Goondu review: The Medium
Gaming
From Polish game developer Bloober Team of Blair Witch and Layers of Fear fame, comes The Medium – a third-person psychological horror adventure game about a medium, Marianne, who can traverse between the material and the spirit world.
The Medium is a short, heavily story-driven game which can be completed in less than 10 hours, although I felt the game can be made more concise as parts of the game felt unnecessarily draggy. Gameplay is mostly focused on puzzle solving in both worlds, and manipulating objects in one world can affect the other.
I stumbled upon The Medium by chance on the Xbox Series X since it is a newly released game that is offered free with the Xbox Game Pass.
Xbox Game Pass Ultimate: What is it?
Xbox Game Pass Ultimate is the combination of two services offered to gamers by Xbox: Game Pass and Xbox Live Gold. You ll get both services for one monthly fee rather than paying out for the two modes separately, which will save you money and hassle.
Game Pass is the bit that gives you access to Microsoft s bulging library of games across the history of the console. A huge list of games will become free for you to download and play at any time, with no limits to what you download or how much you play, so long as you continue to subscribe.
Goondu review: Cyberpunk 2077
Gaming
Probably the most controversial title to be launched this year, Cyberpunk 2077 was teased in E3 2017 with a high-profile appearance by Keanu Reeves.
Fast forward to today when the game is finally launched amid the pandemic and possibly the worst controversy for a major game launch ever.
It didn’t help that there was so much hype about the game over the years leading up to the launch, the constant delays and sky-high expectations of the developer, CD Projekt Red, who created the acclaimed Witcher series of games.
Most issues are reported on those playing on the last-generation PlayStation 4 and Xbox One consoles, so much so that the title was pulled off the PlayStation Store, with Sony offering refunds for the game. The PC and Xbox versions of the game are still available at the time of writing.