The Medium

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  1. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. 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
  4. 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
  5. 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
  6. 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.
  7. 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
  8. 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
  9. 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
  10. 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.
  11. 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.
  12. 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
  13. 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.
  14. 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
  15. 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
  16. 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
  17. Top1saraya_
    Jan 7, 2023
    6
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  18. 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
  19. Pmstz
    Jan 30, 2023
    6
    Ok/nice horror video game in "medium" way
    Not perfect by far, but pretty nice.
  20. 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
  21. Loggrim
    Jan 31, 2021
    5
    Decent visuals but everything else was horribly disappointing. Bad cheesy writing riddled with overused clichés. Very inconsistent voice acting and audio levels. Nearly non-existent gameplay, mostly walking/running and some puzzles, a handful of chase sequences and a few really bad stealth sections. The monotone of the "other" reality got old super fast. The level design was terriblyDecent visuals but everything else was horribly disappointing. Bad cheesy writing riddled with overused clichés. Very inconsistent voice acting and audio levels. Nearly non-existent gameplay, mostly walking/running and some puzzles, a handful of chase sequences and a few really bad stealth sections. The monotone of the "other" reality got old super fast. The level design was terribly uninspired with 90% of the areas being a straight road with 1 or 2 branches. Several characters left with no arc or backstory or development of any kind. Several loose ends, a horrible ending that makes The Medium 1 seem like a focus group experiment for the next game, not to mention the post credits cutscene is basically an ad for The Medium 2. Had been looking forward to this game for years, and I feel like I gave it everything I had to like it... it just isn't worth it. Not a good game in any way shape or form. In the words of immortan Joe: "Mediocre."… Expand
  22. naufri27
    Feb 28, 2022
    5
    Un juego que no destaca en nada y que, por contra, es demasiado corto. Su apuesta jugable es pobre y apenas tiene toques de terror como era su principal promesa.

    En la parte buena, unos buenos gráficos y una ambientación trabajada, al menos en lo que a coleccionables se refiere y que te sumerge casi en la trama que los largos vídeos supuestamente explicativos.
  23. 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
  24. 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
  25. Benattih
    Jul 3, 2023
    5
    A história fica boa somente no final, e possui realmente um final de tirar o folego, mas não consigo recomendar um jogo de tantas horas para ter 1h de prazer no final, há opções melhores. O jogo é lento no inicio, cheio de clichês na história sobre almas atormentadas e vingativas, a jogabilidade é extremamente travada se não datata, extremamente linear, a sua gameplay provavelmente seráA história fica boa somente no final, e possui realmente um final de tirar o folego, mas não consigo recomendar um jogo de tantas horas para ter 1h de prazer no final, há opções melhores. O jogo é lento no inicio, cheio de clichês na história sobre almas atormentadas e vingativas, a jogabilidade é extremamente travada se não datata, extremamente linear, a sua gameplay provavelmente será idêntica em todos os passos a um vídeo de youtube. As próprias animações são repetitivas como o andar de um personagem no inicio da vida do PS3, robótico.… Expand
  26. Darkos
    Jan 29, 2021
    5
    Szczerze gra mnie mocno zawiodła pod wieloma względami wady produkcji wymienię poniżej w punktach dla przejrzystości

    1 .Cena : Tak jest to wada jestem człowiekiem który przelicza czas gry na zł nowa produkcja Bloober Team aktualnie kosztuje zawrotne 180 zł gdyby przejście jej zajmowało z 30-40 godzin to byłbym w stanie to zaakceptować ale tak nie jest fabuły starcza maksymalnie na 8    Szczerze gra mnie mocno zawiodła pod wieloma względami wady produkcji wymienię poniżej w punktach dla przejrzystości

    1 .Cena : Tak jest to wada jestem człowiekiem który przelicza czas gry na zł nowa produkcja Bloober Team aktualnie kosztuje zawrotne 180 zł gdyby przejście jej zajmowało z 30-40 godzin to byłbym w stanie to zaakceptować ale tak nie jest fabuły starcza maksymalnie na 8 godzin co daje około 22 zł za 1 godzinę dla porównania cyberpunk 2077 kosztujący 20zł więcej na premierę oferuje aż 50 godzin rozgrywki przepaść ogromna gdybym miał do wyboru kupić the medium lub cyberpunka to nie wahałbym sie ani chwili i wyszedł z cyberpunkiem ze sklepu

    2. Horror a może nie ? : Zacznijmy od tego że produkcja była od dawna promowana jako gra horror patrząc na poprzedni tytuł od tego studia czyli blair witch miałem wysokie oczekiwania niestety jak sie okazało za wysokie gra nie ma nic wspólnego z horrorem przez pierwsze 2 godziny gry twórcy jedynie próbują nas straszyć uwaga migającym światłem takie coś mogłoby kogoś przestraszyć może 10 lat temu ale nie dziś gra naprawdę długo myślałem po przejściu co miało nas w tej grze wystraszyć i nic nie wymyśliłem dla mnie studio zrobiło krok w tył pod tym względem straszenia nawet nie pokusili się na dodanie do gry banalnych do wykonania jumpscarów zdecydowanie nie jest to tytuł dla osób lubiących horrory

    3 Wymagania : W skrócie są kosmiczne do odpalenia gry na low w 30 klatkach jest potrzebny gtx 1060 patrząc na statystyki steama które pokazują najczęściej używane karty przez graczy można założyć że około 60-70 % graczy nie jest w stanie komfortowo zagrać w the medium gra też nie wygląda jakoś lepiej od innych tytułów z poprzednich lat

