Control Ultimate Edition

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This game is pretty awesome. The subject matter and depth of the story is very intense and I relate to it on a pretty gnarly level. It's one of those games about some real ass shit that helped me through one of the worst parts of my life. Seriously it's got such a depth that I didn't really quite appreciate till I played it over again after experiencing some seriously intense stuff in my life. It really does have some aha moments that are about abusive relationships, and when I recognized parts of the story for what they were I appreciated it that much more. It certainly helped me with feeling comfortable about asking for help when I needed it, and it's got some kick ass music in it too.

Wonderful story telling, compelling and fun actors.
Great gameplay, still very solid visuals with 4K and max RT. Ties in nicely with other Remedy games in a cohesive world.

Great game, super fun, interesting story, amazing graphics.

The latest update added tons of features including native HDR support, lates DLSS support, 3 new outfits (Jesse looks amazing in them) and much more. Control is a must buy as this one of the best games you can get your hands on.

Pretentious game trying to seem deeper than it really is. Showering you with notes and texts about totally-not-scp monsters with all those complex and difficult to understand rules while it's forcing you to kill the same types of generic enemies over and over again.

Oh, you wanted to actually see the stuff they talk about? Sorry, the best they can do is another room filled with a flying enemy, a generic enemy and a shotgun-wielding enemy. The sheer discrepancy between what they are trying to build in the cutscenes or texts and what you actually do in the game is astounding.

Overall it's a bad experience. Story is unfocused, filled with holes for you to fill by over-analyzing it or watching a youtube explanation. Gameplay is repetitive and offensively simple, never offering you anything suitable for the mysterious universe of the game.

Great game. Good story. Options menu that allows mods like infinite health or one shots etc. Helps when grinding achievements post game

Honesty surprised it's not a bad game, from the screenshoots and gameplay trailer thought it would be another unreal engine slop game. I only bought it just because it was bundled with Disco Elysium. But, the game clearly has vision on what it wants to be and it's quite an enjoyable ride. Still, some side mission felt too much like a chore and for a game that rely quite heavily on it's naratives, that ruins the pace severly at some point. There's also one bugged quest where you can get soflocked from clearing it.

In the end, the good still outweight the bad tho.

Had taken a break maybe a quarter through the game because it wasn't really clicking. After getting more powers and taking an interest in the story I played all the way through and loved it. I even went back and played Alan Wake. Learning about the Objects of Power and reading the case studies made the game a lot more engaging and interesting. Once you get the throw ability, a few different guns, and the levitate power the games becomes a lot more fun.

Good game, perfect balance between gameplay and story telling.

All I can say is that game is wild! Really cool mechanics, awesome world and a great story! The Foundation and AWE DLC's were also fantastic! Really looking forward to a Control 2 should the developers make one.

Cool concept and setting, but ultimately disappointing. The characters were cardboard cutouts and the acting was poor all around, with the exception of Darling. Aside from his videos, the hundreds of various video/audio logs and journal entries I had to stop to read were bland and tedious. They made me wish they were part of the game and not just something I was reading about. It's a linear game pretending to be more open, resulting in constant backtracking once the next MacGuffin is mentioned in your mission log. The constantly respawning bullet sponge enemies made traversal a chore. The weapons barely deal any damage compared to the Launch ability, so what could have been an exciting combat system is reduced to hitting enemies with filing cabinets over and over again. Enemy variety is uninspired, with literally every non-boss enemy boiling down to "man" or "slightly deformed man." There is no meaningful character progression, with the entire perk/mod system consisting of minor passive stat boosts with a rare few abilities on the skill tree. There are all sorts of different currencies and side missions that I never understood, but it turns out they don't matter. I think Control would have been much better as a Portal-sized experience. It ran out of anything interesting to say or do after a few hours.

A really good SCP-style game. The atmosphere is awesome and the combat is fun.

Regardless of settings, frame rates in this game drop lower and lower the longer the game is played. The patches make this problem worse, not better. At this point in time (3/2025) the game is no longer playable.
i7-10700 CPU @ 2.90GHz
16GB RAM
Windows 10 Home 64 bit
RTX 2060 Super

Control is a third person action game developed by Remedy. Players take control of protagonist Jesse Faden, an agent who works for the Federal Bureau of Control. The FBC deals with supernatural phenomenon and its setting, and that of the game, is within the eerie and ever shifting building known as the Oldest House. The narrative is cryptic, abstract and often told through conversations and collectables. It can be confusing to follow at times. The gameplay generally consists of a variety of guns mixed with telekinetic abilities that grow more powerful as the game progresses. While the combat can be fun, the missions themselves would often feel redundant. I had a difficult time staying engaged towards the end. The DLC's redeemed this issue to some extent, and were a lot more interesting with more focused plot points. Ultimately while this is not a bad game overall, its complex story, monotonous visuals and repetitive gameplay didn't resonate with me.

