Control

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7.4

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  1. 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
  2. Niteshadow_br
    Mar 15, 2021
    0
    Gráficos muito bons. Só. História sem pé nem cabeça. Jogabilidade repetitiva. Inimigos totalmente desequilibrados no sentido de serem muito mais fortes que você. Exemplo: o jogo te dá um poder de telepatia, onde vc precisa nerfar o inimigo, para possi-lo e jogar ao seu lado. Mas chegar perto do inimigo é tomar um tapinha e morrer. E morrer significa perder recursos e ter que voltar laaaaaGráficos muito bons. Só. História sem pé nem cabeça. Jogabilidade repetitiva. Inimigos totalmente desequilibrados no sentido de serem muito mais fortes que você. Exemplo: o jogo te dá um poder de telepatia, onde vc precisa nerfar o inimigo, para possi-lo e jogar ao seu lado. Mas chegar perto do inimigo é tomar um tapinha e morrer. E morrer significa perder recursos e ter que voltar laaaaa para o início da tela no checkpoint. Não posso esquecer do mapa. O jogo não te dá indicativo de qual direção tomar, e você perde muito tempo procurando o objetivo. E quando encontra, morre e volta para o checkpoint. Eu procuro zerar todos os jogos que começo, mas esse não vai dar. Deletado do HD com gosto.… Expand
  3. 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
  4. 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
  5. 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
  6. tufekciero
    Mar 12, 2021
    9
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  7. iCampoRamil
    Mar 9, 2021
    7
    Ay dios mío, pero cómo puede tener este doblaje al español un juego tan bueno? De verdad que lo mata, así que si lo vas a jugar, te recomiendo que pongas de inicio en inglés subtitulado o algo así, en inglés aún safa.
    El juego está muy bien el concepto y todo, pero tiene serios problemas de rendimiento, caída de frames a cada rato, muchos bugs en las misiones...
    Es un metroidvania, que    Ay dios mío, pero cómo puede tener este doblaje al español un juego tan bueno? De verdad que lo mata, así que si lo vas a jugar, te recomiendo que pongas de inicio en inglés subtitulado o algo así, en inglés aún safa.
    El juego está muy bien el concepto y todo, pero tiene serios problemas de rendimiento, caída de frames a cada rato, muchos bugs en las misiones...
    Es un metroidvania, que eso está chulo, pero aún así sigue siendo bastante lineal, no ofrece demasiadas mecánicas, por ello dura tan poco si exclusivamente nos centramos en pasarnos el juego y poco más.
    Muy satisfactorio completar zonas, te sientes realizado, los combates están muy bien traídos, vas usando el poder, las pistolas, muy guay en general el sistema de recompensación por lo que vas haciendo.
    Es difícil de entender, la historia me refiero, pero aunque no lo hagas, te fascina igualmente, está muy bien, vas entendiendo cosas aunque puede que no todo, posiblemente, de hecho, pese a tener mecánicas reducidas y jugablemente está algo capado, pero muy bien en general, es un buen juego.
    Tiene, bueno, tenía mucho potencial, pena de eso, del doblaje y de los muchos defectos en lo técnico. Pero eso, el sistema de combate, la narrativa, que es bastante arriesgada, todo el tema audiovisual, es una auténtica pasada.    … Expand
  8. 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!
  9. Indi428
    Mar 6, 2021
    9
    Amazing game if you can give it time to build out its world. It is weird but in a great way I was often left thinking about the game well after I had finished playing. Combat is great too, would strongly recommend.
  10. slavatest
    Mar 6, 2021
    9
    8/10 и то минус один бал из-за того что на ps4 slim идёт ужасно. Но сама игра хорошая.
  11. Livsi
    Mar 5, 2021
    10
    Very very very good game!! Good story, good action, Alan Wake cameo. Remedy, I love you.
  12. MonkeyKaido
    Mar 5, 2021
    10
    Comecei a jogar sem esperar nada e acabei me surpreendendo. O jogo é muito legal! adorei! fazia um tempinho que nao me sentia engajado a zerar um jogo, ate platinei! foi minha primeira platina. muito bom! nota 10 pra mim.
  13. princessfurios
    Mar 3, 2021
    6
    В целом хорошая проработка физики и ее использования. Тут никаких претензий, в этом плане игра увлекает, хоть и недожата. Визуальный стиль и арт - мое почтение. Это услада для глаз. (несмотря на то, что разнообразия видов нет)
    Однако геймплей довольно скуден и однообразен, а сюжет - прост до нелепости несмотря на свою изначальную якобы "таинственность", плюс - подается без постановки    В целом хорошая проработка физики и ее использования. Тут никаких претензий, в этом плане игра увлекает, хоть и недожата. Визуальный стиль и арт - мое почтение. Это услада для глаз. (несмотря на то, что разнообразия видов нет)
    Однако геймплей довольно скуден и однообразен, а сюжет - прост до нелепости несмотря на свою изначальную якобы "таинственность", плюс - подается без постановки дешевыми "говорящими головами". Развязка не особо, хоть в ней и есть очень бодрая, крутая миссия. (кто играл, тот поймет, "take control") К тому же хромает техническая часть и оптимизация.
    НО, если у вас есть возможность поиграть в нее, я все же советую это сделать.    … Expand
  14. PotatoSalad
    Mar 3, 2021
    9
    Really enjoyed this game. I found that it captured my interest very quickly when I started playing it; it then rapidly developed into a game I couldn't put down.

    The mechanics of the game start off fairly simple, and it does a great job of gradually drip feeding new tools and weapons throughout the game, such that you never feel overwhelmed or lost with all the different options.    Really enjoyed this game. I found that it captured my interest very quickly when I started playing it; it then rapidly developed into a game I couldn't put down.

    The mechanics of the game start off fairly simple, and it does a great job of gradually drip feeding new tools and weapons throughout the game, such that you never feel overwhelmed or lost with all the different options. However, before you know it, you'll have a range of different abilities and munitions in your arsenal ready to be unleashed. In particular, once you unlock the levitate ability, the combat system and overall gameplay becomes particularly exciting, unique and satisfying.

    The storyline and the world are absolutely fascinating. It has a really intriguing sci-fi mystery about it. No long cutscenes or huge documents to read, really supporting the immersion. I'm often bored with game storylines but found this truly captivating.

    I enjoyed the fact that your ammo "recharges" rather than needing to constantly scavenge for resources. This is a good example of where the developers have done a great job of removing certain boring or frustrating elements that you have in similar games and allowed you to just have fun with the gameplay. I did have one major frustration the fact that you lose 10% of your "source" (money) every time you die though. I felt like this really discourages risk-taking and experimentation, and means that some challenging boss fights, and the jukebox missions can end up being quite a frustration as you see your bankroll dwindling (I'd recommend the developers watch a TED talk called "The Super Mario Effect" to learn more about the negative psychology of such a mechanic!).

