The Medium – Almost Split Down The Middle (PC Review)

<p>The Medium is one of those rare games that despite it&&num;8217&semi;s many grievances&semi; I still ended up loving it&period;  A game that lacks survival horror&comma; challenge&comma; and doesn&&num;8217&semi;t flesh out majority of it&&num;8217&semi;s mechanics&comma; yet&comma; I love it&quest; How could that be&quest; If anything&comma; I should have bitter disappointment&comma; but&comma; The Medium&&num;8217&semi;s best qualities won me over&period; The concept of split realities&comma; the amazing atmosphere&comma; phenomenal music that always perfectly sets the tone&comma; and a decent mystery that keeps you invested&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><img class&equals;"wp-image-168029 aligncenter" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;cdn&period;bagogames&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2021&sol;02&sol;13154708&sol;art-1&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" width&equals;"587" height&equals;"330" &sol;><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>In the world of The Medium&comma; you play as Marianne&period; A medium that has the ability to help troubled spirits pass on and interact with the spiritual world&period; However&comma; her reality occasionally splits into two&period; One being the material world&semi; the other being spiritual&period; How she got these supernatural powers are a mystery&comma; but that mystery begins to unravel when she receives a strange call from a man named&comma; Thomas&period; He&&num;8217&semi;s calling in dire need and promises Marianne all the answers she&&num;8217&semi;s looking for&period; With nothing left to lose&comma; Marianne heads off to find answers &comma;however&comma; at the cost of entering a world of survival horror&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h3>Pros<&sol;h3>&NewLine;<ul>&NewLine;<li>Decent story mystery<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li>Likable Protagonist<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li>The concept of a dual split is amazing<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li>Phenomenal music<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li>Engrossing Atmosphere<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li>Graphically stunning<&sol;li>&NewLine;<&sol;ul>&NewLine;<h3>Cons<&sol;h3>&NewLine;<ul>&NewLine;<li>It&&num;8217&semi;s linear<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li>Not much survival horror<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li>No challenge<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li>Majority of mechanics aren&&num;8217&semi;t fleshed out<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li>Some clichés in the story<&sol;li>&NewLine;<&sol;ul>&NewLine;<p><strong>Closing thought&colon;<&sol;strong> The Medium is a visual spectacle that mostly delivers on the concept&period; It has a decent story that is accompanied with amazing atmosphere and music&period; However&comma; it may leave hardcore survival horror players disappointed with it&&num;8217&semi;s lack of challenge&comma; horror&comma; and under utilized mechanics&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong>Rating&colon; <&sol;strong>6&sol;10<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Check out our other content&excl; Including <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;podcasts&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener">podcast episodes<&sol;a> and the latest <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;reviews&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener">game reviews&period;<&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;"><strong><em>This review is based on a review key provided by the developers<&sol;em><&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;