estudio pequeño centrado principalmente en la narrativa. NO es un juego de terror y sus mecánicas se asemejan en muchas ocasiones a una aventura grafica y en este apartado brilla enormemente.

    Sus principales carencias se manifiestan cuando se aleja del genero al que realmente pertenece e intenta    The Medium es un gran videojuego cuando se lo evalúa por lo que es, un juego ambicioso de un estudio pequeño centrado principalmente en la narrativa. NO es un juego de terror y sus mecánicas se asemejan en muchas ocasiones a una aventura grafica y en este apartado brilla enormemente.

    Sus principales carencias se manifiestan cuando se aleja del genero al que realmente pertenece e intenta introducir mecánicas que no contribuyen a la historia y cortan el ritmo de la exploración.

    Pese a sus fallos, es un gran juego, con una historia solida y un apartado artístico muy bien logrado, totalmente recomendable si lo que estas buscando es un juego con un ritmo lento; centrado principalmente en la exploración y solución de puzles sencillos. Respecto a la optimización, no es la mejor pero he visto peores principalmente en juegos AA    … Expand
  7. Capybarin
    Feb 14, 2021
    2
    How about render 4 screens next time? I've heard that there's a PC that can run it still. You can do better next time. Have you ever run performance tests before release?
    Why do you decide to shrink both worlds instead of just switch between them? Maybe two screens should be must have to play? Along with 3090?
    Well music and artwork are awesome, I'll give you that.
  8. silent_hell696
    Feb 12, 2021
    10
    HOT DAMN THERE ARE SOME STUPID SONY KIDS HERE! This game is absolutely amazing and any negative reviews are to totally be ignored they are pathetic hate posts!!! Absolutely try this game for yourself for a unique and thrilling story!
  9. Andres_ftw
    Feb 12, 2021
    0
    Overall a terrible game, the gameplay is so boring I fell asleep a couple of times, the characters walk and run like they are f*ckin elders. The FPS is an absolute joke, the graphics are meh. Is this supposed to be the new Silent Hill?? LOL Another Microsoft exclusive that belongs in the thrash
  10. lt_h_Joss
    Feb 12, 2021
    9
    amazing history, its been a while since a truly enjoyed a game like this one, its not a 10 cause it really needs get optimized other than that, damn!
  11. iloveass2
    Feb 11, 2021
    10
    It's a great game with interesting gameplay and music that'll set you in the mood. The game has a nice story that'll get you eager to get to the climax quickly.
  12. fishu
    Feb 11, 2021
    10
    Great atmosphere, artstyle, sounds and music. This looks like a jumpscary horror game but turns out to be much more, the story comes together in the end perfectly. Pacing is great, length great. Looking forward to what developer cooks up next
  13. XenorPlays
    Feb 11, 2021
    8
    Pretty goood game, with a great story and the 2 different worlds are a nice feature, but the game could be scarier.
  14. carabinove
    Feb 10, 2021
    10
    Amazing game, loved the story telling, ost is brilliant! Peolple should skip reviews and try this at gamepass, worth play.
  15. 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.
  16. MRX1992
    Feb 9, 2021
    4
    Indie garbage. Barely no gameplay and there's no combat. This is a movie, not a game. The indie team that made this crap attempted to copy the classic survival horror games and failed miserably. This company needs to stop trying to make horror games, you wanna know how to make a survival horror game? Ask Team Silent or Shinji Mikami instead of wasting resources in a game like The Medium.Indie garbage. Barely no gameplay and there's no combat. This is a movie, not a game. The indie team that made this crap attempted to copy the classic survival horror games and failed miserably. This company needs to stop trying to make horror games, you wanna know how to make a survival horror game? Ask Team Silent or Shinji Mikami instead of wasting resources in a game like The Medium. Fixed camer angles alone don't make a survival horror game, and the angles are so bad and so poorly placed that Alone in the Dark 1 is a masterpiece compared to this. So many damn cutscenes makes this game so boring, if you like to enjoy other things besides the story, forget about this game. Akira Yamaoka is a master, but a bad game with good music is not an option for me, sorry. This cannot be called a horror game, let alone a survival horror game.
    4/10    … Expand
  17. BuddhaX93
    Feb 9, 2021
    8
    This game is not a horor game, but more a thriller. The only time I got scared was at the begining at the game. I would recommended this game to you if you like a good thriller. It has alot of good puzzles. The graphics is also good and it has some really good scenes .
  18. Meta_Igor
    Feb 9, 2021
    10
    Split screen is excellent idea and the story is qiute good too. I don't need anything more.
  19. xartemporas
    Feb 9, 2021
    9
    Best Xbox - Pc exclusive so far. Beautiful and unique, immersive, great atmosphere , visuals, voice acting and story. Performance and character animation could be a little better but I think that Bllober team will take care of these things in the sequel...

    Great job from a small studio.. keep up the good work!
  20. Sanciny
    Feb 9, 2021
    8
    I appreciate effort to make something unique and different. Considered how different it is compared to other games, I think devs did great job.
    From my perspective, the best thing about this game is two worlds system, which creates very decent atmosphere. Audio-visually the game is superb too. Strong part of this game is also story, which I found quite complicated and therefore I think    I appreciate effort to make something unique and different. Considered how different it is compared to other games, I think devs did great job.
    From my perspective, the best thing about this game is two worlds system, which creates very decent atmosphere. Audio-visually the game is superb too. Strong part of this game is also story, which I found quite complicated and therefore I think game should be a little longer to cover more details. But maybe playtime itself is not the issue. I found myself bored by plain walking sometimes, so maybe if playtime was used better, its length would be enough. Story is also told via letters found randomly.
    Main character is very charismatic and I liked her.
    What I didn't like about this game is camera. Yes, it is unique, and I liked it at very beginning, but later in the game it started to be annoying. Whole camera system is interesting for sure, but it also creates situations where character is difficult to control and you may find yourself kind of lost sometimes. Standard camera system simply provides better overview.
    When it comes to general gameplay, I am not impressed. It was little too hollow I would say.
    I like puzzle elements in games, but not too much in this one. Some people may be ok with them, but I found them little boring or annoying in general.

    Pros:
    + story,
    + graphics and audio,
    + main character,
    + parallel worlds system,
    + cutscenes,
    + general immersion.