    The navigation was very tricky at times. I appreciate the fact that the developers perhaps don't want to ruin the immersion by putting huge markers into the game world, but the map is tough to follow and - from what I've seen of other reviews and comments online - I'm not the only person to feel like this.

    Overall, a really excellent game with fun gameplay, superb graphics (especially some of the close-ups during conversations) and a brilliant storyline.    … Expand
  15. MTHayashi
    Mar 2, 2021
    7
    A good game, but with a fight that gets repetitive as the story progresses, the boss fights turned out to be just another fight against a strong monster.

    Story = 8
    Graphic = 7
    Game play = 6.5
    Sound = 7
  16. deathstramding
    Mar 1, 2021
    10
    great game great game great game great game great game great game great game great game
  17. 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
  18. MadAlf
    Feb 25, 2021
    5
    Absolutely average game with a potential, which was not bringed into life. That's sad.
  19. RAMISYR
    Feb 25, 2021
    8
    The game is beautiful: story, controls, action and missions ( main & side). The ultimate edition a must have, great expanding and experience. The only con for me is the frame drop on PS4.
  20. 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.
  21. Froosto
    Feb 22, 2021
    8
    Best action (labyrinth room) ever made or at least of the year. Non-usual mechanics enveloped to player in full strength. Feel the power of control.
    Strong and complicated story not for every one to assemble in one piece. Very atmospheric and full immersion guaranteed.
  22. 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.
  23. oskorcze
    Feb 19, 2021
    10
    Absolute masterpiece! Best surrealistic picture I have seen in video games! Breathtaking graphics and physics!
  24. Glemial
    Feb 19, 2021
    7
    Pros:
    Story
    Combat system Graphics Attention to detail (if you look closely, you will see that every item in the game is extremely detailed and this is very impressive) Scenario destruction Cons: Bad storytelling Main character with no charisma Forgetteble characters Too much texts to read (I normaly like to read in games, but in that one has so much that become boring) Huge    Pros:
    Story
    Combat system
    Graphics
    Attention to detail (if you look closely, you will see that every item in the game is extremely detailed and this is very impressive)
    Scenario destruction

    Cons:
    Bad storytelling
    Main character with no charisma
    Forgetteble characters
    Too much texts to read (I normaly like to read in games, but in that one has so much that become boring)
    Huge FPS drops in some ocassions
    Disnecessary loot system

    In general i had fun with Control, but with time the game starts to get boring because of the Cons above    … Expand
  25. Klarmi
    Feb 19, 2021
    5
    I really wanted to like this game, but its just boring. I really had to force myself to finish this game. This game is not really bad, but its not a good game, its just "ok". The gameplay/gunplay is not very fun (it was at the beginning, but it gets boring), i know they wanted to make the story confusing, but its still boring. it got better at the end of the game, but still, its "ok". notI really wanted to like this game, but its just boring. I really had to force myself to finish this game. This game is not really bad, but its not a good game, its just "ok". The gameplay/gunplay is not very fun (it was at the beginning, but it gets boring), i know they wanted to make the story confusing, but its still boring. it got better at the end of the game, but still, its "ok". not good, not bad. but the map, very bad. its confusing, the environment is ugly, you dont know where to go a lot of times so you have to watch yt videos a lot of times, and the puzzles are also frustrating, everytime i had to watch yt videos for them. and i skipped the sidequests because i was scared to get lost in the map/environment.
    i dont say that the game is bad, but its also not good. its overrated in my opinion.    … Expand
  26. 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.
  27. pizkaH12
    Feb 17, 2021
    10
    Personalmente, uno de los mejores juegos que hay actualmente. Obviamente tiene sus errores, pero no suelen ocurrir, y en el caso de que ocurran, no afectan al juego. Te engancha desde el minuto uno, para mi esto es un 10, y si le pudiera dar mas valoracion se la daba sin dudarlo.
  28. Juanoldead
    Feb 17, 2021
    8
    Me sorprendió gratamente este juego. La historia te atrapa hasta el final. Es interesante. A lo Kojima, La jugabilidad es fluida y lo poco de la banda sonora se ve bastante fresca. Capaz que el juego falla en la mala optimización no corregida en ps4 que puede empeorar la experiencia de juego, como su final plano.
  29. 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.
  30. Edgard86
    Feb 17, 2021
    7
    Jogos superestimado pela mídia, como sempre. O jogo é comum, tem necessidade de trazer 500 inimigos de uma só vez pra você matar se tornando chato. A historia é confusa, muita gente não vai entender nada. Os gráficos são bons no ps5, ray trancing a 30 fps se torna sem utilidade. O mapa ajuda pouco, você ficará confuso onde ir várias vezes.

    ps5 - psn ID: Edgard_1986
  31. Doom_174
    Feb 16, 2021
    9
    Великолепно подаваемый сюжет, атмосфера тотальной загадочности, мистика, визуальный стиль граничащий с безупречным. Единственное что немного не понравилось, это стрельба. Немного нехватает "импакта" от нее. В остальном все замечательно. Спасибо, Remedy.Великолепно подаваемый сюжет, атмосфера тотальной загадочности, мистика, визуальный стиль граничащий с безупречным. Единственное что немного не понравилось, это стрельба. Немного нехватает "импакта" от нее. В остальном все замечательно. Спасибо, Remedy.
  32. Jorge_Q
    Feb 15, 2021
    0
    Я тупо бл*ть дошел до конца и вообще не интересно что там и как. нах*й выключил. получил приз и вышел.

    Как сказал Ярик: "Говно из жопы а не игра. Реально ничего мне не запомнилось. Карта ебн*тая, сюжета нет". Если бы не PS+ мог попасться и купить по скидке. Спасибо Sony что спасли мои деньги.    Я тупо бл*ть дошел до конца и вообще не интересно что там и как. нах*й выключил. получил приз и вышел.

    Как сказал Ярик:

    "Говно из жопы а не игра. Реально ничего мне не запомнилось. Карта ебн*тая, сюжета нет".

