Control

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7.4

Mixed or average reviews- based on 2611 Ratings

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  1. DackoPlays
    Jun 25, 2020
    7
    Average graphics, average story, slightly above average gameplay. At first, I was interested in this world and story, but as time progressed the interest went away. I don't think this a bad game or I wouldn't give it a 7. Considering it was nominated for game of the year though, it is overrated. Most I would spend on it would be $20 usd.
  2. Beks_N
    Jul 5, 2020
    7
    Loved the concept and the gameplay, but massive frame-rate drops at certain points marred my enjoyment of it. The story is mysterious enough that it has me curious about how it will all play out, but not strong enough to really suck me in.
  3. HamzaXY
    Jun 29, 2020
    7
    great mechanic but the story is hard to follow for me. But still enjoyable to play
  4. Lapoteosi
    Jul 2, 2020
    7
    I liked the game, but honestly in the end i felt a Little bit disappointed: the atmosphere Is absolutely fantastic and the "lore" of the game-world Is very interesting, but the gameplay Is very basic and in the end you are allowed to connets the dots to fully understand the plot. A good start that allows improvement ina possible sewuel
  5. SpectraPrism
    Aug 30, 2020
    7
    I really liked how this game trying to be different than the typical shooter out there, the setting is very unique and cool, although sometime I do feel like it lacks variety. The the pacing is not very good, it's super slow and boring as hell during the beginning, as the pace starting to get better and the story gets more interesting lead to a disappointing ending. The progression of thisI really liked how this game trying to be different than the typical shooter out there, the setting is very unique and cool, although sometime I do feel like it lacks variety. The the pacing is not very good, it's super slow and boring as hell during the beginning, as the pace starting to get better and the story gets more interesting lead to a disappointing ending. The progression of this game is also not good, you unlocks abilities by discovering secret locations that is hidden away and the game doesn't give you hints or clues to these location, so you may finish the game without unlocking or fully upgrade all abilities. Also, too much loading screen and backtracking, the performance is pretty bad pre-patch. The physic is amazing and the graphic is also very good.… Expand
  6. 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
  7. JesseFoster
    Jul 9, 2020
    7
    You stay in the same building for 10-12 hours! I really wanted to like this game but each room I entered reminded me of the last.
  8. Crisener
    Aug 19, 2020
    7
    7.5/10 Unfortunately, it's a step back from the inventions introduced in Quantum Break in terms of story-telling. Much of the story can only be accessed through the collectible pieces of paper, and there are A LOT of them, many totally irrelevant. I felt like the story had too many blank points - dialogues that were supposed to create mystery, but eventually felt redundant or not very7.5/10 Unfortunately, it's a step back from the inventions introduced in Quantum Break in terms of story-telling. Much of the story can only be accessed through the collectible pieces of paper, and there are A LOT of them, many totally irrelevant. I felt like the story had too many blank points - dialogues that were supposed to create mystery, but eventually felt redundant or not very important. One thing has to be said for the almost perfect game length - the main story line doesn't go longer than it needs to. It's defnitely for the best as the shooting parts after a few hours start to become a little tedious, though the gameplay itself is definitely an improvement compared to Remedy's last entry. Worth playing if you're a fan of sci-fi themes or looking for something not too long to play for an afternoon or two. Or at least just to have a chance to have fun in the 'ashtray maze'.… Expand
  9. 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
  10. Omarrochloo
    Aug 26, 2020
    7
    I loved the gameplay and things you can do but the timeline of the story was different from remedy’s games i liked game but it has to many problems with the story
  11. 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
  12. Mighty_Joker
    Aug 30, 2020
    7
    Fun game with really enjoyable gameplay and interesting story. Unfortunately it gets repetitive at times when opponents are attacking you while traveling from point A to point B, also the story stretches a bit to long.
  13. DMB1985
    Apr 25, 2021
    7
    Control is a game that had the potential to be one of the games of the generations but as a result of too many faults, I don't think it can be considered anything more than good.

    Starting with the positives, I found the gameplay to be generally really good. The use of both guns and powers have been well integrated to give a fluid control system. Switching between shooting your enemies    Control is a game that had the potential to be one of the games of the generations but as a result of too many faults, I don't think it can be considered anything more than good.

    Starting with the positives, I found the gameplay to be generally really good. The use of both guns and powers have been well integrated to give a fluid control system. Switching between shooting your enemies and using your powers to defeat them is seamless giving you a variety of manners beat the enemies. And there are a wide variety of mods and upgrades to help customise your approach to the game.