    Cons:
    - keyboard experience,
    - camera,
    - little backtracking,
    - lot of plain boring walking,
    - lack of story details.    … Expand
  21. sadrae
    Feb 9, 2021
    8
    hope bloober team is gona start working on a remaster version of the medium. that master peace Narrative and voice acting deserves a better gameplay and less graphic issues.
    also pls stop using unreal engine
  22. MortalRide
    Feb 8, 2021
    8
    For this sized Studio,The Medium is an Awesome Game

    I joined the Xbox ecosystem with Xbox One X in Summer 2020.I didnt play so many Xbox exclusives.Also i purchased Game Pass Ultimate with Xbox One X.I played The Medium at PC.Because it wasnt compatible with Xbox One X.But The Medium is by far the best Xbox/PC exclusive game that i have ever played.The team made an awesome work.Though    For this sized Studio,The Medium is an Awesome Game

    I joined the Xbox ecosystem with Xbox One X in Summer 2020.I didnt play so many Xbox exclusives.Also i purchased Game Pass Ultimate with Xbox One X.I played The Medium at PC.Because it wasnt compatible with Xbox One X.But The Medium is by far the best Xbox/PC exclusive game that i have ever played.The team made an awesome work.Though the optimization and stability isnt anywhere good, the game design is good and the story was awesome.Keep up the good work guys...    … Expand
  23. Bolido
    Feb 8, 2021
    8
    Un buen juego, me ha sorprendido mucho. No suelo jugar a juegos de terror pero gracias a su historia no he podido parar (pese a los sustos). El toque de pantalla doble es muy original y la historia engancha de principio a fin. Como aspectos negativos podría destacar algunos crasheos que tuve en un momento del juego y que técnicamente es muy exigente. Jugando con una RTX 2060 los framesUn buen juego, me ha sorprendido mucho. No suelo jugar a juegos de terror pero gracias a su historia no he podido parar (pese a los sustos). El toque de pantalla doble es muy original y la historia engancha de principio a fin. Como aspectos negativos podría destacar algunos crasheos que tuve en un momento del juego y que técnicamente es muy exigente. Jugando con una RTX 2060 los frames oscilaban continuamente entre 40-60 y a veces con caídas muy bruscas y lagazos. Recomendaría este juego a cualquiera, espero que haya una segunda parte.… Expand
  24. Hics
    Feb 8, 2021
    10
    One of the best games I've played in a long time. The story and atmosphere were wonderful and the voice acting was top notch. Performance left a lot to be desired though. I really hope they continue the story.
  25. Wazcore
    Feb 7, 2021
    9
    Superb way to tell a story. Utterly engaging. The game design deserves an award
  26. szpajder
    Feb 7, 2021
    10
    Very intense, very grim, The story is well developed, the surrounding is just magnificent. Very often you see nice enough horrors, that turns a bit candy at the some point. no such thing in here! From the very beginning until the heartbreaking end- not a drop of hope in the story. If you enjoyed Hellblade this will be your new obsessive-compulsive experience.
  27. fray_bentos
    Feb 7, 2021
    5
    I got bored within half an hour and never recovered. The controls and mechanics of having to activate items, zoom in on them etc made it feel like the original Resident Evil, but with much less action. Walking through the environments also revealed lots of collision detection issues; walking into invisible objects/walls, basic animation, and looking like the main character was floatingI got bored within half an hour and never recovered. The controls and mechanics of having to activate items, zoom in on them etc made it feel like the original Resident Evil, but with much less action. Walking through the environments also revealed lots of collision detection issues; walking into invisible objects/walls, basic animation, and looking like the main character was floating just above the ground and placed in the environment, just like in the "good old days" of the original PlayStation. What I experienced as gameplay was walking around looking/backtracking looking for objects (with no run option to make it less tedious). Also suffers from serious performance issues. Loading stutter on a 10600K @4.9 GHz with an RTX 3080. RTX on ultra at 1440p brought the framerate down into the 30-40s, RTX on normal was 50-60s, and RTX off was 90 fps, even on scenes with a static, or almost static camera. It looks nice, but not that nice. Basically this a walking simulator with light puzzle elements in which you need to find things in the correct order, except less enjoyable than other games in that category I have played such as the Vanishing of Ethan Carter, What Remains of Edith Finch, Dear Esther, Stanley Parable, Abzu, Journey, The Unfinished Swan, and Rime.… Expand
  28. Kubasa_Undead
    Feb 7, 2021
    9
    First of all let me start of by saying it pains me to see those negative reviews. This game is absolutely amazing, Let's focus on the story because that's really what stands out in this game. It is absolutely phenomenal, I couldn't pull myself away simply because I wanted to find out more about this world and characters. It develops at a nice pace and ends with one of the most emotionalFirst of all let me start of by saying it pains me to see those negative reviews. This game is absolutely amazing, Let's focus on the story because that's really what stands out in this game. It is absolutely phenomenal, I couldn't pull myself away simply because I wanted to find out more about this world and characters. It develops at a nice pace and ends with one of the most emotional last 30 minutes of a video game that I played in a while. It left me feeling shocked and exited for everything that happened withing those last minutes. It is storytelling at it's best. You feel the characters and their emotions, you feel what they've gone through. The music greatly complements the story and action. The performance from the voice actors and music artists is really good as well. They help the game feel more real and emotional. The gameplay is almost 99% exploration and that's fine by me, because you slowly piece everything together on your own. It also doesn't fell dull at any moment. I didn't exactly love the "escape from the monster" sequences but it had it's place in a story. Everything else gameplay wise was just great. Overall an amazing game and an emotional experience. I highly recommend it especially if you have Game Pass. Check it out, the game has some nice horror elements and its extremally interesting.… Expand
  29. DCgaming93
    Feb 7, 2021
    9
    The game sets a very creepy tone from the start. This isn’t your usual combat horror game. This takes you on a journey that is filled with scares and interesting characters. A very story driven game that I loved from start to finish.
  30. MasterBen85
    Feb 7, 2021
    2
    Performance Horror aber kein Horror Game, Langweilig, lohnt nicht!

    Mein PC hat einen I7 9700K, 16GB G-SKill Ram, RTX3080, M2 SSD. UND ES IST NICHT FLÜSSIG spielbar! Selbst Cyberpunk läuft dagegen wie Butter in 1440P mit RayTracing alles auf High! Die Performance des Spiels wird um so länger man es spielt immer schlechter. In den ersten Szenen lief es mit knapp 100FPS alles auf High    Performance Horror aber kein Horror Game, Langweilig, lohnt nicht!

    Mein PC hat einen I7 9700K, 16GB G-SKill Ram, RTX3080, M2 SSD. UND ES IST NICHT FLÜSSIG spielbar!
    Selbst Cyberpunk läuft dagegen wie Butter in 1440P mit RayTracing alles auf High!

    Die Performance des Spiels wird um so länger man es spielt immer schlechter.
    In den ersten Szenen lief es mit knapp 100FPS alles auf High mit Raytracing.
    Richtung Ende hatte ich öfter 20-30FPS bei manchen Rätzeln in der nah Ansicht kurze Drops auf 2-3FPS für 10 Sec. Danach wieder 60-70FPS.