    Если бы не PS+ мог попасться и купить по скидке. Спасибо Sony что спасли мои деньги.
  33. 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
  34. Avejant
    Feb 14, 2021
    7
    Personally, I enjoyed this game, I really like lore and atmosphere. Also I liked visual and sound design. Honestly, it was very interesting for me explore this game. Also I like some characters (there are few of them, but some, like doctor Darling are wonderful. I recommend watch every video record with him.)
    But unfortunately game in some way seems undercooked for me:
    - Health recovery    Personally, I enjoyed this game, I really like lore and atmosphere. Also I liked visual and sound design. Honestly, it was very interesting for me explore this game. Also I like some characters (there are few of them, but some, like doctor Darling are wonderful. I recommend watch every video record with him.)
    But unfortunately game in some way seems undercooked for me:
    - Health recovery system. I really feel disappointed by the fact that if I want to cure and there are a lot of aggressive enemies around then I need to risk to cure. I think it would be better to have slow recovering in battle mode and recovering in calm mode, because it's really frustrating when you left with almost no health after finishing of battle but there are no health pieces left.
    - Checkpoint system. If you copy Dark Souls bonfires then you must provide better shortcuts. Because few times when I died I needed to make very long way to the area at which I died. This is frustrating and even can motivate you to enable cheats.
    - And yeah, facility to enable cheats in settings instead of changing difficulty levels. I hope I should not explain why this was a bad idea.
    - Also it's hard to orient when there are a lot of special effects on screen. And my PS4 Slim react on this with FPS lowing which is not very good when you are supposed to play aggressively.
    - On higher levels weapon become less effective against enemies than superpowers.
    - NPCs has potential but I would expect from them being more deeper.

    I recommend to play it but don't raise your expectation too high. It's good game but its flaws can leave you with some kind of bitterness.    … Expand
  35. NikolayHin
    Feb 14, 2021
    9
    Приятный динамичный шутер, сюжетка раскрыта слабо, но геймплей очень хороший
  36. Marat655
    Feb 13, 2021
    10
    Очень интересная игра, хотя сначало максимально отталкивает, но через 2-3 часа уже не оторваться,
  37. alank8704
    Feb 10, 2021
    9
    Great game. really good and fun gameplay. great story that was really confusing but thats what made it great and it made the world of the game really interesting. The world itself was really well done that was fun to explore and find everything that is happening in the world. It made me do the extra side missions to find more cool stuff. Easy platinum as well just a bit annoying to do 25Great game. really good and fun gameplay. great story that was really confusing but thats what made it great and it made the world of the game really interesting. The world itself was really well done that was fun to explore and find everything that is happening in the world. It made me do the extra side missions to find more cool stuff. Easy platinum as well just a bit annoying to do 25 challenges but besides that you just have to complete the game and side missions… Expand
  38. 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
  39. queondavatos
    Feb 10, 2021
    7
    Bastante bien Remedy, tiene sus cosas pero es un gran videojuego. El mapa seguramente es lo peor del juego, más que ayudarte te desorienta; el rendimiento al menos en ps4 es malo, cada vez que abres las opciones del juego se laguea excesivamente y a veces no se nota fluido en el gameplay. Pero todo lo demás es positivo, la historia es extraña e interesante, y aunque al final no es granBastante bien Remedy, tiene sus cosas pero es un gran videojuego. El mapa seguramente es lo peor del juego, más que ayudarte te desorienta; el rendimiento al menos en ps4 es malo, cada vez que abres las opciones del juego se laguea excesivamente y a veces no se nota fluido en el gameplay. Pero todo lo demás es positivo, la historia es extraña e interesante, y aunque al final no es gran cosa, consigue mantener al jugador enganchado a la pantalla. La jugabilidad es peculiar, como en todos los juegos de Remedy, pero esta vez usan unas mecánicas que le sientan muy bien al videojuego, y hacen disfrutar al jugador. La música es sencilla y correcta. Gráficamente se ve muy bien pero me he encontrado algunas texturas que han tardado en cargar exageradamente. Si te centras solo en las misiones principales te dura 8 horas. En general me ha gustado.

    73/100    … Expand
  40. 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
  41. mikeje
    Feb 9, 2021
    10
    this game is amazing/восхетительна, я испытал море когнитивных удовольствий/pleasure. this game has an amazing soundtrack/музыку и звуков/sounds accompanying you all the time. Хорошая графика/beautiful. Art design on top/правильно подобран. Захватывающая история. Крайне интересный проект/game. just 10/10 10/10 10/10 10/10 10/10 10/10 10/10 10/10 10/10 10/10 10/10 10/10 10/10 10/10 10/10this game is amazing/восхетительна, я испытал море когнитивных удовольствий/pleasure. this game has an amazing soundtrack/музыку и звуков/sounds accompanying you all the time. Хорошая графика/beautiful. Art design on top/правильно подобран. Захватывающая история. Крайне интересный проект/game. just 10/10 10/10 10/10 10/10 10/10 10/10 10/10 10/10 10/10 10/10 10/10 10/10 10/10 10/10 10/10 10/10 10/10 10/10 10/10 10/10 10/10 10/10 10/10 10/10 10/10 10/10 10/10 10/10 10/10 10/10 10/10 10/10 10/10 10/10 10/10 10/10 10/10 10/10 10/10 10/10 10/10 10/10 10/10 10/10 10/10 10/10 10/10 10/10 10/10 10/10 10/10 10/10 10/10 10/10 10/10 10/10 10/10 10/10 10/10 10/10 10/10 10/10 10/10 10/10 10/10 10/10 10/10 10/10 10/10 10/10 10/10 10/10 10/10 10/10 10/10 10/10 10/10 10/10 10/10 10/10 10/10 10/10 10/10 10/10 10/10 10/10 10/10 10/10 10/10 10/10 10/10 10/10 10/10 10/10 10/10 10/10 10/10 10/10 10/10 10/10 10/10 10/10 10/10 10/10 10/10 10/10 10/10 10/10 10/10 10/10 10/10 10/10 10/10 10/10 10/10 10/10 10/10 10/10 10/10 10/10 10/10 10/10 10/10 10/10 10/10 10/10 10/10 10/10 10/10 10/10 10/10 10/10 10/10 10/10 10/10 10/10 10/10 10/10 10/10 10/10 10/10 10/10 10/10 10/10 10/10 10/10 10/10 10/10 10/10 10/10 10/10 10/10 10/10 10/10 10/10 10/10 10/10 10/10 10/10 10/10 10/10 10/10 10/10 10/10 10/10 10/10 10/10 10/10 10/10 10/10 10/10 10/10 10/10 10/10 10/10 10/10 10/10 10/10 10/10 10/10 10/10 10/10 10/10 10/10 10/10 10/10 10/10 10/10 10/10 10/10 10/10 10/10 10/10 10/10 10/10 10/10 10/10 10/10 10/10 10/10 10/10 10/10 10/10 10/10 10/10 10/10 10/10 10/10 10/10 10/10 10/10 10/10 10/10 10/10 10/10 10/10 10/10 10/10 10/10 10/10 10/10 10/10 10/10 10/10 10/10 10/10 10/10 10/10 10/10 10/10 10/10 10/10 10/10 10/10 10/10 10/10 10/10 10/10 10/10 10/10 10/10 10/10 10/10 10/10 10/10 10/10 10/10 10/10 10/10 10/10 10/10 10/10 10/10 10/10 10/10 10/10 10/10 10/10 10/10 10/10 10/10 10/10 10/10 10/10 10/10 10/10 10/10 10/10 10/10 10/10 10/10 10/10 10/10 10/10 10/10 10/10 10/10 10/10 10/10 10/10 10/10 10/10 10/10 10/10 10/10 10/10 10/10 10/10 10/10 10/10 10/10 10/10 10/10 10/10 10/10 10/10 10/10 10/10 10/10 10/10 10/10 10/10 10/10 10/10 10/10 10/10 10/10 10/10 10/10 10/10 10/10 10/10 10/10 10/10 10/10 10/10 10/10 10/10 10/10 10/10 10/10 10/10 10/10 10/10 10/10 10/10 10/10 10/10 10/10 10/10 10/10 10/10 10/10 10/10 10/10 10/10 10/10 10/10 10/10 10/10 10/10 10/10 10/10 10/10 10/10 10/10 10/10 10/10 10/10 10/10 10/10 10/10 10/10 10/10 10/10 10/10 10/10 10/10 10/10 10/10 10/10 10/10 10/10 10/10 10/10 10/10 10/10 10/10 10/10 10/10… Expand
  42. 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
  43. Stadianoob
    Feb 9, 2021
    7
    Good game. Gets a little tedious. Lots of positives. Cool concept. Cant wait for sequel.
  44. PapiChurro
    Feb 9, 2021
    7
    I tried Control out during its free release on PS+ and after playing through about 80% of it's content I think I'm finished with it. What started out as a really strong thiller/horror that had me hooked into the story, slowly eroded over time into a Weird Sci-Fi that I wasn't unsatisfied with but wasn't expecting. The story was great up until its abrupt end. The level design was reallyI tried Control out during its free release on PS+ and after playing through about 80% of it's content I think I'm finished with it. What started out as a really strong thiller/horror that had me hooked into the story, slowly eroded over time into a Weird Sci-Fi that I wasn't unsatisfied with but wasn't expecting. The story was great up until its abrupt end. The level design was really well crafted, I was constantly awestruck at how well the team took urban offices and pushed their architecture into something that shaped the mood perfectly. The soundtrack was masterfully done and had all the flavor that comes with Weird Sci-Fi cinema like Arrival. The combat design felt simple and engaging without feeling stale, and I am a personal fan of one-difficulty method as it makes me feel confident that the game is perfectly designed with intent.

