Control

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7.4

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  1. 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
  2. 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.
  3. 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.
  4. 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.
  5. 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.
  6. 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
  7. 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.
  8. CoreGamer1408
    Feb 23, 2021
    4
    Free drop with PS+ subscription. Some nice art style and ok voice acting. Story seemed odd and weird in a good way. Unlocked some really cool and fun abilities. It has that grind for resources with padded out side missions gameplay. Game/story started to drag and the FPS performance in combat tanked really bad so DNF.
  9. BoostOrDie
    Jan 7, 2021
    4
    Bought on a cristmass sale, still too expensive for this..
    Horrible game setting. Horrible character animations (bulky and far from real). Huge facility where you run around all game to and fro the same corridors. Quests dont give a clue where you should go or what to do. Guess yourself. This game is more a pain to play then joy. After few hours of same stupid activity i got deadly    Bought on a cristmass sale, still too expensive for this..
    Horrible game setting. Horrible character animations (bulky and far from real). Huge facility where you run around all game to and fro the same corridors. Quests dont give a clue where you should go or what to do. Guess yourself. This game is more a pain to play then joy. After few hours of same stupid activity i got deadly bored. Game setting is not explained. Strange wierd things happen but you have no clue why its so. Some quests like Good defence give you same time for PC and Console, time given is too little and is ok for PC players but on console aiming take more time and you gota do 20 tries to make it in time, that is frustrating. And the sound.. lots of time you get a lot of background noise that gets very annoying. If you play on speakers every one in the room gets very annoyed with the annoying background noise, so you gota use headphones and suffer alone.
    Animations 2/5
    Game setting 1/5
    Story 2/5
    Gameplay experience 0/5    … Expand
  10. 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.
  11. 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
  12. 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.
  13. 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.
  14. 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
  15. 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!
  16. chnn92
    Feb 17, 2021
    4
    Core gameplay is very outdated. It feels like the game from late 90s or early 2000. The whole game is just enemy spam over and over again. Some part of the game is either too dark or too bright or both at the same time, even if you calibrate the brightness, so you can't see anything on the screen, makes the game nearly unplayable. The map navigation is the worst in history of game industry.
  17. 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
  18. Mattyc96
    Mar 15, 2022
    4
    The puzzles in this game are incredibly dense. You will never figure them out without using a guide. Solutions dont feel organic. You will walk away from this game wondering how anyone was supposed to figure that out. Beyond that the story is convulted and pretentious. (Even for a kojima fan). The destruction and special effects is top notch . Unfortunately not enough to redeem this game for me.
  19. DandaElPanda
    Feb 20, 2021
    4
    Game that could be nice but fails to deliver. Map is horrible, probably the worst one i ever been at, even Tarkov map is better and you dont have a map. On ps4 the framedrops in boss fights are insane. The whole enemy mechanics that shots hit you randomly with heat seeking type of stuff is like a game from 2008 with better graphics. Dont waste your time on this i made it to the half of the game.
  20. Rwbytalk
    Feb 19, 2020
    4
    I really like this game and the story The difficulty is really bad 'the enemies are taking me out easy in the bosses will take you out really easy and they don't take a lot of damage from the gun the big problem is the enemies and the difficulty
  21. SandroCpv
    Feb 23, 2020
    4
    O jogo não tem muita graça, ficando repetitivo com os tempo. A verdade é que nem uma arma é realmente efetiva senão os próprios poderes dela.
    A história quando parece que vai ficar boa, simplesmente acaba, sendo ela um tanto quanto curta, as missões secundárias são desinteressantes. As únicas coisas boas são o enredo que é original, apesar de os inimigos não passarem de zumbis armados, e a    O jogo não tem muita graça, ficando repetitivo com os tempo. A verdade é que nem uma arma é realmente efetiva senão os próprios poderes dela.
    A história quando parece que vai ficar boa, simplesmente acaba, sendo ela um tanto quanto curta, as missões secundárias são desinteressantes. As únicas coisas boas são o enredo que é original, apesar de os inimigos não passarem de zumbis armados, e a mecânica, que é interessante.    … Expand
  22. honest_rev7
    Sep 29, 2020
    4
    OHMAGWD

