Control

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7.4

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  1. Cedoch
    May 31, 2021
    1
    Très décevant pour ma part. L’ambiance e est bonne mais on ne sais pas toujours où aller… le bestiaire est plutôt pauvre. Et au final j’ai préféré arrêter de jouer que de perdre mon temps à continuer sans intérêt…
  2. ZaPaAl
    May 6, 2021
    2
    It's not enjoyable on any level. The setting is wierd and doesn't make sense in any way. Not a single interesting character, just minor fragments of a story, many, many tidbits of notes and recordings, and all are totally unrelevant and not fun. Even the sound (permanent sermon whisping) is aggrevating.
    Missions and Sidemission are not fun. Some get repeated over and over and are just    It's not enjoyable on any level. The setting is wierd and doesn't make sense in any way. Not a single interesting character, just minor fragments of a story, many, many tidbits of notes and recordings, and all are totally unrelevant and not fun. Even the sound (permanent sermon whisping) is aggrevating.
    Missions and Sidemission are not fun. Some get repeated over and over and are just annoying.
    Graphics are partly nice, but totally bland. Level design and navigation are just terrible.
    There is no emotion involved on any level, everything is under control. The enemy is nameless and every encounter has basically the same enemy types, and they all look just unhealthy. And they keep coming. You have no idea why you have to keep fighting them at all. Combat and it's gameplay is lifeless. You are kind of required to spam your throwing powers, everything else is fluff. You find many, many mods, but they just add a percent onto something you probably already have.

    I got more and more annoyed, hoping something would get better, but it does not, it just stays at that level. It takes incredibly effort to make me actually hate a game, but this one really worked hard for it. I gave up about 3/4 into the game. Don't buy this without studying videos and really considering, is this for you?    … Expand
  3. UsedSalmon
    Apr 24, 2021
    4
    TL;DR Control isn’t a terrible game but it suffers from too many shortcomings to be worth recommending.

    I’ll start with the positives: Control offers a unique IP, a rarity these days that’s quite refreshing. Your character’s abilities also chain together in a way that feels both powerful and natural. Unfortunately, the game’s negatives outweigh the positives: Control’s heavy use    TL;DR Control isn’t a terrible game but it suffers from too many shortcomings to be worth recommending.

    I’ll start with the positives: Control offers a unique IP, a rarity these days that’s quite refreshing. Your character’s abilities also chain together in a way that feels both powerful and natural.

    Unfortunately, the game’s negatives outweigh the positives:

    Control’s heavy use of its signature red and black color palette makes it difficult to see enemies. This is especially frustrating for a game that relies so heavily on the use of visual cues to indicate when an enemy is about to attack. I found myself frequently dying simply because I couldn’t see where I was being attacked or because I fell through a hole I had no idea was there.

    I also hated getting swarmed by hordes of enemies who spawn in with seemingly no rhyme or reason. I experienced more than one encounter where a new group of enemies spawned in before I had even finished dealing with the initial wave. Taken together with the fact that enemies are so hard to see, I often felt that my deaths were “cheap” rather than outcomes of my genuinely having made a mistake.

    The other problem with Control’s combat is that the environments don’t lend themselves to the way the game tells you to play. During Control’s many endless loading screens you’ll frequently be admonished to move around in combat to avoid being swarmed by enemies. The problem is that this frequently isn’t an option as you’re forced to fight in narrow hallways or narrow platforms that don’t give you any options for movement.

    Finally, the game runs terribly on a base PS4. I’ve played tons of games on my PS4 and never encountered anything remotely approaching the performance issues of Control. The game’s framerate will frequently drop dramatically or freeze altogether and the load times are painfully long.

    You can get a sense for how frustrating these issues are for players by looking at the game’s achievement statistics. Just 21% of players completed chapter 6 (still a long way off from the end of the game). Give this one a pass.    … Expand
  4. hexava6294
    Apr 15, 2021
    0
    The gameplay may be mediocre, but the writing and performances are the worst of any video game since the dawn of time. From the very first overwhelmingly blunt and graceless voiceover exposition dump, Control outted itself as the product of the laziest minds in recent memory.
  5. Southernhammer
    Apr 21, 2021
    0
    Never really felt like a game deserves a zero before but find this game almost irredeemable. The powers are not fun, the shooting is lacklustre and the story is boring. It also likes to withhold information for no real reason. The worst PS4 game I've played.
  6. getrwuegyweh
    Feb 7, 2021
    3
    Free game, and I can see why. I wanted this for years, it looked so good. But oh my god this game well and truly sucks.
  7. tommydlbass
    Sep 19, 2021
    3
    A game with a lot of potential and a base for a good story that is overall destroyed by a bad way of telling the story and a very repetitive gameplay loop that lost me after a few hours of gameplay. The performance on a ps4 was also pretty bad.
  8. HealedDog
    Feb 10, 2021
    0
    Walking simulator with extra "make that **** fall over"-function and some random logic no human being can see through. The interface and map design are an insult for both eyes and brain and it is hard to even remotely get a glimpse of what to do, what leaves you running around both helplessly and bored through the otherwise quite interesting idea of creating diversity by texture in theWalking simulator with extra "make that **** fall over"-function and some random logic no human being can see through. The interface and map design are an insult for both eyes and brain and it is hard to even remotely get a glimpse of what to do, what leaves you running around both helplessly and bored through the otherwise quite interesting idea of creating diversity by texture in the design. ( I wonder where they copied that...)… Expand
  9. ColStripe
    Mar 18, 2021
    4
    Very cool game with a very bad checkpoint system combined with super long reload times when you do sapped all the enjoyment I was getting from the game on a PS4 slim. Glad I got it free with PS+. The map system is one of the worst I’ve seen in a game. Deleted.
  10. RazvanTurcanu1
    Mar 24, 2021
    1
    Since living the Microsoft team Remedy has only made boring unworthy and unplayable games. I played it on my PS5 in the game is just awful.
  11. borreLore
    May 21, 2020
    3
    Oh man, is this game ever a mix pot of a game. On the one hand, the base gameplay is super fun. You feel like a demi god, just going around wreaking havoc on everything. The entire world is destructible, and with good graphics, it's a visually gorgeous game.

    But the boss fights are enough to give you an aneurysm. They take what enjoyment you have of the game, and just throw it in the    Oh man, is this game ever a mix pot of a game. On the one hand, the base gameplay is super fun. You feel like a demi god, just going around wreaking havoc on everything. The entire world is destructible, and with good graphics, it's a visually gorgeous game.

    But the boss fights are enough to give you an aneurysm. They take what enjoyment you have of the game, and just throw it in the trash. They are difficult, but don't misunderstand me, that is a good thing. You want difficult bosses, otherwise the game will have no challenge. That isn't the issue. The issue is that every time you die, you have to wait nearly a minute for the loading screen, then you have to traverse another minute or two from the check point (sometimes more if the game decides to randomly spawn cookie cutter mobs between you and the boss), then you have to listen to the npc whimper about not wanting to die, then you have to wait for him to die, then you have to wait for the doors to open, then you have to go through the doors and wait for a cut scene, then you have to listen to your character say "Oh my god, what is that!" while the boss spends 30 seconds "appearing" and is completely invincible during that time, then finally you can fight the boss. Sometimes, the boss one shots you, or a hole opens up under your feet with no warning. Insta kills are frequent during boss fights. Well, when that happens, you have to spend another 5 - 10 minutes going through all that crap just to get to the boss fight. The amount of times I had to listen to the npc whimper about not wanting to die, I found myself hoping he would just die so I could fight the boss. Frankly, when a game makes you wish your allies would hurry up and die, that is a massive failure for story telling.

    What I found about this game is that the boss fights were simply not enjoyable and not rewarding like in other games. You can definitely beat them by trying enough times, but the cheap one hit deaths you suffered, and all of the wasted time going through pointless cut scenes and running around before you can fight the boss again makes your victory in the end feel like a Pyrrhic victory. Sure, you won, but you also spent 90% of the past few hours running from point A to point B and heard the same lines of dialogue so many times that you find yourself wishing there literally was 0 dialogue. It is not like in dark souls where getting to the boss wastes way less of your time and most of that time is spent having fun, not running around like you're in a walking simulator.

