The Medium - or another walking simulator by Bloober Team

[Quijibo69]

I played about 3 or 4 hours of this the other day on Xbox. They riped off some assets/a whole building from their older better game Observer. It's a game for people who liked Silent Hill late years and are slow in the mind. It's also another meh Game Pass exclusive.

 

[TendieGremlin]

Literally what? From literally who?

 

[Dom Cruise]

As a big fan of PS2 era survival horror games this piqued my interest, but you say it isn't any good?

 

[SiccDicc]

As a big fan of PS2 era survival horror games this piqued my interest, but you say it isn't any good?

You can check the store itself:

Save 10% on The Medium on Steam

Discover a dark mystery only a medium can solve. Travel to an abandoned communist resort and use your unique psychic abilities to uncover its deeply disturbing secrets, solve dual-reality puzzles, survive encounters with sinister spirits, and explore two realities at the same time.

store.steampowered.com

 

[Dom Cruise]

You can check the store itself:

Save 10% on The Medium on Steam

Discover a dark mystery only a medium can solve. Travel to an abandoned communist resort and use your unique psychic abilities to uncover its deeply disturbing secrets, solve dual-reality puzzles, survive encounters with sinister spirits, and explore two realities at the same time.

store.steampowered.com

It looks interesting and I really appreciate devs trying to bring that style back, but at the same time it's lacking a certain je ne sais quoi those old games had, it reminds me a lot more of Alone In The Dark The New Nightmare than it does something like Silent Hill.

That's a bit of a steep asking price but maybe one day when it's on sale for even less.

 

[Smaug's Smokey Hole]

It looks interesting and I really appreciate devs trying to bring that style back, but at the same time it's lacking a certain je ne sais quoi those old games had, it reminds me a lot more of Alone In The Dark The New Nightmare than it does something like Silent Hill.

That's a bit of a steeping asking price but maybe one day when it's on sale for even less.

It's on game pass for PC and Xbox, sign up for a month($10/€10) and play through it. I read that it can't sustain 60fps on a RTX 3080, so there's also that to consider. Maybe wait five years for the RTX 5080 or until they patch it.

 

[Dom Cruise]

It's on game pass for PC and Xbox, sign up for a month($10/€10) and play through it. I read that it can't sustain 60fps on a RTX 3080, so there's also that to consider. Maybe wait five years for the RTX 5080 or until they patch it.

It can't sustain 60fps on a RTX 3080? Good grief, judging by the screens it doesn't look THAT good, what the hell?

Yeah, this definitely seems like one to wait on lmao.

 

[Rich Evans Apologist]

Even without the frame issues and broader bugs-a-plenty, it's really hard to hork a game like this with a $50 tag. Some steam reviews suggest it's around a bloody 12-hour game, complete with virtually no replay value. Sounds like basic-ass puzzles and a lot of the people praising its "great storytelling" are also calling Layers of Fear a good game.

Sounds like this is one you wait a long time on and scoop up for a hot tenner in a few years.

 

[Ruin]

Even without the frame issues and broader bugs-a-plenty, it's really hard to hork a game like this with a $50 tag. Some steam reviews suggest it's around a bloody 12-hour game, complete with virtually no replay value. Sounds like basic-ass puzzles and a lot of the people praising its "great storytelling" are also calling Layers of Fear a good game.

Sounds like this is one you wait a long time on and scoop up for a hot tenner in a few years.

I can't be assed to purchase a game with less than a 25 hour campaign since I've become an adult. I need something worth those hours I worked to buy it.

 

[trent]

Even without the frame issues and broader bugs-a-plenty, it's really hard to hork a game like this with a $50 tag. Some steam reviews suggest it's around a bloody 12-hour game, complete with virtually no replay value. Sounds like basic-ass puzzles and a lot of the people praising its "great storytelling" are also calling Layers of Fear a good game.

Sounds like this is one you wait a long time on and scoop up for a hot tenner in a few years.

I'm playing it at the moment and it's probably only an 8 hour game at most (i'm right at the end according to a spoiler free walkthrough i looked up out of curiosity)

It's nothing amazing and is more creepy that outright scary, the puzzles are indeed incredibly simple and the story starts out fairly good but kind of goes off the rails mid-way through.

I'm playing on Gamepass on my Series X and it looks and runs really well but i've heard the PC version is a bit of a mess and i certainly wouldn't pay 50 bucks for it under any circumstances.

 

[Smug Chuckler]

It's on game pass for PC and Xbox, sign up for a month($10/€10) and play through it. I read that it can't sustain 60fps on a RTX 3080, so there's also that to consider. Maybe wait five years for the RTX 5080 or until they patch it.

It's ONE FUCKING DOLLAR / 3 months now for a limited time.

 

[trent]

It's ONE FUCKING DOLLAR / 3 months now for a limited time.

Also, if you really want to invest in it, there's a method you can use to get 3 years for approx $150.