    it has that green-grey vibe of misery ala all them hip netflix movies.
  23. Rysm78
    Apr 21, 2020
    4
    Remedy and all the other review sites *cough* IGN *cough* led me to believe this was worth my time. I would rather waste my time playing mischief makers on N64 than this garbage. 2013 graphics, 2003 frame rate (played on Xbox one X). Worst in game map/navigation I’ve ever seen. You people should be ashamed.
  24. Krouchis
    May 29, 2020
    4
    Muyy buen juego! Lastima que no tenian ganas de poner una historia decente! Ademas se nota que les gustaba mucho kojima, porque es un calco al metal gear, se podrian a ver esmerado un poco!
  25. piuscorvus
    Aug 26, 2020
    4
    Control gives an impression of an unfinished game. It probably could have been a nice game if it was not full of glitches, freezing screen moment, bad map system and unimpressive shooting combat.
  26. j1mbo15
    Mar 13, 2021
    4
    I wanted to play Control because I like games action/adventure games with fun mechanics, that have intriguing storytelling as a foundation. I saw the teaser for Control, and it was clear that this game fit that description. The main protagonist can use some interesting "powers" that suggest she is able to manipulate physics. Some of these powers include an ability to levitate, throwI wanted to play Control because I like games action/adventure games with fun mechanics, that have intriguing storytelling as a foundation. I saw the teaser for Control, and it was clear that this game fit that description. The main protagonist can use some interesting "powers" that suggest she is able to manipulate physics. Some of these powers include an ability to levitate, throw objects, and deliver very strong melee punches. I was looking forward to gameplay featuring these mechanics.

    Our protagonist is the mysterious, Jesse Faden, who is searching for answers. The story seems dark, shrouded in mystery, and fascinating when you start. The world has documents, recordings, videos that you can find, which sets the stage for a "what is going on in this place" type of world. Just like when I first watched the TV show Lost and back when I played Bioshock for the first time, I got really excited to see and experience how this story would resolve. I love stories that make you think and mess with your mind.

    If this all sounds exciting, you can form your own opinion for about 15 hours. That all said, my warning is I wish I had those 15 hours back. There is a huge difficulty spike that forced me into "immortality mode" because I'm not good at games. You probably need to be Dark Souls level of good. Finding enemies gets repetitive and becomes unfun with the difficulty spike. Worst of all, all of that potential with the story gets wasted. This game doesn't pay it off and when I finally rolled credits (for good), I found myself sitting in my living room with that sad "why did I bother" feeling.

