Juzgar a un par de DLCs despues de varios años de jugar al juego base es medio dudoso sin duda, pero qsyo. Estan piola, The Foundation me aburrió un poco y no me interesó tanto pero el de Alan Wake está entretenido, sobre todo sabiendo maome que onda la historia del juego. Tiene gameplay divertido con lo de evitar la oscuridad pero tampoco nada excepcional. Que haya pasado tanto tiempo de jugar Control hizo que esté re frío con los controles (cuack) y el gameplay loop en general. Igual, están piola qsyo. Control me gusta mucho.

This was the lesser of Control's two DLCS for me, but it's still just more Control so it's solid by default

I kind of went into this expecting more of a full on set up for Alan Wake II than is presented here, so I was little surprised by how little Alan Wake involvement there really is.

The strongest part of the DLC for me was the first 20-30 minutes or so of it where the more emphasized horror tone of it sticks out. Once you get into the actual meat of what you're doing that sorta dies out, which I guess is kind of a given in a game where you play as a character as strong as Jesse

Incorporation of the light mechanic here was also pretty cool and creative but not much is done with it

A luz que se mistura ao controle me mostra como esse jogo tem um poder especial.

Apesar de não ter tido o melhor momento do jogo, AWE traz a experiência mais concisa de Control. Control se ilumina temos uma adição aos puzzles que, a essa altura, já eram cansativos, mas agora têm um gosto novo sem se estender demais.

Essa luz também ilumina o que faz Control ser mais significativo. A narrativa estar amarrada ao destino de Alan Wake faz Jesse em sua tomada de controle algo muito mais poderoso.

Entendemos que nesse ambiente de caos, controle é escasso, inclusive, pessoas estão perdendo sua consciência para ruídos ininteligíveis (que talvez tornem suas mentes presas em trabalhos mundanos, isso por si só é um tópico interessante). Porém, quando adicionada a variável Alan Wake, o controle tem um outro significado, semelhante ao traduzido no seu jogo que aborda controle em uma perspectiva de destino e caminho.

Jesse talvez nunca tenha conquistado pleno controle, ou pelo menos, seu controle nunca foi algo inesperado. Tematicamente, adoro isso, mas evidencia ainda mais o esvaziamento em mecânica desse jogo. Como eu gostaria de não ter controle, também, de minha gameplay e conseguir encontrar meu caminho da mesma forma que iluminamos aqui, o caminho com o “controle” que adquirimos (vide nossos poderes). Infelizmente, o simbolismo de controle ainda se resume a uma tradução de mecânicas comuns em jogos de ação em terceira pessoa.

Ainda assim, sinto que minha experiência foi tomada, de fato, pelo Alan Wake. Sua simples presença traz mais sentido à minha experiência em Control e até para Jesse como personagem em uma perspectiva segmentar (no sentido de muitas camadas). Jesse é mais uma peça para que Alan Wake consiga iluminar seu caminho à tomada de controle, e isso resume essa boa DLC.

I highly recommend this one for those who love the Alan Wake franchise, because this story is mainly based on AW's universe. It adds also a whole new area to the map, the story is a bit long, but it didn't feel as long as the other DLC one. It adds new upgrades both for Jesse and the weapon, and there is this new mechanic where we can destroy the darkness with a light, pretty much like in the Alan Wake games.

The ending intrigued me a lot, and since recently Alan Wake 2 was released, I have the feeling it might be connected, at least I hope it is, I still haven't played it yet.

One of the primary reasons I'm doing this Control replay is that I wanted to play this DLC before diving into Alan Wake II. It seems like the Remedy fandom is pretty negative on this one, but I quite liked it. I think they did a really good job incorporating the atmosphere and some of the gameplay concepts of Alan Wake into Control (a game that is, let's be honest, a hell of a lot more fun to play than Alan Wake). The design of the Not-Hartman monster is great body horror, and I really dug the survival horror approach to those encounters. I do think Control's lighting system makes the darkness sections a little harder to read than I think they're supposed to be, but that's my only real complaint.

Some great additions to the Control lore too. Fra Mauro is just a little subplot in this story, but it's a concept so interesting and unsettling that it could be the basis for an entire novel or screenplay.

More Control!

This was a lot less Alan Wake-y than I was expecting. After playing The Foundation earlier in the week, set in a warren of huge caverns, I'd assumed that this would also be set in a brand new area, different from the usual grey office trappings of The Oldest House - maybe I'd be taken to a different version of the Dark Place, I thought, or I'd be transported to Bright Falls and Cauldron Lake.

But no: Jesse gets a call to look into the 'Investigations Sector', a long-lost wing of The Oldest House where most of the assets and geometry are simply re-used from the base game. From there, you're tasked with chasing down a big monster and using light to weaken him, but it was all a bit underwhelming, with no new powers, no new locations and not much to really set it apart from what I'd already experienced. Some of the foreshadowing to the events of Alan Wake 2 were quite cool, especially when you consider this came out over three years before AW2 did, and there are new horde survival and time attack arcade modes which are good fun. Overall, however, like The Foundation, this felt pretty forgettable. That said, it might just be that, having played Control, Alan Wake 2, The Foundation and now this in quick succession, I'm a bit Remedied out, so your mileage may well vary.