There has never been a better time to play Remedy Entertainment’s Control. If you’re still on the fence, then this is your sign to pick up one of the best third-person action games in modern gaming. Why, you ask? Well, we’ve got plenty of reasons why.
Who is Control for?
Right off the bat, it’s clear that fans of Remedy Entertainment’s catalog of supernatural entries are the prime audience for Control. If you love games like the first Alan Wake or even its Microsoft spin-off, Quantum Break, Control shares that same kind of sci-fi peculiarity, but woven with supernatural elements. But if you're not a fan of Remedy's previous games, you could always give Control a try to see if its sci-fi strangeness clicks with you.
Control’s main gimmick is blending third-person action with the horrors of liminality. You’re at odds against otherworldly entities unfamiliar to the human lens, and the Oldest House’s architecture makes things interesting by twisting the environment around you. Like the Backrooms on steroids, Control’s iconic The Oldest House is an ever-shifting building teeming with unknown threats resembling those of SCP-like entities.
Fans of shows like Apple TV's Severance might also find something worth interesting here, as both stories share striking similarities like faceless CEOs and its love for liminal spaces.
Sets up Alan Wake 3 and Control 2
It’s also worth noting that you won’t get the full “Remedy” experience without playing previous games of the series. Control is more or less a sequel to Alan Wake, but Jesse Faden’s time in the Oldest House is standalone. However, you might miss out on easter eggs and nods to Alan’s adventures in the dark place if you skipped his flashlight-wielding adventures.
Control’s story, while bizarre, is setting up the events for Alan Wake 2 as well. So if you ever decide to play Alan’s second adventure, you can accompany it by playing Control for the first time. That way, you can piece together its esoteric lore by reading files scattered throughout the game. For added value, Remedy’s live-service looter shooter FBC: Firebreak also takes place inside the Oldest House. While it adds nothing to its overarching lore, it gives you a strong idea of how chaotic the Federal Bureau of Control is.
And if you feel like Control’s story and DLCs are still lacking, you can always join the other Control fans eagerly anticipating the imminent sequel, which is planned for a 2027 release.
Updates in Performance and Content in Modern Consoles
If you’re still deciding to pick up Control (which goes on sale every month), Remedy just dropped the latest 1.30 patch for modern consoles, which greatly enhances its performance with unlocked frame rates and support for VRR and 120Hz for PlayStation 5/Pro and Xbox Series X/S, making this version the definitive way to experience the game.
Additionally, cosmetics that were once part of pre-order bonuses can now be claimed as well. So you can equip Jesse with the iconic Astral Dive Suit or the Tactical Response Gear that Control fans have been dying to get. Plus, there’s an extra Hideo Kojima mission (which was a PS4-exclusive) now available in the Extrasensory Lab of the Research Sector.
Control Ultimate Edition is the way to go, as it contains all DLCs. If you’re a fan of third-person shooters like Returnal and the classic Max Payne titles, Control has everything you need and more. What makes it even better is that even if you play Control now, you still have time to catch up to Remedy’s interconnected universe with the first Alan Wake game and its sequel.
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