    Would you kindly take those 15 hours and try a different game of this genre?    … Expand
  27. julesyBaby5000
    Sep 9, 2020
    4
    I enjoyed the first 2 hours or so. I would be able to enjoy this a lot more if there was a difficulty adjustment option or at least some health regen. I found the game stupidly easy and then stupidly difficult which sucks because the story seems like it might be good. Unfortunately I will never know.
  28. super_absorber
    Nov 21, 2020
    4
    This game is very good in the technical sense (destructible environment) and very boring for the gameplay and the story. I gave up after 5 hours. Yeah, super powers are cool, but they don't really catch my attention after awhile since the combat are repetitive. The story and characters are just plain boring
  29. HaloSC
    Feb 20, 2022
    4
    Gra jest frustrująca do tego stopnia że straciłem chęć do dalszej gry. Po utracie życia odrodzenie tylko w punktach kontrolnych a nie w punktach zapisu które są bardzo często-to najbardziej zniechęca do dalszej zabawy. Z tego powodu musimy ponownie pokonywać długą drogę i często ponownie tych samych przeciwników. Walka zmusza do ciągłego ruchu tylko że często tego miejsca nie ma. DoskonałaGra jest frustrująca do tego stopnia że straciłem chęć do dalszej gry. Po utracie życia odrodzenie tylko w punktach kontrolnych a nie w punktach zapisu które są bardzo często-to najbardziej zniechęca do dalszej zabawy. Z tego powodu musimy ponownie pokonywać długą drogę i często ponownie tych samych przeciwników. Walka zmusza do ciągłego ruchu tylko że często tego miejsca nie ma. Doskonała celność wrogów. Mapa która do niczego się nie nadaje.… Expand
  30. 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.
  31. vientonacimient
    Jan 3, 2021
    4
    Graphics were good, I was really into this at the beginning of the game, but the game is extremely difficult and I could not go on after 10 mins I started the game! Disappointed, and I do not play it anymore!
  32. 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!
  33. 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
  34. 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.
  35. maddiplomat
    Jun 1, 2021
    3
    This game is just bad and I'm not sure why it's scored so high. The only good part seems to be the story. The gameplay/combat is pointless, repetitive, and boring - it makes the game feel unfinished. Most upgrades seem pointless. There is too much walking around and backtracking. The boredom just breaks immersion too much for me. I gave up on this game after about 3-4 hours. Story aloneThis game is just bad and I'm not sure why it's scored so high. The only good part seems to be the story. The gameplay/combat is pointless, repetitive, and boring - it makes the game feel unfinished. Most upgrades seem pointless. There is too much walking around and backtracking. The boredom just breaks immersion too much for me. I gave up on this game after about 3-4 hours. Story alone cannot carry a game.… Expand
  36. 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
  37. 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
  38. bhappenstance
    Jan 30, 2023
    3
    Control is aggressively mediocre -- a classic case of a game tripping over its own dick. Many of the mechanics work beautifully, and the environment is well-conceived and creepy. The weapons and powers can be incredibly fun. I've heard a lot of buzz about the story, but it's pretty boilerplate "evil corporation exploits the paranormal" stuff. Where Control falls flat on its face is a)Control is aggressively mediocre -- a classic case of a game tripping over its own dick. Many of the mechanics work beautifully, and the environment is well-conceived and creepy. The weapons and powers can be incredibly fun. I've heard a lot of buzz about the story, but it's pretty boilerplate "evil corporation exploits the paranormal" stuff. Where Control falls flat on its face is a) technical issues (yes, frame rates drop precipitously right when the game spams you with enemies), and b) extreme fluctuations in difficulty. Enemies will appear out of nowhere, or manifest behind you with no warning whatsoever, decimating your health. Then you wait for 30 seconds for the game to reload, only to get kicked back 3-5 minutes and have to work your way back to where you were, re-fighting enemies along the way. One boss randomly destroys the floor, causing you to fall to your death, causing you to wait for the load screen, causing you to claw your way back, etc. Control would have been exceptional but for these perpetual frustrations that could have so easily been solved.… Expand
  39. 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
  40. 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
  41. 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
  42. Ahmad2002
    Sep 25, 2019
    3
    Really bad game with bad story and stupid gameplay the world in the game is poring
  43. Xus1995
    Aug 27, 2019
    3
    un 10 enserio gente jajajaja qué pena el mejor juego del mundo claro río por no llorar
  44. 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
  45. 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
  46. 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.
  47. 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.
  48. 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.
  49. 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
  50. 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
  51. Ekon
    Oct 15, 2021
    3
