Control

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7.4

Mixed or average reviews- based on 2611 Ratings

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  1. Roswell
    Aug 27, 2019
    9
    Remedy proves once again that they are one of the best studios in the industry

    + Great Visuals and Effects + Immersive Story + Addictive Game-play + Soundtrack (and music from Poets of the Fall) Is awesome. - Lip sync and animations in some of the conversations (cut-scenes) are little bit bland, and it sometimes seems that side characters are much better looking than the main    Remedy proves once again that they are one of the best studios in the industry

    + Great Visuals and Effects
    + Immersive Story
    + Addictive Game-play
    + Soundtrack (and music from Poets of the Fall) Is awesome.

    - Lip sync and animations in some of the conversations (cut-scenes) are little bit bland, and it
    sometimes seems that side characters are much better looking than the main character.
    - Small frame-rate issues in big fights, likely will be fixed-    … Expand
  2. longgoneman
    Aug 27, 2019
    10
    Great game, love to see someone with balls of doing something different and then pull it off like this!
  3. Zeizei
    Aug 27, 2019
    10
    Control is definately one of the best games in 2019. The game has excellent graphics and it creates a world having supernatural, weird athmosphere that hooks player for hours. Gameplay is well designed and game controls are easy to learn, which made it easy to step into game. Control offers you a great, fresh and unique game, definately worth of spending some money.
  4. GiantSlammer
    Aug 27, 2019
    9
    So far enjoyed the game a lot! Love the setting and how you can combine the gun play + "superpowers".

    P.s. I just have to wonder how people are giving 0-1 reviews either without ever playing the game / just because some one minor thing annoys them.. Or giving 0 on a platform that has nothing to do with the review, e.g. something to do with Epic etc.
  5. HoracioMartos
    Aug 27, 2019
    9
    The game is very Solid. Really good story, fun Gameplay with new mechanics. The Action is very well paced and feels rewarding to play and explore all possibilities. Congrats to Remedy!
  6. Nikkimaru
    Aug 27, 2019
    10
    Невооружённым взглядом видны недостатки по типу слабой постановки роликов, малого количества срежиссерованных геймплейных сцен, слабенького музыкального сопровождения. Однако, всё вытягивают атмосфера, визуальный стиль и сам геймплей. До сайд-квестов ещё не дошёл, открыл только начальные способности. Но всё же... Деньгами студию я поддержал. Надеюсь, что следующий проект будет ещё болееНевооружённым взглядом видны недостатки по типу слабой постановки роликов, малого количества срежиссерованных геймплейных сцен, слабенького музыкального сопровождения. Однако, всё вытягивают атмосфера, визуальный стиль и сам геймплей. До сайд-квестов ещё не дошёл, открыл только начальные способности. Но всё же... Деньгами студию я поддержал. Надеюсь, что следующий проект будет ещё более бомбическим и технологичным. Remedy проделали колоссальную работу. 10 из 10 - миллион баксов мне завезли.… Expand
  7. pentiko1
    Aug 27, 2019
    10
    Simply extraordinary. A piece of true art. Congratulations to the team on their hard work!
  8. Olomi
    Aug 27, 2019
    10
    Just wow! Its the type of a game I have been looking for years. I was always into eerie-vibe-strange movies and never that jolly fello anyway.. The deepness chills my bones and this one really makes you wanna check your brain. Something Kafka would like to sit deep into.
  9. 2ndsky
    Aug 27, 2019
    10
    A fantastic game, love the graphics and the story. Congrats to Remedy team!
  10. iamelloyello
    Aug 27, 2019
    10
    Great game. Beautiful graphics, very interesting and different plot, the raytracing stuff is awesome on my 2080 TI FE. fighting mechanic are gorgeous, fun, and a big spectacle. Highly recommend if you liked quantum break.
  11. Mdro
    Aug 27, 2019
    10
    If you like Alan wake and Max Payne you should enjoy this game.SIngle player action game with a entertaining story.
  12. Player83
    Aug 27, 2019
    10
    Eggselente game!!! Have been waiting this game for a long time and waiting was all worth it.
  13. Dhee
    Aug 27, 2019
    10
    I found the World of the game, which is the Oldest House, really atmospheric and special. The game has this eerie and really unique feel to it, which is like no other game I've played before. I highly recommend this game.
  14. Shortcomings_80
    Aug 29, 2019
    10
    Overall a brilliant game - and one of Remedy's finest so far. Kudos to the studio for combining a strong story narrative with frenetic gameplay & combat. A true marvel and really enjoyed playing it.
  15. GrumpyMonkey
    Aug 30, 2019
    10
    Compelling story, with many hidden details and great humor.
    Combat is fun and it gest more and more entertaining as you unlock new powers.
    Jesse is a very relatable character.
  16. Villandinho
    Aug 27, 2019
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Great game! Really cool graphics, really nice plot, lots of good actors in this game… Expand
  17. pOTKUKELKKA
    Aug 27, 2019
    10
    This is a masterpiece! Remedy nails it again. Atmosphere is awesome, Graphics are stunning and the story is really addicting. One of the rare must-buy-games of the 2019.
  18. 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
  19. LEGASSICKE
    Aug 28, 2019
    10
    An incredible balance between enjoyable combat and exploration set in one of the most unique and refreshing locations I have ever seen. Cannot recommend this game more. if you are a fan of story driven games with simple but open and enjoyable combat this is absolutely a must buy.
  20. GraySquall
    Sep 1, 2019
    10
    Control is a game, with a heavy focus on story/action/red telephones.