    Horror ist für mich Resident Evil 2,3,7 usw. Evil Within. Aber das hier ist echt langweilig.
    Laufen... Taste drücken... laufen... ein Gespräch anhören oder ein Zettel lesen. Kurz vor einen Monster in Deckung gehen weiter laufen.

    Hatte mir viel mehr erwartet. Aber das Spiel motiviert überhaupt nicht zum weiterspielen. Habe es trotzdem hinter mich gebracht. War im Gamepass dabei. Gekauft hätte ich es mir nie mals!!!

    Ich hoffe das Spiel wird noch optimiert!

    Einer der schlechtesten Spiele die ich je gespielt habe.    … Expand
  31. Tubby520
    Jan 30, 2021
    10
    My first impressions of the game were generally positive but was unsure of the game mechanics and overall look of the game. It came to xbox game pass ultimate so I decided to go ahead and give it a try. After playing for a while I knew this was going to be a winner. Reminds me alot of the original Resident Evil games and I'm a big fan of those. Although some parts of the game need a littleMy first impressions of the game were generally positive but was unsure of the game mechanics and overall look of the game. It came to xbox game pass ultimate so I decided to go ahead and give it a try. After playing for a while I knew this was going to be a winner. Reminds me alot of the original Resident Evil games and I'm a big fan of those. Although some parts of the game need a little work I'm in love with the game. Definitely worth at least two play through a. 10/10… Expand
  32. TheDman
    Feb 7, 2021
    5
    This is a sad one for me because I can see how much effort everyone put into the game, but in the end, I was not entirely satisfied with the end game product. To accurately describe this game, it is a Narrative Driven Puzzle Game with Horror elements. The other reality is beautiful in how disgusting it is to look at. Everything is good in terms of art direction, music and sound. Sadly theThis is a sad one for me because I can see how much effort everyone put into the game, but in the end, I was not entirely satisfied with the end game product. To accurately describe this game, it is a Narrative Driven Puzzle Game with Horror elements. The other reality is beautiful in how disgusting it is to look at. Everything is good in terms of art direction, music and sound. Sadly the puzzles are not entirely interesting. The dual reality brings out great puzzle mechanics, but the charm fizzles out relatively quick. The game really wants you to soak in all the great visuals in this game, which is nice, except for the fact that they restrict you to strictly walking in many areas. Exploring can become a bother very quick, as you slowly walk out of the corner that you thought had notes.

    The story didn't resonate with me much sadly. It started great, a mystery on why the protagonist has her powers. You traverse a beautiful abandoned hotel resort, that has a really creepy vibe at first. But the story grinds to a halt as our protagonist gets side tracked and the momentum does not shoot back up as it originally started with. In a matter of fact, the game gives too much time to side characters, that barely add to the main plot of the game.

    The main character barely has any distinct personalities. Her character is, "THE MEDIUM". Her distinctive qualities is that SHE TALKS TO DEAD PEOPLE. If that is one of her few distinctive qualities, it would be fine, but it seems her interests barely go any further than "I send dead people home". Did you know that she likes butterflies, motorcycles and might be interested in photography? You might be wondering if I spoiled you on something right now, but rest assured, even the devs don't think these are very important. She rarely feels like a character in a story and becomes a narrator most of the time. When characters are barely explored, I do not care much for them and their plight.

    The game is not really scary and I do not know whether its because they failed to scare me, or they did not try to begin with. I played this game tension free, which is a first for a horror game. This is why I said "...with Horror aspects" at the start. It feels to me Bloober team used a horror background to add flavor to their puzzle game. Play with lights on for this game, you do not lose much immersion and you protect your eyes from strain.    … Expand
  33. Neloil
    Feb 6, 2021
    10
    Bloomer Team create a nice game again. Detail story and worked world, amazing soundtrack (Akira Yamaoka is good as always) and good example of horror-game (finally we get horror without screamers but with nice a tense atmosphere)
    Sure, game have some problem with productivity, optimization and IMO quests (is very easy). But c'mon, games such this as very little!
    The Medium really a    Bloomer Team create a nice game again. Detail story and worked world, amazing soundtrack (Akira Yamaoka is good as always) and good example of horror-game (finally we get horror without screamers but with nice a tense atmosphere)
    Sure, game have some problem with productivity, optimization and IMO quests (is very easy). But c'mon, games such this as very little!

    The Medium really a good project and I hope that we get part 2 or DLC.    … Expand
  34. Marcz3ra
    Feb 6, 2021
    0
    The Medium is a poor game that is rife with bugs, bad ideas, and some nice things to look at.
  35. Rafael021
    Feb 6, 2021
    3
    Não é um jogo de terror como outros que já saíram, a musica é boa mas a historia achei fraca.
  36. vanishing
    Feb 6, 2021
    10
    excelent game, fantatic............................................................
  37. thiagotarsis
    Feb 6, 2021
    9
    Ótimo jogo, bonito, boa narrativa, trilha sonora excelente e gameplay surpreendentemente gostoso.possui alguns problemas como desempenho e a física, mas é tipico de jogos indie...
  38. Doggo77
    Feb 6, 2021
    1
    Not scary at all, story is dull and boring and the gameplay sometimes annoying. Only good thing is the atmosphere. The ending is one of the worst I've ever seen.
  39. okrzycho
    Feb 6, 2021
    10
    uwielbiam klimat tej gry, jej historię, postaci, muzykę, to nie banalna gra, ma nowe rozwiązania i łączy je z starymi klasycznymi, całość gry jest świetna a zakończenie gry super emocjonalne. chętnie poczekam na DLC i The Medium 2 lub na nową grę od Bloober Team.
  40. hertzian68
    Feb 5, 2021
    0
    Really stupid overall, terrible performance, obtuse obnoxious "gameplay" is what these devs call it I guess, snooze fest that's really short for what you pay for it. They hide DLSS in the AA settings, really stupid but had little effect for me as far as framerates. Games like this really need a no strings attached demo rather than the pay first and maybe get your money back "demo". But heyReally stupid overall, terrible performance, obtuse obnoxious "gameplay" is what these devs call it I guess, snooze fest that's really short for what you pay for it. They hide DLSS in the AA settings, really stupid but had little effect for me as far as framerates. Games like this really need a no strings attached demo rather than the pay first and maybe get your money back "demo". But hey from the opening credits it looks like you eurosuckers paid for part of it with your taxes, garbage government game sounds about right for this trash pile. Joober can go suck it. But I see the shills are out in force on this and other sites. So there's that going for it, the shills.… Expand
  41. dmauas
    Feb 5, 2021
    5
    The graphics are great. The story seemed okay. But the monologue feels so immature, it borders the ridiculous.
    And the worst thing is the characters are absolutely not credible. The writing is what hurts this game.
    At one point in the game, I realized I was rolling my eyes too often - and to top it all off I met a certain key character whose dialogue made absolutely no sense whatsoever.    The graphics are great. The story seemed okay. But the monologue feels so immature, it borders the ridiculous.
    And the worst thing is the characters are absolutely not credible. The writing is what hurts this game.
    At one point in the game, I realized I was rolling my eyes too often - and to top it all off I met a certain key character whose dialogue made absolutely no sense whatsoever.
    I couldn't stand it anymore, and I quit the game, probably forever.
    Too bad - it had some potential, but in 2021 - there are WAY too many FABULOUS games out there to waste my precious time on mediocre writing.    … Expand
  42. tdebug
    Feb 5, 2021
    0
    Sorry, but this does looks like a low quality port from console.
    The game completely ignores any PC resolution and display ratio and always run in a square box on a wide screen. Effectively the game only use 1/2 of a wide screen. In 2021 I would say 100% of PC players own wide screens, but you managed to release a game which doesn't support it.
    HDR option is grey out and cannot be    Sorry, but this does looks like a low quality port from console.
    The game completely ignores any PC resolution and display ratio and always run in a square box on a wide screen. Effectively the game only use 1/2 of a wide screen. In 2021 I would say 100% of PC players own wide screens, but you managed to release a game which doesn't support it.
    HDR option is grey out and cannot be enabled. There is nothing wrong with my HDR hardware or drivers. I believe the game just expects that I enable HDR in my windows display - but why would I do that, since I don't want to use HDR with desktop apps (and why would anyone want that?), but an app can perfectly enable HDR for itself in the fullscreen mode. There isn't any more explanation than poor technical level of the developers and/or complete lack of QA or both.