    The critcs may love this game, but the users know better with the average score being 7.2. If you think that slugging your way through a big office building is a lot of fun, with various employees seen hanging from the rafters, then this game is for you. The map is crap and of little assistance helping you find your way around. Every character has the same businesslike, dry and deadlyThe critcs may love this game, but the users know better with the average score being 7.2. If you think that slugging your way through a big office building is a lot of fun, with various employees seen hanging from the rafters, then this game is for you. The map is crap and of little assistance helping you find your way around. Every character has the same businesslike, dry and deadly serious personality. There are a couple of astral block mazes that are fun to navigate through and it's a kick being able to seize huge objects and hurl them at your enemies, but don't get killed. I did and got sent back TWO checkpoints, negating a lot of my progress and officially turning me off to the game. There are enemies everywhere and you just don't know where you'll end up if you die. And the menus are hard to figure out. I just couldn't tell if I was successfully loading abilities the game said were available to me. If you have Game Pass then by all means try it, but I wouldn't buy it otherwise.… Expand
  52. 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
  53. Kwrb1976
    Feb 9, 2021
    3
    This games boring and it tries to keep you motivated to keep playing but it fails at it to even start to understand what is going on you have to read collectibles, I know other games do that but they don’t make you read every single collectible to understand what is going on, the shooting is also terrible. But it is kinda cool to use telekinesis and fly around but that is it
  54. RockHobbit
    Dec 2, 2020
    3
    I really tried to like this game but there are just so many times this game leaves me stuck with no clues or direction. For my first 20 hours it seems like 90% of my time is just wandering around looking for what I should be doing. The map is terribly confusing so even when I think I know where I should be I can't find it. If you like a game where you backtrack a ton and have to figureI really tried to like this game but there are just so many times this game leaves me stuck with no clues or direction. For my first 20 hours it seems like 90% of my time is just wandering around looking for what I should be doing. The map is terribly confusing so even when I think I know where I should be I can't find it. If you like a game where you backtrack a ton and have to figure things out without any bit of direction this is your thing. On a positive note, the graphics look great!… Expand
  55. 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.
  56. LittleYisus
    Jul 4, 2020
    3
    Menudo coñazo. Pq cuando se trata de videojuegos los guiones son una fumada?
  57. Lamartine1995
    Aug 1, 2020
    3
    Não me agradou. Me vejo perdido no mapa desse jogo, que é confuso e extenso. Comprei um jogo de ação não pra ficar correndo desnorteado num mapa inabitado sem saber pra onde ir. A exploração do mapa é chata e consome MUITO tempo. Me arrependo da compra..
  58. AlexeyLilicenko
    Feb 19, 2021
    3
    - map and navigation - awful
    - stupid checkpoints
    - Story and characters not interesting. Dialogs very primitive.
    Really, game has many ways of making you sick.
  59. Dante236
    Jan 1, 2022
    3
    Dont buy this game on console. Optimization is terrible. Game drops till 15fps. Couldnt play it anymore, and seems like, company made their money, and dont want to update the game. Dont deserve full price
  60. Htor
    Feb 10, 2021
    3
    Base game it's good, dlcs have one of the worst game design ever, enemies out balance, such a repetitive mechanics
  61. Thomoen
    Jun 29, 2021
    3
    Unplayable on the base ps4, wait to get a next gen console and buy the ultimate edition (I have reviewed the ultimate edition for ps5, gave that a 8/10, you can check my thoughts on that version over there)
  62. onurelmas
    Jan 12, 2022
    3
    I have just finished this game. There are many lacks in the game. An incomplete story and an incomplete ending. Same enemies everywhere, I'm tired of killing. The result is pretty boring.
  63. 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
  64. 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. .
  65. 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
  66. 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
  67. 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
  68. Maugaran
    Feb 3, 2021
    2
    Boring jump and shoot game. Brainless Game without deepness. Cant understand the ratings
  69. 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!
  70. 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.
  71. Redrako
    Feb 7, 2021
    2
    Repetitive, boring, especially frustrating.
    Banal story, nice graphic but a really boring and repetitive gameplay.
    Already said repetitive in this review?
  72. CitySpellsword
    Dec 8, 2022
    2
    This game starts strong and hooks you with some great characters and story elements. There's genuine suspense and intrigue, and the game design while unlocking new powers is pretty well balanced. You'll probably die once or twice each big fight, but then you learn and improve and feel great. All the way past the Ashtray Maze (a masterpiece), I really liked the game. Unfortunately, thatThis game starts strong and hooks you with some great characters and story elements. There's genuine suspense and intrigue, and the game design while unlocking new powers is pretty well balanced. You'll probably die once or twice each big fight, but then you learn and improve and feel great. All the way past the Ashtray Maze (a masterpiece), I really liked the game. Unfortunately, that game ends all to soon. And a new, horrible game takes its place.