    This game would be 1000 times better and less frustrating if they had a check point outside the boss fight so that the already unbearable loading times weren't made worse by filler crap like cut scenes and pointless dialogue, especially since the bosses are rightfully challenging. They know you're gonna die a bunch of times, so why waste your damn time with dialogue, cut scenes, and pointless travel? 3 out of 10. Would be at least 8 if they put checkpoints closer to the bosses, and let you skip the repetitive cut scenes so you can actually play the game.    … Expand
  12. Sourgoatface
    Jan 1, 2020
    3
    Don't let the great review scores fool you. This game was in no way created to run on a PS4. The frame rate drops all the time, the controls feel like your character is stuck in the mud and the game's idea of difficulty is just spawning extra enemies. It's the same thing over and over again. By the end of this game you will be shouting at the screen to make the credits roll faster. I wasDon't let the great review scores fool you. This game was in no way created to run on a PS4. The frame rate drops all the time, the controls feel like your character is stuck in the mud and the game's idea of difficulty is just spawning extra enemies. It's the same thing over and over again. By the end of this game you will be shouting at the screen to make the credits roll faster. I was very disappointed by the reviews that were claiming that this game was "Game of the Year" material. Huge letdown and huge headache. If you like good games, just don't bother. You'll only wind up as upset as me.… Expand
  13. JDSCigano666
    May 7, 2021
    0
    Maybe I got a special version or something but this is literally unplayable on my system. The character will not walk/run/sprint properly at all; it's like playing with a broken controller except my Dualshock is practically brand new and no other games pose an issue using it. I'm really disappointed as finally getting around to playing this game looked promising but it's impossible withMaybe I got a special version or something but this is literally unplayable on my system. The character will not walk/run/sprint properly at all; it's like playing with a broken controller except my Dualshock is practically brand new and no other games pose an issue using it. I'm really disappointed as finally getting around to playing this game looked promising but it's impossible with this problem.… Expand
  14. PajamaDad
    Nov 29, 2020
    0
    The Lore and collectable writing is great. The dialogue from the main character is amateurish freshman-level stuff. Pacing is terrible. Main character is too much a Mary-Sue. Combat is mediocre.

    Graphics are beautiful but performance on consoles is atrocious.
  15. CrimsonRevolver
    Feb 9, 2021
    0
    The bugs make this game borderline unplayable. I'm talking the map literally will not even load a LOT of the time, and you're stuck staring at a blank screen wondering where to go and what to do. Objects will literally not even render when they're point blank in front of you; this happens constantly. My biggest complaint is the game is unbelievably easy; you're so OP (which is cool atThe bugs make this game borderline unplayable. I'm talking the map literally will not even load a LOT of the time, and you're stuck staring at a blank screen wondering where to go and what to do. Objects will literally not even render when they're point blank in front of you; this happens constantly. My biggest complaint is the game is unbelievably easy; you're so OP (which is cool at first) you really don't even need to try to be good at the game. I was hoping for something that would resemble Psi Ops: The Mindgate Conspiracy from my childhood, but - alas - I received a game with great potential littered with completely ridiculous bugs, glitches, and 6 hours worth of extremely easy gameplay. So glad it was free with PSN.… Expand
  16. control_is_bad
    Dec 24, 2019
    3
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I made an account just for this game.

    Pros:
    -Graphics - The game looks great.
    -Environmental design - The environments are unique and well thought out. It would make for a cool walking simulator.

    Cons:
    -Story - The game feels like a cool exploration game that somebody tacked a story onto.
    -Characters - Ahti is the only good character. All the other characters just get an eye roll.
    -Checkpoints - The checkpoint system is really annoying, kicking you back to the last control point that you went to. This is especially annoying when dealing with difficult battles where you will die and need to run for 3 solid minutes to get back to where you died.
    -Combat - Combat is either insultingly easy or pointlessly frustrating. This comes down to a combination of the energy cooldown, gun reloading, inability to regen health, and the abilities/AI of the enemies. Pair that with the checkpoint system, and a few battles might make you decide that you have better ways to spend your time than running from checkpoint to battle, getting hit by one homing missile, then flailing around trying to pick up health from enemies while simultaneously getting one-shotted by another homing missile... And then having to run back from the checkpoint to repeat it until you are lucky enough to not die.
    -Health - You have to pick up health from enemies that you have damaged. It is easy to get pinned-down in battles with effectively no health, and there is no realistic way to heal. So you just have to die. Great. In a game full of abilities and sci-fi stuff, would it be too much to ask for a regen ability? Throw me a frickin' bone here!
    -Abilities - The shield ability is useless. With the shield active, you can't use your pistol or other abilities. It is not even a good shield. You still take damage with it active... Why? Probably just to annoy the player like everything else in this game. The dodge ability is only useful for skipping fights to make your long, arduous journey from a checkpoint back to where you died. It is also marginally effective for dodging homing missiles, but 50% of the time there is nowhere to dodge, or you get hit regardless. The throw ability is good. The seize ability might be useful, but the only time you can really use it without getting demolished in the meantime is during easy fights where you don't really need it anyway.

    The only reason to play this game is to explore the environment. The mediocre story and completely unlikable characters combined with the inconsistent combat just makes this feel like some kind of sight-seeing tour where somebody slaps you in the face every 15 minutes. At some point you decide it's a better use of your time to find literally anything else to do.

    In summary, sorting laundry is a more interesting and entertaining experience than playing this game all the way through.    … Expand
  17. Crakos
    Nov 10, 2019
    3
    Awful map system.
    Awful checkpoint system.
    "Git Gud" AI , with rockets that will follow you until the end of times (and will kill you either with one or two blasts).
    Good Graphics.
    Some nice mechanics.
    Meh story.

    I feel bad to talk trash about other people hard work, but a lot of other folks seems to love the game, so I'm the minority.

    Underwhelming, and disappointing IMO.
  18. Johnnytsunami
    Dec 16, 2019
    1
    This is probably the clunkiest made game I've ever played in my entire life.
  19. Chimaera623
    Oct 31, 2019
    4
    Biggest disappointment of the year.
    -poorly written storyline
    -one of the most uninterresting characters ive seen in years
    -frame drops to below 10fps on ps4 pro
    -useless bugged map
    Backtracking
  20. inmh
    Sep 17, 2019
    0
    Disappointing.

    The story was incredibly weak. They throw you into a weird, unfamiliar world and give you little to no explanation for what's going on- the characters all know what's happening, but they never coherently, concisely explain it or tie it together for the audience. They jump right into this stuff about reality and superpowers and they just- they genuinely do not explain it    Disappointing.

    The story was incredibly weak. They throw you into a weird, unfamiliar world and give you little to no explanation for what's going on- the characters all know what's happening, but they never coherently, concisely explain it or tie it together for the audience. They jump right into this stuff about reality and superpowers and they just- they genuinely do not explain it in any meaningful way. It's like they were trying to be complicated for the sake of being "~deep~" and complicated. I didn't even know this was supposed to be a dystopian setting until I happened on a summary for the game.

    Characters were weak, even Jesse. I just didn't connect with her; she jumps into this weird nonsense and doesn't even blink at it- and I'll grant you she has Polaris, but a LOT of weird stuff happens and she just... Doesn't react. At all. There's little to no range from her; it's Sinking City all over again where a developer thinks "Noir-style Detective" means "boring, unemotive character".

    Let me put it this way: Alan Wake, yeah? Normal guy, goes to a spooky town with his wife, and some weird stuff starts happening. Not only does he react fairly appropriately for a guy in that situation, but he also acts as an audience surrogate: We learn as he learns, and this is an effective tool for immersing us in the story.

    Control does not do this. It gives us a confusing nightmare of a story full of rambling topics that make little to no sense, and we get a main character whose reaction to this is a deadpan understanding and requires little to no explanation. So how the HELL are we, as the audience, supposed to connect with her and the story? How are we supposed to be immersed in something we can't understand and the main character already KNOWS and doesn't need explained?

    It wasn't good.

    Gameplay was okay. The map system is completely screwed, though: It is nigh impossible to tell where you are because the map only has one layer; if you go downstairs, there's no indicator that you're on a different floor and it gets confusing quickly. Also, the save-points were a royal nightmare; it's one of THOSE games where it takes you FOREVER to get to a boss-fight, and then you die, and then you get to spend twenty-minutes hiking back across the map so you can- you know- die again.

