Tomi on 12/1/2021 at 19:48

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I've been playing Control recently. I'm already quite a few hours in, and while the game is the usual Remedy quality (=pretty damn good), for some reason it's not gripping me like their other games have. I don't know why exactly that is. Maybe the metroidvania kind of gameplay doesn't suit Control so well - running back and forth the same places over and over again isn't so much fun. I'd like to see some more variety in the enemies too. The gunfights are usually awesome, but they're often a bit too easy, and many of the enemies aren't particularly interesting.

That's just about all the flaws that I can think of, though. And don't get me wrong, the list of the positive things is much longer. Visually Control is kind of a mixed bag. You probably wouldn't believe from the screenshots that Control actually looks gorgeous, but when you see the game in action, you'll understand what I mean. It's all the effects and colours and all that that really bring the game alive, and in the middle of the action you won't have time to pay attention to some badly optimized textures. :p The whole action side - movement, gunplay, and superpowers - feels very polished and (super)natural, the various superpowers in particular can be really fun to play with. The main story won't win any sci-fi awards, I do find it entertaining though, but what I really love in Control is the gameworld in general. It can be funny, scary, or just plain weird, and you'll never know what to expect. Some of the ideas are so absurd that they could have been borrowed from Douglas Adams, and I mean that as a big compliment.

I can't wait to see where Control takes me next, but I'm taking it slowly. This game is best played in small doses, I think.