    The curtain drops and suddenly you're playing a very bad Dark Souls. The difficulty scales in the most infuriating ways for every side quest and the end of the main quest. Long load times and long runs back make for gameplay loops of just dying over and over to have a slim chance at the perfection needed to succeed. When you do win a fight, it's usually because you found a cheesy spot where the AI is too dumb to engage and you just fling auto-aimed bricks. Otherwise, it's nonstop homing attacks and enemy design that couldn't be worse or lazier if it tried.

    The Jukebox is an embarrassment to good game design. The weapon upgrades and customization feels so poorly balanced that there's often a "correct" option. Although, even that can be hard to tell because this game loves to punish you for trying anything new at this point. You'll be dead before you know what did or didn't work.

    Add in bugs, crashes, and performance issues on the PS4 and your nightmare is complete. One loading screen after another. If you enjoy that amount of grind and masochism, then I hope you enjoy Control. Otherwise, play something with competent balance that respects your time.    … Expand
  73. 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
  74. BaphiTheOld
    Aug 28, 2019
    2
    It feels like a graphicdemo, bad combat with weapons and a bad storytelling.
  75. 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.
  76. 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
  77. 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
  78. Raccoon--
    Apr 6, 2020
    2
    It takes way too long to control stuff. In a game literally named Control and about Controlling things it takes way too much time to be able to control things.
  79. 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
  80. Seken
    Sep 30, 2020
    2
    Das spiel hat unglaublich viel Potential, aber es ist auf der ps4 und der ps4 pro nicht spielbar. 25fps sind das maximum der Standard ps4 trz hochskalierung und das spiel sieht grafisch nicht ansprechend aus. Viel ghosting und schlechte skalierung füren dazu das es wie ein reiner pixelhaufen aussieht und alles was mehr als 3 meter weg ist sieht aus wie brei. Und egal was man macht. AuchDas spiel hat unglaublich viel Potential, aber es ist auf der ps4 und der ps4 pro nicht spielbar. 25fps sind das maximum der Standard ps4 trz hochskalierung und das spiel sieht grafisch nicht ansprechend aus. Viel ghosting und schlechte skalierung füren dazu das es wie ein reiner pixelhaufen aussieht und alles was mehr als 3 meter weg ist sieht aus wie brei. Und egal was man macht. Auch die texturen wollen ums verecken nicht rendern. Das führt dazu das zb die gesichter in cutscenes aussehen wie geleckt und die Augenbrauen wie angemalt aussehen, außerdem sind die lippen mega desychron. Ladezeiten brauchen 3 Minuten nach jedem sterben und die Steuerung ist sehr matschig. Viele sagen das es daran liegt das das spiel grafisch sehr hübsch ist. Allerdings muss ich sagen das viele spiele viel besser aussehen mit mehr fps. Die schönen gameplays sind alle auf dem pc. Sogar ein nfs heat oder ein untcharted 4 sehen viel besser aus und laufen auch konstanter. Das spiel macht mit allen den sachen keinen Spaß und es ist krebs es zu spielen. Habe das spiel schon nach 3 spielstunden aufgegeben. Nichts auf der ps4 version ist fertig und gut. Auch nicht das kämpfen, denn sobald eine Explosion kommt (was häufig ist) hat man für min eine sekunde eine standbildschirm). Keine 60€ euro wert. Pc version ist super. Aber die PlayStation schafft es mit besserer hardware als der pc meiner Freundin nicht ansatzweise so gut. Wer das spiel spielen will sollte es auf einem pc machen. Da fühlt es sich viel besser an. Aber sonst rate ich davon ab.… Expand
  81. 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...
  82. 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!
  83. Davor11
    Feb 2, 2021
    2
    Very fustrating game,depresive story, colors to weird for eyes and for head
  84. 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
  85. infernal_
    May 26, 2021
    2
    Map so bad im lost and cannot find how can i go to marked point why map is like this this is realy bad choice
  86. rinasciimento
    Feb 15, 2021
    2
    The first game in my life that caused such a huge amount of negative impressions. In this game, almost everything is bad. 90% of the time you just run to no purpose along the corridors, not knowing where to go and what to do. 5% of the time these are boring skirmishes (the developers apparently understood this themselves, so they made simplifying functions like one-shot kills andThe first game in my life that caused such a huge amount of negative impressions. In this game, almost everything is bad. 90% of the time you just run to no purpose along the corridors, not knowing where to go and what to do. 5% of the time these are boring skirmishes (the developers apparently understood this themselves, so they made simplifying functions like one-shot kills and immortality). So if you turn them on, it only gets better. And the remaining 5% are cut-scenes in which nothing happens, but they talk a lot about something (or, on the contrary, nothing, it was not possible to figure it out). The game does not hold interest at all.
    The only thing I can praise the game for is its amazing destruction system. Almost anything can be broken. And there is nothing more to catch on ...    … Expand
  87. VPRFX
    Jun 15, 2021
    2
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Yeah i'm on rage mode. I bought this game because i'm a freak when its comes to telekinesis like sh*ts i love them. And i love the most of the games when i'm feeling i'm free. This game doesnt give you the feeling of freedom. You're playing almost entire game in a god damn building. Oo i'm flying but you know i have a god damn ceiling of my head. Let me give you a good review. First of all games graphics arts good. I loved it. But everywhere is concrete so you're feeling playing the game like its in grayscale mode. When i first started the playing this game i had a feeling this game is little bit scary the atmosphere is amazing like lord of the rings. You were embraced with darkness and the feeling of how the hell i am gonna alive this place? Then the things happened. You kill red head robot like creatures. One two tree bam bam bam then it hits you. Dude why can't i get any response. Looks like i'm killing punching bags. One two tree down. So in the beginning you think damn i'm in a claustrophobic place and this god damn monsters ain't help the mood. You see people hanging in the air and you were waiting the game needs badass foes but you are getting only the silent sh*theads. Then you are not going to understand where are you and what are you doing. You're going to speak some people and baaaaaaamm you realised your characters dialogues are like sh*ts. Ton of sh*ts. She is always sob* what i'm gonna dooo, plis help meeee sob* sob* Dude no sister. YOU ARE THE F*CKING HEAD OF THIS PLACE! WHAT KIND OF CHARACTER YOU HAVE YOU SAID I'M GONNA BE THE LEADER OF THIS BUREU. WORLDS GOING TO BECOME HISS KINGDOM. DROP THAT SH*TTY ATTITUDE.

