The Medium

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  1. MadBert91
    Jan 30, 2021
    9
    Me ha gustado mucho el juego, lo tengo en el Game Pass y aunque es cierto que requiere optimización a fecha de hoy porque a veces se caen los fps, el juego está muy cuidado, la ambientación es fantástica, los gráficos se ven de miedo. Para mi es de 8, aunque el doy 9 por aquellos que le han puesto 0 sin haberlo olido siquiera, tónica habitual de esta página.
  2. 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!
  3. 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
  4. SlyGalaxy12
    Jan 31, 2021
    10
    Joyita 10/10....... ,. .. , b b bb.fg g
  5. Gdgamer
    Jan 30, 2021
    10
    Одна з кращих ігор в які мені довелося грати, раджу всім спробувати, це не схоже на інші ігри.
  6. 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
  7. 2017xcom2
    Feb 1, 2021
    10
    It was nice adventure of Bloober! I have Layers of Fera 1 and 2 and Observer too. Medium is the best game of this developper. Just ..... too short!
  8. Kosco
    Jan 30, 2021
    10
    Un juego al estilo clásico con un terror psicólogico muy bien logrado espero que la industria saque más juegos así quedé asombrado que un estudio pequeño haya podido hacer tremendo juego
  9. Avp1982
    Jan 29, 2021
    10
    Great story, memorable locations, next level graphics. Gameplaywise 7//10
    Total 10/10 for me.
  10. Croatoran
    Jan 30, 2021
    9
    Great game. Graphic looks fantastic and gameplay feels nice and unusual. Story is very interesting.
  11. BlackSp1der
    Jan 31, 2021
    10
    Fantastic game. Very good graphics and I love the music. I know this is not a big budget production. But I am sure Bloober Team can make more and better games in the future.
  12. 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.
  13. 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
  14. loganze
    May 17, 2021
    10
    Una obra maestra en narrativa que atrapa y que te deja esperando por mas, un excelente doble A de presupuesto limitado pero historia magnifica
  15. 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.
  16. 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
  17. 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
  18. Foggiest
    Jan 30, 2021
    10
    Buen juego... la forma de jugar en dos mundos es genial, los que lo critican es porque no lo han jugado
  19. 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
  20. 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.
  21. 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¨
  22. 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
  23. 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
  24. 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!
  25. 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 .
  26. 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
  27. 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
  28. 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
  29. Josh_Sinclair
    Jan 30, 2021
    10
    Amazing soundtrack to back up the gorgeous graphics and unique location, theme and gameplay. Nothing like it is out on the market.
  30. LuisValdez
    Jan 30, 2021
    10
    El mejor videojuego jamás creado, simplemente perfección de principio a fin. Una vez más Xbox y Microsoft siendo los reyes del mundo.
  31. 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
  32. 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.
  33. 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
  34. 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
  35. TheoreticalHero
    Jan 31, 2021
    10
    Incredible experience this game is just amazing
  36. 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!
  37. 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.
  38. 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.
  39. 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.
  40. 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...
  41. 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
  42. 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
  43. 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.
  44. 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.
  45. apostolosapok
    May 1, 2021
    7
    First of all i want to congratulate the creators of the game that were not afraid to tackle this niche in my opinion game genre and not sticking to another stupid cheap jump scare horror game.

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

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

    Apart from those 2 problems that can easily be fixed in my opinion and were present because the creators wanted the game to be accessible to a broader audience, the game is very good, it has great graphics/animations, a captivating story, great characters /acting and if a 2nd game keeps the all those good things remove the main character narrative and replace it with other more clever ways of explaining the story, better/more clever riddles and more difficult/stressful enemy encounters/chases it can be a 10.    … Expand
  46. 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
  47. 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
  48. 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
  49. 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
  50. 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.
  51. outyr
    May 2, 2021
    0
    Disappointing game Disappointing game Disappointing game Disappointing game Disappointing game Disappointing game Disappointing game Disappointing game
  52. C4dovnik
    Mar 4, 2022
    0
    From Russia with love. Zero points are what you deserve.............................................
  53. 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
  54. Serx79
    Mar 5, 2022
    0
    unplayable game on release from company that are super politically engaged.
  55. 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!
  56. 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.
  57. 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
  58. watchm824
    Oct 26, 2021
    7
    "The Medium" is a good game that leaves me with a pleasant aftertaste. But expect from her experience similar to the experience of passing "Silent Hill" is not worth it.
    "The Medium" lacks interactivity and there is no way to fight opponents. The game is more like an interactive movie.
    Pros: beautiful surroundings, interesting plot and atmosphere. The main advantage of the game is    "The Medium" is a good game that leaves me with a pleasant aftertaste. But expect from her experience similar to the experience of passing "Silent Hill" is not worth it.
    "The Medium" lacks interactivity and there is no way to fight opponents. The game is more like an interactive movie.

