The Medium

 Xbox Series X
User Score
7.3

Mixed or average reviews- based on 1388 Ratings

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  2. Mixed: 137 out of 1388
  3. Negative: 289 out of 1388

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  1. me_with_no_brim
    Feb 2, 2021
    10
    Bruh what a great game, this game
    has silent hell vibes and damn.. i love it
  2. ZoltanZero
    Feb 2, 2021
    10
    Inutile girarci troppo intorno, The Medium è un capolavoro. Un Masterpiece dei giochi horror in terza persona. Grafica spettacolare (soprattutto le ambientazioni), gameplay assolutamente unico e innovativo, storia complicata e per nulla scontata che ti tiene attaccato fino all'ultimo secondo allo schermo, colonna sonora impareggiabile (me la sono procurata immediatamente dopo averloInutile girarci troppo intorno, The Medium è un capolavoro. Un Masterpiece dei giochi horror in terza persona. Grafica spettacolare (soprattutto le ambientazioni), gameplay assolutamente unico e innovativo, storia complicata e per nulla scontata che ti tiene attaccato fino all'ultimo secondo allo schermo, colonna sonora impareggiabile (me la sono procurata immediatamente dopo averlo finito), ma soprattutto in svariati punti ti mette davvero l'ansia, cosa che ogni degno gioco horror dovrebbe fare. Assolutamente 10/10, il miglior gioco horror a cui abbia mai giocato da Alien Isolation, Silent Hill, Remothered e The Evil Within 2.… Expand
  3. NeilAlexander
    Feb 2, 2021
    10
    This game, this studio has shown much promise. They accomplished such a concept on a fairly limited budget. With a AAA budget, I can see this team make some of the best experiences out there. Hopefully one day they do and I can't wait for what they have in store next!
  4. Justbuggy
    Feb 2, 2021
    1
    If you think this game is fantastic, please do yourself a favor and play more games.
    It just has pretty graphics, everything else is just... Mediocre.
  5. SILAS117BR
    Feb 2, 2021
    8
    Fantástico, um ótimo game pra começar a geração, mais infelizmente não conseguiu vencer o peso que halo infinite deixou.
  6. SRPixel
    Feb 2, 2021
    0
    Good graphics, bad game.
    The main character cracks jokes seconds before seeing dead kids.
    The only reaction the characters have for everything is saying F#ck.
    Looks like a bad Silent Hill fanfic.
  7. jugoncitotv
    Feb 2, 2021
    8
    Really Good Game with excellent narrative. The angles of the cameras are sublime.
    It is an interesting story that intrigues and grabs you. It is quite original how the story unfolds between both worlds on a split screen to solve puzzles, which are not difficult except for the odd one. Bloober Team has been inspired by the games of yesteryear like Resident Evil and Silent Hill even paying    Really Good Game with excellent narrative. The angles of the cameras are sublime.
    It is an interesting story that intrigues and grabs you. It is quite original how the story unfolds between both worlds on a split screen to solve puzzles, which are not difficult except for the odd one. Bloober Team has been inspired by the games of yesteryear like Resident Evil and Silent Hill even paying homage to them.
    Don't expect an action or horror game, rather it is more of a suspense thriller and walking simulator with a great setting and a perfect execution of the soundtrack.
    The game falters in certain situations like in the graphic section when both worlds happen on screen. Some drops in frames and loading of textures but it's a great job since the loading screens are non-existent and the assets load simultaneously and the gaming experience is unaffected.
    Applaud Bloober Team with "The Medium" where they have surpassed themselves.    … Expand
  8. fist13
    Feb 2, 2021
    0
    Only 5 hours, that felt like boring 30 hours.
    When the game tries to shock you, the main character doesn't give a single f#ck.
    She just sits there, murmuring.
  9. Lilestwar
    Feb 2, 2021
    10
    Honestly the closest thing to the original silent hill trilogy, stunning story and great ideas, was honestly shocked how good this game was.
