![]() ![]() As part of a Netflix-style bundle though, it works well. I would never pay 50 bucks to sit through The Medium, and if I had purchased it I’d be upset. But it’s also on Game Pass, where gamers on either the Xbox or PC can sign up for $10 a month and play it. It’s fun enough if you’re just looking to blow a day or two treading through a horror game.Īt $50, The Medium is too bland to be enjoyed. It’s the perfect mid-tier game, something we didn’t see a lot of in the previous console generation. Silent Hill and the art of Beksiński haunt The Medium so thoroughly that I kept comparing the game to its inspiration, and The Medium always came up short. These high marks never bring The Medium to the level of its inspirations and its bad spots never make it awful. The score, partially composed by Silent Hill composer Akira Yamaoka, gave me chills. She held her breath, hands pressed over her mouth while the monster made obscene promises in a legion of different voices. At one point, I had Marianne crouched behind a desk while a terrifying creature searched for her. The sound design is wonderful and the voices of the dead pressing in on Marianne, the ambient silence of the hotel, and the voice work of a terrifying monster are high spots. It happened frequently, but not quite enough to feel like the game is broken. But when the frame hitches and Marianne stutters across the screen, it breaks the spell The Medium is attempting to cast. The spirit world invokes both Silent Hill and the work of Polish artist Zdzisław Beksiński. ![]() The Niwa worker’s resort is a great setting with a spooky mood. It’s a beautiful game with a strong sense of style. The Series X is a powerhouse and the only system that can run Hitman 3 at its full 4K resolution, but it often chugged while playing The Medium. I played The Medium on an Xbox Series X and performance was spotty. It’s a cool effect that creates neat set pieces, but also tends to tank the game’s performance. At one point, a balcony is destroyed in the real world but present in the spirit realm, and I used Marianne’s abilities to traverse the spirit world while leaving her body behind. Sometimes solving a puzzle in one will open a path forward in the other and vice versa. This leads to moments where the screen is literally split and the player must navigate both worlds at the same time. “The Medium is a third-person psychological horror game that features an innovative dual-reality gameplay, unique art style inspired by painter Zdzisław Beksiński, and original soundtrack co-composed by Arkadiusz Reikowski and Akira Yamaoka.One of The Medium’s gameplay gimmicks is that Marianne can, at times, exist in both the spirit world and the real world simultaneously. Use your psychic abilities to solve puzzles spanning both worlds, uncover deeply disturbing secrets, and survive encounters with The Maw – an entity born from an unspeakable tragedy. Explore the real world and the spirit world at the same time. “Discover a dark mystery only a medium can solve. And there is still time to jump into The Medium on Xbox Series X before it leaves this month, with the full description available to read below: And with that in mind, anyone who wants to continue playing these games has a few options before they leave.Įveryone with an existing Game Pass subscription can permanently buy these games from the Xbox Store using their exclusive 20% off reward. There is no guarantee that any will return to the Game Pass, although that has happened in the past with certain titles. Other games set to leave the service on February 15 include Control, Code Vein, Final Fantasy XII The Zodiac Age, The Medium, Project Winter, and The Falconeer. ![]() CrossfireX is nothing like The Medium and centres around a single-player shooter campaign, and include no psychological horror elements.īut there will still be plenty of fans who fancy a change, and with CrossfireX being another Day One launch for Xbox One and Xbox Series X, there will be plenty of people downloading. With The Medium and a number of other popular games set to leave the service on February 15, Microsoft has confirmed that CrossfireX will soon be available to play. ![]()
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