    4 Wpychanie mechanik na siłę: Mówię tu o mechanice np podzielonego ekranu w momencie gdy protagonistka przenosi sie do 2 świata obraz dzieli sie na 2 części 1 strona pokazuje świat realny natomiast 2 świat duchów znajduje ona w nim pewną osobę i zaczyna rozmowe i tu dzieje sie nagle coś dziwnego z 1 strony na ekranie widzimy protagonistkę mówiąca do ściany a z 2 normalnie rozmawiającą z osobą po co podczas takiej rozmowy jest nam pokazywany świat realny skoro nic sie tam nie dzieje nie lepiej byłoby dać świat duchów na pełny ekran ? jak dla mnie jest to takie wpychanie mechaniki na siłę

    5.Reszta: Historia jest poprawna nie wybitna dodatkowo jednorazowa zagadki są stworzone jak dla dziecka trafiłem może raz podczas rozgrywki na jakąś trudniejszą no i lokacje są całkiem ładne

    Szczerze odradzam jej kupno za pełną cenę jeśli naprawdę chcecie ją przetestować kupcie sobie gamepassa za 40 zł tyle może i jest warta ewentualnie poczekajcie z rok będzie na przecenie po 30 zł    … Expand
  27. AllNewSuperfake
    Jan 31, 2021
    5
    While certainly blessed with an interesting story and some interesting underlying mechanics, "The Medium" tries to imitate certain classic titles of the survival horror genre without grasping what turned them into those classics. They also mistook some of the mostly age-related flaws of those games and not only replicated them, but made them worse.

    You don't get a masterpiece if you    While certainly blessed with an interesting story and some interesting underlying mechanics, "The Medium" tries to imitate certain classic titles of the survival horror genre without grasping what turned them into those classics. They also mistook some of the mostly age-related flaws of those games and not only replicated them, but made them worse.

    You don't get a masterpiece if you just imitate the terrible movement controls of those games and have the camera angle change three times whenever you walk through a room. And having to zoom in on any given item or document up to three times so that you can look at it, only to have to zoom out three times so that you can move again does not result in the kind of nostalgia the developers were obviously going for.

    It's also one of those games where someone really wanted to make a movie, and did neither have the budget nor the experience to pull it off. Overall the narrative is decent, and despite some pacing issues and wooden animations the team succeded at creating the atmosphere they were going for.

    You can see the inner battle of "The Medium" in almost every scene, but you can also see the inner battle of the game to stand on it's own feet and not just become a cheap copy - and I'm not sure that one has a happy ending.    … Expand
  28. 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
  29. ChesterField
    Jan 30, 2021
    5
    First of all, I really like the idea of seeing both worlds at the same time and the 'lock camera' brings me memories from old graphicals aventures, i think it fits well in this kind of games. The game has not the best of the graphics but still pretty ok. On the other hand, game is poorly optimized and suffer big frame drops everytime the camera change or some action happens but i can seeFirst of all, I really like the idea of seeing both worlds at the same time and the 'lock camera' brings me memories from old graphicals aventures, i think it fits well in this kind of games. The game has not the best of the graphics but still pretty ok. On the other hand, game is poorly optimized and suffer big frame drops everytime the camera change or some action happens but i can see them fixing this in the future. And thats another point, this game doesnt have too much action, its boring at some points, puzzles are pretty easy and for the most part, you just walk till the end of the game. Personally i didnt feel anything playing the game, not even a moment of tension or stress for the characters. In the end, disappointed.… Expand
  30. DemonicRobots
    Nov 8, 2021
    5
    I'm not really a fan of Bloober Games. I find their games boring without any actual gameplay, condescending stories that focus on the extremely negative stereotypes and aspects of mental illness, and a cheap attempt to capture nostalgia basing their games on 'Silent Hill' vibes with Amensia-like gameplay, failing at both. The Medium is just barely an exception, offering a slightly betterI'm not really a fan of Bloober Games. I find their games boring without any actual gameplay, condescending stories that focus on the extremely negative stereotypes and aspects of mental illness, and a cheap attempt to capture nostalgia basing their games on 'Silent Hill' vibes with Amensia-like gameplay, failing at both. The Medium is just barely an exception, offering a slightly better story than usual, some great music (albeit again, basing it on nostalgia of Silent Hill), and is a very pretty game. But it still has those Bloober flaws. Mediocre puzzles, barely any gameplay, terrible gameplay when it has stealth, and overall just doesn't have a lot. The plot is straight forward and other than the graphics and music there isn't anything that is 'good' about this game. I don't get why people love them when the experiences they go for are executed far better than almost anyone making horror games right now. I didn't hate my experience with this game, but considering this is the fourth main title I've heard from them and how much they toted how it required new hardware to run, I expected better.… Expand
  31. LightLion
    Jan 31, 2021
    5
    jogo mediumcre, jogabilidade travada e antiquada, historia fraca e sem fim, jogo tedioso, não recomendo nem de graça
  32. RockerKR
    Aug 11, 2021
    5
    Great graphics, proffesional voice acting and interesting story encircled by boring gameplay full of repetetive activities and primitive riddles. Idea of presenting two worlds affecting each other it the same time was original, but this soultion forced developer to use side camera what was, in my opinion awful experience. Pase of the story was definiately too sluggish. I expected more fromGreat graphics, proffesional voice acting and interesting story encircled by boring gameplay full of repetetive activities and primitive riddles. Idea of presenting two worlds affecting each other it the same time was original, but this soultion forced developer to use side camera what was, in my opinion awful experience. Pase of the story was definiately too sluggish. I expected more from this title.… Expand
  33. 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
  34. Emilio200
    Aug 17, 2023
    5
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  35. Xalrandion
    Oct 19, 2021
    4
    I don't like this game, don't play it, and keep this money to buy 40 ice creams or something.
    Let me explain, the medium is a horror game that's not scary, an adventure game without adventure, a story driven game without a good story.
    First, the game is not scary, behind the mirror it is hellish for sure but scary it is not, the enemies are more frustrating than dangerous, since you    I don't like this game, don't play it, and keep this money to buy 40 ice creams or something.
    Let me explain, the medium is a horror game that's not scary, an adventure game without adventure, a story driven game without a good story.
    First, the game is not scary, behind the mirror it is hellish for sure but scary it is not, the enemies are more frustrating than dangerous, since you always encounter them during set pieces you are mostly bored during the rest of the game and these set pieces are not smart, hard, or even tenses if you know how to handle a controller.
    Then, let's touch about the "adventure" part of the game, well... It's not good either, most enigmas/problems are too easy or don't make sense which means that you never have this "ha-ha" moment, it looks more like either "well yeah I guess...", "so I just needed to continue the game for the solution to jump me", or "the cat on the mirror, in which universe does that make sense !!!" so you default to clicking on everything because well "it won't make sense anyway"
    The story... well It's more uninteresting than badly written, (it is still not stellar writing though), the world seems boring and static and the story itself is kind of uninteresting and convoluted, and please don't get me started on this protagonist, she can be funny at times but most of the time she straddles the line between stupid and infuriating.
    In conclusion, this is not great, but I'm sad to write this caustic review, because there was something in this game, the concept is genius, some story beats are genuinely good (especially when the mc is not on camera...) and I feel that with a bit more work in the writing, ambience, and gameplay department it would have been pretty solid game. But on our side of the mirror, you should avoid it, or wait a deep discount.    … Expand
  36. Name
    Feb 23, 2021
    4
    This game has some of the worst PC optimization I have ever seen. I played on a rtx 2060 and barely got 30 fps. If you are on pc I suggest skipping this one.
  37. ZeroSOFAD
    Feb 26, 2021
    4
    очень скучная игра, странное управление. не интересные механики и примитивные квесты, типа о смотрите тут чего нет, надо это найти. о смотрите тут неплохо бы иметь чтото режущее надо его найти....
  38. Kelen
    Feb 6, 2022
    4
    [PL]
    4,5 / 10 - Ujdzie
    (po graniu 8,5h i ukończeniu gry) Piękne lokacje, fabuła może być, gameplay fatalny Fabuła: 5,5 Grywalność: 3 Doznania wizualne: 7 Piękny świat. Z jednej strony klimatyczne wnętrza, piękne lasy i opuszczone miejsca z czasów PRLu, a z drugiej świat niczym wyjęty z obrazów Beksińskiego. Podział ekranu na 2 części czasem intryguje, a czasem utrudnia    [PL]
    4,5 / 10 - Ujdzie
    (po graniu 8,5h i ukończeniu gry)
    Piękne lokacje, fabuła może być, gameplay fatalny

