If you haven’t played the first game, it’s possibly one of the most inventive stories I’ve played while gaming. The mechanics become more and more intuitive over time, and the little details...
If you haven’t played the first game, it’s possibly one of the most inventive stories I’ve played while gaming. The mechanics become more and more intuitive over time, and the little details astound you with their deftness. It’s confusing as all hell at points, but you grow to love the confusion, as it pulls you deeper into a story that’s never been told.
I liken Control to an action packed mystery novel that deserves a magnifying glass
along with its powerful weapons and telekinetic abilities
. It’s worth every second, and even if you put it down for a few weeks, picking it back up is like riding a bike.
Alan Wake 1&2 are dissimilar in style but Remedy is Remedy. The art direction and sound design blow you away for something that was released right on the cusp of a console generation change.
Be ready to not really understand, enjoy, and continue to think about it even longer afterwards. Read Mark Z Danielewski’s book House of Leaves if you want a similar experience.
This second game is probably going to melt our consoles.
God, I am so hyped for this. Control might easily be my favorite game ever, and this seems like such a fresh spin on it. We get to play as Dylan, we seem to have an open-world Manhattan to wreak...
God, I am so hyped for this.
Control might easily be my favorite game ever, and this seems like such a fresh spin on it. We get to play as Dylan, we seem to have an open-world Manhattan to wreak havoc in, and shit got creepy and weird immediately.
I loved every second of this trailer. Steam Deck support seems to be missing, but considering Control is both Platinum on ProtonDB and Steam Deck Verified, it would be weird if this one wasn't. Unless it's melting GPUs, but considering how the footage looks, I can't really complain.
The official website says it's set in Manhattan, but most likely: Control 1 spoilers ahead I think it's highly implied that the supernatural forces in The Dark Place are bleeding out into the real...
The official website says it's set in Manhattan, but most likely:
Control 1 spoilers ahead
I think it's highly implied that the supernatural forces in The Dark Place are bleeding out into the real world - Control's AWE expansion made all the ties to it and what happened at Cauldron Lake.
That said some of the footage also seems like just The Hiss coming back and escaping, thus the line "everything we try to keep inside, eventually worms its way back out".
I think the direction they're going in is that whatever this cosmic level threat is, it warped everything beyond recognition and released everything the FBC had sealed previously, and now Dylan has to make his way through all this chaos and probably fight different "factions" so to speak.
I was so excited for a Control sequel. It's one of the best games I've played in the last few years. I loved exploring the Oldest House and reading every document. However, I thought the weakest...
I was so excited for a Control sequel. It's one of the best games I've played in the last few years. I loved exploring the Oldest House and reading every document. However, I thought the weakest parts of the game were the Hiss and Dylan so I've got some mixed opinions at the moment.
I'm very disappointed to not see Jesse return as the player character. There's so many action games that just default to a male protagonist and I liked that the first Control didn't. For the sequel I was thinking they might have two protagonists you would swap between, like in Alan Wake 2, but it doesn't look like that's the case.
I do hope Remedy stick the landing and this isn't another Firebreak. Maybe it'll be good! But it really hurts to have your excitement for something plummet like this.
Control 2 honestly looks right up their alley. It’s the type of game I would definitely see them make. I watched the trailer and said: “yes, this is a Remedy game” Firebreak on the other hand was...
I do hope Remedy stick the landing and this isn't another Firebreak
Control 2 honestly looks right up their alley. It’s the type of game I would definitely see them make. I watched the trailer and said: “yes, this is a Remedy game”
Firebreak on the other hand was the real head scratcher. I’m still wondering how the chain of decisions even looked like.
So, I wouldn’t necessarily be worried about this one; I’m actually a bit hyped, and I rarely feel so about modern gaming.
I'm also holding out for a playable Jesse. They had a pretty good system of two protagonists with Alan Wake 2. I can imagine it working by swapping between Jesse exploring Ordinary or the Slide...
I'm also holding out for a playable Jesse. They had a pretty good system of two protagonists with Alan Wake 2. I can imagine it working by swapping between Jesse exploring Ordinary or the Slide worlds as a horror game, while Dylan is going full DMC in New York.
It seems like a bit of a waste to cut her since Jessie is makes for an amazing new "superhero" character. And I'm just a sucker for that style of psychic powers. Just casually floating around, grabbing chunks of concrete out the wall and hurling it through a crowd of goons.
