The Medium

I liked this quite beautiful game for its unique Poland-like surroundings and grim atmosphere, but it couldn't engage me enough. I dropped after a few hours. What I didn't like was too little player interaction, like it's a very straightforward and simple game.
6/10

While I did enjoy this game, I feel like this was really just Bloober's way of showing Konami they REALLY want to work on a Silent Hill game and it apparently worked. I don't think the story is anything special but it is interesting. The split screen aspect of the game is impressive on a technical level but as a feature in the game it really doesn't do anything for me. The game looks really good, love the imagery inspired by Zdzisław Beksiński. I think for me, the lighting is what really stands out. There are a few sections where the camera is just right to capture the scene beautifully. Bloober team always seems to have some really good concepts they can't seem to nail and they once again show that here when they completely fumble the ending. It honestly kind of ruins the rest of the game with how poorly handled it is. Really hope they can sit down and look at what they really do well and play on that instead of keep trying the same stuff they fail at.

The Medium was my first game in PS5. I loved the small features added for the Dual Sense controller which enhanced the gameplay.

The gameplay itself is a slow burn, making us take in the secrets slowly as if sipping a wine. The art style was weird and awesome. The dutch angles for the horror aesthetic only made this game all the more cinematic.

The gameplay is not really hard.  Once you the purpose of your powers, you know what to do and when to do it. I remember being stumped only around 3 times.

The real hero of the game is the underlying story and the art style, as is with most horror sleuth games. The final unraveling and ending itself was really good.

There is no hardcore high octane action. This game is about exploring and slowly unraveling the story beneath and probably take a moment to the enjoy the art in the flip side. 

Doesn't take long to complete,  the story was good,  didn't feel like I wasted my time playing it.

The side by side parts are really cool. the upside down is beautifully awful

Very good

I enjoyed to story and the setting (Poland), although I'm not personally a fan of supernatural played straight. It is revealed from the get go, that you basicly have magic powers as a medium, as you can communicate with the spirit realm. 

I didn't get excited over the mechanics, but they do not get in the way either. Voice acting is ok, music and other audio is good. The puzzles are ok.

The atmosphere is mostly good in its creepiness. There are some jumpscares, which seemed cheap and unnenecessary.

Silent Hill games are a clear inspiration for the The Medium and, indeed, there is some music by SH composer Akira Yamaoka in the game. I might recommend the game to the fans of those games, if one is willing to accept more direct supernatural themes, European setting, and more puzzle oriented gameplay.

Played on Xbox Series S (GamePass).

don’t waste your time

I've seen many people blaming game for bugs, strange animations and so on... I strong disagree.

At first, character movimentation can be strange, but the game concept is really different from everything I've seen so far. The game storyline is awesome, really great puzzles, all this gave me severeal shivers, I really loved it. I recommend you to play this game if you didn't tried, and if you did but didn't finish yet, try again please.

The game has performance problems, but maybe the dev team can fix it. Can't wait for a second game, if there will be one.

Thank you Bloober Team,
"it all ends in me"!