    Performance issues, on RTX3090 and AMD series 5000 the game manage to drop frames quite a bit in a "sense mode". You do need technical skills to drop frames on that hardware, but The Medium devs archived that.

    There is also no any real way to save - not sure what are some developers willing to archive by not adding this simple option - annoy players? Well you certainly archived that.

    Sorry again, but this is another technical disaster above all. Dunno how it works on Xbox X, but on a PC there is only one reason you should play the game - you work in a QA department and you are getting paid to play it. Everybody else should probably wait until it is technically ready.    … Expand
  43. thekira78
    Feb 5, 2021
    9
    Me surpreendeu! Confesso que não esperava muito do game, mas ao dar play, adentrei a atmosfera e PQP. O jogo me fisgou. Minha placa de vídeo (GTX1070), sofreu um pouco para dar conta, por isso eu acho que a empresa precisa focar bastante no polimento dos próximos jogos, para que isso, não seja um motivo par afastar novos jogadores. Mas ainda assim, minha experiência é totalmenteMe surpreendeu! Confesso que não esperava muito do game, mas ao dar play, adentrei a atmosfera e PQP. O jogo me fisgou. Minha placa de vídeo (GTX1070), sofreu um pouco para dar conta, por isso eu acho que a empresa precisa focar bastante no polimento dos próximos jogos, para que isso, não seja um motivo par afastar novos jogadores. Mas ainda assim, minha experiência é totalmente satisfatória. Espero que vire uma nova franquia!. Por games do gênero.… Expand
  44. healthguy69
    Feb 5, 2021
    2
    Terrible gameplay, uninteresting characters, pretentious poetry style voice over (seriously bloober stop doing this), anything remotely interesting is a rip off of silent hill and not in cool homage kind of way but in an unimaginative lazy kind of way. Beautiful graphics do nothing to help this lackluster effort.
  45. rainmanneu
    Feb 5, 2021
    0
    Çok da ilgi çekici bir oyun değil. Performans ve stabilite sorunları da mevcut. Deftere bak, saate bak, duvara bak... Oyun sağa sola baka baka geçmekte...
  46. whackoanyuerism
    Feb 4, 2021
    9
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Was hooked all the way through... which is unusual for me in alot of games... rarely find myself up all night playing something anymore.... Loses one point or that freaking ending though... I hate that ambiguous type ending...

    People thinking marianne killed herself doesnt make a lick of sense. Lily specifically says that the demons existence is tied to lilies lifeforce.. She couldnt kil herself because the demon would stop her... and lily HAS no opportunity at a normal life, her life is over, its been bitter and sad, and even if somehow marianne killing herself magically stops the demon(which it had no problem persisting, killing everything alive before she showed up, for decades, it only needs mari to essentially switch to a more sturdy host) Who would honestly think lily would just happily go on after watching her sister blow her brains out, and losing the only thing left she had that could in her own words "end this"... the reason the demon kept saying "It all ends in me", and lily repeats that in the end is because the demon is an extension of her, its a corrupted part of her soul torn from her and set free... i just needed to clear that up, because people keep saying its likely mari killed herself, so lily can go on having a life she never had like mari... LOL mari's life wasnt great, was it as bad as lilies? no but not great by a longshot...she lives with death, day in and day out... she suffers from burns over 45% of her body(although never seen), and wrestled with a past she didnt understand or know of at all... I'd say neither of these girls would go on just living out normal "happy" lives... Lol thats just a ridiculous assumption... mari could actually cease someones existence, and erase their soul essentially... Its why she was so important in the plot to destroy the demon... Erasing lilies soul would erase that corrupted extension that was terrorizing everything... Mari killing herself... it just turns into the long drawn out method, Lily has to wait till she expires naturally for The Maw to be stopped... and its possible the maw could still exist WITH lilies soul still around, because mari's skill is to Move souls on, just like she does the entire game, essentially erasing their existence... and whos to say the maw doesnt draw out another medium to the property and still getting its brand spanking new fly ass skinsuit... Lily Had to die, even if it wasnt what mari wnated... In a way, that could still be considered saving lily... mari's skill would ensure she didnt linger even after death with the Maw, and that lilies suffering would finally end.. When thomas's shadow said "you can still help her.." he didnt say save her..    … Expand
  47. Docoutcast
    Feb 4, 2021
    10
    Grandiose erfrischende und packende story gepaart mit toller Grafik und atmosphärischen sound
  48. TheAnonymousUSR
    Feb 4, 2021
    8
    It is a good game, it is not a silent hill, but without a doubt it is an interesting job, and more with the dual screen, it is something that surprised me a lot, I only had a small problem when enabling HDR + RT on PC, the frames dropped a lot from +60 to -40 fps, but I imagine that in some patch that will be solved.
  49. Drusus
    Feb 4, 2021
    5
    The only thing frightening in this game is the dialogue written on the props littered around it. Read them, it's hilarious, no don't click Y to read because that's been checked by someone English, read the actual props, hilarious. Oh and also the game is average as hell we wouldn't be talking about it if any AAA first party game had come out on the XBOX Series X so far, It's superThe only thing frightening in this game is the dialogue written on the props littered around it. Read them, it's hilarious, no don't click Y to read because that's been checked by someone English, read the actual props, hilarious. Oh and also the game is average as hell we wouldn't be talking about it if any AAA first party game had come out on the XBOX Series X so far, It's super mediocre. One thing the good reviews have in common though, an interesting dialogue pattern that almost seems like the ones on the props in game, what a shocking turn of events.… Expand
  50. Gronbar
    Feb 4, 2021
    1
    Terrible optimisation on PC, fps can drop to 4-5 for about half a minute when entering new room or inspecting objects almost unplayable. Flickering textures, slow object load time. Story is only medicore. Wait for optimisation patch or forget about this game.
  51. 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.
  52. Tlou99
    Feb 4, 2021
    10
    Excelente juego para no ser un AAA, tiene sus detalles, pero su historia compensa esos mínimos detalles
  53. Jonas-san
    Feb 4, 2021
    0
    Sans intérêt, le jeu n'a rien de next gen et son scénario et son gameplay et d'un ennui rarement égalé. Il ne vaut même pas son entrée dans le gamepass. Si vous avez du temps à perdre, dirigez vous vers un autre jeu.
  54. Saint_lucifer
    Feb 3, 2021
    10
    The game is amazing yeah maybe the gameplay wasn't that good but man the atmosphere, soundtracks and the story were unique and beautiful good job bloober team
  55. BarbaricRanger
    Feb 3, 2021
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. O jogo possui altos e baixos na história, o começo é lento, porém em pouco tempo ele começa a pegar um ritmo e se mantém nele de forma agradável ao decorrer do jogo.
    Os gráficos são lindíssimos e a concepção de arte tambem, porém peca nas animações faciais e na resolução.
    Amei a história e achei o jogo sensacional    … Expand
  56. Bernardokoetz
    Feb 3, 2021
    9
    The Medium é incrível! Consegue trazer de novo aquela sensação de Resident evil e Silent Hill, clássicos, honrando a velha guarda, com história e mecânicas novas.
    Título obrigatório para amantes de survival horror.
  57. yamaci17
    Feb 3, 2021
    8
    Story