    And again. And again. And AGAIN.

    I'm disappointed. I was actually really looking forward to this game and it just went south immediately.

    ETA: Another fun note: Advancing your health, your shield ability? It does nothing. Enemies can still take off a ridiculous chunk of your health no matter what you have equipped, no matter how well you've upgraded yourself. It makes pretty much zero difference, except that it makes losing a boss battle and having to hike back to it to try AGAIN that much more infuriating.

    I've downgraded my rating; this may be the first video game that I actively HATE.    … Expand
  21. Shoegazi
    Sep 1, 2019
    1
    Beauty - 10/10
    Gameplay - 0/10
    Reminds me Uncharted1 fights. Killing dozens of enemies to be one-shoted by last sneaky offscreen enemy. Absolutely Disgusting.
  22. nightlovell
    Sep 16, 2019
    1
    Cons - no plot, only shooting and poor telekinesis as well as labyrinths. Not a beautiful and not a sexy protagonist. Of the benefits, a good reflection.
  23. Steyraus
    Aug 18, 2020
    1
    First they released a jenky 30fp3 corridor run around game, then double dip and charge the customer twice to get it to run on a next gen machine. RIP REMEDY.
    Boring and repetitive. Non stop spooky spooky noises, are not scary. No map just one top down mess of the whole complex, Character to OP , so to make it harder invisible enemies one hit you. Boring after 4 hours if you brain requires    First they released a jenky 30fp3 corridor run around game, then double dip and charge the customer twice to get it to run on a next gen machine. RIP REMEDY.
    Boring and repetitive. Non stop spooky spooky noises, are not scary. No map just one top down mess of the whole complex, Character to OP , so to make it harder invisible enemies one hit you. Boring after 4 hours if you brain requires any sort of stimulation besides running around similar look corridors occasionally force throwing desk at blurry things.    … Expand
  24. exar7000
    Aug 12, 2020
    0
    Terrible companies, they treat their fans like crap! Boycott them, don’t buy anything from Remedy or 505 and let them know that screwing over paying fans and early adopters will not be tolerated!
  25. JoeGuy
    Aug 12, 2020
    0
    I'm not speaking to the quality of the game, just the lack of equality customers can enjoy.

    No existing customer can (currently) upgrade to next-gen without paying full price and re-purchasing the game. I disagree with this decision.
  26. BIGTIMEMASTER
    Jun 17, 2021
    4
    I got it for free and returned within 30 minutes.

    Typical AAA title: Technically competent, but lacking any human quality. Result of money-focused leaders making the decisions. It seems like art from a distance, but it fails to communicate anything.
  27. JimmieReview
    Jul 27, 2020
    4
    This is half a game sold for full price. And not a great one at that.

    Remedy seems to have found what they thought was a clever way to stretch out a very thin game - by having the save points far in between and make you replay large portions again and again and again. Extremely infuriating, to the point where I turned it off and said "Thats it" at 80% into the game. Gameplay    This is half a game sold for full price. And not a great one at that.

    Remedy seems to have found what they thought was a clever way to stretch out a very thin game - by having the save points far in between and make you replay large portions again and again and again. Extremely infuriating, to the point where I turned it off and said "Thats it" at 80% into the game.

    Gameplay mechanics are pretty fun, especially launching things into enemies and the physics is the highlight of the game. It does get old after a while though, as basically everything is just an arena shooter with a grab-and-launch twist to it. Enemy variation is _very_ thin, you got flying monsters and ground monsters, that's about it. Most of them are very spongy and not very satisfying to kill (We get weird particle effects. Not as effective as blood splash and gibs would have been).

    They are going for a strange atmosphere in the game, which sometimes works. But the story is just a confusing and uninteresting mess. Your looking for your brother in a building, that's about it.
    Environments do look good, but there is a obvious lack of variation. After 2 hours of playing this game, you have seen the whole game environment - it is all concrete and metal stuff in what feels like a bunker.

    To try and mix things up they have a few puzzles as well, none of them are any good, its all just very confusing and headache inducing (If you do play, use a guide - there is no fun to derive from these puzzles).

    It feels like a missed opportunity - there are some glimpse of greatness in this game but it is lost in an ocean of tediousness. Sad to see Remedy, which has produced such great games as Max Payne and Alan Wake give us this. Unless on a deep sale, stay away from this one.    … Expand
  28. ericlbiii
    Nov 13, 2019
    4
    Bueno empezó bien, y creí que todo lo que hablaban sobre el juego era una exageración, luego de las 5 primeras horas lo sentí tedioso. Estoy haciendo lo posible para que me guste, pero estoy empezando a tirar la toalla.
  29. discowuerfel
    Aug 13, 2020
    0
    Making the Next-gen upgrade not available for current-gen customers is stupid. Really disapointed in Remedy and 505 games.
  30. Astralmess
    Aug 12, 2020
    0
    Great game ruined by the fact that they're forcing early adopter of Deluxe edition to buy the same game again for next gen upgrade. You're literally punishing for wanting to support a great studio. So here's my rating and opinion about that. **** you. Last time I'm dealing with a game by Remedy or 505 publisher.
  31. demanius13
    Apr 19, 2020
    2
    Очень скучная игра. Чем дальше, тем мучительнее ее проходить. Последние уровни худшие. Единственное что в этой игре хорошо - это графика разрушений, которая дико тормозит на ps4
  32. metalthan
    Mar 31, 2020
    3
    No idea how this game got so any high reviews. In general, this could have been a great game. Unfortunately, it felt so poorly produced & executed. It's like going to McDonald's: on the posters everything looks wow and delicious, in reality you get a bunch of meh wrapped in paper.

    While the whole concept might have been amazing, the design is very poor. I found the graphics bothering at    No idea how this game got so any high reviews. In general, this could have been a great game. Unfortunately, it felt so poorly produced & executed. It's like going to McDonald's: on the posters everything looks wow and delicious, in reality you get a bunch of meh wrapped in paper.

    While the whole concept might have been amazing, the design is very poor. I found the graphics bothering at best, either way too dark or too bright, very rough (has nothing to do with my HDR settings), LOTS of frame rate drops. Enemy design is generic at best, almost like fighting silhouettes in high contrast background.

    Action/Game-play looks promising but after a while it's very disappointing. Very linear, feels like playing the first Max Payne while throwing stuff. Come on Remedy, it's not year 2000 anymore. Besides running around and some random shooting/throwing stuff, you don't do much else. After an hour or so, it gets pretty boring.

    Wouldn't recommend.    … Expand
  33. Kabeljo
    Aug 10, 2020
    2
    This game is **** Bad graphic, impossible to navigate the map. And the story is boring. Remedys badest game.
    The best part is the abilities you learn. And a cool GUN. Finished the main story, now i try to finish the boring sidequest...
  34. Bwixn
    Jul 20, 2020
    2
    Honestly, I just have no idea what the hell was going on,the story is confusing, the gameplay is frustrating, lack of atmosphere for whatever this game is. Terrible dialogues and monologues, where they stutter or talk to themselves, repetitive monsters. The only well made thing in this game are the graphics. Aside from that this game can be described in one word. ATROCIOUS!
  35. Pipey219
    Aug 12, 2020
    0
    this is actually a brilliant game that is fun to play. However the developers decision to lock the next-gen upgrade behind a new "ultimate edition" that is identical to the current deluxe edition of the game is a slap in the face to anyone that bought into and supported this game.
  36. iihackerii
    Feb 26, 2021
    2
    First of all this is nothing compared to Alan wake !! Well this is one of the worst games i ever played In a while! ignore the high ratings this game has ... poor map Guide , Re-used assets , poor story writing , very f**** slow upgrading system gosh i finished the game and still haven’t finished half of my upgrades!! Weapon upgrades are stupid & silly gives u a Headache , they justFirst of all this is nothing compared to Alan wake !! Well this is one of the worst games i ever played In a while! ignore the high ratings this game has ... poor map Guide , Re-used assets , poor story writing , very f**** slow upgrading system gosh i finished the game and still haven’t finished half of my upgrades!! Weapon upgrades are stupid & silly gives u a Headache , they just throw you in different offices & just spawn the same enemies all over again , literally everything is dull about this game...... i just enjoyed 10% out of the whole game + it gets fustrating sometimes due to too much enemies spawning at the same time , game feels hollow & unfinished . Gosh even for a ps+ game it’s too much . Glad i didn’t buy at launch day! That’s all… Expand
  37. MrShava97
    Mar 15, 2021
    1
    Из плюсов - интересная физика. На этом положительные стороны данной игры заканчиваются. Средняя оптимизация. Единственный интересный персонаж - уборщик, остальные - ничего из себя не представляющие "фигурки". Сюжет строит из себя что-то необъяснимое, загадочное, но на деле оказывается скучным, неинтересным. Пример бездарности игры - отель, первый раз находится в нем интересно, он кажетсяИз плюсов - интересная физика. На этом положительные стороны данной игры заканчиваются. Средняя оптимизация. Единственный интересный персонаж - уборщик, остальные - ничего из себя не представляющие "фигурки". Сюжет строит из себя что-то необъяснимое, загадочное, но на деле оказывается скучным, неинтересным. Пример бездарности игры - отель, первый раз находится в нем интересно, он кажется загадочным, но потом одно и тоже, открыть двери комнат, что то переставить и всё, никаких загадок.… Expand
  38. 410123154655468
    Mar 7, 2021
    4
    The game quite good ant interesting, but I got on questio to creators, why it's so difficult to play? After one hour playing you can be on the same place! And it on easy level, I'm scared imagine what will be if chose the middle or hard!!!??? So After one, two day you just lose interest to play, because to tied of die again and again!
  39. Pragmatic
    Mar 17, 2021
    0
    So many pain points it's actually hard to know where to start. Some things are great, vibe and atmosphere, and lore seems good.