UPDATE BROKE THE GAME
I'm a huge Remedy fan, and Control is a really fun game with a really great story / atmosphere, but the game is just not optimised well for PC. Just play the console version instead.
Given that DX12 for this game is broken (constant stuttering / freezing / audio randomly muting), I decided to switch to the DX11 version and was happy to find I had no issues playing the game at all.
The new update as of two days ago removed the choice to select which version of the game to play, making the unplayable DX12 version the only option, and I'm now unable to finish the game as even on the lowest graphical settings the game constantly freezes and randomly mutes the audio.
(UPDATE, MARCH 15TH, 2025: Have used -DX11 command [credit to @CaptainPumbo] to force-open DX11 on launch, sadly the audio muting issues / stutters are present on this version of the game after the update as they were with DX12.)

Some kindof mix of previous games from Remedy. It takes place in Oldest House a huge skyscraper but some locations like a quarry made an impression on me. Jesse's abilities are awesome and so much fun, I even forgot about Director's Gun. Also Ahti the janitor and music playing in the end of "Finnish Tango" mission left only the best memories about this game.

I can't wait for Control 2 and nice to know that it's gonna be an action role playing game, but still would like to see Alan Wake 2 on Steam

Just started playing this game last week and was really enjoying it, performance and gameplay were solid and I was able to run it at the highest settings without a single hitch, really beautiful looking game too especially with ray tracing on. But after the March update rolled out, I am now suddenly running into major performance issues, the game stutters every other second now since updating, some stutters hang for like 2-3 whole seconds making combat quite difficult, almost impossible even.. it sorta feels like the game is about to crash due to how long these stutters can hang for, makes for quite an unpleasant experience. Never even got the chance to finish this game and probably never will unless another patch rolls through or if I can somehow figure out a way to fix this, I've already been trying for about 4 hours now and I honestly can't justify wasting any more time than I already have trying to fix this nonsense. I have tried just about everything to get rid of these incredibly frustrating stutters including disabling CFG (control flow guard) with no luck at all- and before anyone asks, yes i reinstalled the game and completely wiped the leftover files for Control in the "steamapps" folder since i heard this worked for someone else, no dice there either.. This is currently the only game in my library that runs this way, and it pains me to say it, but I can not recommend this game in its current state, I wish this update would have been optional because I am having a miserable old time trying to get this thing to work properly like it did before, what a headache this has been. If anybody has any suggestions, I'm open to them. I'd love to be able to play this game normally again. If it's any help, I'm running this on an RTX 4090 and Ryzen 9 7900X3D... more than capable of running this game just fine.

First, I adore this game. I played it on Playstation at launch. This game is stellar. I bought it forever ago on Steam and waited to play it until recently, when I had a PC capable of playing this with max settings. This game is currently unplayable for me with an RTX 5080. The drivers are up to date, and the game received a very recent update, but the game stutters and freezes terribly. Seems to happen the most when the environment is getting destroyed, which is pretty much every time you get into a fight.
I very much hope this gets fixed but I cannot recommend this game to anyone on the newest cards. Maybe the older cards are doing alright, but I saw a lot of mixed results from various users.

Control is very good action shooter game, it have good story, audio, graphic and great combat mechanic.
I really love it.

Used to love this game, but the latest patch is BS: They added a giant ad for their other game, which takes you to the fucking EPIC GAME STORE. Get bent, Rememedy, I'll buy it when it's on Steam sale.

I was in the late stage of the game when I installed this update, and since then the game has been butchered. Graphics that were originally of higher quality on Ultra then became a blurred mess on the same settings. I tried toning the display down to medium because the lag was unbearable, but the lag would kick back in on the occasion. It didn't completely ruin the experience, but I indeed regretted installing this update.

Without the March 10 update the game is solid, but until it gets fixed the game shouldn't be bought at the state it's currently in. For me, the DLC will have to be on hold for now. It's a shame, but I do not want to be reminded to purchase Alan Wake 2 every time I open this game.

[UPDATE]: The March 13 update slightly improved the game's performance, but only enough to where it's barely playable: lag isn't as much of an issue as it was a few days ago. However, the same issues are still present, now featuring the Hideo Kojima mission which I quite enjoyed.

This game will not launch after the latest update (March 11 2025). It needs to be fixed.

This is the closest thing we got to a good SCP Game, not that the other SCP games are bad, just this one is the best and it's not even an SCP game, the story, and elements in the game feel so much like an SCP Foundation Mythos game.

Recommended.

A good shot in the dark from Remedy, and an interesting set of reference for their failures, specially with the current situation of Alan Wake 2.

Didn't play a single game from the company since Max payne 2, decided it was time to give Control a chance, and really, they didn't disapoint with this one.

The story didn't felt impactful, including the dlc tidbits, at the sense of "it just happened" sort, but the gameplay combined with the scenario nailed it for me.

Exploring the surreal recesses of the FBC Oldest House, using the set of tools Jesse has was a really fun and satisfying experience.