    Where this all went wrong for me was the introduction of the levitation mechanic as it became painfully obvious that the grounded Thriller/Horror genre was gone and what I was playing was just another sci-fi shooter. What finally tipped me over the edge of no longer wanting to play was the inevitable platforming gameplay that arose in the Foundation DLC.

    Everything that the game had built was replaced with a bland environment filled with a platforming playstyle that the game can't support due to the tedious speed and nature of levitation. After a few hours of clearing through black Astral blocks in a void-world of slow Mary Poppins drifting I realized I haven't even finished 1 of the 4 objectives and I wasn't having fun at all. So I returned to the Old House and finished out my time in the Investigations DLC and then hung up my I.D. card. Overall I feel my playthroufh ends in mediocrity. I would celebrate the studio for the attempt as it was good but not great all the way through. I'm looking forward to more of their work.    … Expand
  45. 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
  46. Mulder46
    Feb 9, 2021
    6
    Una historia interesante y muy rara, interactuar con muchos objetos, detalles como el extintor, acomodar el nivel con cosas como recarga rápida, vida infinita o tal.

    Contras:
    demasiados bugs con crasheo incluido, algún rasponazo si pausas, algunos ataques demasiado tramposos, muertes extrañas...
  47. SCman
    Feb 9, 2021
    5
    The game is not optimized for PS4. FPS drops to 1 frame per second! This is a nightmare that spoils the experience of the game. Although I liked the gameplay itself, due to the technical imperfection of the game for the console, I put 5 points out of 10. It's good that I didn't pay a dollar for the game, but received a Playstation Plus subscription. I think if I paid money for this, thenThe game is not optimized for PS4. FPS drops to 1 frame per second! This is a nightmare that spoils the experience of the game. Although I liked the gameplay itself, due to the technical imperfection of the game for the console, I put 5 points out of 10. It's good that I didn't pay a dollar for the game, but received a Playstation Plus subscription. I think if I paid money for this, then after the launch, seeing an unsuccessful technical condition with a drawdown of personnel, I would return the money and would be very unhappy with the purchase. A game with such unoptimized code should not be available for sale! Despite the fact that I liked the gameplay itself, but the technical bugs are crazy!… Expand
  48. Tweeter88
    Feb 8, 2021
    9
    Excellent story driven game, exploring abstract themes dubbed "the paranatural" Control offers a set of really neat game mechanics in a tense SciFi thriller that I just could not put down. The setting, while a little lack luster, comes together with unsettling sound design to create the perfect atmosphere that will keep you on edge the entire time. Maybe the best crossovers of the horrorExcellent story driven game, exploring abstract themes dubbed "the paranatural" Control offers a set of really neat game mechanics in a tense SciFi thriller that I just could not put down. The setting, while a little lack luster, comes together with unsettling sound design to create the perfect atmosphere that will keep you on edge the entire time. Maybe the best crossovers of the horror and SciFi of the PS4 era. Highly recommend picking it up on PS+, as it looks and feels fantastic on the PlayStation 5.… Expand
  49. DjaySuzi
    Feb 7, 2021
    8
    The characters and story are gripping and kept me reeled in the whole time I was playing. It constantly had me wanting more - to know more about these characters and their backstories. The mechanics were phenomenal and graphics were great for the ps4. I only wish I felt more satisfaction by the end of the game, but it only left me with unanswered questions. There is also the occasional bugThe characters and story are gripping and kept me reeled in the whole time I was playing. It constantly had me wanting more - to know more about these characters and their backstories. The mechanics were phenomenal and graphics were great for the ps4. I only wish I felt more satisfaction by the end of the game, but it only left me with unanswered questions. There is also the occasional bug like enemies appearing and disappearing randomly when they're not supposed to and weird things like not being about to walk up certain sets of stairs. But aside from its few flaws, this game is amazing and I look forward to a sequel if there ever is one.… Expand
  50. 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?
  51. 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.
  52. aaAxion
    Feb 6, 2021
    0
    Worst game I have ever played! Ice-cream with *hit flavor makes it even worse. Serious frame rate drop,, exceedingly long loading time, constant long walk after death, and unnecessary death penalty, terrible checkpoint design, confusing map navigation ... ... all keep me from enjoying the cool idea of the game setup and good aspects of combat play. There is no 'balanced gameplay' option.Worst game I have ever played! Ice-cream with *hit flavor makes it even worse. Serious frame rate drop,, exceedingly long loading time, constant long walk after death, and unnecessary death penalty, terrible checkpoint design, confusing map navigation ... ... all keep me from enjoying the cool idea of the game setup and good aspects of combat play. There is no 'balanced gameplay' option. Yes, some combats are difficult with loads of enemies. But a cheap combat design filled with one-shot long-range enemies? Com'on, you can do better than that. And spawn camping enemies? No one knows better how to annoy players. Good job! Glad I only played it because it is free on ps plus.… Expand
  53. beenbadder
    Feb 6, 2021
    1
    One of the worst games a have ever played glad it was on PS Plus so I didn't have to buy it like I was going to do as it looked & sounded good. I have deleted it & will never redownload or play it again. I don't know why anyone would like this game.
  54. imnotraph
    Feb 4, 2021
    8
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. When I played Control from very early I realized that something strange was happening in the old house ... as long as I kept playing everything was so strange and inexplicable ... it was literally like being in a different world (these are positive) until my feelings and the way I viewed this place began to change where at first something would seem strange to me everything started to look normal to me and I felt part of the old house the gameplay was perfect and I had a great time it's also scary for me in some places, because the unknown is in every corner of this game I would like to learn more about the old house and what eventually happens to Jesse's brother, the only bad thing is the fps ... in some battles I played with 20-15 fps that had little effect on the experience because it happened quite often in big battles… Expand
  55. Maugaran
    Feb 3, 2021
    2
    Boring jump and shoot game. Brainless Game without deepness. Cant understand the ratings
  56. ricethief
    Feb 2, 2021
    0
    Quit supporting trashy companies like 505 Games. The game industry would instantly be better if 505 didn’t exist.
  57. Guillermo5zh
    Feb 2, 2021
    1
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Ya lo jugué gracias al ps plus no se por que este juego tiene tanta puntuación su historia es aburrida a los 10 minutos ya me aburrió y me hartó pero aún así lo complete y pos que decir de su traducción al español es totalmente pobre , además de sus graficas o sus bugs no es un juego que valga 40 dólares por el no pagaría ni 5 dólares… Expand
  58. Davor11
    Feb 2, 2021
    2
    Very fustrating game,depresive story, colors to weird for eyes and for head
  59. Sevenseth
    Jan 25, 2021
    9
    É um jogo excepcional, gráficos, efeitos, gameplay e jogabilidade excelente.
    Apenas a história que deixa desejar.
    É meio confusa e difícil de se entender.