    Checkpoint system is utterly terrible, having to fight ten plods to reach a boss again is a time waster. Accidentally falling off a ledge means a checkpoint reset. Lots of little freezes with menus, skipped frames, map that doesn't appear sometimes. Glitchy in    So many pain points it's actually hard to know where to start. Some things are great, vibe and atmosphere, and lore seems good.

    Checkpoint system is utterly terrible, having to fight ten plods to reach a boss again is a time waster. Accidentally falling off a ledge means a checkpoint reset. Lots of little freezes with menus, skipped frames, map that doesn't appear sometimes. Glitchy in general. The map itself is totally useless, letters block paths and you have no idea where to go sometimes. Having no map marker sometimes and no dialogue to remind you or anything like that is frustrating.

    Crucial skills being optional is crazy, I'm not sure what the point is of something like evade or shield which are listed in the controller layout being optional to unlock. Has a totally meaningless crafting system, where you have a mythical weapon that might be derived from thors hammer. Yet the main character can somehow craft it into different things with some unknown wizardry which doesn't make sense from a narrative perspective at all. There's a skill tree but for the life of me I can't figure out why, because it's just raising one stat or another. I'm not sure why every developer has to throw in crafting and skill trees when it doesn't fit the game at all. The worst worst worst thing about this game is the brightness. If you set the brightness as they suggest, your head will hurt from how bright the lights in the game are, if you lower it you'll not be able to see 50 percent of everything because it'll be so goddamned dark. For someone who has a genuine problem adjusting to bright lights, this caused a literal headache and tbh I'm not sure what they expect to gain from doing this. I wanted so badly to like this game and I tried several times to play it, I think I'm about halfway through but I can't do this anymore. The trophies tell the truth in the end, because only 32.5 percent have obtained the trophy for the 3rd mission, and this is 10 mission game. This is pretty abysmal actually as its around the completion rate for entire gsmes, and there are plenty of games where the completion rate is 40-50 percent. Can't recommend, at all. Feels like a game made by a corporation in all honesty, and with so many weird decisions and lack of attention to detail. No one loved this game, or cared for it, or nurtured it. An "objective" review might analytically look at it and say it's fine. But it's more about how you feel, and if you want to feel frustrated, annoyed, and bored, then go ahead and buy this game.    … Expand
  40. cedric93
    Aug 31, 2019
    0
    When a game has potential to be good but instead you spend 60£ on an unfinished and unpolished product it just hurts. The console version of this game suffers so much that it reminds me of Just Cause 3, hell at times it's even worse...
  41. Trainspotting
    Oct 21, 2019
    2
    The pros of this game are that it has good graphics, a good story and some interesting game mechanics like launch and the ever-changing gun for the director. However, the cons vastly outnumber the pros.

    After even playing more of the game the absolute worse check point system of any game I have played, total dumpster fire of a system. Do you like starting check points 5 minutes away    The pros of this game are that it has good graphics, a good story and some interesting game mechanics like launch and the ever-changing gun for the director. However, the cons vastly outnumber the pros.

    After even playing more of the game the absolute worse check point system of any game I have played, total dumpster fire of a system. Do you like starting check points 5 minutes away from where you died and have to fight your way back to a boss fight only to die again and do it all over again? This would also include large amount of times between check points and having to go back and keep doing over the same old garbage.

    Do you like especially long game load times?

    Do you like when every once in a while, you go into aim mode for your gun and the graphics basically block your entire view of the enemy you are shooting at?

    Do you like long, long, long gun reload times? The worst reload mechanic of any game I have ever played. It is the same gun that morphs into different models but switching (Grip, Charge, Pierce etc..) to other models does not mean you have a full magazine you only have one reload for all guns.

    Do you like whenever you empty your gun or use up all your energy the reload times basically double so you are left defenseless?

    Do you like getting a very limited amount of resources to buy upgrades and find out that the last gun you can purchase in the game should have been essentially labelled GARBAGE( it is called Charge don’t bother with it), and you find out to late that it was just a waste of resources?

    Do you like a poor mapping mechanic and getting lost and a lot of needless running around?

    Do you like when you are low health and near death to have the screen turn almost completely red and not be able to see your enemies?

    Do you like saving up to increase your health only to find out that it doesn’t matter because the enemies still one or two hit kill you anyways? (This is probably the most annoying feature of the game).

    Do you like walking a few feet out of a room you just cleared only to find everything has respawned? Learn to dash by these idiot enemies.

    Do you like being behind full cover only to be one shoted by an enemy you can’t see?

    If you answered yes to all or some of the previous questions than this is the game for you.