    Fabuła: 5,5
    Grywalność: 3
    Doznania wizualne: 7

    Piękny świat.
    Z jednej strony klimatyczne wnętrza, piękne lasy i opuszczone miejsca z czasów PRLu, a z drugiej świat niczym wyjęty z obrazów Beksińskiego.
    Podział ekranu na 2 części czasem intryguje, a czasem utrudnia cieszenie się ich urokiem, tak jak i brak swobodnej kamery.
    Niestety, wszędzie jest bardzo ciasno - jak po sznurku prowadzi nas kamera i niewidzialne ściany.

    Fabuła najwyżej w porządku.
    Próbuje być ciekawa, ale nie do końca to wychodzi. Nie jest zbyt porywająca i nie potrafiłem wystarczająco poczuć więzi między postaciami.
    Obok zwrotów akcji przechodziłem obojętnie, a zakończenie było nieciekawe i niesatysfakcjonujące.

    Fatalna rozgrywka.
    Uciążliwa i działa zdecydowanie na niekorzyść gry. Już wolałby, żeby jej w ogóle nie było.
    Polega chodzeniu bardzo powolnym krokiem, obijając się o ściany lub kadr kamery. Przedmiotów do podniesienia na tyle mało, że nie ma wątpliwości czego i na czym użyć.

    Format tak ubogiej przygotówki był nietrafiony. Znacznie lepiej sprawdziłoby się to w widoku z pierwszej osoby, nie mówiąc już o VR.
    Lepsza byłaby jakaś inna forma interaktywnego filmu.

    Upierdliwe sceny uciekania - po cutscence kamera często odwraca się o 180 stopni, więc chociaż raz automatycznie giniemy wchodząc w to, co nas goni.

    Dzielenie ekranu na 2 światy nie było dobrym pomysłem. Znacznie fajniejsze byłoby zastępowanie jednego drugim, lub (najlepiej płynne i efektowne) nakładaniem się na siebie.    … Expand
  39. 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
  40. 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
  41. lNeo15l
    Jan 29, 2021
    4
    Jogo multiplataforma padrão game pass AA, estúdio pequeno e com baixo orçamento.
    Jogavel e de simples jogabilidade, tentou se inspirar em jogos antigos trazendo alguma nostalgia.
    Poderia ter uma melhor otimização, mas como o estúdio é pequeno acabou não conseguindo desempenho estável nos momentos que temos as duas telas. Xbox Series X 900p e no Xbox Series S 648p. Não tem com dar    Jogo multiplataforma padrão game pass AA, estúdio pequeno e com baixo orçamento.
    Jogavel e de simples jogabilidade, tentou se inspirar em jogos antigos trazendo alguma nostalgia.