    Very interesting concept, hooked me in right from the get-go. It was an immersive, gripping experience. Dual reality driven story telling in this perspective was never done in gaming. There are lots of games out there with dual screen features, but this one brings a new meaning to the term. It is its own style. A little bit short, and not a definitive ending. I would be    Story

    Very interesting concept, hooked me in right from the get-go. It was an immersive, gripping experience.

    Dual reality driven story telling in this perspective was never done in gaming. There are lots of games out there with dual screen features, but this one brings a new meaning to the term. It is its own style.

    A little bit short, and not a definitive ending. I would be really happy with an additional 2-3 hours.

    9/10

    Graphics

    Start of the next-gen here! And this game surely proves that. Definitely, a new level of graphics are achieved in this title. I can only imagine what can be built upon this. One special mention would be that the game does not "need" temporal anti aliasing. Some games out there nowadays "need" TAA to be not broken graphically. Hopefully, this game is perfectly fine at 1080p without TAA, even FXAA wasn't needed, no apparent jaggies could be seen. So yeah, finally enjoying a TAA-less, proper game was refreshing. In-door/little scope games do usually outshine other games in the industry, so it is expected from this game to look really good, and honestly, I would say it delivers.

    Graphic options do not scale very good. Only resolution makes a meaningful difference, and it makes the game look really bad.

    8/10

    Gameplay/Engine

    Enough gameplay elements to not make you feel like you're completely out of the story, so that's a plus

    Clunky character animations. Really, it's really bad. I hope the Bloober Team improves their character physics and animations

    7/10

    Overall, 8/10    … Expand
  58. Divante03
    Feb 3, 2021
    9
    This game is fantastic. Amazing story, amazing characters, amazing puzzles, and an amazing atmosphere. This is a must buy. Don't listen to the negative reviews because most of them are just people who want to review bomb an Xbox game. They never played it clearly.
  59. 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
  60. Koyott
    Feb 3, 2021
    10
    Beautiful game. Visually stunning and emotionally touching. Lack of combat makes all the way more impressive.
  61. Leospartan6
    Feb 3, 2021
    10
    Excelente juego, excelente historia, dejemos el fandom a un lado, soy jugador de todas la consolas y puedo decir que este juego es una obra de arte
  62. Hazarduz
    Feb 3, 2021
    10
    This game had me glued from start to finish, I wanted to know more about Marianne and her story and boy did it deliver. Great work Bloober Team!
  63. Saijax05
    Feb 3, 2021
    0
    Невероятно скучная игра , с неплохой идеей , но отвратительной реализацией
  64. icegrandpa
    Feb 3, 2021
    0
    great game, music, story, graphics.
    sad part is that has no value to replay it.
  65. gui_ribas
    Feb 3, 2021
    10
    Trilha sonora espetacular. O game tem uma proposta muito interessante e uma ambientação fantastica. Peca pelo tempo de game curto.
    Sounds - Awesome
    Level desing - excelent
    Gameplay - very good
    Game time - could be better
  66. rafaellenza
    Feb 3, 2021
    8
    Its is a really good game, for me, it is an exploration game mixed with horror, the only parts for me that are horror are de dead world and the ambiance, in the rest is exploration.
    The walking, in the cutcenes and in the gameplay, really sucks and thats why i dont give the game a 10/10. the history is gorgeous, beside the fact that in the start of the game you will maybe get a little    Its is a really good game, for me, it is an exploration game mixed with horror, the only parts for me that are horror are de dead world and the ambiance, in the rest is exploration.
    The walking, in the cutcenes and in the gameplay, really sucks and thats why i dont give the game a 10/10. the history is gorgeous, beside the fact that in the start of the game you will maybe get a little confused, but in general is a godd game and it is the best and most ambitiou
    s game that bloober team has ever done    … Expand
  67. Julianreco1
    Feb 3, 2021
    9
    Great story a little beat of performance issue but u overcome pretty easily
  68. Steyraus
    Jan 29, 2021
    0
    These xbox fanboys and corupt reviewers that are review boosting the Medium are hurting gaming. They are increasing the likely hood of us not getting good Horror experiances like we use to . The 6 year old Untill Dawn and 10 year old Fatal Frame 4 on the Wii U were infinity better games than the medium and were along the same vein of game. If trash like the Medium gets review boosted , weThese xbox fanboys and corupt reviewers that are review boosting the Medium are hurting gaming. They are increasing the likely hood of us not getting good Horror experiances like we use to . The 6 year old Untill Dawn and 10 year old Fatal Frame 4 on the Wii U were infinity better games than the medium and were along the same vein of game. If trash like the Medium gets review boosted , we will continue to get buggy, low performance old outdated in every way horrorwalking simulators. Games that are glorifed bad story books and barly interactive. For the True horror game fans this future is the real horror, how can games that are decades old like Sillent hill, Fatal Frame and OG Resident Evil still be considered the best in the genre. Only Capcom are making serious strides to bring back horrors hay day, out of all the studios out there only one is on the right track. Because cheap, quick to develop walking simulators are low cost and low risk.
    A seasoned gamer will recognise the Medium as a low effort , cheap and Nasty experiance with in 20 minutes of seeing this game running. Unfortually most reviewers are casuals and noobs.
    Another cheap quickly developed Brain dead game from blooder studos . Another game with almost no mechanics or gameplay or interaction . Another game was little bugs and graphical glitches And bad animations . Another game with some stupid narrative that's popular with games journalists right now. Another game games journalist rate highly but gamers can't stand.    … Expand
  69. LukazEduU
    Feb 2, 2021
    9
    I confess that the beginning of the game is very slow, but some of its qualities and how the story holds you, a puzzle effect, a doubtful and incredible ending, good gameplay and worth buying it
  70. UrsusArctos
    Feb 2, 2021
    8
    It was a good game overall but there were a few bad gameplay mechanics choices. Like I had 2 second to a react to a situation I had no idea how to apprehend. Sometimes the logic differed from previous similar gameplay moments. So you just have to die and retry which was not expected in such a game.
    Also the game crashed 4-5 times in the worst moments during my playthrough.
    On a    It was a good game overall but there were a few bad gameplay mechanics choices. Like I had 2 second to a react to a situation I had no idea how to apprehend. Sometimes the logic differed from previous similar gameplay moments. So you just have to die and retry which was not expected in such a game.
    Also the game crashed 4-5 times in the worst moments during my playthrough.

