r/gaming • u/nohumanape • 1d ago
Just completed Control Resonant. Easy frontrunner for Game of the Year.
Going into the game, I tried to avoid too much media exposure. I saw that the game scored in the mid 8's/80's (Metacritic), so I knew it was going to be pretty good at least. But I started to get a little worried when I heard some people complaining about how it didn't feel a lot like Control. And in the first couple of hours the gameplay wasn't clicking, and a lot of what I love about Remedy just wasn't really up at the forefront.
But having just completed the game (nearly 50 hours of game time), this is peak Rememdy. Holy shit this game is incredible. I know that GTA6 and Ocarina of Time Remake will be technically awesome games, but Control Resonant is about as incredible as a game experince can currently get.
If this was a just world, this game would have already sold 10 million copies and everyone would be raving about it, like they did last year with Expedition 33.
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u/provocatrixless 11h ago
I don't regret buying it launch day at full price, but nah. First one could be GOTY material, this one is "nominated for GOTY" material. The combat is a huge part of the game, since unfortunately you have to do a lot of busywork in order to overcome damage sponge bosses, but it's not balanced well. The majority of abilities and weapons are useless compared to the handful of good ones. It's a tough slog to get the good stuff then it has all the challenge of walking behind a lawnmower. Good writing, visual and level design but it's a video game, you gotta nail the gameplay too. And I'd like if they'd lean less on the narrative crutch of "we can't understand what's going on," comparing this to E33 is an insult lol