SHARP AS HELL

THE MEDIUM ferries third-person horror into a new life.

By Leana Hafer

We’re all going to die some day, so I won’t waste your time: The Medium is one of the best third-person horror games I have ever played. The studio behind Blair Witch and the Layers of Fear series has completely outdone itself with the brilliantly written, emotionally grounded story of Marianne, a troubled young woman who can see and communicate with the dead. The Medium plays like an old-school Resident Evil game, minus the gunplay. You navigate Marianne around crumbling, abandoned hotels and claustrophobic Cold War bunkers from fixed camera angles. It can be a bit cumbersome, but it’s a deliberate and effective design choice. The Medium is excellent at making you feel like you’re always being watched, and that danger could be lurking just out of view at any…

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PC Gamer United Kingdom (Digital) - 1 Issue, April 2021

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