    The setting/levels/house look fantastic and I/me/embodied individual had a great time finding new secrets and places. The combat/shooting/uncivil dispute is fast paced and kinetic. The board would like to apologise for the pop in/noticeable frame rate drops. When running on any device. If interested / bought a copy for    Control is a game, with a heavy focus on story/action/red telephones.

    The setting/levels/house look fantastic and I/me/embodied individual had a great time finding new secrets and places. The combat/shooting/uncivil dispute is fast paced and kinetic. The board would like to apologise for the pop in/noticeable frame rate drops. When running on any device. If interested / bought a copy for public holiday. So enjoy.

    The board    … Expand
  21. Grisha3145
    Aug 27, 2019
    10
    Отличная игра. Явно не всем зайдет, но любителям Секретных материалов и ценителям творчества Дэвида Линча (там даже есть персонаж очень похожий на него, и интерьеры комнат пропитаны стилистикой Твин Пикса) настоятельно рекомендую.Отличная игра. Явно не всем зайдет, но любителям Секретных материалов и ценителям творчества Дэвида Линча (там даже есть персонаж очень похожий на него, и интерьеры комнат пропитаны стилистикой Твин Пикса) настоятельно рекомендую.
  22. Franseven
    Aug 29, 2019
    10
    i had no expectations for this game, quantum break wasn't that good so i wasn't exited at all by the monocromatic look of working office at first glance. BUT i played it anyway, and i was blown away by every single aspect of the game, the graphics are amazing, the animations are good enaough to not break the immersion, very good job considering the lack of motion capture. the narrative isi had no expectations for this game, quantum break wasn't that good so i wasn't exited at all by the monocromatic look of working office at first glance. BUT i played it anyway, and i was blown away by every single aspect of the game, the graphics are amazing, the animations are good enaough to not break the immersion, very good job considering the lack of motion capture. the narrative is just perfectly written and very cospicous amount of notes helped a lot answering all of my questions and finding very good hidden links. coerence is the key. the amount of side mission is almost double the main misions. 18 vs 10. and the fun never stops because you will unlock every power progressing in a metroid vania style, allowing you to run back and forward exploring every time new places. a suprise. maybe a masterpiece of this times.… Expand
  23. Elias91
    Aug 27, 2019
    8
    well played game!!! astonishing graphics and fluid gameplay. Also the story is very interesting. Hope we get some DLC and a sequel in the near future.
  24. BulletBallet1
    Aug 29, 2019
    10
    Remedy is back! Weird and addictive story combined with action/fighting and metroidvania elements that are nicely mixed in the gameplay. Gameplay is a real compelling element of this unique experience. Living environments, mind-twisting plot, incredibly beautiful graphics and general look & feel does the rest. Well done!
  25. gggamer
    Aug 30, 2019
    10
    Nice game all in all, very satisfying to smash objects from the surroundings to enemies!
  26. BlackFlashShaw
    Aug 31, 2019
    9
    Great game, really enjoying what I've played so far! The lore withing the game is really compelling and makes you want to find out more and wander around the map for more pieces of info. One big downside though is that even running on a PS4 Pro, there is alot of frame rate issues in combat and also textures and environments take a little bit of time to load in
  27. GnomeSayian
    Sep 2, 2019
    9
    Reading the negative reviews on this made me lose faith in metacritic's reviewers.
    Would give it a solid 8 - 9 with some technical issues. Some slow loads, and some slowing when alot is going on combat wise, some map load issues, but nothing that distracts too much from the gameplay or the story. Gameplay is a fun run and gun style with minimal cover shooter elements, exploring the world    Reading the negative reviews on this made me lose faith in metacritic's reviewers.
    Would give it a solid 8 - 9 with some technical issues. Some slow loads, and some slowing when alot is going on combat wise, some map load issues, but nothing that distracts too much from the gameplay or the story. Gameplay is a fun run and gun style with minimal cover shooter elements, exploring the world is just amazing.
    One of the best games released this year so far.

    Just skimming the negative -
    Somebody gave it a 0 because they don't like reading (optional reading)...smh.
    Somebody gave it a 0 because they thought it was too hard (its not)...
    Somebody gave it a 0, but all the games they have reviewed (including most game of the year titles) they gave 0s.    … Expand
  28. 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.
  29. Nadom
    Aug 27, 2019
    9
    Remedy never disappoints. Control is so far one of my favorite new games to play this year. I love the challenges and atmosphere Remedy & 505 Games put into the game, that makes the game worth exploring. Beside the few bugs (which can be fix by update) that happens in the game, it doesn’t stop me from enjoying the game, which is a huge plus for me. Control is my first ever game I boughtRemedy never disappoints. Control is so far one of my favorite new games to play this year. I love the challenges and atmosphere Remedy & 505 Games put into the game, that makes the game worth exploring. Beside the few bugs (which can be fix by update) that happens in the game, it doesn’t stop me from enjoying the game, which is a huge plus for me. Control is my first ever game I bought from Remedy and judging from the game and my review, it seems that they got a new fan. Definitely going to check out other big titles by Remedy in the near future.… Expand
  30. CriticoDubioso
    Aug 27, 2019
    10
    Absolute gem, Remedy does it again! Couldn't stop playing, highly recommended!
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Metascore
82

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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