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CONTROL (Remedy)
- Thread starter Blade-Runner
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If you haven't played it, do it for sure. It is a really good game.
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This is such a great game that I didn't expect to like very much at all. I remember looking at some gameplay footage and it just seemed like some girl floating around and throwing stuff at enemies. This was back in the early ray tracing days when the 2080 Ti was the top card, and since I hadn't really been following the game I thought that Control was going to essentially be a tech demo for RT with an okay game stacked on top. So, I never went out of my way to play it until I got the Ultimate Edition for free on GOG via Prime Gaming a few years ago.
Boy what an awesome surprise...it turned out to be one of the best games I would play that year. Awesome female protag and a plentiful helping of weird/creepy SCP-like lore lurking in the Oldest House, which is almost a living character itself. Its architecture and ever-shifting nature was really well crafted. Very expansive, but not so huge that it's a complete PITA to navigate. Kind of like the space station in Prey (2017) in that regard, compared to many open world games. And it feels oppressive as hell...just drenched in atmosphere. Production quality in the game was top notch as well.
All that to say, I am looking forward to the update whenever they get around to dropping it on GOG.
Boy what an awesome surprise...it turned out to be one of the best games I would play that year. Awesome female protag and a plentiful helping of weird/creepy SCP-like lore lurking in the Oldest House, which is almost a living character itself. Its architecture and ever-shifting nature was really well crafted. Very expansive, but not so huge that it's a complete PITA to navigate. Kind of like the space station in Prey (2017) in that regard, compared to many open world games. And it feels oppressive as hell...just drenched in atmosphere. Production quality in the game was top notch as well.
All that to say, I am looking forward to the update whenever they get around to dropping it on GOG.
Very well written, well acted, game. The visuals still stand up as awesome (though Alan Wake 2 shows you how much better they can be) and while the RT has some minor issues it really adds to things. Plus it has some banger music. Core gameplay loop is what I'd call a "superhero shooter" and is fun, but the environment and story are what really takes it over the top.
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Hell yes. And I was going to say I took a look at the upgraded graphics- really nice! And as a bonus, it looks like I have a DLC to play, Whoo!
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Yeah it looks like the GOG version got the additional content yesterday - I was prompted to install a 26 GB update. 
Saves are not compatible AFAIK so they would need to port those as well.
jobert
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Well it doesn't matter now since the non-ultimate version was also updated. The whole thing is stupid because the base game plus the season pass is the exact same thing as the ultimate edition as far as content goes.
it was?...the Standard Edition was updated with the new ray tracing features etc?...have a link?...I was going to buy the Ultimate Edition for $9.99 during the current Steam Spring sale
jobert
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A guy from Remedy was on ResetEra forums and said that all versions would get the update and it was the next day that I got the update on Epic. They really should have communicated things clearly in the beginning instead of making it look like only the ultimate editions were even going to get the update.
so they didn't upgrade everyone who has the Standard Edition to the Ultimate Edition version, they just patched the Standard Edition so that it got the same patch?...so if I buy the DLC later on will it also come with the new ray tracing options?
jobert
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No, it didn't change the version to ultimate. I still have the standard version plus the season pass.
Ok so I thought I beat this, credits rolled, then another mission, credits rolled again, and now I'm in a new area.. This is only after about 16 hours of gameplay, is it over-ish or what?
I don't know if I'm terrible at following stories, I'm just not generally interested in them in gaming, or a combination of both, but I think there's probably a pretty decent one here. I played the first Alan Wake for a couple hours and the second even less, was surprised to see his inclusion, same universe I suppose? Combat is fun even if there's not much to it, I enjoy the pacing, totally a game you can pick up for an hour or two and get back to it later. I skipped a couple quests as they felt a bit tedious, as does the traversal at times even though there are plenty of fast travel points, the map just feels useless with all the verticality. The environments and general happenings are pretty wild however, interesting enough to keep me going. I only paid $10 and if it turns out I played for <20 hours total I'm pretty happy. Really interesting game, hard to compare it to others.
Favorite part: the maze with the headphones (WOW, wish that was longer)
Least favorite part: the fuck you deal with while having to stick to the light (almost lost interest and played something else a couple times)
All in all I'm really glad I checked this one out, for me personally I needed it to be on a discount just based on my gaming preferences. How many hours do you all have in this?
I don't know if I'm terrible at following stories, I'm just not generally interested in them in gaming, or a combination of both, but I think there's probably a pretty decent one here. I played the first Alan Wake for a couple hours and the second even less, was surprised to see his inclusion, same universe I suppose? Combat is fun even if there's not much to it, I enjoy the pacing, totally a game you can pick up for an hour or two and get back to it later. I skipped a couple quests as they felt a bit tedious, as does the traversal at times even though there are plenty of fast travel points, the map just feels useless with all the verticality. The environments and general happenings are pretty wild however, interesting enough to keep me going. I only paid $10 and if it turns out I played for <20 hours total I'm pretty happy. Really interesting game, hard to compare it to others.
Favorite part: the maze with the headphones (WOW, wish that was longer)
Least favorite part: the fuck you deal with while having to stick to the light (almost lost interest and played something else a couple times)
All in all I'm really glad I checked this one out, for me personally I needed it to be on a discount just based on my gaming preferences. How many hours do you all have in this?
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I've played it twice.
43.2hrs on the Ultimate edition. About 35 on the standard.
horse
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very similar for me, I too have also done 2 playthroughs and have just over 74 hours on steam.
I'm kinda curious to see how this performs on my new hardware but I don't think I could get through it again. Too much filler/ back tracking and puzzles (some good, some boring). I really like the weapons and combat though tbh. very unique.