The Medium - Xbox series X/S and PC exclusive

Witcher1980 · 28 Jan 2021 at 18:23

The Medium is a psychological horror video game developed by Bloober Team that was released for Microsoft Windows and Xbox Series X/S on January 28, 2021.

Thought we should make a thread for the game like the good old days, instead of just putting games into the Xbox thread.

This seems good so far, forest scenery is very nice to look at. Sounds are also impressive, especially with headphones.

The dual worlds seems good so far as well, not just a gimmick.

Don't forget to add spoiler tags.

Kreeeee · 28 Jan 2021 at 18:32

I appreciate you making a dedicated thread. I'll post some thoughts when I've played a bit tonight.

Mark1989 · 28 Jan 2021 at 18:41

It's on my list though my aim is to finish man of medan first then I'm going to jump on this.

Really interested to see how it performs on the Series S compared to X

Witcher1980 · 28 Jan 2021 at 18:48

Mark1989 said:
It's on my list though my aim is to finish man of medan first then I'm going to jump on this.

Really interested to see how it performs on the Series S compared to X

Currently playing man of medan myself as well, enjoying that.

The vibrations on this game are to much for me, but I found it has an option in the settings to put vibrations onto low

Much better.

Kreeeee · 28 Jan 2021 at 20:07

Mark1989 said:
It's on my list though my aim is to finish man of medan first then I'm going to jump on this.

Really interested to see how it performs on the Series S compared to X

Witcher1980 said:
Currently playing man of medan myself as well, enjoying that.

The vibrations on this game are to much for me, but I found it has an option in the settings to put vibrations onto low

Much better.

You two should play it together, it is ten times better in coop than single player. To such an extent that I think it should have been a coop only game like A Way Out.

ic1male · 28 Jan 2021 at 21:22

The Mediium is one of the cleanest games I’ve ever seen. Even at 1080p on Series S it looks like it could be 4K. The textures are crystal clear. Although you can see them transitioning in different levels of detail now and again. And the frame rate is a bit ropey with hitches and stutters on occasion. For a launch title, I’m well impressed. I wouldn’t know what was ray traced and what wasn’t though. That’ll be for Digital Foundry to educate me.

Witcher1980 · 28 Jan 2021 at 23:38

Really enjoying the flow of the game, I just hope the ending is not rushed.

DJ85 · 28 Jan 2021 at 23:42

Just came off after a few hours, really good game even if I have had a few scares.

oweneades · 28 Jan 2021 at 23:52

ic1male said:
The Mediium is one of the cleanest games I’ve ever seen. Even at 1080p on Series S it looks like it could be 4K. The textures are crystal clear. Although you can see them transitioning in different levels of detail now and again. And the frame rate is a bit ropey with hitches and stutters on occasion. For a launch title, I’m well impressed. I wouldn’t know what was ray traced and what wasn’t though. That’ll be for Digital Foundry to educate me.

From watching the DF tech dive on the game it only has Ray Tracing on the Series X (presumably as it would be too much of a hit on the Series S).

Interestingly the Dynamic Resolution scaler drops to ~900p on the X and ~648p on the S in the most intensive scenarios but is mitigated in part by UE's Temporal Upsampling.

Also the stuttering seems to be an issue with poor frame pacing rather than an absolute performance issue.

Got it downloaded ready to have a go at the weekend on my X. Quite looking forward to it, although my wife may be snagging a go first.

Witcher1980 · 29 Jan 2021 at 00:57

Really enjoying this, rendering two worlds is pretty impressive. Roughly 5 hours in so far, just want to keep playing but my bed is calling.

Mark1989 · 29 Jan 2021 at 07:43

oweneades said:
From watching the DF tech dive on the game it only has Ray Tracing on the Series X (presumably as it would be too much of a hit on the Series S).

Interestingly the Dynamic Resolution scaler drops to ~900p on the X and ~648p on the S in the most intensive scenarios but is mitigated in part by UE's Temporal Upsampling.

Also the stuttering seems to be an issue with poor frame pacing rather than an absolute performance issue.

Got it downloaded ready to have a go at the weekend on my X. Quite looking forward to it, although my wife may be snagging a go first.

Really impressed with the Series S performance, it really is a great box!

Witcher1980 · 29 Jan 2021 at 12:58

Anyone know what todays 4gb update is?

Whatever it is the judder you sometimes get seems to be fixed.

Benny · 29 Jan 2021 at 13:39

Witcher1980 said:
Anyone know what todays 4gb update is?

Whatever it is the judder you sometimes get seems to be fixed.

possibly addressed the frame pacing issue?

Witcher1980 · 29 Jan 2021 at 19:27

Hooked on the story, this is very good for a team that is not AAA. Mind you I think that about most games these days. AAA titles tend to bore me now.

Kreeeee · 29 Jan 2021 at 19:45

Witcher1980 said:
Hooked on the story, this is very good for a team that is not AAA. Mind you I think about most games these days. AAA titles tend to bore me now.

A plague tale is another excellent AA game.

Witcher1980 · 29 Jan 2021 at 20:08

Kreeeee said:
A plague tale is another excellent AA game.

Playable on console at 30fps? Thinking I should play on PC for 60fps. Thank you for the recommendation.

johnno93 · 29 Jan 2021 at 20:48

Enjoying what I've played so far. Has a little feel of Silent Hill to it at times(minus the fog).

Kreeeee · 29 Jan 2021 at 21:54

Witcher1980 said:
Playable on console at 30fps? Thinking I should play on PC for 60fps. Thank you for the recommendation.

It’s not really got traditional combat so it’s fine. It’s all killer gameplay and no filler, a very refreshing change.

beachBOYken · 30 Jan 2021 at 11:32

Its ok so far, enjoying the slow pace of the game, only thing is the awful VRR flicker on series x with LG CX, had to disable VRR.

Kreeeee · 30 Jan 2021 at 11:33

beachBOYken said:
Its ok so far, enjoying the slow pace of the game, only thing is the awful VRR flicker on series x with LG CX, had to disable VRR.

VRR is broken on the CX.