What I didn’t expect was the complete and utter frustration from the controls.
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The requirements to make this game run on PC is pretty intense, so I knew that my PS5 could really keep up and it did give a few dropped mouth animations during cutscene conversations. I had such high hopes for The Medium on PS5, I really did. You must avoid this monster while trying to unravel your past. You can expect a metric ton of ghost business going down at the Niwa Resort, one of them being a massive baddie straight from Pan’s Labyrinth. While at the funeral home, she receives a call from a strange man offering an explanation for her abilities and all she has to do is meet him at a shady old resort that was the location of a massacre.
She even has to assist her father to pass on. Marianne is a spirit medium and she uses her abilities to help spirits pass from this world to the next. Little did I know that I was about to be a bumbling idiot on two different platforms.įor those of you that haven’t had the chance to play this game, The Medium follows the story of Marianne who has returned to Poland in 1999 for her foster father’s funeral. As a console kind of gal, I anticipated a console release so that The Medium could be played with the smoothness that was expected of it. The controls were akin to old school tank controls that took a while to get a hang of. When I found myself reviewing The Medium on PC earlier this year, I found myself struggling, both with the story and with the game itself. I have given rave reviews for their games in the past including Layers of Fear 1 and 2, Observer and I didn’t all the way hate Blair Witch even though it didn’t do justice to the story in the way I hoped it would. I want to preface this by saying that I am a big fan of Bloober Team games. Platforms: PC, Xbox SeriesX/S, PS5 (reviewed)
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The Xbox Series X does have a faster CPU and GPU than the PS5, so this could play a part, but it seems unlikely it will cause that much difference, so I’m going to put it down to lack of optimization for the system.Įither way, the game is a fun experience, despite being locked at 30fps on both systems, and if you’re into horror games, especially psychological horror, then this is a title you should certainly consider checking out.By Dev Crowley 11 months ago Follow Tweet READ MORE: New job listing reveals The Last Of Us 2 multiplayer details I saw a huge performance increase when it came to loading times when I switched from my old i5 4670 to a newer Ryzen 3700X. SSD speed isn’t everything though, if you pair two different CPUs with the same SSD, you will find the system with the faster one will load quicker. The PS5 has a much faster SSD, with around double the bandwidth, so it is unusual to see loading times being so much slower. This could be down to multiple reasons, which could include the fact that The Medium was a timed exclusive on the Xbox Series X|S, which means that Bloober Team may have worked with Microsoft closely to really optimize the game for their system, however, we can’t confirm this it is just speculation. While it does win out on a few, overall the experience is lacking when compared to Xbox. It is surprising to see the PS5 run at a much worse level than the Xbox Series X in many elements of the game.
#THE MEDIUM PS5 REVIEW FULL#
You can check out the full video here, but we will break down the key things you need to know.įorgot to mention that the ps5 version has no shadows, no ambient occlusion ? /UzgTNB8rVu- Diego ? DL?BO? September 2, 2021 The comparison shows increased resolution and anisotropic filtering on the PS5 when compared to the Xbox Series X|S, but also lacks in many other areas, such as loading times, reflections, lighting, and the PS5 version doesn’t feature ray tracing. The Medium – PS5 Vs Xbox Series X|SĬomparisons between the two next-gen systems running The Medium have been released online, which shows that the PS5 is lagging behind the Xbox Series X|S when it comes to graphics, lighting, and loading times.Ĭourtesy of the YouTube channel “ ElAnalistaDeBits”, we can now see how the PS5 compares to the Xbox Series X|S and PC when it comes to running The Medium.
You can read our review of The Medium that we uploaded earlier this year here. Nine months on and the game is no longer a timed exclusive for the Xbox Series X|S and is now set to release on the PlayStation 5 on September 3rd.Īhead of its release, comparisons between the two systems have been revealed and it looks like the PS5 is lagging behind the competition. The Medium launched earlier this year, becoming the first next-gen exclusive title on the Xbox Series X|S, with the game bypassing the Xbox One due to needing the extra power to render to two game worlds simultaneously as part of the Dual-Reality gameplay mechanic. Pokemon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl.