Doing a replay of this through the Ultimate Edition to catch up before Alan Wake 2. What an absolutely fantastic time.
Control takes all the elements that detract from Alan Wake and improve on them greatly. Combat is frenetic and tactile and gives you good options for creativity. The story is told in bits and pieces, but much more cleverly and fully engaging than its predecessor. The switch from a half-baked Stephen King novel to SCP story gives so much great perspective on the supernatural elements and engages the player with little mysteries and stories the whole way. Remedy's technical prowess shines as the whole game is just gorgeous, especially with some of the coolest particle effects in gaming.
Won't go into details on the story, but nearly everything sticks. The cast of characters are great, and Jesse is a very good protagonist. I'll be moving on to the two DLCs, Foundation and AWE (Alan Wake) as prep as well.
Highly recommend checking this out. Engaging gameplay, a great and imaginative setting for a third person shooter, wonderful to look at, and paced quite nicely. Moments like the ashtray maze and the dynamite video really add to the unique quality of the experience. So happy that Remedy kept improving over the years.
Control takes all the elements that detract from Alan Wake and improve on them greatly. Combat is frenetic and tactile and gives you good options for creativity. The story is told in bits and pieces, but much more cleverly and fully engaging than its predecessor. The switch from a half-baked Stephen King novel to SCP story gives so much great perspective on the supernatural elements and engages the player with little mysteries and stories the whole way. Remedy's technical prowess shines as the whole game is just gorgeous, especially with some of the coolest particle effects in gaming.
Won't go into details on the story, but nearly everything sticks. The cast of characters are great, and Jesse is a very good protagonist. I'll be moving on to the two DLCs, Foundation and AWE (Alan Wake) as prep as well.
Highly recommend checking this out. Engaging gameplay, a great and imaginative setting for a third person shooter, wonderful to look at, and paced quite nicely. Moments like the ashtray maze and the dynamite video really add to the unique quality of the experience. So happy that Remedy kept improving over the years.