    So i played this game to the end. There where some amazing things like superpowers. You can play whit foes with good reflexes. I said look at me ma i'm crazy as sh*t. Bam bam bam *silent noodle like foes dies* Why the f*ck i can't torture them. This enemies never going to end. You play almost entire game doing someones footwork and repetitive mission. Go there and find someone. Dude are you f*cking kidding me what kind of map is this. You have spawn point. But that building has stories. Where is the god damn spawn point. And when i die or quit the game i begin at the nearest spawn point. Don't start with the building plan. Because that buildings architecture maybe one of hiss agent i suspect. You are playing amazing game but story is sh*t, environment is sh*t. OP is crying sh*t. One thing isn't **** wepons and superpowers aaaaaaaaand one hallway in front of bathrooms. That place is looking green plants i loved it. I LOVED A F*CKING BATHROOM HALLWAY BECAUSE EVERYWHERE IS GRAY. *calms down*

    So your character is tells you, you are my only and a only family polaris. Help me. And then she's causing to polaris being killed by the hiss. God! *histerical laughs* How the hell this sheila get the job being the director i couldn't understand. So Polaris dies game ends, but not end. Story is sh*t i didn't get whats happening. I swear and swear because i needed to wait 15 min cast screen. Dude i f*cking hate this i've bought this game why the hell i cant skip this sh*t. Every time i open game i have to wait some f*cking logos thats angering me but why the hell i need to wait cast crew names? Get over it.