  10. Chupacabra1
    Feb 2, 2021
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Pessimo jogo,odiei 30fps é uma vergonha pra nova geração, recomendo passar longe...de graca é caro!… Expand
  11. 1guyontheintern
    Feb 2, 2021
    0
    It's a worse version of Silent Hill Downpour, and i didn't even knew that was possible.
  12. THE_KlesK
    Feb 2, 2021
    8
    Good game, a little too linear.
    scenario with a lack of explanation
    can't wait to have the next chapter
  13. BorjAngel88
    Jan 29, 2021
    5
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Sonido, BSO y entornos muy buenos, y ahí acaban las cosas buenas de este juego. Rendimiento en Series X penoso con múltiples bajadas de fps, texturas que no cargan hasta segundos despues, jugabilidad tosca, movimientos robóticos, diseño de los personajes muy malo, lineal es decir poco, puzzles tan sencillos que se hacen solos, la historia esta tan cogida con pinzas en todos sus puntos que te la puedo contar en una frase “dos hermanas con poderes paranormales que han sido separadas, han abusado de una de ellas y la otra no recuerda nada al despertarse de un coma” FIN, nada de terror, cuando controlas a Thomas te obligan a ir despacio para alargar artificialmente la duración del juego. MUY DECEPCIONANTE para ser el primer exclusivo de MS de esta nueva generación… Expand
  14. morpheusxp
    Feb 2, 2021
    9
    A truly beautiful game. From the atmospheric visuals to the haunting soundtrack everything about this game was done with heart. Bloober is known as a great studio for their genre titles and has done a great job with The Medium.
  15. JayMars
    Feb 2, 2021
    8
    Great start to an IP with a lot of good things Bloober Team can hang their hats on. Good story telling, great looking atmosphere, great lighting and audio, and the Ray Tracing is arguably the best I’ve seen so far in a new gen game. Biggest draw backs for me were: the indecisiveness on whether or not the game wants to be a walking simulator or not. The climax. The story isn’t bad orGreat start to an IP with a lot of good things Bloober Team can hang their hats on. Good story telling, great looking atmosphere, great lighting and audio, and the Ray Tracing is arguably the best I’ve seen so far in a new gen game. Biggest draw backs for me were: the indecisiveness on whether or not the game wants to be a walking simulator or not. The climax. The story isn’t bad or boring, it just takes too long to reel you in. Then you have some minor stuff like drops in Frames and minor technical hiccups here and there. They weren’t anything close to game breaking though. Graphics wise I’m torn. More than 80% of the time I was really impressed with the environment and atmosphere. Whereas about 15% of the time I was impressed with character visuals. The most impressive moment coming at the end of the game where they close in on her face and you can see her pores and other details Lastly, I didn’t mind the cliffhanger ending. The medium has a lot of upside. I feel like with the right support Bloober Team can make a totally beast sequel. It could focus on Thomas fighting the Maw. Playing his part showed me that they can make a combat system if they tried. Spirit force attacks and parrying. It could work.… Expand
  16. FedexJaw696
    Feb 2, 2021
    9
    El juego es realmente increíble, es super inmersivo los escenarios enamoran, graficos next gen, el juego en si es una maravilla y la banda sonora te eriza la piel. no le hagan caso a nadie, probarlo ustedes mismo, yo no le tenia mucha fe pero al jugarlo me encanto. y pues las animaciones no son las mejores pero entiendo que es un doble A, asi que no hay peros.
  17. malias4
    Feb 2, 2021
    10
    Very nice game not so scary with cool performance graphics !! Good idea playing in 2 realitys !
  18. consoleplayer1
    Feb 2, 2021
    9
    Story, atmosphere, sound: top class
    grafics, gameplay: medium

    i could recommend it to everybody
  19. FullmetalHime
    Feb 2, 2021
    9
    I HIGHLY recommend playing The Medium.

