I hate scary games.. however this one has me intrigued. Totally would not play it but since it is coming to gamepass I am going to give it a go. It took me forever to get though Resident Evil 7.. I would have to stop playing.
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First impressions / previews of The Medium (Xbox Series / PC) + official 14-minute-gameplay
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Yo sounds great. Finally (hopefully) a horror game that doesn't rely primarily on jump scares. I've been disappointed in the horror genre lately because of that. The last game that got atmosphere right to me was Visage, but even then it relied on jump scares.
They said in an interview yesterday that the HDD on old gen consoles is significantly slower than modern PC HDDs, so that's why it's not on last gen. Even then, load times will be worse without an SSD on PC.
I am really looking forward to this game and too see if the split screen mechanic really works.
For a long time, when I saw the trailers, I thought they were just showing off how the two worlds look and that you would have a button to easily and quickly change between them. Only later did I find out that split screen was a mechanic, not a way to preview the two realities at the same time.
For a long time, when I saw the trailers, I thought they were just showing off how the two worlds look and that you would have a button to easily and quickly change between them. Only later did I find out that split screen was a mechanic, not a way to preview the two realities at the same time.
Fans of true survival horror must support these games for the genre to make a comeback.
We can't rely on capcom as proven by their underwhelming remakes.
Fatal frame is dead and tied to a platform that doesn't care. Indie devs are churning first person amnesia clones left and right bar some exceptions.
We can't rely on capcom as proven by their underwhelming remakes.
Fatal frame is dead and tied to a platform that doesn't care. Indie devs are churning first person amnesia clones left and right bar some exceptions.
I did not know Akira Yamaoka was working on this. My hype level went up a bit. I am waiting for reviews but I do love the atmosphere and the " villain" intrigues me.
I own pretty much all the Bloober team games they've made since Layers of Fear (all of them were given away on Epic at some point), but none of them ever seemed that interesting to me or compelled me to play them. They seemed to follow the same boring first person horror "walk around and read notes" formula. I'll give this one a shot though, since I have Gamepass.
"Ok, Marianne, now get your ghostly ass back and powerup that elevator." Yeesh.
This looks terrible. A protagonist who won't stop talking; a creepy young girl character who is literally named "Sadness"; "Press and Hold B for Out of Body experience" which makes the split screen a complete waste of screen space.
This looks terrible. A protagonist who won't stop talking; a creepy young girl character who is literally named "Sadness"; "Press and Hold B for Out of Body experience" which makes the split screen a complete waste of screen space.
It's console exclusive at launch, so sounds like it'll come to PS5 eventually, likely in a few months to a year. Same thing happened with Blair Witch I believe, and the first Layers of Fear.
I'm not quite sure how to feel about this one yet, but will give it a try on the SX since its on Gamepass.
Mixed feelings after looking at the previews. Gameplay doesn't seem all that interesting despise the interesting premise behind the game and some of that dialogue was grating. Looks really pretty but not exactly hyped knowing the past games from the developers. Will wait to see more but there is potential.
I'm excited to play it, but I'm keeping my expectations in check. This all looks and sounds great, but the dev's pedigree is a bit spotty. I'm not expecting a Silent Hill killer, but if it's a step above their past titles I'm all in
Bloober has yet to make a good game imo. I didn't play Blair witch but layers and observer were bad although observer looked pretty nice despite the performance issues. Their gameplay is just boring and writing awful.
Judging by the 14 minute video this isn't going to change that but I'd like to be proven wrong. Hopefully the technical issues in the video are ironed out before launch at least.
Judging by the 14 minute video this isn't going to change that but I'd like to be proven wrong. Hopefully the technical issues in the video are ironed out before launch at least.
Yeah, I'm hoping for the best but will be satisfied as long as it's competently solid to decent. LOL
Looks amazing, it's awesome to be getting a high-budget fixed camera style horror title. Though like others I was a little lukewarm on both Layers and Blair Witch, so I'll wait for a little more footage before getting too hyped up.
It's the game with the highest budget for Blooper Team.
It closed €7 million euros, less than Hellblade for example
It's on me, I didn't look up what studio was behind the game and I previously had the impression that it would be a near-AAA project.
I hope for the team that it will succeed !
I'm really liking the visuals, the fixed camera, the music, and the split world design. But the writing, voice acting, and characterization are really disappointing, especially in regards to the spirit characters. It's miles away from Silent Hill and the writing seems to be spelling everything out too literally. And that invisible monster would be much more effective if it didn't talk at all.
It's a Polish team so I wonder if there's a Polish language track? I imagine that might have better voice direction, at least.
It's a Polish team so I wonder if there's a Polish language track? I imagine that might have better voice direction, at least.
If it's in the same ballpark as the horror elements in Silent Hill and Alan Wake, I'm probably going to love this. Having recently read Doc Squiddy's long-form piece on writing for interactive horror, I'm hoping this is a case of the devs appreciating the difference between horror and terror experiences.
When using dual reality the frame rate is not so good, other than that, it's fine I think.
The gameplay video has great visuals but I'm not sold on the Silent Hill / Alan Wake references. Hiding from the invisible man seemed rather forgiving as well
Doesn't look good. The animation, lip sync, everything is off and in the 14 minute preview there are already unintentional funny scenes. Total turn off for me. I'm expecting it to land somewhere around 60 metascore.
It's Bloober so I'm keeping my expectations tempered. I don't mean to bad mouth them but their track record has been pretty mixed thus far.
I'd say this is probably their most ambitious game to date and I'll be playing it via Gamepass, but I'm not expecting it to reach the levels of it's inspirations or become some hidden gem.
I'd say this is probably their most ambitious game to date and I'll be playing it via Gamepass, but I'm not expecting it to reach the levels of it's inspirations or become some hidden gem.
Looks good besides the Layer of Fear type of slowdown/jank when she is going down the spiraling stairs in the ''gold'' world...
I like Bloober's gumption even if they're imperfect, but I am getting tired of horror games with no combat
Can't wait. This is the one game on the XSX that I was looking forward to when it was announced as a launch title and was disappointed by the delay. Did I mention that Gamepass is the gift that keeps giving?
Same here. I was interested before, but now I'm very interested. Not expecting it to reach the heights of Silent Hill 2, but that's pretty much impossible anyway.