The Medium, the horror game for XSX and PC, would not be possible in this generation

On the Inside Xbox broadcast on May 7, some of games for xbox series x that the non-Microsoft studies are developing. Most of them were intergenerational titles that will also be published on Xbox One and / or PS4, but there were some exceptions such as Scorn and . The new title of psychological terror of Bloober Team (Layers of Fear, Blair Witch) to be exclusive to Xbox Series X and PC. Polish developers explain that it has a impossible game mechanics to perform on current consoles.

The Medium will put players in the shoes of a medium that constantly transits between the real world and a kind of spectral world

. "The idea came to us like in 2021, I think, the first of it," says Wojciech Piejko, Lead Designer of the game, in an interview with Gamepot. "Of course the game has changed and our approach has changed, but only the next generation is able to make our vision work."

The designer ensures that they have "been waiting" for consoles to evolve enough to make this title. Although at no time goes into detail about what is that feature that prevents it from working on PS4 and Xbox One, the trailer can give us some clue: it may have to do with the fact that, without an SSD, it would be impossible to alternate between the real and the spiritual world on the fly.

Bloober Team has patented the game mechanics

The developers will explain in the future what is the "most important functionality" of The Medium, according to Piejko, who assures that they have patented the "mechanics of gameplay". The creative believes that this system "built around those two worlds" serves to "distinguish our game from any other". "The game simply cannot work the same way on today's platforms."

The Medium be available at christmas 2020 for Xbox Series X and PC. Be included from launch day in Xbox Game Pass

. On the same dates, the Bloober Team plans to release a remastering of one of its most acclaimed titles on PS5 and the Microsoft console: Observer: System Redux.