    On a positive side, the atmosphere was great and the story kept me interested. There were good puzzles to solve. The voice acting was fine too. Thumbs up to Troy Baker who made for a memorable "Maw".    … Expand
  71. Nitro27
    Feb 2, 2021
    10
    El final me dejó extremadamente sorprendido porque no esperaba que terminara, así que espero que tenga un DLC para complementar el resto del juego.
  72. ZoltanZero
    Feb 2, 2021
    10
    Inutile girarci troppo intorno, The Medium è un capolavoro. Un Masterpiece dei giochi horror in terza persona. Grafica spettacolare (soprattutto le ambientazioni), gameplay assolutamente unico e innovativo, storia complicata e per nulla scontata che ti tiene attaccato fino all'ultimo secondo allo schermo, colonna sonora impareggiabile (me la sono procurata immediatamente dopo averloInutile girarci troppo intorno, The Medium è un capolavoro. Un Masterpiece dei giochi horror in terza persona. Grafica spettacolare (soprattutto le ambientazioni), gameplay assolutamente unico e innovativo, storia complicata e per nulla scontata che ti tiene attaccato fino all'ultimo secondo allo schermo, colonna sonora impareggiabile (me la sono procurata immediatamente dopo averlo finito), ma soprattutto in svariati punti ti mette davvero l'ansia, cosa che ogni degno gioco horror dovrebbe fare. Assolutamente 10/10, il miglior gioco horror a cui abbia mai giocato da Alien Isolation, Silent Hill, Remothered e The Evil Within 2.… Expand
  73. Justbuggy
    Feb 2, 2021
    1
    I played free to play ¨RPG maker horror games¨ that had a better plot than this.
    And those games are usually made by one person.
    I'm just so disappointed.
    Just go play ¨ib¨
  74. fist13
    Feb 2, 2021
    0
    I wanted to like this game, but... Nope.
    The characters writing killed it for me.
    They are just... Bland and generic, and this is a game about paranormal stuff.
    They had the potential to make good characters.
    They try to make you care about them, but the characters don't care about whats happening.
    Everything feels forced.
  75. SRPixel
    Feb 2, 2021
    1
    This game is very... Medium.
    The characters don't feel anything, they just say **** over and over again.
    The game is pretty, but the game-play is very repetitive.
    I think i will forgot about this game existence in a month or two.
  76. FedexJaw696
    Feb 2, 2021
    9
    El juego es realmente increíble, es super inmersivo los escenarios enamoran, graficos next gen, le pongo un 9 por que quizas le falta algo de optimización para pc, pero el juego en si es una maravilla, no le hagan caso a nadie, probarlo ustedes mismo, yo no le tenia mucha fe pero al jugarlo me encanto. y pues las animaciones no son las mejores pero entiendo que es un doble A, asi que noEl juego es realmente increíble, es super inmersivo los escenarios enamoran, graficos next gen, le pongo un 9 por que quizas le falta algo de optimización para pc, pero el juego en si es una maravilla, no le hagan caso a nadie, probarlo ustedes mismo, yo no le tenia mucha fe pero al jugarlo me encanto. y pues las animaciones no son las mejores pero entiendo que es un doble A, asi que no hay peros.… Expand
  77. Loaiy_
    Feb 2, 2021
    0
    This game is a joke, i have nothing else to say


    The gameplay is weak and the puzzles is baby level
  78. FullmetalHime
    Feb 2, 2021
    9
    I HIGHLY recommend playing The Medium.

    This is a game CLEARLY made with passion and love. The story is awesome. The writing and voice acting is wonderful. The implementation of the protagonist's "split" is super rad. Seriously, the way you simultaneously interact with two different worlds is refreshingly unique. One of the coolest aspects of the dual screen was seeing the same scene    I HIGHLY recommend playing The Medium.

    This is a game CLEARLY made with passion and love.

    The story is awesome. The writing and voice acting is wonderful. The implementation of the protagonist's "split" is super rad. Seriously, the way you simultaneously interact with two different worlds is refreshingly unique. One of the coolest aspects of the dual screen was seeing the same scene play out from different angles, with differing emphasis on the environmental details and characters within each screen during cutscenes. Freaking brilliant.