    Level design is also really good for the most part with most areas giving you the opportunity to both run-and-gun and take cover depending on what your situation requires. There are a few places where you are fighting in tight spaces which does go against how the game tells you to keep moving but I did find these few and far between. There is also a lot to do with numerous side missions that will unlock powerful mods or even new powers and helps expand the games already impressive lore.

    Sadly, as already mentioned there are quite a few negatives, especially on the technical side of things. Graphically, this isn't impressive for a game from 2019. Everything looks a bit washed out and bland whilst the character models just don't look right with a large number of characters, sadly including the playable character (Jesse), having weird looking heads. This is a relatively minor issue but other technical issues aren't. Loading times are really poor taking an age to get you back into the action. And worst still is the frame rate. Whilst it is usually stable, when you hit a situation where there are several enemies on screen it can plummet. And bizarrely, when exiting the pause menu the game stutters and freezes. It does feel like optimisation has been a bit of an afterthought with Control.

    Whilst I did generally enjoy the gameplay for Control, it isn't without its issues. Often it can be hard to see where the enemies are leading to cheap and frustrating deaths when an unseen telekinetic enemy wallops you with a projectile. There are icons to show you the direction of the enemy that is attacking you, these are so small that they are far too easy to miss in the thick of battle.

    The checkpoint system is also a mess. You might think that seeing the auto-save icon in the bottom corner of the screen means you've hit a checkpoint but the reality is you haven't. With the exception of the odd instance, each death will see you return to the last save point you accessed which can lead to loads of tedious back tracking throughout areas of the game you have already cleared, often to be ambushed with a load of enemies that just randomly spawn in front of you. And this system has apparently better than it was at launch!