    This game becomes very frustrating and if I knew now before I started the game, I would have never bothered to play it. By the end of this game which I finished, I absolutely hated it. The finale is just wave after wave of guys with only one check point at the beginning of the level that I had to repeat a number of times (that happens a number of times throughout the game). Will not play another game developed by Remedy again.    … Expand
  42. mitokio
    Sep 1, 2019
    0
    Love the complex, non-sensical story. Love the location, the vibe, and feel. Otherwise... I will NEVER buy a game from these developers ever again. Absolutely atrocious level design. Remarkably awful gameplay. Rooms just full of the same dull enemies that take forever to kill, can kill you way too easily, and respawn. With no difficulty setting in case you have other things to do with yourLove the complex, non-sensical story. Love the location, the vibe, and feel. Otherwise... I will NEVER buy a game from these developers ever again. Absolutely atrocious level design. Remarkably awful gameplay. Rooms just full of the same dull enemies that take forever to kill, can kill you way too easily, and respawn. With no difficulty setting in case you have other things to do with your life than grind through the worst gameplay of any video game I've even experienced. Hands down. I've been playing video games for more than 20 years and I have never felt the grind of a game like this. In maybe 200 games this is the first time I've thought "I'm wasting my life playing this nonsense." I'm so angry that I wasted money on this and can't get a refund that I will never ever buy a game without waiting for user reviews again. Shame on the developers.… Expand
  43. VALiSiMO_BG
    Aug 31, 2019
    2
    Well, I gave this... thing several tries, but only after 40-50 minutes, I couldn't force myself to continue playing it! The game is boring as hell - run, cover, shoot, die, repeat by 1000! This is by far the worst game /and Rage 2 is still better/ for me of the year. Do not spend even a dollar on this! You've been warned!
  44. elitedata
    Sep 29, 2019
    2
    Great graphics and physics engine. Extremely annoying and irritative gameplay. Be prepared to run around again and again trying to figure out where to go and what to do. Be prepared to run several minutes from checkpoint to boss again and again. Be prepared for useless and confusing map and navigation. Be prepared to monotonous and repeating enemy fights. Seriously, the only good thingGreat graphics and physics engine. Extremely annoying and irritative gameplay. Be prepared to run around again and again trying to figure out where to go and what to do. Be prepared to run several minutes from checkpoint to boss again and again. Be prepared for useless and confusing map and navigation. Be prepared to monotonous and repeating enemy fights. Seriously, the only good thing this game has is technology: graphics and physics. Also the art style some people may like, but still it's too controversial. As of gameplay - it's extremely bad and frustrative.… Expand
  45. Krikri1987
    Sep 2, 2019
    4
    Its always easier to give unanswered question, and this is what Control does. You play the game, and after 15 hours some pieces start to not fit in the general picture. Too many characters well introduced are gone forever with no answers. You hope throughout the game to see them again, to get some answers on what's going on but, hey, that's not what remedy wants!
  46. makiyeye78
    Aug 27, 2019
    0
    Unless you have a capable PC to run this game, stay away for now. It runs like dog **** on PS4 Pro. During fights with more enemies framerate drops to 10-15 completely unnaceptable.
  47. starsi360
    Oct 7, 2019
    1
    I wanted to love this game so much, and at first I thought it was going to be a little gem as I enjoyed the opening hour or 2. But the game gives you very little direction in terms of finding specific things and sometimes you can literally be running round for 20-30 minutes ending up at the same door or corridor again and again just trying to find what it is that the game is expecting youI wanted to love this game so much, and at first I thought it was going to be a little gem as I enjoyed the opening hour or 2. But the game gives you very little direction in terms of finding specific things and sometimes you can literally be running round for 20-30 minutes ending up at the same door or corridor again and again just trying to find what it is that the game is expecting you to find. Some of the combat is great but other parts just feel like a button mashing mess of confusion. Remedy brought an absolute classic in Alan Wake, then a decent but flawed game with Quantum Break... then in my opinion Control brings them down yet another notch to the realms of mediocre. Wouldn't bother unless you like frustrating games that try to put more effort into being 'clever' and obtuse than they do intuitive and enjoyable.… Expand
  48. rudehan
    Sep 2, 2019
    0
    I Signed-up for this **** Stupid level design, Terrible "RED" effects driving me crazy. If you want to understand the story of this game, you have to read and read the GORGEOUS notes. I would rather reading a stupid book than playing this brainless game.
  49. Ararat
    Sep 1, 2019
    0
    Плохая оптимизация, скучный и вялый сюжет, темные и скучные локации, кривые анимации. Единственное, из за чего стоит играть, это возможно сеттинг, и то, если зацепило, а так, чисто проходняк, и то пока не пофиксят оптимизацию- не советуюПлохая оптимизация, скучный и вялый сюжет, темные и скучные локации, кривые анимации. Единственное, из за чего стоит играть, это возможно сеттинг, и то, если зацепило, а так, чисто проходняк, и то пока не пофиксят оптимизацию- не советую
  50. Controlsucks
    Nov 5, 2019
    0
    Literally sucks. What is this, Bloodborne? Atleast in Bloodborne the AI is never 100% accurate. And I atleast know where I'm going.

    And there is NO way to heal besides killing another enemy!? HOW CAN I KILL AN ENEMY WHEN I AM ONE SHOT FROM DEATH AND THE AI IS 100% ACCURATE!? AS SOON AS I LEAVE COVER I DIE.

    TRASH. Git gud 505.
  51. Alecj
    Aug 27, 2019
    2
    Do you want to play a generic version of The Force Unleashed in a haunted building with dull characters and Sharknado level dialogue? Then this game is for you!

    Yeah, i dont get it. I found this game to be boring, horribly written, and derivative of much older games that were more fun. Again, it was like playing The Force Unleashed in a dark room with boring characters. The dialogue was    Do you want to play a generic version of The Force Unleashed in a haunted building with dull characters and Sharknado level dialogue? Then this game is for you!

    Yeah, i dont get it. I found this game to be boring, horribly written, and derivative of much older games that were more fun. Again, it was like playing The Force Unleashed in a dark room with boring characters. The dialogue was bad enough to take me out of the moment, and i just didnt care about the story. It was like dollar store X-Files, with the replacement agent instead of Scully.

    The gun play was clumsy but the "force" powers were fine. I just didnt find the whole scenario interesting.

    The one thing i was impressed with, and again its just another "The Force Unleashed" mechanic, but its done well is the destructibility. The way things broke apart and cover was destroyed was done quite well. I thought it at least made the setting a bit less sterile during battles.

    Obviously, some people like this game. Im just here to offer another point of view. Before you run out and drop 60 bucks, make sure you know what the game is and what its about. I believed the hype and am disappointed with my purchase.

    Dont make impulse buys.    … Expand
  52. KillJoy505
    Dec 15, 2019
    4
    Remedy R.I.P.?
    A bad game with crude mechanics. The story of the SCP foundation was thrown out, replaced by a surrogate.
    Backtracking, grinding, terrible characteristics pumping, instant respawn, only two guns in one moment (although the plot is all one gun) - to do so is an indelible disgrace for a company with a reputation for innovators.
  53. ME123
    Sep 29, 2019
    2
    Over hyped.

    The graphics are beautiful but character models are very ugly. The story is full of plot holes and makes little sense. Pretentious with no real substance. The characters have no growth or development. The main character is a total Mary Sue. The game makes good use of visual story telling, but the story itself never really goes nowhere and falls flat on its face at the end.    Over hyped.

    The graphics are beautiful but character models are very ugly. The story is full of plot holes and makes little sense. Pretentious with no real substance. The characters have no growth or development. The main character is a total Mary Sue. The game makes good use of visual story telling, but the story itself never really goes nowhere and falls flat on its face at the end. Weird for weirdness sake which is just bad honestly.

    Now to the game part. The shooting is loose but all the abilities are quite fun to play around with. The map design is awful and navigation can be pain. The level design is weak. Once again, graphics and visual aesthetic over real core design. Performance is unstable on the base PS4.

    And finally the game is 8 hours along definitely not worth 60$.