    Poderia ter uma melhor otimização, mas como o estúdio é pequeno acabou não conseguindo desempenho estável nos momentos que temos as duas telas.
    Xbox Series X 900p e no Xbox Series S 648p.

    Não tem com dar uma nota maior que 6, neste caso fanboy detectado.
    Também não tem como ser menor de 2.    … Expand
  42. Stefanobed
    Mar 3, 2021
    4
    Boring, no gameplay ,short , is the game of "ghost whispers"? 4 only for the good graphics
  43. Seinekar
    Jul 12, 2021
    3
    The story is ok (not a gem anyway, as some pretend) and also are the "setting" and the double-world mechanic.

    But gameplay is incredible boring and tedious. It mostly consist on walking around resolving meaningless puzzles and collecting pieces of the story. The game has absolutely 0 terror element aside some scarce jumpscare. It all feels bland and indifferent. In the end, you just    The story is ok (not a gem anyway, as some pretend) and also are the "setting" and the double-world mechanic.

    But gameplay is incredible boring and tedious. It mostly consist on walking around resolving meaningless puzzles and collecting pieces of the story. The game has absolutely 0 terror element aside some scarce jumpscare. It all feels bland and indifferent. In the end, you just push forward becasue why not.

    The game offers little experience overall, it feels more like watching a (very) slow-paced mistery movie wich is somewhat boring.

    And if you manage to push it till the end, (wich is easy, as the game is pretty straight-forward) be prepared to be dissapointed by a unsatisfying cliffhanger ending.

    Resume: a An ok but boring narrative with some original gameplay element that quickly becomes bland and even tedious.    … Expand
  44. 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.
  45. SpaceEquestrian
    Jan 30, 2021
    3
    Really wanted to love this game but it just sucks gameplay wise tbh.

    The good: - Interesting world. - Awesome artstyle/direction - Creepy Atmosphere - Split reality was a cool idea. - Fixed Camera angels - Story The meh: - Not really that scary - Plot holes in the story, and the ending was unsatisfying. - Constantly having to fight the controlls when the camera angels    Really wanted to love this game but it just sucks gameplay wise tbh.

    The good:
    - Interesting world.
    - Awesome artstyle/direction
    - Creepy Atmosphere
    - Split reality was a cool idea.
    - Fixed Camera angels
    - Story

    The meh:
    - Not really that scary
    - Plot holes in the story, and the ending was unsatisfying.
    - Constantly having to fight the controlls when the camera angels changes.

    The bad:
    - Game NEVER used the split reality mechanic to its fullest potential.
    - Unoptimized. HUGE framedrops for no reason.

    The awful:
    - Calling this a puzzle game is an insult to all puzzle games out there.
    - Game mechanics that are almost NEVER used (For example. Combining items, only used TWICE in the entire game)
    - Stealth, it just isn't good in the slightest.
    - Pretty much everything regarding gameplay is awful tbh.

    "The Medium is our biggest and most ambitious project to date!" - Bloober Team.

    i'm sorry but there's NOTHING ambitious with The Medium since you failed to even TRY to use the split reality mechanic to its fullest potential.

    3/10 Had potential but fell flat on its head.

    Do not recommend.    … Expand
  46. leshichzer
    Apr 18, 2021
    3
    Jogo não tem nada de mais, o game é só andar igual barata tonta o jogo inteiro, fugindo do bicho papão e sem fazer nada, tem mistério e algumas coisas na gameplay que são promissoras, mas o enredo da história, o jeito que a história é contada, a gameplay enjoativa por que é do mesmo jeito do começo ao final sem fazer nada além de resolver puzzles e fugindo do bicho papão, o jogo que só temJogo não tem nada de mais, o game é só andar igual barata tonta o jogo inteiro, fugindo do bicho papão e sem fazer nada, tem mistério e algumas coisas na gameplay que são promissoras, mas o enredo da história, o jeito que a história é contada, a gameplay enjoativa por que é do mesmo jeito do começo ao final sem fazer nada além de resolver puzzles e fugindo do bicho papão, o jogo que só tem história estilo telltale, ainda te trai no final não fechando o game de uma forma conclusiva, mas sim de uma forma aberta, o jogo começa sem pé, você não entende nada de nada da história da protagonista, só vai entender o que estava acontecendo e partes da infância da personagem só no final do game pra no final o jogo te trair com uma censura completamente desnecessária, gostei da gameplay nas primeiras 2 horas, mas todo o restante foi monótono e repetitivo, um jogo com uma ideia promissora, porém com uma execução horrorosa… Expand
  47. 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
  48. 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
  49. Obdurodon
    Feb 22, 2021
    2
    The designers did a great job. The developers ... not so much. Almost refreshing, since the converse is far more common, but it still results in a poor experience. The controls are *very* primitive and laggy, and they're directional. The camera perspective changes every time you cross a tile boundary, so what used to be "forward" is now "left" etc. Very disorienting. Even basic explorationThe designers did a great job. The developers ... not so much. Almost refreshing, since the converse is far more common, but it still results in a poor experience. The controls are *very* primitive and laggy, and they're directional. The camera perspective changes every time you cross a tile boundary, so what used to be "forward" is now "left" etc. Very disorienting. Even basic exploration is a chore, and anything with even the slightest time element (e.g. an "out of body" experience) gets frustrating beyond belief. Apparently there are even more time-bound gameplay aspects like chases, and I literally can't imagine how those are even playable. It's a shame, because I feel that there might be a *great* game struggling to get out, but it's the most notable casualty in a grim game.