    Mas no geral é um excelente jogo.
  60. fensh
    Jan 25, 2021
    9
    GREAT storyline with a lot of depth if you are willing to invest time finding all the little secrets. The artstyle is someting I've never seen before, very creative and thrilling. Gameplay has potential, lacks here and there but is overall good. 9/10!
  61. Duncs12345
    Jan 21, 2021
    8
    An interesting game however I have mixed feelings about this...
    The good; likeable protagonist, interesting concepts, puzzle orientated gameplay, can use any object in the map for battle, the real life acted videos
    The bad; the enemies and levels can be a little dull, lacks interesting boss battles, the mini map isn’t helpful in directing you. I’m not sure if the story is genius or in    An interesting game however I have mixed feelings about this...
    The good; likeable protagonist, interesting concepts, puzzle orientated gameplay, can use any object in the map for battle, the real life acted videos
    The bad; the enemies and levels can be a little dull, lacks interesting boss battles, the mini map isn’t helpful in directing you. I’m not sure if the story is genius or in trying hard to be mysterious becomes messy.    … Expand
  62. Jeroendarling
    Jan 21, 2021
    8
    What I liked about this game was the story, totally different then any other game I played. Made me more engaged. I also liked the action, the use of powers and the way everything is destructable. What made the game different for me is that you just start the game, but have no idea who you are, why you are there, what you have to do, or how the things are connected. The game doesnt have aWhat I liked about this game was the story, totally different then any other game I played. Made me more engaged. I also liked the action, the use of powers and the way everything is destructable. What made the game different for me is that you just start the game, but have no idea who you are, why you are there, what you have to do, or how the things are connected. The game doesnt have a multiple hour tutorial, you just start.

    The bad is that the map is really terrbile, i found myself lost more then a few times. And the respawning of enymies is also I am not a huge fan of, although in this game was not so disturbing.

