The Medium

Bloober Team has long established itself as a purveyor of innovative and frightening horror experiences, but it will be tough to outdo this one. The Medium is a terrifying and disturbing look into the darkest recesses of human behavior, wrapped in an immersive, atmospheric, and beautiful looking game world.

Third-person horror with fixed camera angles still has lots of life in it. (And death.)

The Medium is a terrifying but compelling exploration of duality that uses the horror of personal trauma to craft a memorable tale.

The Medium uses a unique reality-shifting ability to bring a new dimension to some tried-and-tested genre puzzle-solving mechanics. It presents an intriguing mystery to unravel and adds a tangible sense of urgency to your investigations by placing a truly memorable villain hot on your heels. It isn’t able to play with perspective as effectively as some of Bloober Team’s other work, but it’s brilli...

The Medium presents intelligent horror and innovative gameplay inspired by Silent Hill, but far overstays its welcome and fails to provide closure. The split screen mechanics work wonders for new kinds of puzzles, but a myriad of technical issues hinder immersion.

What lies beyond? It’s a question that’s dominated the human psyche since the dawn of consciousness. What beyond that ridge? That horizon? Or the ultimate, most unanswerable question of all: what lies beyond this mortal plane? What happens when we pass on?

The Medium is less survival-horror and more adventure-horror like the studio's past games, but so long as Bloober Team is still refining this style, the team is clearly getting better.

The Medium is a decent horror game that has some really good ideas, but ultimately fails to live up to its potential.

The Medium isn’t a bad game by any stretch of the imagination – it’s just nothing special. The dual world mechanic doesn’t offer much that’s genuinely new or interesting, the next-gen visuals are let down by poor animation, and the controls are a bit clunky. It’s also simply not scary. The saving grace is that the world that’s been created here is interesting, allowing for a story that keeps you w...

Were it a shorter, tighter experience that came in, showed off its impressive technical accomplishments, and got out, I’d be much more impressed by everything The Medium has to offer. Instead, a drawn-out, confused narrative and largely boring gameplay left this game feeling like a slog. The disconnect between its presentation and everything else is so painfully stark that I can’t help but be disa...

Bloober Team goes back to the classics for possibly its best effort yet.

The Medium has a strong, unique premise, and tells a complex story very coherently - but if you're looking for scares, this probably isn't the horror game for you.