General Gaming Control | Official Thread of Oldest House of Pain, update: Remedy/505 announce 4-player PvE co-op spin-off and "bigger budget" game set in Control universe

[Greatoneshere]

Control is fantastic, and on par with The Last of Us Part II and God of War. Play it, but make sure it's on a Pro or X1X or a pretty powerful PC. Weak PC's and baseline consoles particularly don't run the game well, and it honestly doesn't look or have the atmosphere that it should at the baseline levels.

[best3444]

Fantastic. I'll get it when I get home today. Thanks for the responses.

[Moa]

I wanted to like it more than I did. The gameplay is classic Remedy mediocrity, and the tone and atmosphere are fantastic but the story and characters were lacking relative to Alan Wake.

[CastlevaniaNut18]

I'll get it when it's on Steam and on sale. It looks great.

[SimpleG]

2 hours ago, Dre801 said:

 I've heard it's better than Quantum Break, their  last game.

Not a tall hurdle to get over

 

2 hours ago, skillzdadirecta said:

It does slow down somewhat on the X1X so i have no idea how it runs on base consoles.

Not sure if they ever were able to get going right but both base consoles really struggled with it , like mid teens frame rates in areas. 

 

 

[Raggit]

I love it. It's so satisfying to throw shit at enemies with telekinesis. I'm waiting for the last DLC to be released before giving it another play through .

[best3444]

1 hour ago, SimpleG said:

Not a tall hurdle to get over

 

Not sure if they ever were able to get going right but both base consoles really struggled with it , like mid teens frame rates in areas. 

 

 

 

I'm about to start playing on my xbox one x. Hopefully performance isn't a huge issue. 

[Xbob42]

Remember that once you get your abilities, use them. If you spend the whole game shooting your gun from behind cover instead of flying in like a psychic psychopath throwing forklifts at people, you're playing it wrong.

[Bloodporne]

23 minutes ago, Xbob42 said:

flying in like a psychic psychopath throwing forklifts at people, you're playing it wrong.

I kind of want to buy it now...keep forgetting about it.

[best3444]

Enjoying it so far! 

[best3444]

On chapter 5 I believe. Having a lot of fun with combat and a few puzzles. The visuals are really good with fun gameplay. 

[atom631]

This is one the games on my list of current-gen titles i didnt play or finish that I intend to. 

[Zaku3]

Still no word on a steam release?

[Dre801]

9 minutes ago, Zaku3 said:

Still no word on a steam release?

I think for quite a while, August 2020 has been the projected Steam release, but of course that could change.

[Keyser_Soze]

25 minutes ago, Zaku3 said:

Still no word on a steam release?

 

https://store.steampowered.com/app/870780/Control/

[skillzdadirecta]

On 7/11/2020 at 4:46 PM, best3444 said:

 

I'm about to start playing on my xbox one x. Hopefully performance isn't a huge issue. 

It plays pretty well on the 1X with some slow down in some areas.

[best3444]

6 hours ago, skillzdadirecta said:

It plays pretty well on the 1X with some slow down in some areas.

 

Yea it stutters here and there. Not NEARLY enough to ruin the game experience. It should run great on the ps5.

[SaysWho?]

On 7/11/2020 at 2:05 PM, Greatoneshere said:

Control is fantastic, and on par with The Last of Us Part II and God of War. 

 

 

[Mr.Vic20]

Control is a solid game with a terrible map! 

[Greatoneshere]

4 hours ago, SaysWho? said:

 

 

 

It's really good! The mood, ambiance, and atmosphere alone are stellar. It was on a lot of game of the year lists last year cause it is that good, I think. I definitely recommend it if you haven't played it.

[best3444]

On chapter 7. I have a lot of fun playing this game so it must be doing something right. I've had very minimal performance issues and the game looks beautiful. The story hasn't gone anywhere since the beginning so that's a bit disappointing. There's 10 chapters.

[Zaku3]

On 7/14/2020 at 11:17 PM, Dre801 said:

I think for quite a while, August 2020 has been the projected Steam release, but of course that could change.

Ok time to continue waiting.

[Dre801]

There happens to be a Control porn parody flick.

[Keyser_Soze]

9 minutes ago, Dre801 said:

There happens to be a Control porn parody flick.

 

Who's in it?

[Dre801]

1 minute ago, Keyser_Soze said:

 

Who's in it?

According to the cast list, it stars a chick named Charlie Red.  

[Keyser_Soze]

1 minute ago, Dre801 said:

According to the cast list, it stars a chick named Charlie Red.  

 

Ah yes, according to the  "cast list" 👀

[XxEvil AshxX]

2 hours ago, Dre801 said:

There happens to be a Control porn parody flick.

 

Have you seen the Pokemon one?

[Dexterryu]

It's very good all around... good graphics, interesting sci-fi story, good TPS gameplay with fun powers.

 

Really the only frustrating part is the Map when trying to use it to get to/find some quest objectives, but the in person signage helps to get around very well.

[Dre801]

1 hour ago, XxEvil AshxX said:

 

Have you seen the Pokemon one?

Didn't know that existed 

[XxEvil AshxX]

I just started playing this as well and it's pretty awesome. A huge question though...

 

I read in a review a while back that there are story elements and side quests that you can completely miss if you're just focusing on the main story... so I've been scouring for all the collectibles and checking every hall/doorway I come across, and haven't really found anything yet. Granted I'm still fairly early in the game (just started the mission after lifting the lockdown) so I feel like I'm just now really opening up the map. How "hidden" are these side quests? Or will I find them naturally as long as I'm just exploring and not making a beeline from objective to objective?

 

I'm expecting stuff like "after getting level X security clearance, go back to the very first area and open a previously locked door and use X power on something something to get access to an area that lets you gain this ability to overcome this obstacle" or some bullshit like that. 

[Nokt]

I thought the game was fun. It definitely had an interesting premise behind it, but I felt underwhelmed by the story in the end. It just never caught me.

By the time the combat truly starts to shine the game is almost over, I'd honestly advise people to wait on side quests until you unlock most of the abilities so that you can have more fun with them. Graphically looks great, don't remember anything about the soundtrack.

[best3444]

I've spent nearly 4 hours on this section in this game. It's chapter 9 of 10 so I'm close to the end. Holy fuck did this game get hard! 

[best3444]

I just nearly beat it and fell off a ledge. Wow.

[Keyser_Soze]

Time to git good.

[best3444]

Finally beat that section. It was the end of chapter 9. I just beat the game and the story was a bit confusing. The combat was excellent which kept me playing all the way to the finish.

 

7.5/10