    All in all , for me a very good game that also made me want to finish the game. And this is not something that happens to often.    … Expand
  63. ATAT15
    Jan 16, 2021
    0
    Whoever wrote the ending of this game should never be allowed to work in the industry again. Do not play this game, it is a complete waste of time. I am so angry at the developers of this game because at first it was great, by the end you never want to touch it again.
  64. BallzyDan
    Jan 14, 2021
    7
    Control had some very cool things going on. I suggest to anyone, to find a video on 'navigating the ash tray maze', so you can see the best part of the game. Super frustrating when boss battling and dying, respawning at a 'control point' an annoying distance away. Difficult game to navigate. Shocked I actually beat the story and ten side missions. Some of the side missions were tooControl had some very cool things going on. I suggest to anyone, to find a video on 'navigating the ash tray maze', so you can see the best part of the game. Super frustrating when boss battling and dying, respawning at a 'control point' an annoying distance away. Difficult game to navigate. Shocked I actually beat the story and ten side missions. Some of the side missions were too difficult or just plain annoying. If this game had a navigation system patched in to it, similar to that of Bioshock or the ability in Skyrim to follow the smoke trail, it'd be worth 15 bucks.… Expand
  65. Kryptonix
    Jan 13, 2021
    0
    Constantly respawning annoying enemies, riddles impossible to figure out without walkthroughs. I don't recommend it. Graphics is blurry. Overated.
  66. Ledknight
    Jan 9, 2021
    6
    Das Spiel fängt stark an doch es wird einem ziemlich schnell bewusst dass das Spiel mit Füller Missionen künstlich in die Länge gestreckt werden soll dazu kommen viele Bugs overpowerte Bulletsponge Gegner und eine schlechte Kamerasicht in Kämpfen
  67. 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
  68. csln
    Jan 5, 2021
    7
    Good. R5 3600X, RTX 3060ti, ssd
    Something different in a good way. RayTracing, graphics, story good. It was exciting and a good setting with the abilities (it is not just shooting)
    German synch was not good. The Foundation DLC not good, i dont like caves
  69. 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!
  70. Brkoala
    Jan 3, 2021
    0
    Jogo começa maneiro mas já na metade se torna insuportável e horrível. Perca de tempo total zerar isso.
  71. Lozabia42969
    Jan 3, 2021
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Master Piece, amaizing Sound FXS, cool gameplay, interesting world and history a different game. I hope play more games like this.… Expand
  72. casualuser
    Jan 1, 2021
    5
    What this game is all about ? The Telepathy Sekiro ?
    No reload checkpoint. Every time you die it will cost your resources, I do not remember what to call this, but those resources can be use to upgrade your character. Mean that, you are a gamer who usually have **** dies, you character will weak. For short, the boss hit you once, haft your health-bar, you hit the boss hard, just a little    What this game is all about ? The Telepathy Sekiro ?
    No reload checkpoint. Every time you die it will cost your resources, I do not remember what to call this, but those resources can be use to upgrade your character. Mean that, you are a gamer who usually have **** dies, you character will weak. For short, the boss hit you once, haft your health-bar, you hit the boss hard, just a little bit 1% of it's health-bar. Wanna get your resources back ? No way. If you want to see a cut scene again, no way to do that. You want to hear dialogues again, the same answer.
    They did not even tell us this is a hardcore game. You can not choose difficulty. No reload checkpoint. No guidelines.
    The map which will support you to find the way, do the tasks is almost useless. Even it has a map, it's still hard to no where you should go to next to reach the destination. If you have 15inches or 17inches monitor, you will have to run around to find what you need, and sometime, it won't be on the map, which mean the mark. I ran around for 10 minutes just find the way to the mark. Shooting,, flying, throwing stuffs into the Hiss is fun. The story is fine, just fine. Not worth buying if you are a person who use game to entertain or release your stress.    … Expand
  73. metalaries
    Dec 30, 2020
    7
    This game pisses you off, and likes doing it. You dont respawning in a decent place. The map is a complete joke. I just deleted this game due to the developers being Jack holes about how to set things up properly and being unable to design a map with any intelligence. Screw this game
  74. Xalrandion
    Dec 22, 2020
    8
    Control is a strange masterpiece.

    The oldest house is a strange yet fascinating place, every corner of it housing some strange mystery or simple 90's office furniture. And this awesome sense of mystery is what carries this game. The rest of the narration side is much more good than "masterpiece tier", the story is quite simple all things considered, and even if I like these characters    Control is a strange masterpiece.

    The oldest house is a strange yet fascinating place, every corner of it housing some strange mystery or simple 90's office furniture. And this awesome sense of mystery is what carries this game. The rest of the narration side is much more good than "masterpiece tier", the story is quite simple all things considered, and even if I like these characters they are kind of shallow.

    But on the gameplay side, launching a fridge on enemies cannot be bad.    … Expand
  75. PatrikPotter
    Dec 20, 2020
    8
    My personal Review for Control
    Story:8/10
    Graphics:9/10
    Music:8/10
    Gameplay:8/10
    Sound:7/10
    Control is a great game to fill your free time while waiting for something bigger.
  76. OneTrueOpinion
    Dec 18, 2020
    5
    I played Control for about 15 hours and got the 7th mission. It is relentlessly frustrating, confusing and boring:

    The map is virtually useless for navigating the labyrinthine and repetitive locations and there is no compass. You spend a lot of time wandering around dreary office space and it is not fun. I didn't do any side quests because I was afraid of getting lost forever. The    I played Control for about 15 hours and got the 7th mission. It is relentlessly frustrating, confusing and boring:

    The map is virtually useless for navigating the labyrinthine and repetitive locations and there is no compass. You spend a lot of time wandering around dreary office space and it is not fun. I didn't do any side quests because I was afraid of getting lost forever. The environment is not very interactive, aside from using telekinesis to throw office furniture around.

    The story is odd in the wrong sort of way. It feels like starting the second season of a show you've never heard of. The weirdness is presented in a very unsatisfying way. for example, why are there employees just standing around when there are demons or whatever infesting the building? The protagonist has all the charm and personality of a Terminator. She is so robotic that at first I thought it was some kind of a joke or a bit, but no. It is not a bit. The cinematics are extremely boring: you meet a weirdly animated character who explains some boring aspect of parapsychology and then they send you off in search of another quest item. Every once in a while there is some cool effects animation.
    The gameplay is fun at first, but then the bad guys level up and it doesn't feel like you catch up. So by the time you get to the flying enemies that dodge your telekinetic attach, you spend 2 seconds shooting your underpowered pistol and then hiding for five seconds while it recharges. But they heal faster than your gun reloads, so you find yourself in a truly sisyphean challenge. It is frustrating and not fun, especially when the enemies constantly one-shot you and you have to start over from a distant save point.
    The load time is very long and the save point mechanic and the -10% XP penalty for dying feels unnecessarily punishing.

    The sound design is cool and some of the weirdness is intriguing, but overall his game sucks and I hate it.    … Expand
  77. ToshLichev
    Dec 18, 2020
    8
    Control was the first game in quite some time I was truly looking forward to playing and while I absolutely fell in love with its world and lore, there were quite a few technical problems that held me back from enjoying it as much as I would have wanted to:

    Pros: - Control's world is intriguing and really makes you want to read every collectible you come across. While the main story    Control was the first game in quite some time I was truly looking forward to playing and while I absolutely fell in love with its world and lore, there were quite a few technical problems that held me back from enjoying it as much as I would have wanted to:

    Pros:
    - Control's world is intriguing and really makes you want to read every collectible you come across. While the main story itself may not be groundbreaking, you always want to learn more about the FBC and their history
    - The Oldest House is an incredible setting that oozes style and diverse environments
    - Gameplay feels nice and tight and the abilities Jesse (the protagonist) has give it a great sense of verticallity. By the end you are essentially playing as Jean Grey with guns.
    - The universe it shares with Alan Wake seems very promising
    - Quite visually impressive... when it isn't glitching out.
    - The game's use of architecture and colors combined with it's supernatural setting provide for some of the best levels I've played this year
    - While not all of the characters are as memorable as they should be, Dr. Casper Darling makes up for all of them and has turned into one of my all time favorite fictional characters ever
    - The game has a well structured trophy list

    Cons:
    - Bugs, bugs, bugs and more bugs. Control runs very poorly at times on a PS4 slim, with FPS drops that are as bad as 5-10 fps. This usually happens when **** is going down and tends to take you out of the game. Constant texture pop-ins are also a problem.
    - Control has a serious difficulty problem. Jesse usually dies in about 3-4 hits which is very punishing considering how many tough enemies you usually end up facing at once. The devs have added an invincibility mode you can use which is nice if you get very frustrated but it doesn't compensate a poorly made difficulty system.