    Pros: beautiful surroundings, interesting plot and atmosphere. The main advantage of the game is music.
    Cons: too simple and uninteresting puzzles, character animation, minor technical problems (the game slowed down in some places for unknown reasons).    … Expand
  59. 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.
  60. 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....
  61. 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
  62. anykey_
    Jan 31, 2021
    7
    The game turned out to be very interesting. For the most part, I guess I hadn't played much quests before. On the Xbox Show Case, she looked pretty interesting. As a result, it came out very short. The musical accompaniment turned out to be quite good. Questions are about the graphics in this game, about facial animations and about performance as such. The bloober team might have beenThe game turned out to be very interesting. For the most part, I guess I hadn't played much quests before. On the Xbox Show Case, she looked pretty interesting. As a result, it came out very short. The musical accompaniment turned out to be quite good. Questions are about the graphics in this game, about facial animations and about performance as such. The bloober team might have been pretty quick, IMHO. But, in general, a game for the evening. You can play.… Expand
  63. XLazer
    Aug 13, 2021
    7
    Overall - 7/10

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

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

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

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

    Enjoyment - 6.5/10    … Expand
  64. 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
  65. 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.
  66. 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.
  67. 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
  68. RRyar
    Jan 29, 2021
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Me encanta que tiene esos aires de suspenso y en escenas que no esperas te llevas un buen susto pero muy bueno y los puzles si no muy entretenidos al principio la historia va muy calmada pero luego se poner súper interesante y te engancha demaciado… Expand
  69. Rutgrrr
    Feb 20, 2021
    7
    I really liked the atmosphere and story of this game. There are some technical issues though (crashes, framedrops), but nothing that really breaks the game. Not a big fan of the fixed camera angle. Was expecting a much more 'horrory' game, luckiliy it wasn't that bad ;-)
  70. 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
  71. 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
  72. 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.
  73. 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
  74. LightLion
    Jan 31, 2021
    5
    jogo mediumcre, jogabilidade travada e antiquada, historia fraca e sem fim, jogo tedioso, não recomendo nem de graça
  75. 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
  76. 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
  77. 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
  78. 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
  79. Stefanobed
    Mar 3, 2021
    4
    Boring, no gameplay ,short , is the game of "ghost whispers"? 4 only for the good graphics
  80. 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
  81. 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.
  82. 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
  83. 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
  84. ManuEspNav
    Apr 18, 2021
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Excelente narrativa, los personajes son originales, le doy un 10 porque siempre tuve presente que no es un shooter, el que lo evalúa como un shooter no tiene ni idea.… Expand
  85. 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.
  86. 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
  87. zyakin
    Mar 5, 2022
    1
    Games out of politics
    Games out of politics
    Games out of politics
    Games out of politics
  88. Keymidden
    Mar 3, 2022
    0
    you interfere not with the government, but with innocent citizens. hope youll understand this.
  89. Fikk
    Mar 4, 2022
    0
    Didn't have time to try this game, but it doesn't matter now. From Russia with love
  90. Sawsaq
    Mar 5, 2022
    0
    As social tensions rise in the world, horror is gaining popularity. - Rafał Basaj
  91. PupaNup
    Mar 6, 2022
    0
    Sie träumten von der Erhaltung des Friedens auf der ganzen Welt und begannen den Weltkrieg
  92. Top1saraya_
    Jan 7, 2023
    6
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  93. 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
  94. Pmstz
    Jan 30, 2023
    6
    Ok/nice horror video game in "medium" way
    Not perfect by far, but pretty nice.
  95. 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.
  96. peterf28
    Jul 23, 2023
    10
    Wow, brutally immersive, wonderful graphics, storytelling, script, narrative, everything perfect. It's a 10/10 game.
  97. 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
  98. nomad1326
    Apr 23, 2023
    8
    I'm a big fan of cinematographers like Roger Deakins (1917) and Emmanuel Lubezki (The Revenant) - they're Hollywood legends, so I have a lot of sympathy for projects where the camera is not just a part of a good composition, but also a part of a story. And The Medium was the project from the Poles at Bloober Team that made me fall in love with its approach to both the camera and theI'm a big fan of cinematographers like Roger Deakins (1917) and Emmanuel Lubezki (The Revenant) - they're Hollywood legends, so I have a lot of sympathy for projects where the camera is not just a part of a good composition, but also a part of a story. And The Medium was the project from the Poles at Bloober Team that made me fall in love with its approach to both the camera and the separation of the worlds.

    Thanks to camera positioning and lighting, ordinary scenes are given soul and unique atmosphere, and the story becomes even more profound. Thanks to the camera, this game even managed to scare me a few times.

    Game Design doesn't have enough mechanics to give players new puzzles and patterns (Theory of fun, if you know what I mean) and mechanics feel poor and like a wood, but still interesting. Thank you, Bloober Team, for that journey. Waiting for your next game.    … Expand
  99. 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
  100. 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.
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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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