Around the halfway mark the game’s plot goes into overdrive, and minus a few dropped balls along the way, it manages to deliver a pretty compelling tale. Marianne is not a particularly interesting character, and I found she struggled to carry the game – at least at first. Whilst the themes in The Medium are strong, and the horror is far from lazy, the actual plot tends to resemble a limping tortoise. The Medium has exactly one jump scare, and it was delivered perfectly. Their previous games were filled to the brim with lazy jumpscares that bored more than shocked. This alone is a huge step up from Bloober Team’s earlier efforts. It goes for a much more atmospheric – or tense – kind of horror. Speaking of the horror, The Medium is very light on the actual scares. What’s more, The Medium covers all of these topics incredibly well, with some excellent scenes that delivered the horror, and response to that horror, perfectly. The Medium is not afraid to throw in more generic mass murder, rape, abuse, and pedophilia – to name a few. Flashbacks to holocaustic events and Nazi occupation are just the tip of the iceberg here. Whilst World War 2 might be well-worn ground in other genres, it’s not quite so ragged in the Horror scene. As a horror setting though, it goes even further. Along the way, she will discover who she is, where her powers come from, who Thomas is, and what terrible fate has befallen the already-murdered residents of the Niwa Resort.īeing set in post-Communism Poland, circa 1999, The Medium has a setting to die for. After refusing to help the man, she decides that was a tad mean of her, and changes her mind. After the death of her foster father, she receives a phone call from an equally mysterious man called Thomas. The Medium has you playing as Marianne – a mysterious young woman with supernatural, realm-hopping powers. Whilst it doesn’t quite hit those lofty heights, it’s certainly a hearty step in the right direction. The Medium, however, had the potential to elevate them to a top-tier horror studio. ![]() ![]() Bloober Team, for better or for worse, has been one of the most consistent when it comes to delivering passable spooks at a reasonable price. There have been some absolute bangers erupting from every rust encrusted, slime coated orifice imaginable. Horror games have seen a bit of a resurgence as of late.
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