    Overall Control is a glitch-filled masterpiece which could have been a 10/10 if it was well optimized and had an ending that was a tiny bit better. However it's still a must-play and serves as an amazing origin for the Remedy-verse. It gets an 8/10    … Expand
  78. LogTech
    Dec 18, 2020
    10
    Amazing game, mechanics, dificulty, story and characters. It reminds me to the times of Max Paine. that story captures you till the end of the game. a MASTERPIECE.
  79. Chempion1
    Dec 17, 2020
    8
    Год назад я писал отзыв по поводу Control, теперь по прошествии двух dlc и 12 патчей, хочу дополнить мои впечатления.
    Я не знаю, чего я чувствую больше к этой игре: любви или ненависти!
    Игра невероятно атмосферная, в неё погружаешься с головой, из неё очень трудно выйти! К тому же, это одна из немногих игр в которых у меня выбита платина. Прошёл её трижды!!! Сюжет запутанный как    Год назад я писал отзыв по поводу Control, теперь по прошествии двух dlc и 12 патчей, хочу дополнить мои впечатления.
    Я не знаю, чего я чувствую больше к этой игре: любви или ненависти!
    Игра невероятно атмосферная, в неё погружаешься с головой, из неё очень трудно выйти! К тому же, это одна из немногих игр в которых у меня выбита платина. Прошёл её трижды!!!
    Сюжет запутанный как "гордиев узел". С первого прохождения мало кто поймёт: "Что же здесь чёрт возьми происходит?"
    Боевая система просто на высоте, можно сказать одна из лучших в играх от Remedy.
    Система прокачки, опять таки, одна из лучших в шутерах с открытым миром!
    Но!!! Ноо!!! Нооооооо!!!!!
    Вся эта прелесть просто разбивается о техническое исполнение!!!
    Не одна из игр вышеупомянутой Remedy, не выглядела такой сырой и корявой.
    Как понятно из раздела в котором пишу, играл не на PC, где корявость можно было бы списать на слабое железо, кривые драйвера и прочую хрень, а на PlayStation 4. Конечно плойка сейчас не блещет железом, но можно же было за год и 12 вышедших патчей поправить как то эти косяки?
    Начну с оптимизации. Она ужасна. Если на экране 5 или более противников, привет 10 fps! В некоторых местах картинка просто останавливается на несколько секунд. Это 2020 год? Или я в 1993м, когда DooM шел с 10 fps и все были счастливы, а? При всём при этом игра выглядит даже хуже чем Quantum Break 2016 года!
    Загрузки. Ё моё они невероятно длинные. За этот год, на мой взгляд, они стали ещё длинней!
    Эти чёртовы лаги и фризы при заходе и выходе из меню, игра просто виснет на несколько секунд! Ужасно раздражает!
    Игра умудряется намертво зависать при загрузках уровней!
    Также совершенно не поправили задания, многие из них просто пропадают из меню взятых, после перезагрузки игры! Хорошо был опыт первых двух прохождений, поэтому на листке писал название и в какой области данное задание можно начать!!! Реально как в 1993 году ;-)).
    Но всё это пустяки, неприятные, но пустяки с которыми можно смириться. Самое поганое это РЕАКТИВНЫЕ СУБТИТРЫ! Я писал об этом год назад и здесь и Remedy. Но ничего не поменяли, 0,1-0,3 секунды на прочтение некоторых предложений. Этого слишком мало даже для дикторов тв! Хорошо я прошел игру несколько раз, но тем кто будет играть впервые не позавидуешь. И без того запутанный сюжет пролетит для них стороной, добро пожаловать в YouTube за разъяснениями!
    К счастью, энтузиасты из GamesVoice, обещали в 2021 году выпустить качественную озвучку. Не доверять им оснований нет! Так, что всем не игравшим, если такие есть, советую подождать локализации! К сожалению выхода её на PlayStation ожидать не приходится, но всё таки.
    К этому времени вышли два dlc, ничего особенно не добавляющие, но вполне играбельные. В последнем подтянули Алана Уэйка. Зачем я не понял, но он есть!
    Игра обязательна для прохождения всем поклонникам продукции Remedy!    … Expand
  80. Millymolly
    Dec 14, 2020
    10
    Игра просто отличная. Одно удовольствие проводить время в этом мире. Будто смесь Секретных материалов и Биошок. Отличный продукт. Незначительный минус это оптимизация, играл на ps4 slim ей конечно такие масштабы тяжело в редких моментах вывозить. Иногда бывают проседы ФПСИгра просто отличная. Одно удовольствие проводить время в этом мире. Будто смесь Секретных материалов и Биошок. Отличный продукт. Незначительный минус это оптимизация, играл на ps4 slim ей конечно такие масштабы тяжело в редких моментах вывозить. Иногда бывают проседы ФПС
  81. eva3si0n
    Dec 13, 2020
    9
    I love Remedy games. They are one of not many studios that have not yet failed. I started playing Control initially for the gameplay shootout as Quantum Break. And he received one of the best games of 2019. The plot is simple and completely predictable. But the surroundings are great. I even read all these notes scattered around the building, because they are interesting and reveal theI love Remedy games. They are one of not many studios that have not yet failed. I started playing Control initially for the gameplay shootout as Quantum Break. And he received one of the best games of 2019. The plot is simple and completely predictable. But the surroundings are great. I even read all these notes scattered around the building, because they are interesting and reveal the history of the game. The physics of destruction is made at a magnificent level. And the company itself is well built, precisely when you begin to get tired of the game, either the maze appears or the game ends. The idea with the double ending is great! And in general, I would rate the game at 10/10, but the technical implementation of the game is not the best. On PS4 Pro, the game slows down significantly in heavy scenes, the opening of the menu occurs with friezes. This could not win with patches even a year later.… Expand
  82. DanB0504
    Dec 13, 2020
    9
    I only picked this up because it was recently added to the Xbox Game Pass. I went in not knowing what to expect, which I think made it all the better.

    It features a brilliant story where you play as Jesse, voiced by Courtney Hope (who did a great job with the voice acting), a vast, in-depth mind-boggling world and really interesting abilities.

