Abstract: Developer: Remedy EntertainmentPublisher: 505 GamesRelease Date: August 27, 2019Platform: PC (Reviewed), PS4, Xbox OneGenre: Action, RPG, ShooterControl is Remedy unleashed. It's the best game Remedy has ever made, hands down, and serves as the studio's m...
Published: 2019-08-29, Author: Darren , review by: futurefive.co.nz
Abstract: Remedy, the Finnish developers responsible for Max Payne, Alan Wake and Quantum Break, invite players to experience their paranormal action-adventure game, Control. Players take on the role of Jesse Faden, a woman searching for her brother, Dylan. Dyla...
Even if the foundations give the game a similar look and feel to Alan Wake and Quantum Break, the specific combat and narrative hooks that Control evokes are more than distinct enough for it to stand out.It'd be easy to write off Control as just Remedy st...
Anyway, that's all secondary to the real point: Control is one of 2019's best, hands down. Less experimental than Alan Wake or Quantum Break, Control nevertheless manages to combine the best aspects of Remedy's past successes into something that feels fre...
Published: 2019-10-24, Author: Peter , review by: eteknix.com
OverviewControl is certainly a unique game right now, as it's one of the most prominent examples of ray tracing technology. The flagship Nvidia RTX cards are currently the only cards with some kind of ray tracing accelerator. Of course, that means we can'...
If you like third-person shooters then Control offers up one that'll feel quite unlike any you've previously played, thanks to its stratospherically weird paranormal storyline.Both in terms of gameplay and ambience, Control is utterly original, very disti...
Jesse is a fantastic lead with an engrossing story, Gunplay is heavy, responsive and satisfying, Psychic powers are some of the best the medium has ever seen, Looks gorgeous on both consoles and PC
Inconsistent pace keeps the story from standing out, Central mystery doesn't reach a satisfying conclusion, Firefights can grow repetitive in the later chapters
Control is one of Remedy Entertainment's greatest achievements. As a shooter, it's lovingly satisfying to play, as all of its mechanics mesh to create a slick, supernatural explosion of paranormal powers and eclectic gunplay. Combine that with open-ended...
Published: 2019-08-27, Author: Christian , review by: eurogamer.net
Abstract: Out-of-office experience.Giddy action and astonishing art design combine in one of the great locations of modern video games.It spoils nothing, I hope, to reduce a game as luxurious and uncanny as Control to just four words. Here goes, then: Hell is a...
Stunning particle effects, Inspired art direction, Seamlessly melding live-action and voice-over performances, Mixes crunchy gunplay with satisfying psychic
Starts quite slow, A few structural compromises
(Image credit: Remedy Entertainment/505 Games)The affinity with which Remedy has courted multiple difficult genres both in film and in games with Control and still managed to deliver a mind-bending story evocative of True Detective and Twin Peaks is absol...