    P.S. I know this is not a AAA title, budgets are limited, etc. But the implementation is *bad*. I've seen student projects that had smoother and more natural movement. It feels like a slow emulation of something written for another platform, even when it's running natively on current-gen hardware. Just make it *playable* and you'll have plenty of grateful fans.    … Expand
  50. beria_the_bolsh
    Jan 30, 2021
    2
    They tried. If you're looking for a nice looking, easy walking simulator with a spooky ghost story that won't break your brain and get you some 'feels' this is it. If you're looking for a serious game of the likes of Silent Hill keep looking then.

    Technically it is a nice looking project. Story and gameplay wise, not so much. First - the game is a third person 'walking simulator' as in    They tried. If you're looking for a nice looking, easy walking simulator with a spooky ghost story that won't break your brain and get you some 'feels' this is it. If you're looking for a serious game of the likes of Silent Hill keep looking then.

    Technically it is a nice looking project. Story and gameplay wise, not so much. First - the game is a third person 'walking simulator' as in the game has no gameplay. At all. It just lets you click on stuff in a determined order. Second - the story has some good elements but overall the pacing is all wrong, writing is average, dialogues are ok, the monologues are downright terrible (and the protagonist comments on stuff quite a lot).

    A lot of people compare it to Silent Hill. Apart from general horror genre and fixed camera views there is nothing similar between the two games. The Medium has nice visuals but the feel is not dense or suffocating or even scary (not at all) as Silent Hill could do. The only emotions the game could bring up in me towards the end was of boredom and frustration (especially from the slow walking and running animations - it took forever to get anywhere). The gameplay is non-existent, the difficulty is laughable, the puzzles are "old school" as in a click on this before you bring the object from five meters away here to continue". Even good old Resident Evil could do better.

    As in Bloober's previous games the idea is there and it's not really a bad one. The execution is a hit and big miss.    … Expand
  51. 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.
  52. AortaPlatinum
    Oct 26, 2021
    2
    Presentation is... okay. It's well put together for the most part, but the repetitive and poorly written dialogue, along with Mary-Ann's refusal to shut the hell up and let us interpret things for ourselves, seriously hurts the game. The start of the hotel where I stopped playing is the worst I'd seen, with literal chalk arrows on the ground showing you where to go and a Napoleon DynamitePresentation is... okay. It's well put together for the most part, but the repetitive and poorly written dialogue, along with Mary-Ann's refusal to shut the hell up and let us interpret things for ourselves, seriously hurts the game. The start of the hotel where I stopped playing is the worst I'd seen, with literal chalk arrows on the ground showing you where to go and a Napoleon Dynamite reference despite the game taking place in 1999, something Mary-Ann mentions mere minutes before you get to the guest book that "vote for pedro!" is written in. Movement is a chore due to Mary-Ann having the most dainty and pathetic "run" I've ever seen in a horror game. Like the Clock Tower protagonists looked ridiculous when they ran but at least they RAN instead of, what, lightly jogging?… Expand
  53. 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.
  54. 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
  55. luixdr
    Feb 20, 2021
    2
    O jogo é simplesmente horrível, o que é uma pena visto que tinha um grande potencial. Toda a premissa de se utillizar dois mundos e apresentar isso ao jogador em uma tela dividida é bem interessante, mas esse recurso as vezes atrapalha muito a jogabilidade. As câmeras fixas, que imitam muito jogos antigos como Resident Evil e Silent Hill que na época a utilizavam por limitação de hardware,O jogo é simplesmente horrível, o que é uma pena visto que tinha um grande potencial. Toda a premissa de se utillizar dois mundos e apresentar isso ao jogador em uma tela dividida é bem interessante, mas esse recurso as vezes atrapalha muito a jogabilidade. As câmeras fixas, que imitam muito jogos antigos como Resident Evil e Silent Hill que na época a utilizavam por limitação de hardware, são horríveis, chegando dar dores de cabeça depois de passar mais de uma hora jogando, eu simplesmente não consigo entender por que qualquer desenvolvedora utiliza este tipo de câmera em um jogo atual, não faz o menor sentido. A narrativa hdo jogo é fraca, não tráz uma história que prende, muitos diálogos são forçados e infantilizados. Esperava muito mais desse jogo, ainda mais por vir da mesma empresa que criou Layers of Fear 1 e 2, 2 das melhores experiências que já tive com jogos de terror.… Expand
  56. Ky_Tree_No
    Oct 21, 2022
    2
    Are you effing stupid?