    More often than not, Control is a fun game. But there are too many irritating issues present in the game to make this the must have title that it could have been. If you can pick it up cheaply or got this when it was free on PS+ than give it a go. If not, I would just play something else.    … Expand
  14. Nintenderek
    Apr 3, 2023
    7
    Control has a great story, an interesting setting and is generally a very pretty game, but that's really all it has going for it. The ability to levitate items and use the environment can be fun at times but generally feels a bit clunky. The shooting also feels very clunky. The difficulty is also a bit weird, varying at different parts of the game in ways that it doesn't feel like itControl has a great story, an interesting setting and is generally a very pretty game, but that's really all it has going for it. The ability to levitate items and use the environment can be fun at times but generally feels a bit clunky. The shooting also feels very clunky. The difficulty is also a bit weird, varying at different parts of the game in ways that it doesn't feel like it should. This is most notable in the boss fights, but even at other parts of the game, the difficult simply doesn't always make sense, sometimes being too easy and at other times being too difficult and never being super consistent. The game has an interesting story although there is certainly a lot of filler. All in all, it's certainly far from a bad game, but also not a great game. If they could tighten up the shooting and combat and make the powers more fun to use, we could be on to something here.… Expand
  15. Petrokolos
    May 19, 2021
    7
    Story = 5
    Graphics = 8
    Sound = 9
    Gameplay =9
    Level design = -20 (this score is still too generous)
  16. maksimStark18
    Dec 11, 2020
    7
    Средненький проект, но с лучшей физикой разрушения.
  17. Stadianoob
    Feb 9, 2021
    7
    Good game. Gets a little tedious. Lots of positives. Cool concept. Cant wait for sequel.
  18. 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
  19. 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
  20. WashedPotatoes
    Jul 21, 2022
    7
    the first few hours are great but then it starts to lose focus and becomes less interesting. abilities are hard to use and the environment rarely switches style. it just feels like im running around a massive office
  21. danilogan7
    Jun 23, 2022
    7
    A gameplay talvez seja o ponto chave desse jogo, é algo bem simples, razoavelmente diversificado e funciona bem. Você tem alguns poderes no estilo Jedi e usa algumas pistolas, só que cada uma com uma qualidade única, que lembra outros tipos de arma (shotgun, metralhadora).
    A história é de Sam lake, ele gosta de mostrar os sentimentos do personagem, usa os pensamentos as vezes como "linha    A gameplay talvez seja o ponto chave desse jogo, é algo bem simples, razoavelmente diversificado e funciona bem. Você tem alguns poderes no estilo Jedi e usa algumas pistolas, só que cada uma com uma qualidade única, que lembra outros tipos de arma (shotgun, metralhadora).
    A história é de Sam lake, ele gosta de mostrar os sentimentos do personagem, usa os pensamentos as vezes como "linha de diálogo" com nós jogadores.
    a história tem umas bizarrices (não é uma crítica), é bem contada, não é nada de especial, mas é bacana.
    Os gráficos são bem bonitos (joguei a versão do ps4 no ps5), os cenários não são tão variados em termos de textura, mas são muito bem feitos.    … Expand
  22. Zski
    Jan 29, 2022
    7
    I avoided this game for awhile because it just seemed very uninteresting, so I went in with low expectations. Within the first hour, the story and the lore really pulled me into the game. It really gives off that 90’s X-Files vibe. However as the story goes on, it gets a bit convoluted and pretentious. Regardless, it was a pretty immersive story for the most part, despite having severalI avoided this game for awhile because it just seemed very uninteresting, so I went in with low expectations. Within the first hour, the story and the lore really pulled me into the game. It really gives off that 90’s X-Files vibe. However as the story goes on, it gets a bit convoluted and pretentious. Regardless, it was a pretty immersive story for the most part, despite having several peaks and valleys. I have to compliment the acting in this game, especially by some of the later characters. The gameplay feels like a very well executed third person shooter that belonged on the Xbox 360. I don’t mean that in any good or bad way, but after reading the developer’s history, I can totally see how the developers also made Alan Wake and Max Payne. So the gameplay feels like something we don’t see much of anymore, and this genre really ran its course a couple generations ago, it’s still fun. The only real complaint I have is that this game would have benefitted from a more linear mission-based design instead of the open world design. Since the entire game takes place indoors, I found myself getting lost pretty regularly. The graphics are also very impressive for a PS4 game, and look fantastic on the PS5. Overall it’s a dated formula that is executed with a unique story that isn’t like many other games. The best way to describe the experience: I enjoyed it, but I will forget about it quickly.… Expand
  23. Luk_book
    Aug 21, 2022
    7
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Ok bello, innovativo, grafica accattivante, gameplay divertente....ma il finale del gioco hahahaha neanche un indie, 0 effetti, quasi come se avessero finito le idee....… Expand
  24. Nimesin
    Nov 5, 2021
    7
    I didn't like this game despite having interesting ideas. So I stopped before I finished it. That is why I'm not giving it a lower or higher score. It just did not captivate me at all.
  25. bassbinho
    May 26, 2021
    7
    The navigation is poor in this game. The most fun starts after 4-5 hours of the game. The plot was too complicated, I didn’t catch all the twists, to be honest. This game is not bad, but is not great also
  26. KisarasLegacy
    Feb 21, 2022
    7
    Didn't really enjoy this. I think the gameplay is fun, but repetitive with little upgrades that don't do THAT much imo. Story was all over the place, could have been told better, was confusing just for the sake of being confusing. The map was terrible (but I think that was done on purpose, idk). Facial expression were a little too much. The close-ups on Jesse's forehead reminded me ofDidn't really enjoy this. I think the gameplay is fun, but repetitive with little upgrades that don't do THAT much imo. Story was all over the place, could have been told better, was confusing just for the sake of being confusing. The map was terrible (but I think that was done on purpose, idk). Facial expression were a little too much. The close-ups on Jesse's forehead reminded me of Homer Simpson so that was funny.
    What I loved: Jesse Faden, the janitor.    … Expand
  27. JorgeDM
    Aug 15, 2021
    7
    Mehhh esperaba algo más, Es bastante repetitivo, el consolas fat es malo el rendimiento..... Pffff..... Esperaba mucho más
  28. Nahian4663
    Oct 16, 2021
    7
    This is a great game.At first I did not expect much.But as time growed I started to like because of the graphics and mystery.Now if you are wondering why I gave 7 it's because there were many questions unanswered in the end.If the make control 2 and answer all the questions then I'll change my rating.
  29. Sonicsystem
    Nov 14, 2021
    7
    Au début du jeu je e suis dit qu’est-ce c’est que ce jeu assez space… et au fur est à mesure j’ai kiffer et adorer
  30. soybrunix
    Jan 13, 2022
    7
    The story is peculiar, it seems like something out of the X-Files. The type of game looks like a Metroidvania and is entertaining in many ways.
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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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