    So game needs to be more freedom like and color management is boring you need to give some color change. Story is like sh*t and the dialogues. I hate almost every time when Jesse speaks. She is waiting too long every between sentences and this game needs boss enemies. I though i'm gonna kill my brother but i'm went to give that douche a head massage wtf? And this is the most i'm curious about. 52 GB game, and the map is not that big. WHY? Every enemies looks alike. Flying to mold ones. I only see red, head, arms, legs. Boring. When i kill enemy at least i can tore apart them. I'm hitting them with forklift but they are like they made of adamantium and puff they are smoke. Let me see blood, broken pieces. They took my brothers and sister and made them fly in the air. And the f*cking doors. If i can't throw some huge sh*t with my finger i'm sure i can open them.

    Umm i'm thinking do i forget something. Yes. I didn't get the feeling of hero who saves people. I must have killed thousand enemies and hundreds of people but didn't get. So you need to threw some people which is medic helping some someone or yelling hail the queen. And please do not use wuss characters. When i play game i can use variables techniques and make them great but. Oo sob* what i'm gonna do now i need to save my brother like characters killing the mood. Use freedom elements such as bouce from wall, run on the wall, when character uses levitate and dash she needs to continue, etc. And i can't heal by myself. WHY? Last of all running. This girl got some god power and she can't use that to run fast? She can use levitate some extend make herself light and dash in theory. Facepalm*

    This is it. Stinson out.    … Expand
  88. Denarzi
    Nov 8, 2021
    2
    I cannot believe the amount of positive reviews for this game. (edit: upon reading many of the positive reviews I am actually convinced they were written either by actual AIs, people who didn't even play the game, or just morons.) The writers (both of the reviews and game) should be deeply ashamed. They (the game developers) took a great concept, which they even marketed as based on SCPI cannot believe the amount of positive reviews for this game. (edit: upon reading many of the positive reviews I am actually convinced they were written either by actual AIs, people who didn't even play the game, or just morons.) The writers (both of the reviews and game) should be deeply ashamed. They (the game developers) took a great concept, which they even marketed as based on SCP Foundation, and absolutely ruined it. The main character won't shut the **** up. It's maddening. She constantly narrates everything with the most inane commentary of all time. There is zero immersion because you are not the main character, some moron is. The best parts of the game are totally immolated by this. The gameplay loop is also tragically bad. Run through office space after office space shooting enemies who for some reason take your entire clip to kill, but themselves are armed with SMGs and sometimes even forcefields (that also take your whole clip to bring down). There are no difficulty settings either, except to make yourself invincible or turn on one-hitting. Which of course, ruins any tension in the fights. The dialogue is all poorly written exposition, and then followed by more inane and incredibly annoying narration by the main character. All I could think is "why won't she shut the **** up so I can have my own thoughts about what is happening." The mystery and paranormal intrigue is the only redeeming factor, but they ripped the concepts straight from SCP, which is a much much better use of your time if you enjoy that kind of fiction content, because SCP contains literally thousands of stories, and "objects of power", and this game contains maybe 5 or so. The game's best quality is that it isn't totally linear, and you can explore around and find clues and hints about the mysterious objects and events. But this is not the focus, and there isn't nearly enough of this content to justify the game's existence.

    Do not buy this game. I was lucky that I got it for free from a friend and didn't waste a dime on it    … Expand
  89. Gamemonster
    Aug 28, 2019
    1
    We have been spoiled with 60fps games like DMC5 and Resident evil 2. This 30fps game feels really dated.
  90. 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
  91. 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
  92. MinimoMalizia
    Aug 27, 2019
    1
    on ps4 this is really bad. optimized by really bad, incredible frame dips and really annoying motion blur
  93. Johnnytsunami
    Dec 16, 2019
    1
    This is probably the clunkiest made game I've ever played in my entire life.
  94. 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
  95. 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…
  96. 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.
  97. IBRATION
    Sep 6, 2019
    1
    not fun bad story !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
  98. 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.
  99. 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
  100. Genghiskhan03
    Dec 14, 2019
    1
    This game is not belong to 2019. Gameplay and boss fights are awful... Sorry.
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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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