My time with The Medium has convinced me that if videogames ever hope to be held in the same regard as literature and cinema on the storytelling front, they need editors – someone whose entire job is to determine what stays and what goes, and to arrange the remaining pieces into something focused and coherent.
HIGH Confronting the Childeater.
LOW The final confrontation has bad timing.
WTF The return of Agent Bolt Cutters.
HIGH It nails the feel of the Blair Witch house.
LOW The motion sickness.
WTF Owning a videogame dog.
HIGH Taking my first trip inside someone’s subconscious.
LOW Spending twenty minutes getting killed by a Cybogre over and over again.
WTF This is the second game I’ve played this week set in 2084. We get it. You like Orwell.
HIGH Fixing the cat toy
LOW Uncomfortable verbal abuse vibes throughout
WTF The development studio is called Bloober Team. Bloober Team? Bloober!
HIGH Rejoice! A scary game that's actually scary.
LOW The audio sometimes lacks crispness and precision
WTF Connecting some far-apart dots is necessary for story fulfillment
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