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

    This is a game CLEARLY made with passion and love.

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

    I truly hope to see more from this universe in the future. Bloober Team, you killed it. I love The Medium ^_^    … Expand
  20. Crinz5214
    Feb 2, 2021
    10
    Aun que no es la mejor exclusiva de xbox the médium plantea una forma de juego algo nuevo
  21. Zummandriel
    Feb 1, 2021
    9
    A good story, an art direction to highlight, great soundtrack and some mechanics / puzzles to accompany you in the discovery of the story that without being outstanding work to not make you heavy the 7 hours. Best of all, a solid ending unusual in the horror genre.
    For me it is a game of 8.5
  22. SergeantDan
    Feb 1, 2021
    8
    I'll be honest since it seems to be a thing not many people will do when you break down a lot of these scores. This game is pretty much silent hill without combat. I know its a weird way to look at it but it has been a game I have been waiting for years. This game hits all the points for me a good story. Something to slowly let your brain do some work to try and figure out the large secretI'll be honest since it seems to be a thing not many people will do when you break down a lot of these scores. This game is pretty much silent hill without combat. I know its a weird way to look at it but it has been a game I have been waiting for years. This game hits all the points for me a good story. Something to slowly let your brain do some work to try and figure out the large secret at the end before you get there. Stories to how others affected the primary. Like there are side characters that had massive affects on the main story itself before you got there and had to deal with them yourself. Its just a perfect amount of everything I needed to happen in a game that kept me going all the way to the end. Lasting between 5 to 7 hours depending on play style. Its defiantly worth a playthrough or 2 if you really want to try and understand this story. The deal reality is a great feature. Even if the possibility of the game DRS going down to 900p while in deal reality. I never seemed to saw a detail change and I never felt the game stutter. I will defiantly play through this game again after my first time experiencing this game.… Expand
  23. ahmedswcc123
    Feb 1, 2021
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Good game silent hill thanks for game and sound music wow impressive thankssses… Expand
  24. LadyAux
    Feb 1, 2021
    8
    Part of me wanted to review this game without being stupidly blind and biased towards anything that even remotely seemed like Silent Hill.
    The Medium is actually not even close to either Silent Hill or Resident Evil but still borrows a lot from them. There was huge promise in the split world mechanic and even the fact we had ray tracing. On one hand, this game is a really good effort. On    Part of me wanted to review this game without being stupidly blind and biased towards anything that even remotely seemed like Silent Hill.
    The Medium is actually not even close to either Silent Hill or Resident Evil but still borrows a lot from them. There was huge promise in the split world mechanic and even the fact we had ray tracing. On one hand, this game is a really good effort. On the other, it seems lacking, in real threats, constant scares and true horror. The Medium isn't really a horror game, its more a game about the work of Mediums with supernatural connections and powers to another world. What is there in the game feels like a step towards a greater game world, amazing characters and story for our Medium protagonists, in a future game maybe. The music is PHENOMENAL, as can be expected. The graphics, only slightly above par, with poorly utilized RT and some bad models and lip-sync but a whole lot of effort put in for most of the game worlds design. The Medium feels like a tribute to horror games from the 90s and I AM ALL ABOUT THAT. You really can't go past what is great value for a Game Pass title. Just wanted more, expected better and felt let down by how short the game is. Still really impressed though, would recommend a play regardless. Check out my review here: https://youtu.be/ssYNgx3o5Z0    … Expand
  25. Theshpaker
    Feb 1, 2021
    9
    Very atmospheric, stunning views and original audio. Loved this game, great experience overall.
  26. David666hn
    Feb 1, 2021
    10