    I truly hope to see more from this universe in the future. Bloober Team, you killed it. I love The Medium ^_^

    P.S. Nothing performance-wise hampered my experience. I do have a nice rig, but it’s definitely not some crazy monster build. The most I experienced was a bit of texture pop-in here and there, and occasional very short-lived freezing/desync at the beginning of a few cutscenes (possibly due to background loading).    … Expand
  79. Deaden
    Feb 2, 2021
    10
    First thing is first, game is fallowing it's old classic gameplay design with better graphics. As a dinasour, I miss these old gameplay feeling times. A lot of quality and unique atmospheric gameplay was released many many years ago. Most of the new genre games actually not much viable if we compare to this kind. If you want to feel nostalgie, this game %100 provide you that experienceFirst thing is first, game is fallowing it's old classic gameplay design with better graphics. As a dinasour, I miss these old gameplay feeling times. A lot of quality and unique atmospheric gameplay was released many many years ago. Most of the new genre games actually not much viable if we compare to this kind. If you want to feel nostalgie, this game %100 provide you that experience with it's own atmospher.
    Note: Some people are complaining about constant walking toward wall. This is a simple nostalgy that has classic gameplay. Leave your modern obsessions aside and try to enjoy!    … Expand
  80. Zummandriel
    Feb 1, 2021
    9
    A good story, an art direction to highlight, great soundtrack and some mechanics / puzzles to accompany you in the discovery of the story that without being outstanding work to not make you heavy the 7 hours. Best of all, a solid ending unusual in the horror genre.
    For me it is a game of 8.5
  81. ahmedswcc123
    Feb 1, 2021
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Thanks for the game I enjoy ilove this game thankssssssss its same silent hill… Expand
  82. JuanLeyva
    Feb 1, 2021
    10
    Es un juego maravilloso, muchos lo comparaban con Silent Hill pero no es necesario el juego es buenisimo por merito propio, un gran exclusivo del ecosistema Xbox, una gran historia y una protagonista Marianne muy divertida con mucha personalidad, sin duda mi nueva Heroina favorita, espero y exijo mas de este nuevo y fascinante universo, Me declaro super fan de esta nueva franquicia
  83. DaniTheBoss21
    Feb 1, 2021
    10
    Wonderful gane for all the players VAAAAAMOOOOOS XBOOOOOOX
    Siuuuuuuuuuuuuuu
  84. mhonde
    Feb 1, 2021
    10
    I loved The Medium from start to end. 10/10

    It has supreme graphics, an amazing story and brings me the nostalgia to the classic survival horror games with its fixed cameras, puzzles and notes. It also tries something new and unique with the two realities. I found it to be exactly as long as it has to be. Every chapter is unique and the pacing is great. I did not miss combat at all in    I loved The Medium from start to end. 10/10

    It has supreme graphics, an amazing story and brings me the nostalgia to the classic survival horror games with its fixed cameras, puzzles and notes. It also tries something new and unique with the two realities. I found it to be exactly as long as it has to be. Every chapter is unique and the pacing is great. I did not miss combat at all in this game. Great music score. I just love it and want more...    … Expand
  85. Isaitao
    Feb 1, 2021
    9
    Me pareció un juego genial, con mecánicas como de sillent Hill tiene esa esencia, también la historia me gustó te atrapa, me atrapó tanto que lo termine el mismo día.
  86. MikyTrends
    Feb 1, 2021
    8
    wenardo esta wead d
  87. ReyRedfield
    Feb 1, 2021
    10
    Una maravilla de juego definitivamente la calidad de Microsoft pronto ya no tendrá comparación,la calidad definitivamente es soberbia y única en cada uno de los detalles que a sido cuidada de una manera maravillosa, perfecta y única un juegazo y 100% recomendado marcará un nuevo género en los exclusivos de Xbox.
  88. Zivlfc
    Feb 1, 2021
    10
    Great Game! Loved the Story! Loved the game play, good graphics, disturbing environment in a good way!
  89. mcbaine127
    Feb 1, 2021
    10
    Better than Edith Finch, which I think the gold standard in adventure/puzzle games. It has a great aesthetic, soundscape and movement - worth the extra $.
  90. Kharnivore2099
    Feb 1, 2021
    2
    A very disappointing title here. Performance issues abound and just a lack of any real coherent gameplay. Simply walk for long stretches of time, as the game refuses to let you run in many of the rooms, solving what can barely be considered puzzles. Then running away from things when it wants you to endure a chase scene, that almost feels like I'm playing Dragon's Lair again or thoseA very disappointing title here. Performance issues abound and just a lack of any real coherent gameplay. Simply walk for long stretches of time, as the game refuses to let you run in many of the rooms, solving what can barely be considered puzzles. Then running away from things when it wants you to endure a chase scene, that almost feels like I'm playing Dragon's Lair again or those terrible chase levels in games like the Lion King or Crash Bandicoot!. Enagements only become mildly challenging when the interaction mechanics of the game cause you issues. There are, irritating camera angles, a very narrow playfield because your display is split between two different world views...which inherently works against the game all thre way through. It's a bizarrely dreadful design choice, to say the least

