Control (Remedy)

Best physics since HL2

Quote from [HP]

10 hours ago, [HP] said: Best physics since HL2

Funny. I was fooling around in that same room yesterday. Not only the levels are just stuffed full of breakable objects the environment too has lots of breakable stuff, you can shoot chunks off almost anything.

It's so goddamn pretty too with them raytraces.

Damn, an article on Kotaku worthy of reading. What is this.

Really enjoying the game so far. Shame I don't have a PC to run this with rtx, looks legit, and the PS4 has some perf problems during intense firefights.

I played it for a bit and it just didn't click, refunded

I unlocked all of Jesse's powers, once you have all of the game's toolkit at your disposal, the combat becomes so damn fun! Juggling your throw power to break shields, then using a gun to hurt the enemy, possess him so he fights for you, proceed to fly around and shoot down the rest of the enemies and finish the last one with a stomp from above is really satisfying.

Now that I'm approaching the mid of the game, the writing gets even weirder, and not always necessarily in a good way. Funny enough, I find the main protagonist Jesse, incredibly stale and boring. The constant stoic stance she externally puts out contrasts with her vulnerable internal monologues and narrations, a lot, which sounds pretty good on paper but it makes her character very hard to follow at times. A lot of things just happen around her, and she accepts it without question or much fuss, for instance being made director of the Bureau in the beginning of the story. Same can be said about most characters, for such a good story, Control's characters are very one dimensional. It borders on parody of what they're trying to be, but I question if that was written and directed on purpose or not.

Going back to the overall story though, it's really good. It tries to be this blend between twin peaks and x-files.

The level design is really good, just enough direction that you mostly always know where you are, and the feeling of being lost is still there. Loving the metroidvania still design / map, was a really nice surprise that makes the game feel bigger than it is, but it certainly works.

The graphics and physics is is definitely what carries this game for me, and what makes me come back. You can deffo see Tadao Ando's influences everywhere, and this engine lends itself perfectly to that architectural style. Love the brutalistic nature of the architecture, and the big gradients in the lighting.

Some of the environments are so damn good, environments mild spoilers ahead:

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Boom, beat it! Stellar fucking video game!

Control culminates in this moment, gameplay, music, level design, the whole package, really badass:

Spoiler Spoilers ahead, seriously, you'll want to experience this in your own playthrough, don't be a cunt!

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Quote from Minos

On 9/3/2019 at 8:11 PM, Minos said: I played it for a bit and it just didn't click, refunded

Same. I must admit that my patience ain't the best right now though.

I played for an hour. I thought that the presentation, characters and dialogue were a bit, well, crude despite the premise being incredibly intriguing. Less would've been more in this case, they should've let the building tell its own story and gone easier on the exposition and early melodrama. Additionally, the game is way too quick in giving you a gun to blast generic enemies with and introducing very gamey systems ("control" points, weapon mods etc). Instead of fighting creepy otherworldly entities I felt like I was blasting Destiny "mobs".

Quote from Puddy

12 hours ago, Puddy said: Same. I must admit that my patience ain't the best right now though.

I played for an hour. I thought that the presentation, characters and dialogue were a bit, well, crude despite the premise being incredibly intriguing. Less would've been more in this case, they should've let the building tell its own story and gone easier on the exposition and early melodrama. Additionally, the game is way too quick in giving you a gun to blast generic enemies with and introducing very gamey systems ("control" points, weapon mods etc). Instead of fighting creepy otherworldly entities I felt like I was blasting Destiny "mobs".

Also, I think the lower FOV influenced my harsh judgement. ?

Resumed playing it. God damn, that janitor is my favourite character so far

I have to say, navigating the map is just frustrating for me. It's also a bit annoying when you have a room that keeps spawning enemies as you're trying to search for a particular location. I can see why they added all the fast travel points. They certainly help, but overall it's just not fun for me to walk through this. And it's a shame because the art direction and mood are great. I don't know if I'll finish this. Seems like Jim Sterling is spot on about the navigation.

When was the last time Sterling enjoyed a game? Lol

I'm starting to think people that play and review games for a living eventually just see the stuff behind the curtain and are incapable of enjoying anything.

I don't know, I really wanted to enjoy the game, but I guess it wasn't for me. I'm going back to my cabin.

The writing in this game is so cringey. I love the idea of the game but it just boils down to sub-par, boring gunplay and combat. Physics is cool but that's about it. The environments get a bit boring too, as cool as some of them are.... I can only walk past so many desks before I get bored. Maybe it opens up a bit later? I just can't bring myself to play it any more right now. For the guys who made 'Max Payne' they sure seem to have lost the knack for fun gun combat... I find it so dull and unsatisfying ? This actually seems like the perfect game to have Max Payne's jumps, dives and slow mo combat. Again, maybe you unlock those things later, but if people have stopped playing before you get to the fun stuff... Then you dun fucked up your onboarding/intro.