Inside Xbox: The Medium revealed (Bloober Team, psychological horror, composed by Akira Yamaoka) (Launching on XSX/PC only)

[Spinky]

Trailer's rad, mostly CG though. Little bit of gameplay at the end, seems like it's third-person(!).

Was already interested, but then... Yamaoka, baby...

The Medium on Steam

Discover a dark mystery only a medium can solve. Travel to an abandoned communist resort and use your unique psychic abilities to uncover its deeply disturbing secrets, solve dual-reality puzzles, survive encounters with sinister spirits, and explore two realities at the same time.

store.steampowered.com

From the makers of Blair Witch and Layers of Fear.

EDIT: Technically a "dual soundtrack" featuring Yamaoka:

The Medium features a "dual" soundtrack by Bloober Team's Arkadiusz Reikowski and legendary composer Akira Yamaoka of Silent Hill fame.

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[Mariolee]

This looked crazy as hell. I'm about it..

 

[Deleted member 10737]

the music sounded great! game looks really interesting too.

 

[Ankit Gaba]

Will it be on PlayStation?

 

[Diarrhea Day-Lewis]

Is it next gen only? Also, i could see someone seeing this gameplay, hearing the composer is involved, and potentiallly mistaking it for a silent hill title. Hoping it isn't the rumored new SH by the original team.

 

[sosainas]

That krakow square.

 

[Naga]

Definitely inspired by Beksinski.

 

[Izzard]

Only thing that hyped my. Looks like my kinda game!

 

[Lobster Roll]

Anybody else feeling those Zdzislaw Beksinski vibes?

 

[ket]

this game looks cool

 

[john titor]

Ah, Silent Hill vibes right away.

I immediately thought of Yamaoka too, when the music hit.

 

[Baccus]

Is it an Xbox exclusive?

 

[Mentalist]

edit: wrong thread

 

[dskzero]

Trailer's rad, all CG though.

Was already interested, but then... Yamaoka, baby...

The Medium on Steam

Discover a dark mystery only a medium can solve. Travel to an abandoned communist resort and use your unique psychic abilities to uncover its deeply disturbing secrets, solve dual-reality puzzles, survive encounters with sinister spirits, and explore two realities at the same time.

store.steampowered.com

From the makers of Blair Witch and Layers of Fear.

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Oh god these guys never let go of set pieces, this is like the most irritating thing ever.

LOOK AT THIS SET PIECE.

LOOK AT IT SOME MORE.

MORE.

 

[dreamfall]

This is the fucking best announcement of the whole show! Heard Akira, immediately felt that! What an amazing surprise!

 

[entremet]

Is it an Xbox exclusive?

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They didn't say it was, so I doubt it.

Many of these titles are cross-gen.

 

[VaporSnake]

There was definitely a part of me watching the stream that thought it could be a Silent Hill game when that music started up as unrealistic as that would be, funny to see it was actually Akira Yamaoka's music!

 

[Raide]

God that looked super weird. In for Akira music.

 

[Nakenorm]

Haha yeah I really thought it was Silent Hill at first

 

[Spinky]

Is it an Xbox exclusive?

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The Steam page is in the OP.

Not sure if it's coming to PlayStation.

Oh god these guys never let go of set pieces, this is like the most irritating thing ever.

LOOK AT THIS SET PIECE.

LOOK AT IT SOME MORE.

MORE.

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No matter how the game turns out, it's a buy for new Yamaoka.

 

[Wrexis]

Man, that guitar. Took me right back to 2003.

 

[Betty]

The tiny snippets of what looked like in-game parts looked really intriguing. If it's like Silent Hill i'm in.

 

[Dinda]

looks very interesting.

 

[imapioneer]

Definitely looks interesting. If it's coming to ps5 it's an instant buy because of Yamaoka

 

[Lord Fanny]

Liked the trailer, hyped for the music, not a fan of the developer at all though.

 

[Deleted member 17184]

Music definitely has that Akira Yamaoka vibe! I'm so in!

 

[Hilbert]

I loved Observer and Layers of Fear, I will be playing this one! (Need to play more blair witch)

 

[DeoGame]

I thought it was Batman at first but either way, Bloober Team is super hype.

 

[Dog]

Yes I will buy.

 

[Thiago]

From the makers of Blair Witch

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Hmmmm

 

[TheGhost]

If anything it shows up on Gamepass first

otherwise it's a third party game like all games shown today

 

[Vic Damone Jr.]

Will it be on PlayStation?

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More than likely, it would've been touted as exclusive if it was.

 

[Antiax]

Looks great. Devs also know how to make horrors. Can't wait to see more.

 

[anexanhume]

Rapidly changing environments. Hello SSD bandwidth.

 

[Golnei]

Per the Steam description, Arkadiusz Reikowski is also working on this - fittingly, he's also done a track with Mary Elizabeth McGlynn before.

 

[defaltoption]

This was my favorite reveal, loved the look and love psych horror.

 

[Damn Silly]

Always interested when Yamaoka is involved.

Will it be on PlayStation?

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If I had to predict (based on previous Bloober Team stuff like Blair Witch), it'll be a timed exclusive on Xbox

 

[Nameless]

Intrigued. Need to see some actual in world gameplay, though.

 

[Capricorn]

The CGI part of the trailer looked very unappealing, but the bits of gameplay at the end? Wew lad.

I hope this is more like >observer and less like anything else they've done so far, though...

 

[dskzero]

The Steam page is in the OP.

Not sure if it's coming to PlayStation.

No matter how the game turns out, it's a buy for new Yamaoka.

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It's a really hard sell. I mean I definitely will play it (and hopefully will be on gamepass), but Layers of Fear is a very simple walking sim, and Blair Witch was definitely a step up, but had some serious pacing issues, though, to their merit, it really captured the movie's ideas.

EDIT: _observer was the same issue as Layers of Fear, a very good looking game with little gameplay.

I'm hoping for a really great game, though, Yamaoka's music and sound design is amazing and is a big part of Silent HIll's atmosphere.

 

[Ghostbound]

Seems promising. If nothing else it'll at least have a great soundtrack.

 

[DarkChronic]

Looks really cool..

We don't think this is what people mistook for a Silent Hill reboot right?

 

[nDesh]

This is not cross-gen?

 

[Deleted member 21709]

Bloober Team makes really interesting games.

Also, holy shit at having Akira Yamaoka do the soundtrack for this game.

we need a company name that speaks to our dedication to the craft and that will set peoples' expectations properly

BLOOBER TEAM

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Check out their games. Observer is fantastic (if it doesn't melt your computer or console)

 

[Metal Slugger]

we need a company name that speaks to our dedication to the craft and that will set peoples' expectations properly

BLOOBER TEAM

 

[Herey]

Probably the most interesting announcement, imo.

 

[Okabe]

So this is the silent hill reboot

 

[Parenegade]

Is it an Xbox exclusive?

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None of the games they showed today were exclusive I believe.

 

[Masagiwa]

This game had some Beksinski vibes for sure.

 

[Bosch]

This looks amazing.