The Medium

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Summary

Discover a dark mystery only a medium can solve. Explore the real world and the spirit world at the same time.

Use your psychic abilities to solve puzzles spanning both worlds, uncover deeply disturbing secrets, and survive encounters with The Maw - a monster born from an unspeakable tragedy.

The Medium is a third-person psychological horror game that features patented dual-reality gameplay and an original soundtrack co-composed by Arkadiusz Reikowski and Akira Yamaoka.

Storyline

Marianne, a medium hounded by visions, lives and interacts across two worlds: the real one and the spirit world. Haunted by the vision of a child’s murder, she travels to an abandoned hotel resort, which many years ago became the stage of an unthinkable tragedy. There she begins her search for difficult answers. As a medium with access to both worlds, she has a wider perspective and can see more clearly that there’s no one simple truth to what others perceive. Nothing is what it seems, everything has another side.


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The Medium Reviews & Ratings

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Review by Avid_StoryLover [user]
July 23, 2022

I really enjoyed this game and i hate it being referred to as a walking simulator. Which is some catch all insult ppl use when they play aI really enjoyed this game and i hate it being referred to as a walking simulator. Which is some catch all insult ppl use when they play a game that doesn't have you constantly killing things.(Layers of fear was much closer to this mock insult then this.)The story, atmosphere and vivid scenery were are very well done. Not to mention it has a great soundtrack. I really enjoyed this game, my one complaint is that there are moments were stealth is necessary and even some chase scenes, but there just aren't enough of them. I feel that if they were even just a few more it would heighten the experience and raise the tension.{Side note}, I don't see how anyone could play this game and not see the potential this studio has for making a silent hill game. And just because this game doesn't have combat doesn't mean that if they made a silent hill game, it wouldn't either.

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Review by Uvmaister [user]
October 29, 2021

A decent little game with some enjoyable early installment Resident Evil puzzles and a fixed camera. It definitely got the eerie tone a gameA decent little game with some enjoyable early installment Resident Evil puzzles and a fixed camera. It definitely got the eerie tone a game such as this needs but never lives up to the old classics. The pacing suffers a lot from time to time and the mechanics can feel clunky and just game breaking/disruptive. It can be frustratingly difficult to keep playing when a death feels as cheap as it does in the medium. For a PS5 release the loading times is atrocious and really makes you not miss last gen. Also not having the option to turn off/toggle the sound coming out of the dualsense is a poorly made decision by the developers. The game has its moments when it truly shines, but they’re few and far between

60
Review by 5thavenuecrazy [user]
October 4, 2021

I wanted to give this a 7, but by the time the game finished I still didn't quite understand the whole story and had to look up up onI wanted to give this a 7, but by the time the game finished I still didn't quite understand the whole story and had to look up up on Wikipedia. The game is very slow and boring but I kept playing in order to watch the story unfold. Ultimately I was disappointed since I kept playing for something I never reached. I basically agree with all of the other bad reviews: character is super slow, game randomly decides when you can and can't run, "puzzles" aren't even really puzzles because they are so easy until maybe a couple at the very end, voice acting is pretty terrible, frame rate is too low and is jerky at times and you can see the screen tearing, camera angles and character control are atrocious and old-school, etc. I rented the game but I would have been disappointed had I actually paid money for this.

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Review by Eurogamer Italy
September 14, 2021

This edition of The Medium is suitable for those who have not had, in the past, the chance of recovering the title in the Microsoft or PC ecosystem. This is perhaps not the best of the ports, but the new features related to DualSense and the generic good quality of the product can fully justify the purchase.

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Review by R4z0r [user]
September 13, 2021

The Medium on PS5 I would say that it is the definitive version of the game, since Bloober Team dedicated more time to the game and it has allThe Medium on PS5 I would say that it is the definitive version of the game, since Bloober Team dedicated more time to the game and it has all updates included. The first time I played, was on the Xbox Series X and since then, the game has been updated. But I did not replay it, instead I jumped on the PS5 Version.As soon as I started playing the game, I noticed many differences, especially the movement of the protagonist and the camera angles. I could also appreciate that the textures looked better than when I played it (Series X version and it was before the updates

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Game Information
Release Date January 28, 2021
Publisher Bloober Team
Content Rated M (Mature)
Game Modes Single player
Player Perspectives Third person
Genres Adventure
Themes Action, Horror, Thriller, Mystery
Platforms PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S