    2/10.    … Expand
  54. Lazarencjusz
    Sep 2, 2019
    3
    This game pushed me to create an account here. It's just 1 point for the graphic, 1 for the story and the last one for the idea of game-play in general. All the rest is so bad that I have removed the game. Just can't play that game. You die a lot because your character is so weak together with low strong. You die, game move back you sometimes a lot, and you need to pass same areas orThis game pushed me to create an account here. It's just 1 point for the graphic, 1 for the story and the last one for the idea of game-play in general. All the rest is so bad that I have removed the game. Just can't play that game. You die a lot because your character is so weak together with low strong. You die, game move back you sometimes a lot, and you need to pass same areas or bosses few times. As a shooter, the game is horrible, big spaces ans weak weapon with targeting the enemy makes you hurt each time, especially when you die because of that you can't simply hit the target, because it is too far. The locations are like some maze, you are lost many times, you don't know where to go spinning around and same areas many times. Game gives you just some marker on the map, but it is not helpful, because of many levels/stairs of the building floor.… Expand
  55. adam30
    Mar 26, 2020
    0
    this game is terrible people give good reviews cause of other people that's why or it's the game designers that give this garbage game good reviews
  56. Ahmad2002
    Sep 25, 2019
    3
    Really bad game with bad story and stupid gameplay the world in the game is poring
  57. mast3r1222
    Oct 19, 2019
    3
    Awful health restore and dodge system. Very hard enemies. Strange and stupid story. Shooting is a nightmare! You can't skip level even if you died 5 times in 1 place. Before you get some worth powers you have to play about 6+ hours. I didn't make it. For me it's very boring game.
  58. njanjayrp
    May 27, 2020
    3
    The game had so much potential, but ended up being ruined by random difficulty spikes and the choking it often goes through on PS4 Pro whenever there is heavier action or whenever you exit the inventory. It uses a dated save point mechanism which simply doesn’t work for a game where you’ll often die simply because you weren’t lucky enough. Unlike even Dark Souls or Bloodborne where youThe game had so much potential, but ended up being ruined by random difficulty spikes and the choking it often goes through on PS4 Pro whenever there is heavier action or whenever you exit the inventory. It uses a dated save point mechanism which simply doesn’t work for a game where you’ll often die simply because you weren’t lucky enough. Unlike even Dark Souls or Bloodborne where you feel you have the chance and that is what makes you want to play even though you keep dying over and over, Control brings nothing but utter frustration. Boosting your character seems pointless and even the side missions are very painful and instead of them making the main game a bit easier they present you with the boss fights which just feel like a waste of time. It’s truly a shame, I liked the idea and the mechanics, despite the forgettable cast of characters. Better luck next time Remedy.… Expand
  59. Dmacy
    Dec 27, 2019
    4
    Well, this game is a mediocore, boring, repetitive scam. You are just wondering around a huge office building, shooting up weird people, reading nonsence notes and documents, listening to npc's uninteresting stories... It's just dull "mysterious" nonsense with fancy raytracing eyecandy graphics.
  60. Holliday47
    Apr 29, 2020
    2
    honestly made an account just to help someone not buy this game unless you're looking for: unecessarily hard npc's completely at random ( you can cost or waves and just rock it then one little grunt fires a rickety that does sbout %75 damage whist you can put s whole mag inyo him and scuries away), to restart at a check point close or maybe far away and have to fight your way back beforehonestly made an account just to help someone not buy this game unless you're looking for: unecessarily hard npc's completely at random ( you can cost or waves and just rock it then one little grunt fires a rickety that does sbout %75 damage whist you can put s whole mag inyo him and scuries away), to restart at a check point close or maybe far away and have to fight your way back before you get to try again, controls that become stiffer the furthest you get, so many overbearing npcs attacking at once that the frame rate drops to about 5fps.… Expand
  61. Moruqparabol
    Jun 23, 2020
    0
    Worst game ever i have played.It's just take 1 hour to delete this game from my console.
  62. p2ska
    Aug 28, 2019
    3
    Hmm, do not actually know if people that give this game 10/10 are trolling or paid off (just as with recent Tarantino film :)).. This game has lots of performance problems, enemy AI is terrible so gun combat is boring from start, graphics is mostly good though characters faces lack detail and in some cases lighting is really bad, story and location seems interesting but there is noHmm, do not actually know if people that give this game 10/10 are trolling or paid off (just as with recent Tarantino film :)).. This game has lots of performance problems, enemy AI is terrible so gun combat is boring from start, graphics is mostly good though characters faces lack detail and in some cases lighting is really bad, story and location seems interesting but there is no character development to speak of so why care about her motives etc.

    This game is released way unoptimized and some of these problems could be fixed - really better wait for discount and patches.    … Expand
  63. megadirk
    Aug 28, 2019
    1
    Boy am I glad I got this game for free when I bought a RTX 2080 Super. Ray tracing looks great, it really sells what is going to be the future of gaming. That's it though.

    Pros: Lighting Sound Design Cons: Graphics (without ray tracing it looks extremely dated) Story (Literally makes no sense, ever) Dialog (See above) Controls (For a game named control, average at    Boy am I glad I got this game for free when I bought a RTX 2080 Super. Ray tracing looks great, it really sells what is going to be the future of gaming. That's it though.

    Pros:

    Lighting

    Sound Design

    Cons:
    Graphics (without ray tracing it looks extremely dated)

    Story (Literally makes no sense, ever)

    Dialog (See above)

    Controls (For a game named control, average at best)

    Level design (You are in a boring terribly laid out government building
    and then briefly transported to worlds that look like a poor mans Vex construct from Destiny)

    Enemy AI (They just walk towards you shooting, or in the case of Boss battles just terribly frustrating)

    Lets collect trash out of futuristic bins! Then we'll cobble together things later to try to add a level
    of RPG to this game cause that might be the only thing that saves it. It doesn't.)

    There is really nothing about this game worth playing. You can watch better ray tracing demos if you want to see how that works. You can play much better games with better stories, better level design, better graphics, and better mechanics that are from 5 years ago.    … Expand
  64. Mack9419
    Aug 29, 2019
    4
    This runs horrible on the PS4 a lot of times the frame rate drops to 10 FPS for five minutes straight plus the story sucks
  65. JetJaguar
    Sep 10, 2019
    4
    Interesting story with superb writing. Like I mean the writing is great, paced well and everything. Everything else sucks. Bugs, crashes, terrible and repetitive level design, repetitive gunplay. Enemies are dumb and I rolled my eyes everytime I had to fight them.
  66. MarceloBuenoRJ
    Sep 5, 2019
    0
    Gears 5 é verdadeiro lixo , jogo genérico feito sem capricho a Microsoft devia ter vergonha de existir .
  67. GoodAtMario
    Aug 27, 2019
    0
    Wait for a sale, this game is full of bugs and bad frame-rate. VERY BAD game, I don't know how they still launch BROKEN games like this.
  68. MinimoMalizia
    Aug 27, 2019
    1
    on ps4 this is really bad. optimized by really bad, incredible frame dips and really annoying motion blur
  69. sinhue_anaya
    Aug 29, 2019
    0
    Muy decepcionante, viniendo de los creadores de Max Payne y Quantum Break, este juego parece hecho por gente inexperta, el doblaje en español espantoso lo peor que haya escuchado, los gráficos no entiendo ha pesar de tener una pc potente no he podido jugarlo bien, lastima mucho la vista, las mecánicas del juego parecen interesantes pero es un juego que le faltó pulirlo mucho más, sinMuy decepcionante, viniendo de los creadores de Max Payne y Quantum Break, este juego parece hecho por gente inexperta, el doblaje en español espantoso lo peor que haya escuchado, los gráficos no entiendo ha pesar de tener una pc potente no he podido jugarlo bien, lastima mucho la vista, las mecánicas del juego parecen interesantes pero es un juego que le faltó pulirlo mucho más, sin música, escenarios monónotos y aburridos, creo que ha dejado mucho que desear, al parecer fue hecho en poco tiempo y los resultados se notan. Al parecer el talento en Rockstar se ha ido.… Expand
  70. battleangel
    Jun 27, 2020
    0
    If you want to play this game for story and fun: don't buy it. It's very difficult and it's not even possible to change difficulty level. Enemies can kill you with just two shots in just the second battle in the game. Also, aim assistant doesn't work at all so better be good at aiming. Usually, I'm finishing all the games that I play but this I deleted after about 1h because I already knowIf you want to play this game for story and fun: don't buy it. It's very difficult and it's not even possible to change difficulty level. Enemies can kill you with just two shots in just the second battle in the game. Also, aim assistant doesn't work at all so better be good at aiming. Usually, I'm finishing all the games that I play but this I deleted after about 1h because I already know that this game will frustrate me. In my dictionary frustration =/= fun. Besides that the game is badly optimized for basic PS4, textures load slowly, audio stutter... Critics can be trusted with their hurra optimistic reviews. This is the game that people will talk about for generations? LOL it was discounted quickly after the premiere and nobody is talking about this game 2 years later. I could get a nice pizza for the price of this game. Wasted money.… Expand
  71. IBRATION
    Sep 6, 2019
    1
    not fun bad story !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
  72. AsaZimbabwe
    Jun 20, 2020
    4
    couldn't get past about 5 hours. frustrating, boring. very confused by all the overwhelmingly positive reviews. wish i would've rented first instead of buying.
  73. egoBorder
    Dec 14, 2019
    3
    A wonderful experiment with some dizzying heights, but unfortunately this game is held back by some severe flaws. Even so, this game is so unique and interesting that I recommend everyone give it a try, but encourage waiting for a significant sale.

    The worst problem with the game objectively is the technical performance. The frame rate often slows to a literal crawl, making combat    A wonderful experiment with some dizzying heights, but unfortunately this game is held back by some severe flaws. Even so, this game is so unique and interesting that I recommend everyone give it a try, but encourage waiting for a significant sale.

    The worst problem with the game objectively is the technical performance. The frame rate often slows to a literal crawl, making combat frustrating and difficult. But even outside of hectic scenes, the frame stutter is noticeable. As in, EVERY time you come out of the main menu, the game takes a few seconds to stabilize. This severely impacts gameplay, as you're often killed by attacks that seemingly came out of nowhere.

