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its like if half life 2 had an orgy with alan wake and force unleashed then this would be its beautiful bastard baby. so fun and great lore, there is a lot of back story so i probably only read about half of it because there is a lot if you really want to read it all.
Control seems to be heavily inspired by the TV miniseries 'The Lost Room' and various mystery shows of the nineties. It throws the player in without any exposition and gradually reveals its surprisingly rich lore. The setting is anything but mainstream and interesting enough to pull the player deeper and deeper into the rabbit hole that is the Federal Bureau of Control.
The actual storytelling however isn't quite on the same level as the superb world building. The plot turns out to be rather thin and most of it is told, not shown, which isn't ideal for engagement. It gets the job done but not much more.
The gameplay is fine but not great either. Thanks to a couple of powerful supernatural abilities the combat is less repetitive than it was in Remedy's former game Alan Wake but it still feels somewhat repetitive after a while. Ironically controls could be a little tighter. After taking a strong hit protagonist Jesse often forgets that you still have the movement keys pressed and that she is supposed to keep running into cover instead of just standing there, waiting for her inevitable demise. Aside from that the majority of deaths result from snipers or rocket launchers spawning unseen behind you which can be frustrating at times. Other than combat there is a lot of exploration and a few basic riddles but nothing outstanding.
Control did run great on Linux using Lutris and wine-ge-8-25 when starting up the DX11 executable of the game. I wasn't able to get the DX12 version running. There was a bug with the optional 'anchor' boss that led to reproducible crashes during the fight. This bug doesn't seem to be Linux specific, though. I was able to circumvent it by temporarily activating 'one hit kills' from the accessibility settings.
Control is a really good game for those who like supernatural stuff and for those who are already fan of Resident Evil for example. It only might be a little repetitive sometimes. The game has really good graphics and it doesn't push your PC that hard.
Control is one of those action games that once you get in, is hard to get out...! Very intresting world with its own mistery tweaks. The story keeps you intrested and the gameplay is awesome.
Replaying this after playing Alan Wake 2 was a delight, as there are so many similar things, from style, characters, references, to even missions.
The combat and the wierdness are the standouts. Early game can be a bit rough before you get some mad skillz like dashing and flying, but if anything frustrates you there are some great adjustable cheats like curbing dmg received and such.(I wish every game had this level of adjustment, sometimes you just want something slightly easier than normal mode but not full EZ story mode)
Not-so-great is the map, mainly because it doesn't account for what floor you're on. Wouldn't be as annoying if the enemies didn't respawn so much. Also not a fan of save points, but that's more a me thing. It can also be very dark, which often fits the mood but can be annoying if you're just trying to go anywhere.(looking at you, Foundation cave)
There's a ton of secret areas and areas that open up when you gain more access.(remember you can fly, so they can be WELL hidden)
There's one crash that's never been fixed, which is the Anchor boss fight with the clocks. For me(AMD CPU and GPU, W10) it seemed like the best solution was before battle: Open task mgr, right-click Control_DX12.exe, set affinity to CPUs 0,1,2,3 only. This seemed to work for awhile, but just to get through it quicker put one-hit-kill cheat on in the game menu so the boss dies immediately.
There's also a Hex-editor way to add the PS4 DLC on the PCWIKI.(dat Astral Dive Suit look goood on her)