The Medium has grand ambitions but doesn’t quite come together.
Written by Michael Huber
Video Edited by Brandon Jones
Reviewed on Xbox Series X
Available on PC and Xbox Series X|S
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I remember watching Gametrailers reviews all the time back in the day. So happy you guys still do the reviews under this new name. Easy Allies are still the best reviewers in the business.
I feel that this game should have been reviewed by Ian instead of huber.
Tried it for an hour or so. It's hard to deal with the fixed camera after so long, stiff animations don't help either. Story failed to interest me so far and all i did in terms of gameplay was finding an object that lets me open a door in order to get to the next locked door.
It's a Bloober game, never going to be awful, never going to be great.
Tho not for me, I am glad they were able to put this out and hope it finds it's audience as it is a smaller studio. Thanks @Easy Allies for always doing in depth reviews, and calling it as you saw it. Integrity is so very hard to find these days.
i believe i am quite advanced in the story already and couldnt agree more with the review, puzzles arent challenging and repeat the same pattern way too much already in first hour or so, audio is great and so are graphics thought my Ryzen 7 3700x and 1060 3gb takes a hard hit during the reality/phantom worlds sections.
Still, Great writing as always you guys are the best <3
Damn Huber is puttin in some review work this month
Whoever doesn't know of the awful practices and less than stellar resume of Bloober Team, go watch Bloober Team Bites by Bobvids here on youtube. As far as I'm concerned, fuck 'em.
So going off the other reviews, you'll either like this or not.
It's an above-medium score. Don't shut it out completely.
Michael, stay the excellent person you are and also you're DGD Huber. L&R <3
Monstrum Nox review when…?
That’s really unfortunate for this team. It looked really promising, this is unexpected from the team who made layers of fear
fun to stay with
not to eat
I don’t blame the developer for this mess. I blame Microsoft, time and again they’ve been shown to not know how to properly support and guide the developers making games for them.
I have an Xbox One X, but there’s nothing to gain from getting a Series X. Guess I’ll stick with PS5, Nintendo Switch, and PC for this generation
Have bloober put out a truly good game yet? Maybe Observer? I don’t understand why people keep hyping up their games.
Bloober Team seems like they're just on the cusp of making a truly great game but can't quite get over the hump. They make games with really fascinating concepts and great atmosphere, but the gameplay in them just isn't compelling enough. The Medium is a pretty spot on example of that. Still think that despite their games not being anything amazing yet, they're a dev to watch in the future. They're clearly talented but just need to work out the kinks.
Typical Bloober mediocrity. Observer was a one hit wonder it seems.
Seems like ideal way to consume this game is to watch Huber play with a friend
wonder what his opinion would be if this was a sony published game. a 6.5 is so laughably harsh i can't help but think they took points off just because it's a Xbox exclusive.
Played it, there is nothing wrong with the fixed camera or the controls. I feel like your nitpicking brought the whole thing down.
I still think I'll pick this up just to support someone trying something different. This feels like an "arthouse" style game. Funky, better in concept than execution, but thought provoking and challenges the medium's tropes.
I'm playing it on Gamepass, it's really an ok game, there's nothing great other then graphics.
Its not an Xbox exclusive, its multiplat…and a very mediocre game. So i pass. GamePass futter
ouch
I never saw the appeal of this game, I feel like people just got hyped for this game cause of the splitscreen thing and that's it, the trailers never impressed me đź‘»
Series Y (why bother)
Utter tripe by the look of it.
The medium is just okay. Some parts are cool but overall the game is kinda boring and the story is weak. Had a couple times my game glitched out and I had to reload old saves. Seems like they tried to make a silent hill game and just did it way worse to be honest. I think their next game will be better this wasn’t it though.
Best narrator in the video game industry!
Good job Jones
Now ps gamers can take this pics outta xbone for having movie games..
Important feedback! (spoilers):
I heard the ending basically sends the message that mentally disabled people can't be happy. The main character takes abuse and victim blaming as valid criticism, and then kills themself, with the achievement "you can't save them all" immediately following. If this is true, I agree it deeply mishandles a sensitive issue effecting millions, and furthers negative stereotypes.
I'm not sure if this is the case as it's just heresay, but I wanted to relay some feedback I've seen to give more perspective on an important theme. L&R
ehhh well good thing my hype levels for this game were only medium
I had high hopes for this game. And I really trust Huber's opinion. Especially on horror. And seeing how this was a bit of a throwback I thought it would be a hit. Aw well, Ghostwire is bound to be GOOD.
Ouch! That was exclusively disappointing.
I honestly hate how much the protagonist speaks in the game, any time there could be a moment of quiet reflection or an interesting image to think or a puzzle that might be cool about the character just explains exactly what it means or makes some dumb joke that absolutely kills the mood. the closest comparison I could use would be Control but Control actually has good writing so it works in that and there's a narrative and thematic reason why she is talking to herself all the time (granted I didn't finish the Medium so hey)
It never uses the fixed camera to it's advantage either, every shot is just this boring wide shot. I got an easy out when the game just broke and didn't let me progress because I'd already got the name of a guy I needed to send away and also his mask but it wouldn't let me use it, so I uninstalled it and I'm never going back to it. The concept was so cool but the game is just so bad
As disappointing as this game may be, I'm pretty sure we'll all look back at it with rediscovered appreciation once Konami drops whatever cursed Silent Hill sequel they have in store.
Ouch. Thought that was a sure hit from Huber. Guess we gotta wait til re8 for the next good horror experience. The quest for good xbox exclusives continues lol
ouch thats a low
I just beat it. Really liked the sound design, the design of the world, and most of the music. A few of the puzzles were fun. But the story didn't do it for me or the split-screen gimmick. The game is pretty empty, easy, and mostly boring. Solid 6/10 for me.