    UGHHHHHHHH. Such an overbearing, dreary piece of overwritten **** I can maybe count on one hand the number of games that frustrate me as much as this one. So much potential crushed into thousands upon thousands of sad "just die" musings in an oblivious, robotic game.
  57. Richard89
    Jan 30, 2021
    1
    Devs have forgotten what optimization means. Devs have forgotten what optimization means. Devs have forgotten what optimization means. Devs have forgotten what optimization means. Devs have forgotten what optimization means.
  58. 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.
  59. Kunray
    Mar 6, 2022
    1
    This games art style is awesome. It’s got a great soundtrack. Is both beautiful and creepy, but mostly charming. Please continue developing this game!
  60. DDJT
    Jan 31, 2021
    1
    Feels like a rip off silent Hill game with and uninspired story, only thing that is it looks pretty but that's about it for the 8-10 hours of wasted gameplay. Glad this was on gamepass as if I'd payed full price I would've been asking for a refund.
  61. ShelbyShark
    Jan 31, 2021
    1
    Скучная, кислая, медленная, тягомотная, топорная анимация идиотское управление! Пробовал на халяву через game pass, никому не рекомендую покупать это говно. В моменты когда экран разделяется охото ржать! Будто ГГ ловит белку!!! С такой убогой анимацией смотреть на это тошно!Скучная, кислая, медленная, тягомотная, топорная анимация идиотское управление! Пробовал на халяву через game pass, никому не рекомендую покупать это говно. В моменты когда экран разделяется охото ржать! Будто ГГ ловит белку!!! С такой убогой анимацией смотреть на это тошно!
  62. 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.
  63. Zeev82
    Feb 1, 2021
    1
    Nie ma miejsca w grach na kodziarska propagandę. ***** medium. Tyle w temacie
  64. 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
  65. 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¨
  66. 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.
  67. zyakin
    Mar 5, 2022
    1
    Games out of politics
    Games out of politics
    Games out of politics
    Games out of politics
  68. 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
  69. Junior_Santos
    Jan 29, 2021
    0
    O pior game para PC que já joguei. Conseguiu ser pior que Cyberpunk 2077! Gráficos datados e feios, cenários estáticos e sem vida, que não justificam o uso de 100% de uma RTX 2060 Super, enquanto o processador fica dormindo com 10% de uso. Os desenvolvedores deveria ser presos por estelionato!
  70. 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
  71. Kaioh
    Jan 30, 2021
    0
    Another pseudo "game" from Bloober team. The only good thing about it is graphics. Gameplay is non existent: walking, running, solving boring puzzles, watching cutscenes with Life is strange tier janky animations is NOT a gameplay. Okay, so it's psychological horror. Is it scary? No. Layers of Fear, Observer, Blair witch.. all their "games" are boring walking sims with poorly copiedAnother pseudo "game" from Bloober team. The only good thing about it is graphics. Gameplay is non existent: walking, running, solving boring puzzles, watching cutscenes with Life is strange tier janky animations is NOT a gameplay. Okay, so it's psychological horror. Is it scary? No. Layers of Fear, Observer, Blair witch.. all their "games" are boring walking sims with poorly copied content from other good horror games. Medium is not an exception. Oh wait! Half of budget was spent on Akira Yamaoka, then why is music so bland and unnoticeable in this "game"? I guess it's obvious by now that this team can't produce anything but TRASH. Unoptimazed trash, sorry. And they want 50$ for this? LMAO! Do not support these scammers.… Expand
  72. Mmartinez
    Jan 29, 2021
    0
    Also in pc the game runs 700p and 30 frames this supposed to be the new Xbox generation for real, so bad with bad graphics bad resolution many bugs and the history doesn’t stand out from other games. Totally disappointed Xbox.
  73. Lumic
    Mar 3, 2022
    0
    don't mix politics and games, how do you treat us the way we treat you, now I know what kind of company you are and how you deal with players, I will never buy your games again
  74. outyr
    May 2, 2021
    0
    Disappointing game Disappointing game Disappointing game Disappointing game Disappointing game Disappointing game Disappointing game Disappointing game
  75. C4dovnik
    Mar 4, 2022
    0
    From Russia with love. Zero points are what you deserve.............................................
  76. Nintendero97
    May 2, 2021
    0
    This review contains spoilers. Todos os reviews deste canal são realizados após jogar completamente o jogo. E a proposta é trazer reviews direto ao ponto com informações reais e claras sobre os games.

    Post image Tempo aproximado de jogo: 7h Conquistas desbloqueadas (XBOX) - 33/39 - 760/1000 pontos. (Um bom game para pegar conquistas, fiz 760 pontos sem me preocupar com isso)    This review contains spoilers. Todos os reviews deste canal são realizados após jogar completamente o jogo. E a proposta é trazer reviews direto ao ponto com informações reais e claras sobre os games.

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    Tempo aproximado de jogo: 7h

    Conquistas desbloqueadas (XBOX) - 33/39 - 760/1000 pontos. (Um bom game para pegar conquistas, fiz 760 pontos sem me preocupar com isso)

    Jogado no PC - I5 de 10ª geração; RTX 2060 6gb; 16gb de RAM.

    Esse jogo trata da história de uma garota (Marianne) que tem poderes de contato com o mundo dos mortos. Você começa o jogo indo arrumar o corpo do pai adotivo de Marianne para o funeral. O jogo trás um projeto ambicioso da Bloober Team que nos mostra 2 mundos ao mesmo tempo (como uma tela dividida de 2 jogadores).

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    Movimentação e Câmera: The medium trás de volta a movimentação do personagem e câmera dos antigos games resident evil (de PS1) e também trás um conceito de mundo do espelho similar aos games de silent hill. Como um jogador antigo, que se divertiu horas e horas com RE3 e Silent Hill, esse game me trouxe uma nostalgia muito boa.

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    Gráficos: Os gráficos do jogo são abaixo do esperado para o game de uma nova geração. Ele trás elementos de Ray tracing, porém, é pouco utilizado. No "mundo dos mortos" o raytracing desaparece por completo, deixando essa experiência apenas no mundo dos vivo em algumas poças d'agua deixada pela chuva, os raros espelhos e iluminação do sol.