    What a great experience Inhad by playing this unexpected master piece involving you in the game atmosphere. Fully recommended for everyone who wants to discover something new in this generation.
  27. Osvaplay
    Feb 1, 2021
    0
    a crappy game xbox 360 and PS3 graphics it is true that graphics are not all in one game but a best effort please
  28. Invocator
    Feb 1, 2021
    7
    En general es una buena experiencia! muchos puntos buenos, más que los malos, aunque si hay detalles a afinar. Los gráficos (lo jugué en Series X) en general muy buenos, pero de repente se caían en calidad cañón, no siempre eran consistentes. Me hubieran gustado boss fights de verdad, alguna mecánica de combate y que no fueran tan absolutamente lineal, tan buena locación cómo para haberloEn general es una buena experiencia! muchos puntos buenos, más que los malos, aunque si hay detalles a afinar. Los gráficos (lo jugué en Series X) en general muy buenos, pero de repente se caían en calidad cañón, no siempre eran consistentes. Me hubieran gustado boss fights de verdad, alguna mecánica de combate y que no fueran tan absolutamente lineal, tan buena locación cómo para haberlo hecho tan lineal, de no ser por algunas mecánicas del Gameplay estuvo a punto de ser un walking simulator. El tema de tener los dos mundos al mismo tiempo, no fue mucho de mi agrado; solo se utilizó muy poco para resolver puzzles y lo demás solo fue tipo showcase, cómo un demo técnico; siempre la atención te llevaba a un mundo, el otro se podía haber omitido fácilmente en varias cutscenes. La historia muy entretenida! Fue de buena duración, lo acabé como en 10hrs. creo que no lo volveré a jugar nunca más, bendito GamePass!… Expand
  29. TheGameGatsby
    Feb 1, 2021
    9
    If you are a casual gamer, than maybe you should check out some Videos first. This game looks like a Dream come true but plays like an old Survival Horror game from the 90's. It starts slow but gets better and better. It has some realy disturbing moments and a real good story and good puzzle solving. I had around 10hours for the playthrough and never used a walkthrough. 10 Hours is longIf you are a casual gamer, than maybe you should check out some Videos first. This game looks like a Dream come true but plays like an old Survival Horror game from the 90's. It starts slow but gets better and better. It has some realy disturbing moments and a real good story and good puzzle solving. I had around 10hours for the playthrough and never used a walkthrough. 10 Hours is long for a 90's Horror Game when you keep in Mind that the first RE had around 4hours gameplay so its enough and it doesn't streches the gameplay to get boring. I also loved to see the return of the fix camera it just makes the game much more intense. Play it if you got the chance!… Expand
  30. GILTELES
    Feb 1, 2021
    0
    Chato demais. Só andar pra lá e pra cá. Diferente, por exemplo, de RE, que podemos usar uma arma. Não posso falar de otimização porque joguei no PC, mas, parece que esta com problemas no Xbox.
    Como jogo inicial dos novos SS e SX uma decepção.
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Mixed or average reviews - based on 81 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 44 out of 81
  2. Mixed: 34 out of 81
  3. Negative: 3 out of 81
  1. CD-Action
    Sep 1, 2021
    80
    Despite clunky animations, repetitive gameplay and some technical issues with the Xbox Series X version, I completed The Medium twice. Its dual-reality design, art direction and brilliant soundtrack often made me stop to take in a view or relish the music. Its mature story and atmosphere reminiscent of Silent Hill helped a lot too. [03/2021, p.40]
  2. Game World Navigator Magazine
    Apr 9, 2021
    76
    The Medium didn’t manage to become a spiritual successor to Silent Hill, but it’s still a significant step forward for Bloober Team. [Issue#252, p.50]
  3. IGN Portugal
    Mar 18, 2021
    80
    The exclusive Microsoft - The Medium is yet another significant milestone in the catalogue of psychological horror games from Bloober Team, which is increasingly becoming one of the best studios in this area. Without hiding where it comes from, it's an experience horror fans won't want to miss, no matter how short. The duality approach is interesting and has enormous potential. I hope that the Bloober Team will get to work on it again and develop it more in-depth.
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