    Highly recommend this to anyone.
  83. GiZmoNiSmo
    Dec 13, 2020
    0
    absolute **** show of a game, the maps are god awful and navigating them is even worse. The mission Find Marshall a prime example. Go find this person with absolutely no **** clue of where to even start to look. Absolutely trash game, actually deleted it after a few hours of aimlessly wandering around, such a waste of money
  84. kruci
    Dec 12, 2020
    10
    Rzadko kiedy gra wciąga mnie na tyle że szukam na wiki gry wszelkich odpowiedźi i informacji których sam nie znalazłem. Mój klimat. Chociaż model strzelania i walki nudny po czasie.
  85. redscauser
    Dec 12, 2020
    10
    great game, interestinh story and lore, thank you Remedy, i love your games. 10/10
  86. maksimStark18
    Dec 11, 2020
    7
    Средненький проект, но с лучшей физикой разрушения.
  87. wangweixun
    Dec 7, 2020
    8
    I almost want to give it a mixed review because of the story telling ... I liked the gameplay and graphic.
  88. 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
  89. 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.
  90. dmitriyrus
    Nov 25, 2020
    10
    The Best GAME I've played!!!
    The Remedy Entertainment best work for all years, this game better than Alan Wake and Max Payne.
    Gameplay is very dynamic and fast.
    Story very interesting, people, don't listen this morans who don't understand, the just lazy.
    Graphics very cool and realistic.
    Physics and destroying very evolutionary.
    I recommend all of you play this game!!!!
  91. Stratos2000
    Nov 22, 2020
    5
    I expected a cool sci-fi story to dive into, but I got a generic 3rd person shooter.

    Well there is some kind of science fiction plot going on but to get a clue what is it exactly, player should read tons of text fragments that are lying around here and there, because this is one of those games that doesnt know any better solution to tell a story than using plain text. I mean, if I want    I expected a cool sci-fi story to dive into, but I got a generic 3rd person shooter.

    Well there is some kind of science fiction plot going on but to get a clue what is it exactly, player should read tons of text fragments that are lying around here and there, because this is one of those games that doesnt know any better solution to tell a story than using plain text.
    I mean, if I want to read a book, I read a book from an actual author.    … Expand
  92. Beyonder27
    Nov 22, 2020
    9
    My 2019 game of the year!
    This art style, this story telling, the gameplay is tickles my brain.
    I could give it a 10 but some bugs and performance issues won't allow it.
  93. 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
  94. BoberTusovshik
    Nov 15, 2020
    8
    Оцениваю игру на , хоть и суммарная оценка пользователей ниже мне кажется это крепкая 8ка.
    Игра очень красивая , но большая ее часть будет в однообразных офисных помещениях . Сюжет крутой , история про бюро очень напоминающее scp , интересные персонажи , параллельные миры , но подаётся это так не понятно и большая часть сюжета заложена в записках . Юморные сайд квесты , но убьешь все    Оцениваю игру на , хоть и суммарная оценка пользователей ниже мне кажется это крепкая 8ка.
    Игра очень красивая , но большая ее часть будет в однообразных офисных помещениях . Сюжет крутой , история про бюро очень напоминающее scp , интересные персонажи , параллельные миры , но подаётся это так не понятно и большая часть сюжета заложена в записках . Юморные сайд квесты , но убьешь все нервные клетки пока найдешь хоть что то в этих однообразных помещениях . Хорошая хоть и мыльная графика , увлекательная боевка , вау физика , режесура на высоте , дух мистики и непонятности происходящего . Завораживающие некоторые локации . Есть чувство погружения в что то неизведнюаное . Те чувства непонимания происходящего и интриги что были при просмотре трейдера в равной мере есть и в игре . В итоге скажу , игра не лишена бесяиз минусов , вроде сложности найти куда идти и рваного сюжета через записки . Но плюсы все же перевешивают и я всем советую погрузится в этот странный мистический мир Контрол .    … Expand
  95. Wwilliams23
    Nov 13, 2020
    8
    I’m a huge fan of Remedy. Alan Wake is one of my Top 10 favorite games of all time. Their games have a unique style that’s easy to tell apart from the crowd. Control has shades of Twin Peaks and The Twilight Zone. It messes with your mind, as you explore The Oldest House as the director of the FBC. The story is well told, with plenty of characters to interact with and scatteredI’m a huge fan of Remedy. Alan Wake is one of my Top 10 favorite games of all time. Their games have a unique style that’s easy to tell apart from the crowd. Control has shades of Twin Peaks and The Twilight Zone. It messes with your mind, as you explore The Oldest House as the director of the FBC. The story is well told, with plenty of characters to interact with and scattered collectibles. You use one weapon, primarily, but it has many forms. You also have powers. So the gameplay is fast and frenetic. Enemy variety isn’t great, but it’s serviceable. Boss fights are pretty fun though. The main gripes I have are a lack of interesting side missions and overall performance. When I beat it a year ago and got the Platinum, it was on a base PS4. It was not running well. I heard the Pro isn’t much better. The game also lacks focus in the latter half. Overall, Control is a success, despite some obvious issues.… Expand
  96. Reirdo
    Oct 28, 2020
    0
    This game does not on run on a bade ps4 model. Constant lag and dips in frame rate especially during fights. The games seems to have a fun premise but the experience on ps4 was a waste of time and not fun at all. Save your money or buy the ps5 version, maybe you'll have better luck- or maybe not, I'm certainly not putting up more money for it.
  97. Chonsch
    Oct 28, 2020
    8
    There is a certain quality that always shines in games made by Remedy, and this is no exception. To everyone who has been waiting for a good story driven action game, THIS IS IT. So, positives first. The story is just very well done + the old house which a character by itself makes for a unique experience. I love how you always feel in this paranormal world, constantly wondering what isThere is a certain quality that always shines in games made by Remedy, and this is no exception. To everyone who has been waiting for a good story driven action game, THIS IS IT. So, positives first. The story is just very well done + the old house which a character by itself makes for a unique experience. I love how you always feel in this paranormal world, constantly wondering what is going on. The gameplay is also fun as hell. It is fast, aggressive and explosive, perfect. The music is also very well done, specially towards the end, there is a section which I will not spoil, but just sooo totally kicks ass.
    The only downside I can find in this game is the performance. I played it on my base PS4, and yep, framerate drops to the single digits in some areas, specially in combat. I never died because of it, but I can easily imagine being a problem in some cases, specially with the combat being so fast. All in all, play it, Remedy is one of the best developers out there, and this game is a statement to that.    … Expand
  98. Vivek0608
    Oct 24, 2020
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Woah! This completely blew my mind!!! 10/10. The enemy design is mind blowing!! Graphics are great too.

    How the missions are designed is anything I’ve ever seen in previous games.

    If you haven’t picked it up yet, what are you waiting for??    … Expand
  99. Zombeenuke
    Oct 22, 2020
    5
    Awesome game. Remedy always on the top. Love it. Can't wait for Alan Wake Remaster
  100. Dragonfly44
    Apr 1, 2020
    7
    It looks and feels amazing (particularly the destructible environments) but the story is too confusing to be enjoyable. 75/100
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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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