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The Medium
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 t...
Details
- Released
- January 28, 2021
- Developer
- Bloober Team
- Publisher
- Bloober Team
- Platforms
- PC · PS5 · Xbox Series X|S
How it plays
Time to beat · 5 player times (IGDB)
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The Medium Reviews
Professional reviews from gaming critics
The Medium PS5 Review - The Medium is an intriguing horror game with a novel dual reality mechanic, but it can fall into many of the same traps that most other horror games do.
The Medium is a tension-fueled, psychological horror game built around a central motif: how your perspective changes your perception.
There are a few writing and gameplay demons to exorcise, but that only keeps Bloober Team's latest from séance-sational horror game status.If nothing else, Polish developer Bloober Team deserves applause for its excitement of next-gen consoles. Whereas others are [...]
It's been a few months yet The Medium is finally available for PlayStation 5 and it's quite an intriguing horror game so let's get to it.
The Medium marries old-school horror with modern technology to mixed results but succeeds in delivering a cinematic experience with a compelling narrative.
The Medium is Bloober Team's most ambitious game in terms of scope and scale. It successfully leverages fixed camera angles and strong sound design to create a horror experience that's unashamedly nostalgic. Despite its successes, the game fails to capitalise on its unique dual reality mechanic and ultimately feels too similar to the studio's prior efforts in Blair Witch and Observer.
You better have to choose if it’s worth spending your spare cash, because it might not be the game for you and it might be for others.
“The Medium is a chilling tone piece that's bogged down by retro influence and a protagonist that can't stop oversharing.”
Bloober Team has summoned a rich atmosphere, under all that writing, and one or two sequences offer glimpses of a purer game.
The Medium is a unique experience with an amazing story!
One of the most impressive aspects of The Medium when it released on Xbox and PC was the game's ability to depict both the human and Spirit worlds simultaneously for stretches of the game in great detail. The PS5 version of the game maintains the high graphical quality of the original release, with both the gloomy interiors of the Niwa Hotel and the strange, flesh-like environments of the Spirit world inspired by surrealist Polish artist Zdzisław Beksiński being pretty to look at in their own respective ways. The framerate remains solid throughout the game, but there are occasional hitches and...
The Medium is stuck between two types of video games. It seems like a throwback to classic, claustrophobic horror titles such as Silent Hill and Resident Evil, but it also feels like a more modern non-combat, narrative-focused scary game. The end result is a game that feels middle of the road. This is disappointing, because it contains some great ideas and has a strong second half. But too much of the game buries these bright spots under stretches of boredom.