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Review: Control - Rely on Horror

Enter the surreal horror world of Control, the latest game from Remedy... a game that has near universal praise. But what did we think of it? Oh...

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FTLmaster1676d ago

Personally, I definitely had a similar experience to this guy. I found Control disappointing.

RpgSama1675d ago

Even if you found Control disappointing, which is your own personal opinion and you have every right to feel that way, I think we would agree that a 4/10 it's deserved only for broken, very sub-par games in every way, from gameplay to graphics and structure

SegaGamer1675d ago

I completely disagree. A game can look really nice, have zero bugs and perfect controls, but if I don't like the gameplay, then I am rating it under 5. I'm not going to give an average or above average rating for a game I didn't enjoy playing.

1-2 is poor, 3-4 is below average, 5 is average, 6 is above average, 7-8 is good, 9-10 is excellent.

Obelisk921675d ago (Edited 1675d ago )

I agree with SegaGamer.

This rating scale where everything playable gets an 8 or higher has to be dumped.

Anyway I found Control to be a bit underwhelming except for the great graphics and fun gameplay ideas. Just a bit undercooked. A 7 for me.

Soybetaboy1675d ago

@segagamer

Same way I feel about 95 percent of switch exclusives, mechanically functional, graphically decent at best
But I rate them between 3 to 4 out of 10 bc they bore me to death.

Imortus_san1675d ago (Edited 1675d ago )

The game is broken on consoles, it runs between 12fps and 30fps, depending on the screen action.

0hMyGandhi1675d ago

@SegaGamer

That's why I used to love it when a magazine like GamePro would actually have a "fun factor" rating in their reviews. Graphics/Sound/Mechanics can be perfect, but if the game's sole tenant is a rock-solid Flappy Bird, scores should reflect that.

And to @RpgSama,
Games should not be given "bonus points" for not being broken. That is an expectation.

addictedtochaos1675d ago

Broken is 1/10 or even 2/10. 4/10 is below average.

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Unspoken1675d ago

My only gripe is that it ended too soon. Remedy made such an interesting world and story and even though I have more quests to finish after the game, I really crave more story and lore. I'm now searching for all all the hidden areas in the game.

indysurfn1675d ago

How many hours was the main story?

RedDevils1675d ago

Same here, I couldn't get into the game. I'm just not enjoying it just bore me even before half way through the game.

NiteX1675d ago

You're not wrong, it is on the Epic store only. No idea how you could disagree with that fact....

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abstractel1675d ago

Hah, I just finished it. I enjoyed it quite a bit but as much as they focused on the story it really wasn't that well written (IMO). I felt it was a bit innovative in some areas and some of the "bosses" felt fresh. There's a really cool sequence near the end.

I have to mention the raytracing. Digital Foundry did a good video on its use in Control. Lucky enough to own a 2080ti and I would often catch myself in the reflections of windows thinking it was an enemy. There are more gameplay elements to be explored that only raytraced reflections will give you. Just opens up options, doesn't mean it needs to be in every game.

Also, I feel this is a perfect example of what you can do with a smaller team if you design the game being aware of your resources.

Spurg1675d ago

The narrative was severely lacking. Not on part with previous remedy games.

Ricegum1675d ago

Must say I'm looking forward to getting to play an Alan Wake remaster on my PS4. I've heard good things about it.

Neonridr1675d ago

it's fantastic, I hope the rumours are true.

Gaming4Life19811675d ago

Alan wake is great and deserves a remaster.

RedDevils1675d ago

Could have gotten Alan wake on Epic store for free couple of weeks ago.

MasterCornholio1675d ago

Well it's better than Quantum Break at least. The TV stuff was horrible in my opinion.

Spurg1675d ago

No, it wasn't. Quantum break's story was well presented despite the TV show. Control used way too many notes scattered around to tell its story. there are 100 of notes you have to read to gain a comprehension as to what is going on within the world. Unfortunately, the story itself isn't interesting enough and the main character had one of the most deadpan performances in a AAA game for a while.

MasterCornholio1675d ago

I found the acting to be poor in the TV show segments plus it just seemed cheesy to me. That's why I doubt that Controls story is worse than that. But I've only watched a playthrough of Quantumbreak and not Control so I guess my opinion probably isn't very valid.

windblowsagain1675d ago

Playing atm, and tbh other then it's combat and physics, the game is not all that.

But I found RDR 2 boring as well. So slow and crap controls.

Not everything is a masterpiece.

Main thing you must get right is controls, story and pacing.

conanlifts1675d ago

Not played control yet, but I agree regarding RDR 2. Persisted for 3 acts and had to give up.

windblowsagain1675d ago

That's how I found it, really tried.

Enjoyed the original game much more.

I know some people call it weighty etc. But just felt odd and not smooth. Had the controls been better I probably would have enjoyed it much more.

Graphics were excellent though on RDR2.

Elda1675d ago

Agreed. By time I ended chapter 2 on RDR2 I gave it up because it was so boring,I traded it in for another game.

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NiteX1675d ago

Control has great.... controls though.

DarXyde1675d ago

"Playing atm, and tbh other then it's combat and physics, the game is not all that."

So... in other words, it plays well like a good game should?

Video game scores, in my opinion, should never be negatively impacted by story. It can enhance the score because it makes a game more enjoyable, but those demanding a great story are really looking for an interactive movie. Naughty Dog titles are fun with great narrative. Zelda or Mario have pretty simple stories but are great games... but a game with a good story and terrible gameplay are bad games, period.

Story as a deciding factor in review score just seems like utter nonsense.

monkey6021675d ago

And yet Telltale games were well regarded. They had fantastic stories and quite bad gameplay.

