The psychological game by Bloober Team, The Medium, was released half a month ago. The game received a positive reception from both fans and critics. However, it also received some criticism for its abysmal performance.
The game is rendered twice simultaneously, so it was expected to be demanding , and maintaining at 30 FPS is quite a difficult task let alone at 60. This can be considered unacceptable to some players.
On February 13, the developer released the first major patch for the game. Patch 1.1 optimizes game performance, fixes gameplay bugs, and addresses crash issues.
The optimization works across the board and it includes improvements for ray tracing. Since ray tracing in this game is very taxing on the hardware, we strongly recommend that you use the "Medium" setting of RT instead of "High."
The scene lighting bug that occurred on multiple locations and the game sound issue are both fixed now. Several gameplay bugs are eliminated while interactions with characters and in-game events are improved.
The Medium Update 1.1 Patch Notes
- Performance optimizations across the whole game
- Eliminated gameplay bugs in various locations
- Eliminated known game crashes
- Eliminated game bugs reported by the community
- Graphical bug fixes across the whole game
- Improvements in camera operation and settings
- Scene lighting fixes in various locations
- Fixes for reported crash issues when loading saves
- Improvements in interactions with in-game events and characters across the whole game
- Raytracing optimizations across the whole game
- Game sound fixes
The complete patch notes are mentioned on Steam as well.
The Medium was released for Xbox Series X|S and PC on January 28. The game was initially set to launch in December though it was delayed due to Cyberpunk 2077, which ironically also suffered from performance issues.
So what do you think? Are you interested in any of these changes? Have you played The Medium yet? Let us know your thoughts in the comments section below.