    Another thing is just a general sloppiness to presentation. Menus are overly convoluted and dense. Firing at an enemy often obscures said enemy. The map is almost entirely useless. All these may sound like nitpicks, but it's enough to turn what was initially a fun sense of being lost to a frustrating inability to navigate the world in multiple aspects.    … Expand
  74. MeLCORE
    Mar 11, 2020
    0
    Of course it is a subjective opinion, but I did not get this game at all on my PS4.
    Depressing atmosphere, irritating ambient sounds.
    Absolutely ridiculous save system, if you die, then you need to replay way to much. Soapy graphics, way too superficial storyline in the beginning. This game is absolutely not something you would enjoy Friday evening. Loved Max Payne from Remedy though.    Of course it is a subjective opinion, but I did not get this game at all on my PS4.
    Depressing atmosphere, irritating ambient sounds.
    Absolutely ridiculous save system, if you die, then you need to replay way to much.
    Soapy graphics, way too superficial storyline in the beginning.
    This game is absolutely not something you would enjoy Friday evening.
    Loved Max Payne from Remedy though.
    Game is way to overrated in my opinion.    … Expand
  75. Stevensson47
    Sep 6, 2019
    3
    Un slideshow en ps4 que te da te da tiempo para reflexionar sobre tu error al comprar el juego en tu platform
  76. Oleg_D
    Aug 6, 2020
    0
    Удивительный кал. Никакой логики, управление игроком отвратительное, не говоря уже о самих сохранениях в самом начале карты если не нашёл где-то ещё убогую точку. Если бы я хотел ещё раз пройти dark souls, я бы сделал так, а не тратил время на таких же ботов в этой игре. Нет динамики, ужасное взаимодействие. Пройдя %80 уже заколебываешься от тупости, не линейности и невозможности спокойноУдивительный кал. Никакой логики, управление игроком отвратительное, не говоря уже о самих сохранениях в самом начале карты если не нашёл где-то ещё убогую точку. Если бы я хотел ещё раз пройти dark souls, я бы сделал так, а не тратил время на таких же ботов в этой игре. Нет динамики, ужасное взаимодействие. Пройдя %80 уже заколебываешься от тупости, не линейности и невозможности спокойно играть. Первая игра в которой хочется использовать мышь и клаву.… Expand
  77. Xus1995
    Aug 27, 2019
    3
    un 10 enserio gente jajajaja qué pena el mejor juego del mundo claro río por no llorar
  78. xThexScarecrowx
    Nov 23, 2019
    0
    An abortion of a game remedy has fallen so far from grace it isn't funny from max payne and Alan wake to this trash is one of the saddest falls in gaming
  79. Gamemonster
    Aug 28, 2019
    1
    We have been spoiled with 60fps games like DMC5 and Resident evil 2. This 30fps game feels really dated.
  80. BaphiTheOld
    Aug 28, 2019
    2
    It feels like a graphicdemo, bad combat with weapons and a bad storytelling.
  81. Lestatman
    Aug 27, 2019
    2
    Any single player game that does not have a diffitculty settings for the player in this day and age is a no no for me. I'm a firm believer in individualism and choice and treating us all the same with no diffficulty options and especially since this is a single player game with no multiplayer aspect is so wrong.
  82. AlfonsoCR
    Sep 1, 2019
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Downgrade evidente. + La versión de PS4 estándar corre a 10 FPS y en la versión "Pro" cuenta con caidas hasta los 14 fotogramas por segundo lo que te merma cualquier experiencia que puedas tener.… Expand
  83. funcontact
    Aug 27, 2019
    0
    This game is a TOTAL garbage. It is very GENERIC, the control is VERY bad, very hard to move, and the animations looks like the game HYDROPHOBIA PROPHECY.
  84. leche_paterna
    Aug 28, 2019
    0
    Control is crap just like Quantum Break. Only recommended for xlosers. The performance is really poor.
  85. Favio186
    Aug 31, 2019
    0
    Mal juego. Rendimiento mediocre.Se esperaba mas de este titulo. Una lástima!!
  86. RagnarokCritic
    Apr 6, 2020
    0
    cool concept awful delivery. not sure where the spam of positive comments are coming from
  87. Fireball14
    Mar 30, 2020
    0
    Game breaking bugs everywhere, stupid console controls. Idiotic main character that can't make a full sentence and almost no voice narrative.
  88. ArthurJoelLeo
    Aug 9, 2020
    0
    Totally awful! Mechanics and graphics are awful and very ugly! Save your time and money.
  89. Draxonfly
    Jun 30, 2020
    2
    way to combat oriantated, seems like a great story, but it is way to hard and time consuming and gets quite repetative, (go here kill that go there kill them), to be worth the effort. could of been great, but its not. .
  90. Chatmak
    Jun 30, 2020
    4
    This game really disappointed me because it had the potential to be a very fun experience but is held back by level design, mission structure and technical issues.

    The combat is probably the best part about the game, the superpowers all feel great to use, and although the gunplay is not amazing this doesn't detract from the experience. The enemies and levels are very repetitive though    This game really disappointed me because it had the potential to be a very fun experience but is held back by level design, mission structure and technical issues.

    The combat is probably the best part about the game, the superpowers all feel great to use, and although the gunplay is not amazing this doesn't detract from the experience. The enemies and levels are very repetitive though which makes dragging through the game's 10 or so missions very tedious.

    The areas all look very uninspiring, and laid out in such a way that you will spend a lot of time simply trying to figure out where to go. There is a map but this is more or less useless since areas often sprawl vertically across many floors which the map seems to completely ignore.

    The mission structure is also very bland, with practically every mission consisting of going from point A to B to C while fighting enemies along the way. More frustratingly, one type of side mission (bureau alerts) is given to the player seemingly at random, assigned a time limit and often requires the player to stop whatever they are doing and track back to the location the side mission requires. Much of my 15-20 hours with the game was spent simply traversing the same areas over and over again (often getting lost), fighting the same enemies which always respawn even in areas you have already cleared.

    The abilities and mods all play it very safe and do not deviate from the core gameplay in any interesting ways. The story is certainly there and expanded through collectibles that are easily found throughout the world, but it failed to captivate me enough to compensate for the rest of the unenjoyable experience.

    On a PS4 slim the game runs at 30fps, with a little input lag (not massively noticeable though), looks unimpressive at all times and often drops to 10fps or lower when too much is happening on screen. Nothing about the look or scope of the game warrants such poor performance, so this is very disappointing for a game in 2019.

    Overall, this game has some very fun powers which would not feel out of place in an inFamous game (perhaps even better than the last inFamous entry). However, virtually everything else about this game lets it down, and the powers alone are not enough to make it a fun experience.    … Expand
  91. KoRnTuNeS
    Aug 16, 2020
    0
    Not worthy, they want only your money. They made a game that constantly repeats itself. You get bored after 10 minutes. Don't buy any game from Remedy before one or two years.
  92. ragerino
    Dec 28, 2019
    4
    The game seems to be broken. I was looking half an hour for getting an elevator to work. After giving up and trying again a few hours later, I realized that the elevator was not activated because an enemy did not spawn.
  93. Maugaran
    Feb 3, 2021
    2
    Boring jump and shoot game. Brainless Game without deepness. Cant understand the ratings
  94. Mindurbidniss
    May 16, 2023
    3
    Just not good. Had potential with the single location sci Fi horror being a pretty original premise. The graphics are also phenomena. Lighting and shadows are borderline photorealistic. The gameplay is where this thing just falters. The game is soulless, the plot is incohesive, and the world is just not appealing. Most of the story is told through scraps of paper you find throughout theJust not good. Had potential with the single location sci Fi horror being a pretty original premise. The graphics are also phenomena. Lighting and shadows are borderline photorealistic. The gameplay is where this thing just falters. The game is soulless, the plot is incohesive, and the world is just not appealing. Most of the story is told through scraps of paper you find throughout the world which is lazy and not immersive. Finally the combat is atrocious. It's sluggishly implemented and enemies respawn any time you leave an area. When you die, you lose half you experience so get stuck on an enemy and you're now in an endless loop of progression halting. Finally the main character's bland and has no personality. Maybe if you can find this under $10 you can have a fun weekend with it (it's short) but if you're looking for an awesome immersive experience akin to Prey, this isn't it.… Expand
  95. dark0153
    Jan 4, 2020
    4
    **** performance on PS4 pro - lag everywhere during a big fight, lag after closing the game menu.
    Very unpolished, from the UI to the controls, feels like there was no QA testing done for this.