    Ambientação e história: É um game de terror/suspense que te trás uma proposta nova com elementos nostálgicos. A ambientação e história só fica realmente completa se você buscar todos os colecionáveis, ao ler os cartões, cartas e buscar as memorias nos objetos e integrar com a história o game trás uma história extremamente envolvente e completa. Deixa a desejar em relação aos momentos de "terror", apesar de trazer uma boa ambientação, há poucos momentos em que fiquei aflito ao jogar (Acredito que os momentos de real aflição são os momentos de encontro com o "the maw" no mundo real - em que o personagem está totalmente invisível e você precisa se esconder dele). Apesar deste ponto, a história trás um universo novo e muito interessante. (E estou torcendo para ter continuação).    … Expand
  77. Loxer
    Jan 29, 2021
    0
    Das Spiel läuft hier schon besser als auf der Series X und macht auch wenn es optisch jetzt nicht der Hit ist schon mehr her.
    Aber das es am PC besser läuft ändert nicht viel an der Katastrophe von Steuerung und der lahmen Story nach nicht mal 9 Std war ich fertig .
    Musik war super aber hilft auch nicht wenn der Rest echt mies ist .
  78. Serx79
    Mar 5, 2022
    0
    unplayable game on release from company that are super politically engaged.
  79. Nikitos_Sen
    Mar 3, 2022
    0
    Всегда считал, что игры вне политики! Не ожидал от игровой студии, которая должна ориентироваться на обычных игроков и то, чтобы дарить людям хорошие эмоции…что студия будет наказывать обычных людей за решения принятые правительством! Раз игровая студия решила вмешаться в политику, то и оценку она получит не за игру!Всегда считал, что игры вне политики! Не ожидал от игровой студии, которая должна ориентироваться на обычных игроков и то, чтобы дарить людям хорошие эмоции…что студия будет наказывать обычных людей за решения принятые правительством! Раз игровая студия решила вмешаться в политику, то и оценку она получит не за игру!
  80. 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
  81. deathstramding
    Feb 22, 2021
    0
    a stupid bug-filled production story, not interesting, although it is a special game, I had fps drops, damn you
  82. 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.
  83. Mau316
    Jan 29, 2021
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Mucho mejor que en la versión de la xbox, pero lentisimo, aburrido y no asusta ni a un bebe. Next.… Expand
  84. 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.
  85. Saijax05
    Feb 3, 2021
    0
    Невероятно скучная игра , с неплохой идеей , но отвратительной реализацией
  86. 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
  87. icegrandpa
    Feb 3, 2021
    0
    great game, music, story, graphics.
    sad part is that has no value to replay it.
  88. Gemesi92
    May 1, 2021
    0
    Oh my gid, this game is supereasy, supershort, superboring demo for the little **** that don't have any game for their useless console NEXT GEN
  89. 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
  90. rronenn
    Jan 30, 2021
    0
    This game is an original concept, and executed flawlessly. Perhaps the best aspects of the game are the references to popular genre defining titles like Silent Hill 2, Resident Evil, and The Evil Within. The story alone deserves a 10, but with putting other aspects into play, it simply cannot achieve that score. Running on a RTX 2060 with 16gb RAM, and a 1920x1080 aspect ratio, the gameThis game is an original concept, and executed flawlessly. Perhaps the best aspects of the game are the references to popular genre defining titles like Silent Hill 2, Resident Evil, and The Evil Within. The story alone deserves a 10, but with putting other aspects into play, it simply cannot achieve that score. Running on a RTX 2060 with 16gb RAM, and a 1920x1080 aspect ratio, the game can not run smoothly on high settings. It really impacts the score. Even though 2021 just started. This concept is original and should be a GOTY contender.… Expand
  91. Hitori
    Jan 30, 2021
    0
    Mais um jogo pra lista de jogos com grande proposta mas péssima execução. The Medium é uma grande decepção no quesito tecnico, jogo cheio de bugs e EXTREMAMENTE MAL OTiMIZADO para PC ao ponto de que computadores com uma GTX 3080 não é capaz de manter o jogo em 60 fps constante. Era para ser um jogo da nova geração mas no final nos trouxe apenas graficos semelhantes aos remakes de RE2 e RE3Mais um jogo pra lista de jogos com grande proposta mas péssima execução. The Medium é uma grande decepção no quesito tecnico, jogo cheio de bugs e EXTREMAMENTE MAL OTiMIZADO para PC ao ponto de que computadores com uma GTX 3080 não é capaz de manter o jogo em 60 fps constante. Era para ser um jogo da nova geração mas no final nos trouxe apenas graficos semelhantes aos remakes de RE2 e RE3 o que não justifica o jogo exigir tanto do computador.

    No final The Medium é mais um jogo medíocre que conseguiu tirar de Cyberpunk 2077 o titulo de jogo mais bugado e mal otimizado da geração.    … Expand
  92. Daedalus77
    Jan 30, 2021
    0
    It's **** I do like horror/puzzle games and this one doesnt have neither. You just walk, solve some super easy dumb puzzles, look at your cellphone while you walk some more.... The story is a mess, gameplay is non existant. Just keep away from this, youll Just throw your time away.
  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. 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.
  95. 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...
  96. Deox_
    Mar 4, 2021
    0
    Grałem około dwie godziny, gra nie utrzymała mojej uwagi, akcja za wolno się rozpędza. Duchowa wizja jest bezużyteczna, przechodzenie pomiędzy światami jest słabo wykorzystane. Zagadki są banalnie proste i nie wymagają od gracza żadnego myślenia, wydają się być wepchnięte na siłę żeby wydłużyć czas gry. Akcja dzieje się w Polsce ale jedyne polskie napisy w świecie gry znajdują się naGrałem około dwie godziny, gra nie utrzymała mojej uwagi, akcja za wolno się rozpędza. Duchowa wizja jest bezużyteczna, przechodzenie pomiędzy światami jest słabo wykorzystane. Zagadki są banalnie proste i nie wymagają od gracza żadnego myślenia, wydają się być wepchnięte na siłę żeby wydłużyć czas gry. Akcja dzieje się w Polsce ale jedyne polskie napisy w świecie gry znajdują się na puszce karmy dla kotów i w formie smaczków, takich jak bestia z Wadowic haha bo wiecie papaj. Studio się obsrało i usunęło ten napis w jednej z aktualizacji. Polecam jak macie problemy z zasypianiem, wstęp ulula was do snu w 10 minut.… Expand
  97. davirjunior
    Mar 10, 2021
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Todos os reviews deste canal são realizados após jogar completamente o jogo. E a proposta é trazer reviews direto ao ponto com informações reais e claras sobre os games.

