- Release Date: 28th January 2021
- Developer: Bloober Team
- Publisher: Bloober Team
- Platform Played: PC
- Platforms Available: PC, PS5, Xbox Series
The Medium has an interesting spin on an old concept: a light world/dark world (Link to the Past, Metroid Prime 2, loads of other games) except that under certain circumstances (the game decides when) you can view and move in both at the same time, sometimes being able to do actions in the dark world. There is potentially lots of stuff, and I was hoping for some interesting puzzles.
Instead, I didn’t encounter any interesting uses of this mechanics for its puzzles, most are just walking down a path and turning on a puzzle. The story itself is fairly uninteresting, and the game uses stationary cameras, which would be fine if the controls didn’t feel so clunky and cause you to walk in the wrong direction. A lot of the obstacles are also caused purely because the main character decided to visit an abandoned building with no equipment.
On top of that, The Medium is terribly optimised on PC, chugging along at a very varied framerate and resolution even with everything turned on low.
I’d love to see a purely puzzle game take on this mechanic.
Poor
