Winner of over 80 awards, Control is a visually stunning third-person action-adventure that will keep you on the edge of your seat.
This is such a fun game. I can’t wait for a sequel.
It was an easy recent favorite of mine after a playthrough. The atmosphere is so well done. It got me to finally play Alan Wake and I’ll definitely pick up that sequel at some point too.
I tried Alan Wake at one point, but had a hard time getting into it. I also tried their other game, Quantum Break, but at the first part it wanted to download a video to link it to the TV show the game broke on me. It wouldn’t download the video, and I couldn’t skip it, so I was stuck less than an hour into it.
Control was so good that, for me, it retroactively made Alan Wake better by their connections.
However, in my opinion, that didn’t make Alan Wake good. It’s a game that should have worked wonders for me, but the gameplay loop being the same from beginning to end (and truthfully, it being monotonous didn’t help) and the controls being frustrating just made it a game I wanted to get through, rather than enjoy.
Unsure if I’m going to play Alan Wake 2, as it looks like the same gameplay that I didn’t enjoy.
Bought it in gog last year at a similar price. If you are into single player campaigns this games is definitely one of the best ever made.
On sale there too:
Closest we’ll ever get to a high-budget AAA SCP game. It’s a can’t miss imho.
As an SCP fan for ages, this game absolutely ticked all the right boxes for me. I cannot recommend it enough!
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This is a good game. I need to finish it but God damn the difficulty spikes hard at certain points. It was basically not even challenging until I got to like the 3rd or 4th boss and then it became harder than Dark Souls. The references and humor are off the chain, though. They not only have analogues to popular SCPs, they reference their own games like Alan Wake and Max Payne in both story and game mechanics and it’s awesome.
Also: I feel bad for the dude who had to keep his eyes on that fridge. So close to being rescued…
Pro tip. Upgrade launch damage, made the game a ton easier. There’s also Gameplay assistances if it’s feeling a bit too difficult. I used this for the Alan Wake DLC .
It’s mostly the non-humanoid bosses that take a few tries just to understand their attack patterns. The humanoid dudes got spongey, but I haven’t died to them yet. There’s also the RNG upgrade bits that can make it easier or harder. I got lucky and have basically infinite ammo and I gain back health as I deal damage with those. It just doesn’t help when you die because the Eldritch horror you have to look up at to make sure you’re not slapped is also breaking the floor below you and you fall through into the void. lol
Totally just a skill issue on my part.
they reference their own games like Alan Wake
They don’t just reference Alan Wake. Alan Wake and Control are literally in the same universe.
There’s a DLC that connects the two together, and there will probably have a lot of connections to Control in Alan Wake 2. I’m sure that’s part of the reason for the sale.