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    Tempo aproximado de jogo: 7h

    Conquistas desbloqueadas (XBOX) - 33/39 - 760/1000 pontos. (Um bom game para pegar conquistas, fiz 760 pontos sem me preocupar com isso)

    Jogado no PC - I5 de 10ª geração; RTX 2060 6gb; 16gb de RAM.

    Esse jogo trata da história de uma garota (Marianne) que tem poderes de contato com o mundo dos mortos. Você começa o jogo indo arrumar o corpo do pai adotivo de Marianne para o funeral. O jogo trás um projeto ambicioso da Bloober Team que nos mostra 2 mundos ao mesmo tempo (como uma tela dividida de 2 jogadores).

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    Movimentação e Câmera: The medium trás de volta a movimentação do personagem e câmera dos antigos games resident evil (de PS1) e também trás um conceito de mundo do espelho similar aos games de silent hill. Como um jogador antigo, que se divertiu horas e horas com RE3 e Silent Hill, esse game me trouxe uma nostalgia muito boa.

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    Gráficos: Os gráficos do jogo são abaixo do esperado para o game de uma nova geração. Ele trás elementos de Ray tracing, porém, é pouco utilizado. No "mundo dos mortos" o raytracing desaparece por completo, deixando essa experiência apenas no mundo dos vivo em algumas poças d'agua deixada pela chuva, os raros espelhos e iluminação do sol.

    Ambientação e história: É um game de terror/suspense que te trás uma proposta nova com elementos nostálgicos. A ambientação e história só fica realmente completa se você buscar todos os colecionáveis, ao ler os cartões, cartas e buscar as memorias nos objetos e integrar com a história o game trás uma história extremamente envolvente e completa. Deixa a desejar em relação aos momentos de "terror", apesar de trazer uma boa ambientação, há poucos momentos em que fiquei aflito ao jogar (Acredito que os momentos de real aflição são os momentos de encontro com o "the maw" no mundo real - em que o personagem está totalmente invisível e você precisa se esconder dele). Apesar deste ponto, a história trás um universo novo e muito interessante. (E estou torcendo para ter continuação).

    Jogabilidade: O game trás uma jogabilidade simples, intuitiva e agradável. O elemento de divisão de telas e "experiência extracorpórea" são os destaques desse game e eles não deixam a desejar. São vários momentos em que a tela dividida é utilizada e complementam completamente a experiência do jogo. Para concluir o jogo você deve resolver vários puzzles, buscando elementos nos dois mundos e se escondendo do "the maw" ao longo do game. Você usa o "sexto sentido" da Marianne para te auxiliar na busca de pistas nos cenários e este faz os elementos brilharem. Existe 2 momentos no jogo que é alternado a personagem principal com o Thomas, outro médium do game. Ambos tem poderes diferentes e interagem com o cenário de forma diferente o que faz com que o game fique menos cansativo. (EM OFF: Pra quem está esperando atirar em zumbis, espíritos ou coisas ruins, esse game não tem isso, é um game no estilo Outcast. Seu personagem não pode fazer grandes coisas além de correr).

    Uso de recursos: Monitorei a primeira hora de game usando o MSI e vi que o game puxa muito da placa de vídeo (ficando em 100% em todo o game). Apesar disso meu PC aguentou rodar o game em 1080p, com raytracing no Alto oscilando entre 30 e 60 FPS - achei um leve problema de otimização, pelos gráficos, mesmo no mundo dividido era para conseguir manter acima dos 50fps. O baixo uso do processador (abaixo dos 40%) deixa abertura para aplicação de DLSS (que esperava que viesse nativamente), porém, esse recurso ainda não está disponível.

    Conclusão: A Bloober Team trouxe uma experiência muito agradável, nostálgica e ambiciosa. Isso mostra o potencial que a Microsoft trouxe para alavancar os estúdios a criarem verdadeiras obras de arte.

    Apesar dos defeitos em relação ao gráfico, uso de recursos e ambientação de terror, o game trouxe uma experiência muito agradável revivendo cenários similares a Silent Hill e Resident Evil. A história é bem envolvente e o final é surpreendente.

    Minha sugestão: Jogue os primeiros 30min de jogo, caso você não goste da movimentação ou da câmera feche o game e seja feliz. Esse game é direcionado para um publico alvo especifico (o pessoal que jogava games de terror no PS1 e os novos jogadores que não se incomodarem com o estilo de jogo).    … Expand
  98. reisnato
    May 5, 2021
    0
    O game tem uma imersão fantástica, uma narrativa que prende e instiga a continuar firme na história e um visual muito bonito! A trilha sonora é absurda de boa. Vale muito a pena ser jogado, foi uma produção muito excelente durante um ano muito sombrio para a humanidade, na atualidade. Contém alguns bugs nos dias mais próximos do lançamento em que joguei, mas não interferem em quase nada doO game tem uma imersão fantástica, uma narrativa que prende e instiga a continuar firme na história e um visual muito bonito! A trilha sonora é absurda de boa. Vale muito a pena ser jogado, foi uma produção muito excelente durante um ano muito sombrio para a humanidade, na atualidade. Contém alguns bugs nos dias mais próximos do lançamento em que joguei, mas não interferem em quase nada do gameplay e provavelmente serão corrigidos logo. Recomendo!… Expand
  99. Keymidden
    Mar 3, 2022
    0
    you interfere not with the government, but with innocent citizens. hope youll understand this.
  100. Fikk
    Mar 4, 2022
    0
    Didn't have time to try this game, but it doesn't matter now. From Russia with love
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75

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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