No I think a bad narrative should certainly effect a games review if that's one of the criteria the game has.
There's some very poor games that have decent gameplay but there's just no drive behind the purpose

Cobra9511675d ago

I agree. Games need to be games first. Story is secondary, though a good one certainly enhances the experience.

monkey602, Telltale games *are* interactive movies. "Gameplay" doesn't rise above something that can be made using old Flash.

DarXyde1675d ago

Monkey602,

You're distorting my words.

I said narrative should not HURT the score, but can enhance it. If a game is a solid 10/10 in gameplay with a bad story, it should still be reviewed as a 10/10.

Tt games' scores depend on narrative. If they're good, then it can bolster the score. But bad story should not hurt a game score.

Psychotica1675d ago (Edited 1675d ago )

The only thing I didn't care for in RDR2 was no fast travel back to camp which was a pain in the ass..

Count_Bakula1675d ago

Yeah eight years or so, no PC, no DLC, and has clunky controls and almost no upgrades to shooting and movement from previous GTAs? Pretty unacceptable in my opinion. People rate R* games 10s because they have great screenwriters I think. Hit us with great story, and people seem to ignore all else about a game besides visuals.

Unspoken1675d ago

If you claiming combat and physics are it's main piece you are missing 2/3rds of the game.

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LoveSpuds1675d ago (Edited 1675d ago )

Seems like a harsh score to me personally, but I would agree that I don't find the game to be particularly compelling. My son just got the platinum, he absolutely loved it but I am finding that I am having to force myself to return to the game each day, I am around three quarters of the way through it now and honestly, I'll be glad when I complete it.

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Now that Remedy owns Control, it’s time to reclaim Quantum Break

Alan Wake 2 studio Remedy Entertainment has reclaimed the rights to Control, and now sci-fi hit Quantum Break deserves the same treatment.

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Petebloodyonion53d ago

Totally agree with that especially when Quantum Break has several references to Alan Wake and Alan Wake make allusions to QB.
I do believe that MS and Remedy can work things out and MS has usually been nice to devs and publishers regarding IP.

Obscure_Observer53d ago

They can't "reclaim" what was never theirs.

Petebloodyonion53d ago

I’m sure we can settle for purchase from MS the IP.

Lightning7753d ago

MS is not doin anything with it. Plus they're doing a multiverse of their own so Remedy needs the IP.

If MS wants to have exclusive let it be timed for 6 months then go to other platforms. MS seems to be, let's say, generous with some if their games as of late.

Or have QB2 be multiplat from the jump, put it on GP. Keeping QB2 as an exclusive is kinda weird these days.

Obscure_Observer53d ago (Edited 53d ago )

@Petebloodyonion

"I’m sure we can settle for purchase from MS the IP."

Good luck

@Lightning77

"MS is not doin anything with it."

Japan Studio is dead nd Sony isn´t doing anything with Bloodborne either! Yet I can 100% guarantee that there´s a far bigger demand for a sequel, remake or even a remaster for that game from both PS5 and PC gamers.

That been said, why don´t you ask Sony tol sell the IP to Fromsoftware now that according to rumors, they bought Elden Ring from Bandai?

ZwVw53d ago (Edited 53d ago )

Reclaim? That would mean that they actually owned the ip at one point, which they never did (MS always has). Apples & oranges. Remedy always owned the Control ip (just not the publishing), as they have with Alan Wake.

About as likely as them getting the Max Payne rights from Rockstar.

mastershredder53d ago (Edited 53d ago )

Sending you game to a publisher does not mean they get "rights to own it " unless that was part of the contract (monetary/ strategic reasons). 505 was the publisher they worked with to publish and distribute it, it dos not mean that 505 flat out "owned" anything, clearly they did have a special arrangement that made them open to limit their publishing rights. and so here we are and big whoop

Jingsing53d ago (Edited 53d ago )

Yeah get Quantum Break PS5, only if you put it on disc with all the associated movie material.

isarai53d ago

I mean they got the Alan Wake IP back from MS, so I feel like they could get QB back as well

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Remedy Takes Full Control of Control Franchise From 505 Games

Remedy Entertainment has announced that they've purchased the full rights to the Control franchise from 505 Games.

isarai54d ago

Oh nice, I wonder if they'll try to do the same with Max Payne 🤔

-Foxtrot54d ago

I hope so, Rockstar ain't doing shit with it sadly.

I loved the gameplay in Max Payne 3, it was fantastic but it just didn't feel like Max Payne at its core, it felt like they were doing a new IP or experimenting with one and reshaped it into Max Payne

The Noire, the atmosphere, the dark grittiness, the graphic novel cutscenes, Mona Saxx were all missing.

I'm hoping if they ever get the rights back they do their own version of Max Payne 3, off the secret ending from MP2 where Mona survives.

Max was finally starting to heal thanks to Mona in MP2 and in MP3 they just put his character back to square one, all that development gone.

isarai54d ago

Kinda what I'm thinking too, like as much as I'd love for R* to give it their unmatched magic touch, they're not doing anything with it.

I loved MP3, only gripe was that the story had very little to do with Max personally but it was still great. The Mona ending would be amazing and honestly not entirely out of the realm since MP is kinda considered part of the control universe, though I would like that to stay out of MP as much as possible and be it's own thing.

The fact that we haven't gotten a MP3 remaster is crazy imo

JL293054d ago

Why would you need a Max Payne 3 remaster? You must be on console.

isarai54d ago

I'm on both, still want a remaster

GamerRN54d ago

I think Control was a great game that deserves a sequel

Machina54d ago

A sequel is in the works - they announced it a couple of years ago.

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Remedy’s new Control trademark is cause for celebration and concern

Alan Wake 2 developer Remedy Entertainment is setting its sights on what appears to be a new Control game as a fresh trademark emerges.

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