    The good parts (like the art, theme and so on) are easily forgotten when the game crashes or you experience FPS drops even in the loading screen.
  96. gamerz4life
    May 14, 2022
    4
    Control is supposedly made by Remedy, the makers of Alan Wake, hence why I picked this title up. It’s supposed to be a story-strong game that can stand on its own but also pulls all Remedy titles into one universe. However, this is not the case. Control plays more like a tech demo, of which it does very well, in its physics and lighting department. Though this does have a drawback on theControl is supposedly made by Remedy, the makers of Alan Wake, hence why I picked this title up. It’s supposed to be a story-strong game that can stand on its own but also pulls all Remedy titles into one universe. However, this is not the case. Control plays more like a tech demo, of which it does very well, in its physics and lighting department. Though this does have a drawback on the PS4, with terrible framerates and freezing as the game tries to keep up, even after the patches! And then there is hardly a story to be found in comparison to Remedy’s other titles. I really wanted to like this game, after all it was trying to pull all the Remedy games into one universe, but I think in doing that it lost track of itself. At the end of the day, what makes Control Control? What will I remember in the long run, what will make me come back to this game years down the road? Answer nothing except perhaps watching the videos of the AWE DLC.

    This is a game that never should have been a full game. Its story is too thin, it would have been better off as an expansion or something that was no more than perhaps 6 hours. At least then it would have been concise and it wouldn’t be filled with ridiculous fetch quests and empty open world. I mean come on you become Director, head of the entire Bureau, and your underlings have you collect mold samples. Seriously? Also, should have been an expansion because this game simply can’t stand on its own. It pulls too much of Alan Wake and even Max Payne into its story, which is the point of the game, but if you’ve never played those games you’d be at a complete loss as to what it’s talking about.

    You have to play past the first two chapters to finally start getting into some meat of the story and have yourself wanting to know more. But you’re in for a shock of disappointment. Every moment as you progress through the story you’re hoping for that moment where story and explanation starts happening but with every new cutscene you’ll feel your dread rising as you realize the characters know what’s going on but not you. The main character, Jesse had some terrible event happen to her as a child in her hometown of Ordinary. You want to know what happened there and why? So do I, because you’ll never receive a satisfactory answer.

    By the end of the game, I understood where the Hiss came from and how this event came to be but it just wasn’t that great. It should have been explained over time, teasing little bits and pieces making you want to get to the bottom of the mystery. And how is the biggest explanation in the game a 5 minute monologue where you actually have to stop and stand next to the character because it’s not a cutscene?! And players could totally blow past it without even knowing because it’s during a really monotonous portion of the last level where you’re desperate to get it over with!

    Gameplay-wise: It has difficulty spikes, ranging from a simple cake-walk to heading into another room and finding the combat impossible, dying four times in a row against the same boss, with a horrendous checkpoint system that has you traversing across a good portion of the map to get back to the battle. It’s so bad to the point that an assist mode was patched into the game later on with reduced damage and invincibility, just to make you want to throw the controller through the tv a little less. This can plainly be seen in the achievement percentages when only 16% of people finished this game! The enemies themselves are just copy/paste, once they’re all introduced they either shoot at you or throw objects at you, with bosses sprinkled in between, it’s not different enough to make memorable combat using tactics. There’s a skill tree and weapon mods, which shouldn’t even exist. The skills don’t add to helping you get through the game and by the end of the game, you’ll be drowning in weapon mods and not giving most of them a second glance before turning them into upgrade points.

    As someone who managed to get a platinum trophy (and not going way out of the way to do so), I found 323 collectibles throughout the game and that wasn’t even all of them!! I spent hours reading things that should have been put in the game to explain what the heck was happening. Collectibles are supposed to be something that adds to the game but ultimately, doesn’t matter if you miss them, however in Control, you range from if you don’t pick these up you’ll be even more lost or why the heck do these exist because who cares what office drama is happening?

    Don’t bother picking this title up, it’s not a game and it’s just plain not good. This game clearly exists only to push the Alan Wake story forward, mostly on the monetary level; they wanted to make some quick money to begin the AW sequel. Your best option? Watch someone’s videos on YouTube of the AWE DLC Alan Wake moments, as will probably play a factor into the upcoming Alan Wake 2.    … Expand
  97. lexb
    Oct 1, 2019
    2
    Играл на ПК. Совсем не зашла. Сюжет скучный ни разу не цепляет. Наоборот раздражает как в квантум брейк. Удовольствия от прохождения вообще не получил.
  98. KrisDeVirm
    Nov 10, 2019
    2
    A nightmare. After two hours of playing, I did not find the answers to even the simplest questions. I went to the wikipedia and read the plot, I realized that the developers are not interested in answering the questions of the players. If only the visual series remained from the game, it would be better. Submission of the plot in notes that need to be selected, as in Quantum Break, isA nightmare. After two hours of playing, I did not find the answers to even the simplest questions. I went to the wikipedia and read the plot, I realized that the developers are not interested in answering the questions of the players. If only the visual series remained from the game, it would be better. Submission of the plot in notes that need to be selected, as in Quantum Break, is horrible, and these audio recordings with noir thoughts ... This is a shame for 2019.… Expand
  99. catgenie
    Nov 3, 2019
    3
    The game itself is interesting and telekinesis is really fun to play with. However, visibility is a main issue. All the battlegrounds are dimly lit, and worse everything is in blood red. Seeing clearly has become the major challenge of the game which is kind of pointless. In all the fighting scenes, it is tough to see where your enemies are, while running away from their bullets and missiles.
  100. draxd2019
    Aug 23, 2020
    1
    I really hate this game. What makes me hate it is game play. It is based on random arena spawning where every enemy can one shot kill you. Even when you level your character up, every single low level grant can kill you with one shot. This makes game really hard during regular game and almost impossible to finish. End game is complete nightmare and you will spend hours on it repeating sameI really hate this game. What makes me hate it is game play. It is based on random arena spawning where every enemy can one shot kill you. Even when you level your character up, every single low level grant can kill you with one shot. This makes game really hard during regular game and almost impossible to finish. End game is complete nightmare and you will spend hours on it repeating same groundhog day-like cycle.

    Also save system is complete insanity. After this low lever enemy kills you, you will spend 2-5 minutes walking back to place where you ware killed, just to get killed again in matter of few seconds. And if you are walking trough some previous deathmatch area, game will randomly decide to (or not to) spawn some enemies so you don't get bored.

    Story is classic Remedy meta crap about nothing and unlike Alan Wake it is not captivating at all. it is actually pretty dull and uninteresting, and unfinished. Maybe story is finished in DLC, but I have no interest in buying them because I hate this game.

    On positive side, graphic is OK and pseudo 50s USA setting is kinda nice.

    I don't know much about this Ultimate edition controversy and I don't care because I won't be buying it, because I hate this game.    … Expand
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Generally favorable reviews - based on 63 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 52 out of 63
  2. Mixed: 10 out of 63
  3. Negative: 1 out of 63
  1. Playstation Official Magazine UK
    Sep 25, 2019
    90
    Impactful gunplay bolstered by a telekinetic twist, and a mystery you’ll be turning over for a long time afterwards. Welcome to the Oldest House, Director. [Issue#167, p.79]
  2. VG247
    Sep 18, 2019
    80
    The writing, direction, and performances are consistently brilliant. This is Remedy at the peak of its game. Control feels like a company rediscovering itself, waking from a long slumber. Remedy’s legs work as intended once more, the vestiges of sleep paralysis a distant memory.
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  3. Quarter to Three
    Sep 17, 2019
    100
    I don’t want to use the word masterpiece lightly, but what else do you call the combination of gleefully chaotic gameplay with earnest storytelling in a setting as refreshingly unique as Bioshock? What else do you call a combat system that goes so far beyond the simple act of shooting a gun without drilling down into a set of intricate menus and complicated controls? What else do you call darkly malevolent horror that doesn’t feel like it was cribbed from someplace else? What else do you call the crowning achievement of a studio with a unique voice, an uneven track record, and 25 years of experience? If there’s a better word to describe what Remedy has achieved with Control, I can’t think of it.
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