I finished Control today. I have to say that i'm incredibly disappointed in myself for sleeping on it for so long. The game is awesome and i can't conceive a reason why i had ever put it down. I love the amazing gameplay with all the OOP. They're the kind of originality i love Remedy for. I started the foundation DLC today and hope to finish it up tomorrow before starting AWE.
The story was also really good. it feels very large and messy, but in like a good way. Theirs a lot of things that we don't get answers for that i feel like it mimics real life. We'll never have all the answers to life; similarly (at least in this game) we'll never have answers to what the Hiss's goal is, what the Board is, etc. Sure we'll get bits and pieces (such as the suggestion about Alan writing the Hiss) but the lack of a full answer i love. Remedy did the same kind of thing with Alan Wake II which i adore.
Then there's the graphics. In the foundation DLC especially there's all this red sand everywhere and i love it. The particle effects are well done and everything:
Here's another example from The Foundation where the Hiss's fog prettily kind of wraps around them and everything:
Overall i really loved this game. I'm excited to beat the last few DLCs.
Control is such a gorgeous game. One of the few games that I 100%ed in recent years. The gameplay loop is insanely fun but it did get a bit repetitive towards the end.
I’ve found that the Crystals in the foundation DLC really helped mix up the combat enough to stab a little more life into it for the DLC. But I do get that. If I didn’t stop like 3 missions away from the end the first time I played I probably would have found it a bit repetitive too