And I'm sure Dylan plays well and he looks much better with the stubble, but I'm not the biggest fan of going from the directors suit to government issued PJs.
Beside that, I love the imagery and style so far. "Resist the urge to eat" is some proper SCP insanity and at this point I'm sure that New York doesn't exist and in the universe and is just a massive AWE. Also Ahti should be back from vacation and Darling needs to have travel logs from is higher dimensional sabbatical.
Well, that looks a good bit more like my kind of thing than Firebreak.
I'm not sure if Firebreak was anyone's thing, It seemed pretty much DOA.
If you haven’t played the first game, it’s possibly one of the most inventive stories I’ve played while gaming. The mechanics become more and more intuitive over time, and the little details astound you with their deftness. It’s confusing as all hell at points, but you grow to love the confusion, as it pulls you deeper into a story that’s never been told.
I liken Control to an action packed mystery novel that deserves a magnifying glass
along with its powerful weapons and telekinetic abilities
Alan Wake 1&2 are dissimilar in style but Remedy is Remedy. The art direction and sound design blow you away for something that was released right on the cusp of a console generation change.
Be ready to not really understand, enjoy, and continue to think about it even longer afterwards. Read Mark Z Danielewski’s book House of Leaves if you want a similar experience.
This second game is probably going to melt our consoles.
God, I am so hyped for this.
Control might easily be my favorite game ever, and this seems like such a fresh spin on it. We get to play as Dylan, we seem to have an open-world Manhattan to wreak havoc in, and shit got creepy and weird immediately.
I loved every second of this trailer. Steam Deck support seems to be missing, but considering Control is both Platinum on ProtonDB and Steam Deck Verified, it would be weird if this one wasn't. Unless it's melting GPUs, but considering how the footage looks, I can't really complain.
It looks like it might be
The official website says it's set in Manhattan, but most likely:
Control 1 spoilers ahead
I think it's highly implied that the supernatural forces in The Dark Place are bleeding out into the real world - Control's AWE expansion made all the ties to it and what happened at Cauldron Lake.That said some of the footage also seems like just The Hiss coming back and escaping, thus the line "everything we try to keep inside, eventually worms its way back out".
I think the direction they're going in is that whatever this cosmic level threat is, it warped everything beyond recognition and released everything the FBC had sealed previously, and now Dylan has to make his way through all this chaos and probably fight different "factions" so to speak.
I was so excited for a Control sequel. It's one of the best games I've played in the last few years. I loved exploring the Oldest House and reading every document. However, I thought the weakest parts of the game were the Hiss and Dylan so I've got some mixed opinions at the moment.
I'm very disappointed to not see Jesse return as the player character. There's so many action games that just default to a male protagonist and I liked that the first Control didn't. For the sequel I was thinking they might have two protagonists you would swap between, like in Alan Wake 2, but it doesn't look like that's the case.
I do hope Remedy stick the landing and this isn't another Firebreak. Maybe it'll be good! But it really hurts to have your excitement for something plummet like this.
Control 2 honestly looks right up their alley. It’s the type of game I would definitely see them make. I watched the trailer and said: “yes, this is a Remedy game”
Firebreak on the other hand was the real head scratcher. I’m still wondering how the chain of decisions even looked like.
So, I wouldn’t necessarily be worried about this one; I’m actually a bit hyped, and I rarely feel so about modern gaming.
I'm also holding out for a playable Jesse. They had a pretty good system of two protagonists with Alan Wake 2. I can imagine it working by swapping between Jesse exploring Ordinary or the Slide worlds as a horror game, while Dylan is going full DMC in New York.
It seems like a bit of a waste to cut her since Jessie is makes for an amazing new "superhero" character. And I'm just a sucker for that style of psychic powers. Just casually floating around, grabbing chunks of concrete out the wall and hurling it through a crowd of goons.
And I'm sure Dylan plays well and he looks much better with the stubble, but I'm not the biggest fan of going from the directors suit to government issued PJs.
Beside that, I love the imagery and style so far. "Resist the urge to eat" is some proper SCP insanity and at this point I'm sure that New York doesn't exist and in the universe and is just a massive AWE. Also Ahti should be back from vacation and Darling needs to have travel logs from is higher dimensional sabbatical.
"The sibling has gone rogue/fishing".
So either Jesse is corrupted, or she's on a fishing trip with Ahti. Maybe both.
She might be visiting a certain lake.