@jasonr86: you might consider dropping the RT from high to medium. It's cool that this game has RT at all but the performance difference between RT medium and High is nearly half in some spots. And the RT presentation in this game isn't nearly as impactful to begin with compared to a game like Control so you're not missing out on much by dropping down a peg.
I'm on a 2080ti and play at a basically locked 60fps at 1080p DLSS high RT medium. I play on a TV so going to 4k really doesn't even make much of a difference for this game at my sitting distance so you might consider that as well if it makes sense for you.
I've been enjoying the game so far but it's been a real eye opener being reminded what a proper B game is. Dying suddenly without understanding why, dealing with poor checkpoints and some pretty opaque gameplay mechanics. The animation quality is almost surely a product of how difficult good animation is and a small team but it's wild to see so many claw hands in 2021, I'm into the story though and overall the game is endearing.
It makes me appreciate the classics horror games in some design ways that I took for granted. The camera placement can really leave something to be desired in The Medium compared to the Resident Evil's and Silent Hill's that came before. In The Medium there are a enough areas where I'd expect to walk towards the camera and then have it transition to show me an opposite angle and it almost never does and it's quite unsatisfying, leaving you feeling like there's a sort of off limits no mans land in some of the areas which feels really bizarre. Many off-putting times where it feels like there are invisible walls which is a bummer that never crops up in those classic games.
Also, anyone who's a tank control afficianado like myself will really miss that as an option. Lots of goofy random turning between camera changes going on without it.
@humanity I totally agree about the surprise of this being the first big "exclusive" Xbox game. Really just makes Microsoft's whole 2 year cross gen plan seem nuts having to rely on third parties for a big draw into the system and I don't think it actually does them as much good will as they think. That being said, they probably don't have a choice because they don't have any games ready to release in that time window that would adequately take advantage of the Series consoles to begin with which is a failing on their part.
The Medium is a super niche game that I'm extremely happy exists but it's very rough compared to how I think your average person has come to expect a videogame to operate, let alone to occupy this spot for the first Series exclusive.
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