Posted on: June 23, 2021
intricate_sparkles
Verified ownerGames: Reviews: 5
OK-ish
The (facial) animations look strangely stiff, but otherwise the game has really stunning visuals. Especially the afterlife has a cool style that reminds me of works by Giger or Beksinski. The voice actors also do a good job and the atmosphere of the game is really nice and creepy. But that's it. The game's performance is really not good, even after several patches - although it's fair to say that these have helped quite a bit. In the scenes where the splitscreen feature is used, the frames drop mercilessly into the low 30s even with good hardware. Often they dip below that, causing stuttering. The controls are very janky and sometimes don't react, which makes chase or hide-and-seek scenes particularly annoying. Player feedback in form of visuals or audio cues is sometimes missing or too vague. It's often hard to tell if you're actually holding your breath, where you have to run from the monster or if you have to press a button in certain situations. Had to look up walkthrougs because of this. Mentioned monster scenes are just annoying imo... I hate this hide-and-seek/chase crap and was glad every time I was allowed to explore again in peace. Luckily these mechanics don't happen that often. The basic idea behind the story and the events in the hotel are interesting by themselves, but the characters remain absolutely flat and boring. Marianne seems oddly indifferent in the face of the ongoing events and the whole plot lacks some sort of motivation. I often asked myself "Why the hell are we on this journey?" or "Why are we still here?" The experience felt pointless to me. The puzzles are OK-ish but rather boring too, tbh. The split screen feature has a lot of potential that has unfortunately hardly been used. I'm hitting the character limit so I leave it at that. The Medium isnt a bad game per se, but I can't recommend buying it at full price. Maybe grab it while it's on sale if you like these kind of games. All in all, it sadly was a dissapointment for me.
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