"Control", the 2019 action game, wasn't a great game, but it was still
pretty good. It had some impressive physics-based destruction, and
it's weird-supernatural world was enthralling. It failed a bit on the
gameplay; the minute-to-minute gunplay was entertaining enough but the
game lacked in variety and novelty in its mechanics. It will never end
up on my "must play if you are any sort of gamer" list, but I had fun
with the title.

So I'm not entirely upset to see the game is getting a sequel.* This
might be surprising given my general disdain for sequels - we're
drowning in the things! - but I think the world of "Control" is big
enough and imaginative enough that it can support another game.
Hopefully it won't be a direct continuation of the story - especially
since the first game's protagonist was a bit of a drag with regards to
her personality, and a bit of a Mary Sue with regards to her position
in the world - but I wouldn't mind revisiting the game's universe and
fighting off its SCP-inspired monsters again. Especially since
Remedy's games were already being pulled into their own cinematic
(gamematic?) universe of sorts. Maybe we'd even run into Max Payne at
one point.

I'd still rather an entirely new IP, of course. But I'm not entirely
unhappy with a sequel. There's plenty of room to be creative within
the existing framework of the franchise that I don't think we'd have
to worry about the sequel being the sort of drivel Activision or
Ubisoft pumps out on a yearly basis.

I want "Alan Wake 2" first, though. I /liked/ Alan Wake (the
character) and the last game left him in a cliffhanger, and I really
want to see how he gets out of it. ;-)



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* official announcement here: https://investors.remedygames.com/announcements/remedy-entertainment-signs-a-co-development-and-co-publishing-agreement-with-505-games-for-control-2/

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Am 13.11.22 um 21:14 schrieb Spalls Hurgenson:

"Control", the 2019 action game, wasn't a great game, but it was still
pretty good. It had some impressive physics-based destruction, and
it's weird-supernatural world was enthralling. It failed a bit on the gameplay; the minute-to-minute gunplay was entertaining enough but the
game lacked in variety and novelty in its mechanics. It will never end
up on my "must play if you are any sort of gamer" list, but I had fun
with the title.

Makes sense, given Remedy has built up a franchise by giving the game
away through so many channels shortly after the release because sales
did not pick up. Tons of people have played the game by now, who
otherwise never would have played it.

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On Mon, 21 Nov 2022 08:51:10 +0100, "Werner P." <werpu@gmx.at> wrote:

Am 13.11.22 um 21:14 schrieb Spalls Hurgenson:

"Control", the 2019 action game, wasn't a great game, but it was still
pretty good. It had some impressive physics-based destruction, and
it's weird-supernatural world was enthralling. It failed a bit on the
gameplay; the minute-to-minute gunplay was entertaining enough but the
game lacked in variety and novelty in its mechanics. It will never end
up on my "must play if you are any sort of gamer" list, but I had fun
with the title.

Makes sense, given Remedy has built up a franchise by giving the game
away through so many channels shortly after the release because sales
did not pick up. Tons of people have played the game by now, who
otherwise never would have played it.

The original was a poster-boy for ray-traced gaming and high-end
graphics in general. I didn't think the first game was all that
impressive, personally; it has some sharp textures, sure, but other
than that I can't remember it being any better than its
contemporaries. But that might be because its maps were so drab;
regardless of how realistic you make it all work, brutalist
architecture isn't particularly impressive.

But "Control" isn't the only game they've been generous with; both
"Alan Wake" games have been offered as freebies too. Not "Quantum
Break", though, but that might be because its streaming component
requires the cooperation of Microsoft.

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