    I'm a big fan of horror, old slower paced adventures and I can see what they were trying to do or achieve, but it's a tedious farce that isn't enjoyable to play at all. Regardless all the performance issues, there is just very little positive to say about it...other than it'll cost next to nothing to play on gamepass. You can't find much better games than this mess.    … Expand
  91. 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.
  92. Zeev82
    Feb 1, 2021
    1
    Nie ma miejsca w grach na kodziarska propagandę. ***** medium. Tyle w temacie
  93. DetectiveAce
    Feb 1, 2021
    0
    Not a minute worth of playing. Just cheaply made. People call this the new silent hill. I call them fake gamers.
  94. GustaCNXFL
    Feb 1, 2021
    10
    Jogo muito Bom Bem Feito e Notabilidade Inovadora e gráficos Muito Bonitos e Historia Impressionante! jogo Muito Bom!
  95. Fenixcore
    Feb 1, 2021
    10
    Pese a tener algunas carencias (principalmente algunos momentos de las cinemáticas), tanto el apartado sonoro (de la mano del maestro Akira Yamaoka recreando una atmósfera similar a la que ya creó en los primeros títulos de la consagrada saga Silent Hill), como la jugabilidad y la originalidad incorporando mecánicas en dos mundos de manera simultánea le convierten en un título con muchasPese a tener algunas carencias (principalmente algunos momentos de las cinemáticas), tanto el apartado sonoro (de la mano del maestro Akira Yamaoka recreando una atmósfera similar a la que ya creó en los primeros títulos de la consagrada saga Silent Hill), como la jugabilidad y la originalidad incorporando mecánicas en dos mundos de manera simultánea le convierten en un título con muchas posibilidades de cara al futuro. Para ser un doble A, tiene unas propuestas extremadamente interesantes acompañados de una atmósfera inmejorable.… Expand
  96. TomasLacerda
    Feb 1, 2021
    2
    Bad optimization, with or without Ray Tracing. The difficulty level of this game is borderline insulting, it's just too basic. The puzzles are really basic, everything is given to you. The gameplay is awful. How somoene approved this? The animations are dead aweful. I honestly can't understand how people are loving this game through the roof. Her movement is really 2015, the stuck camera,Bad optimization, with or without Ray Tracing. The difficulty level of this game is borderline insulting, it's just too basic. The puzzles are really basic, everything is given to you. The gameplay is awful. How somoene approved this? The animations are dead aweful. I honestly can't understand how people are loving this game through the roof. Her movement is really 2015, the stuck camera, how easy everything is... don't waste your time. It's overrated.… Expand
  97. Lukitass
    Feb 1, 2021
    4
    No es AA es un indie.
    Gráficos 6 nada del otro mundo. Solo utiliza cámaras fijas con movimientos controlados, para ahorrar recursos. De esta forma, cualquier juego logra buena estética. Ya que no consume nada y pueden exprimir más cada hardware. Técnicamente es mucho menos que indie. Animaciones, malas, interacción con el entorno, inexistente, traspasa la hierba, no la mueve al caminar, es    No es AA es un indie.
    Gráficos 6 nada del otro mundo. Solo utiliza cámaras fijas con movimientos controlados, para ahorrar recursos. De esta forma, cualquier juego logra buena estética. Ya que no consume nada y pueden exprimir más cada hardware. Técnicamente es mucho menos que indie. Animaciones, malas, interacción con el entorno, inexistente, traspasa la hierba, no la mueve al caminar, es realmente malo el apartado técnico. La historia es correcta, pero mal contada. Ni llega a a ser un video juego. Ya que no podes siquiera tomar una decisión. Sólo tenes que ir viendo cóm
    o ocurren de manera forzada todos sus elementos. Aburrido como pocos. Until Dawn es 3 veces superior    … Expand
  98. KenjiFox
    Feb 1, 2021
    1
    This game is a buggy mess, one that is more frustrating to play than anything else. Any suspense or horror comes purely from the AWFUL controls. The camera switching is the most scary thing in the game.
    It's sad since the game is quite interesting when you can find the next bit of story, you certainly want to see what happens next. This serves to make you torture yourself as you slog    This game is a buggy mess, one that is more frustrating to play than anything else. Any suspense or horror comes purely from the AWFUL controls. The camera switching is the most scary thing in the game.
    It's sad since the game is quite interesting when you can find the next bit of story, you certainly want to see what happens next. This serves to make you torture yourself as you slog through the physical impasses that the game presents by way of wonky controls that are never consistent, and scripted events that either kill you or jar you from whatever you were actually trying to do.

    The game is gorgeous sometimes, and in the fleeting moments when you are not being confined to near identical looking labyrinths of meh, it can be stunning even. Some of the beginning sequences such as walking down a trail through a forest will make you stop and wish you could look around. Did I mention this plays from a fixed/on rails camera perspective like Resident Evil? Not my thing at all to be fair.
    I played on PC with the graphics maxed out. The game ran smoothly for me (as well it should with my computer!) except for a few of the split screen moments. Strangely, it was a game engine issue when it dropped from my monitors refresh rate of 150 to about 30. No matter what settings I changed in the game from minimum to maximum, it was always locked at a low FPS in these particular split scenes, and it was no faster at 720P minimum than 1080P Ultra. Too many draw calls perhaps? I didn't run it in DX12 with raytracing, so maybe it would have been different if I had.

    I stopped short of completing the game, at least for now. When you die due to a bug only to find that the nearest "checkpoint" is a long boring sequence back with lots of talking and artificially slow walking before even getting another chance at the quick time(ish) event the game requires to continue, the only emotion the game causes is RAGE by the third time.
    I'm upset since I wasted so much of my time and effort against the controls only to be insulted by the extremely poor checkpoint placement on top of it having been a bug that killed me in the first place. (very VERRY mild spoiler? maybe? The event in question involved grabbing and moving an object. To the devs, incase it was a bug that can be fixed; It was a cement mixer. You know the one. It could _NOT_ be moved.) If I could just watch this game play itself, I would. It DOES have an interesting story, nice visuals, and honestly great sound design.

    I would recommend skipping this game and going straight to your favorite online video site to watch a playthrough instead. I'm the type of gamer who is straight up allergic to spoilers, I NEVER look at videos before playing a game I am interested in. I don't like how hard companies have to try and pitch their games these days to the point of spoiling them themselves in fact. I've never recommended someone watch a play through of any game until this one, and generally frown upon those videos since they could be damaging to the game developers. In this case though I really think it's the better way to experience this one. :/ I might return to it and complete it some day, but definitely not today.
    As I mentioned above, I don't watch videos on things if I know I am interested in them heavily, such as a sequel to a game I loved. While this was not such a game, in this case I saw some media when it was first shown at e3 or whichever trade show it was first shown off at. I thought it looked really cool from the initial presentation, but I don't remember any indications that it was fixed camera, and worse, really poorly implemented fixed camera.
    Devs, make the horrible joystick direction lock handicap a toggle please? Actual gamers like myself who instinctively correct the joystick orientation do NOT like being constantly thrown into the wall by your built in baby system that lets you keep holding the joystick the same way after a camera change as you were before it. When you do need to make a slight adjustment after, the game then updates your direction to the one your joystick is actually at. Given how painfully slow the character turns around, this makes you slowly walk into a wall, then slowly scrape along as you S-L-O-W-L-Y turn around, just to go back the way you were already trying to go. No doubt while something is actively chasing you. :) I am very thankful I played this through Game Pass. I would have been extremely disappointed if I had spent any money on this game. I can justify my Game Pass cost with many other titles and completely omit this one from its value in my head thankfully.

    Three stars for cool idea and nice visuals, one ultimate star because the former positives to the game only serve to be the carrot on the end of the self torture stick.    … Expand
  99. kotaru
    Feb 1, 2021
    5
    Tenía mucho hype con este juego, pero no ha sido para tanto. A nivel gráfico es muy exigente para lo que ofrece, en una 1060 tengo 30fps en high con contantes caídas. A nivel artístico junto con la música, te hace meterte de lleno en este thriller.. que no juego de miedo.
    Lo que es el juego como tal... es un walking simulator... todo hacia delante resolviendo puzzles bastante sencillos...    Tenía mucho hype con este juego, pero no ha sido para tanto. A nivel gráfico es muy exigente para lo que ofrece, en una 1060 tengo 30fps en high con contantes caídas. A nivel artístico junto con la música, te hace meterte de lleno en este thriller.. que no juego de miedo.
    Lo que es el juego como tal... es un walking simulator... todo hacia delante resolviendo puzzles bastante sencillos... se había comparado este juego con Resident Evil o Silent Hill... y absolutamente nada que ver.
    Este juego se juega sólo por la historia y dura unas 5-6 horas. Para mi no vale lo que piden.    … Expand
  100. elex2018
    Feb 1, 2021
    10
    the story is very very very good. in total very good game, it worked ok for me too. nice experience guys!
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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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