Inside Xbox: The Medium revealed (Bloober Team, psychological horror, composed by Akira Yamaoka) (Launching on XSX/PC only)
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I hope the game has great voice acting with good polish accents.
Oh I somehow missed that world transition at the end. That's very impressive indeed and allows for new gameplay experiences thanks to the SSD.
With all this 'world transition doesn't require loading screen' has me worried that it may just be scripted and not on toggle.
There has to be catch right?
There has to be catch right?
I mean maybe thats why its a next gen exclusive as it needs SSD.
Looks like there is no combat, which makes it very uninteresting for me personally.
It certainly looks nice in the short gameplay segments though.
It certainly looks nice in the short gameplay segments though.
The XSX SSD can do up to 4.8 GB/s writing into the RAM. That means that in 3 seconds you can refresh the entire RAM. Looking at the way the world changes, you see the protagonist cringe and the world load in in real time. That takes only 1 second, but that should be enough to load in enough data to get the player going, and then you take the remaining 2-3 seconds to refresh the rest of the RAM. At this speed, you need only a very small run-up in order to be able to completely refresh the RAM I think, so the transition as shown should be doable, even with a toggle.
If it's anything like their past games it'll be mostly a walking simulator. But they do a fantastic job with that.
Yeah, until it's officially confirmed I wouldn't trust that as confirmation. Bloober's body of work and expertise has all been in the first person perspective.
I can't stop thinking that MS heard from an insider about Sony Silent Hill projects and thought "oh, we have to do something about it" lol
I'm down. It looks good, and the soundtrack alone will be worth it
It will be scripted, for sure
There's no way that they would basically have 2 versions of all assets in the game in order to make it work
I'm down. It looks good, and the soundtrack alone will be worth it
It will be scripted, for sure
There's no way that they would basically have 2 versions of all assets in the game in order to make it work
Bloober is an insanely talented developer making some of the best horror games in the industry. The style is no doubt amazing, and having the Silent Hill composer for the musics is quite something too. Intrigued for sure.
Yes, that's silly to think especially since MS has has a past relationship with Bloober.
Yup, that's why the "lol" at the end. It was a joke, dont take it seriously.
Just making certain you weren't taking it seriously. LOL I'm just happy Silent Hill is going to be rebooted and we may also have another interesting psychological horror game.
Not so big on Bloober (just wasn't feeling Layers of Fear and Blair Witch, although the latter was better), but I do dig the premise here and having Akira Yamaoka is cool,so will keep it in mind.
MS said that in regards to their first party games for the first year.
so, third person silent hill'esq walking simulator which is exclusively 'next gen'
now that's my kind of game
now that's my kind of game
Let me tell you about Soul Reaver, a little game from 1999, that had the player character shift between 2 versions of the same world in real-time to use the warps in environment to progress.
I don't think so. It wasn't on the trailer and no mention of it on Xbox News.
Bloober Team Announces Psychological Horror Game, The Medium, Coming to Xbox Series X in 2020 - Xbox Wire
There’s never one simple truth to what a person will perceive. This is the inspiration behind The Medium – a psychological horror game built around a central motif: how your perspective changes your perception. Each of our games, from Observer to Layers of Fear to Blair Witch, has a central...
news.xbox.com
I like everything about this except how similar the otherworld concept looks like... almost 1:1 from SH, not here for a retread. Oh my ignore button slipped again.
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Blair Witch and Observer ran on Unreal, so I think its safe to assume that's the case for Medium.
Ahh I see. I was ok with BW but really enjoyed Observer (Shame about its performance) I would love it if MS got a bit involved and sent over The Coalition lol. (If using UE of course)