The gameplay feels just right with the just amount of challenge, pacing and feedback, turning it into something memorable, but not without it's flaws. I personally didn't like some of the combat situations and the rng aspects involved in some systems.

The lore in this game also runs deep despite the story general low quality, in which i found myself looking foward and taking actual time to read and watch patiently all the document collectibles. My personal favourites were the Threshold Kids. You can see the effort the art direction invested there.

In sum Control is definitely a game you should give a chance, since it encapsulates so many genre choices, you hardly can go wrong with it.

Story - 3
Gameplay - 4
Scenario - 5
Sync - 3
Sense - 5

Final - 4/5

Solid game, interesting story. The game is highly influenced by SCP concepts. It is also connected to Alan Wake game lore from same studio so i suggest to play that before this.

Amazing game. Fascinating story. I absolutely get drawn into everything that is happening. Sometimes some enemies and/or enemy combinations are frustrating to deal with, but that could be my own lack of skill or the skill set I've chosen to go for.

I love the guns, I love the abilities, I love the gameplay, and the notes. Every single moment spent in this game has been enjoyable. It's a bit rough to decide which line to pursue at times, and I've spent... A long time trying to get to places that I hadn't yet had the necessary abilities to reach yet at that specific point in time, but after some lost time, I figured it out.

10/10, would and will continue playing it or return for a replay.

God I love this game. I've gotten through the main story and still have a lot of post-game content to go, and it is so GOOD! Love the story, gameplay, design, etc.

Control Ultimate Edition: A Navigational Nightmare

Control Ultimate Edition's map and quest system is a flaming dumpster fire of incompetence. It's not just bad, it's "how the heck did this make it to release" levels of messed up.

The Map

• A labyrinthine nightmare that'd make Escher say "What the actual fudge?"
  
• Trying to navigate floors is like playing 3D chess while drunk and blindfolded
  
• Markers and overlays as useful as a screen door on a submarine
  

Quest "Guidance"

• About as helpful as a GPS that only says "You're utterly lost" at every turn
  
• Objectives so vague, you'd have better luck using a Ouija board for directions
  
• Throws you to the wolves with a "good luck, sunshine" attitude
  

Navigation

• A masterclass in how to induce rage-quits and controller-throwing
  
• Level design that seems purposefully designed to make you lose your marbles
  
[*]Control points scattered like they were placed by a drunken pigeon

Now, here's where the digital Stockholm syndrome kicks in:

You've got these fanboys, bless their deluded little hearts, defending this steaming pile like it's their firstborn. They're so far up Remedy's business they can taste what the devs had for lunch. "It's immersive!" they cry, while wandering in circles for the 50th time. "It's part of the experience!" they insist, as they alt-tab to Google yet another freaking objective location.

Meanwhile, anyone with two brain cells to rub together is rightfully peeved. They paid good money for a "Ultimate Edition" and got served a half-baked mess with a side of "figure it out yourself, genius."

The bar for gaming has sunk so low it's practically in Hell's basement, and Control's map system is digging even deeper. It's not art, it's not clever - it's a monumental screw-up that Remedy had the audacity to repackage and resell.

TL;DR: Control's navigation is an objective disaster. The fanboys defending it are suffering from digital Stockholm syndrome, while the rest of us are left wondering how this mess made it past QA.

very fun. interesting as well. love the audio and graphics too. and the controller rumble is used so well that i prefer keeping it turned on (unlike in a lot of games where it is just annoying).

the game has good gameplay and some amazing scenes excellent fighting and fun abilities to play with

very good story & very fun gameplay but with a slow start and you need to read A LOT of files, side missions are fun would recommend

Spoiler-free review

Control is a story-driven third-person action game from Remedy (Max Payne, Alan Wake, Quantum Break). I played and enjoyed Max Payne and Alan Wake so I started Control with high expectations. I’ll say it now, Control is an amazing game ! I just wish there was even more content (and there is a lot of it already).

The starting pace is perfect. You are slowly introduced to new concepts and gameplay mechanics. The lore is given to you bit by bit and you can choose when you want to read the different notes you find scattered all around the levels.

The story is captivating (and confusing at times). The characters are well designed, have great voice acting and are genuinely interesting. The world of Control is really mesmerizing. It really draws you in.

The combat feels dynamic, varied and engaging. You unlock more options as you progress. You get to customize your loadout to your own playstyle. You must focus on your positioning and your approach in order to not get overwhelmed. It’s easy to just fail an encounter because you get sloppy or overconfident.

The level design is varied and awe-inspiring at times. Don’t forget to explore the zones again once you unlock new abilities. It can be difficult to navigate the areas using the map alone (experience with the layout is required to have an easier time backtracking).
Enemies also respawn in some zones (with new troop combinations) making it possible to “farm” for resources and upgrades.

There is lots of content available after the main story quest is completed. There are side quests to do and 2 story DLC’s that add lots of quests/side-quests (and endgame activities !).

Performance is solid. It can get a bit hectic in fights with lots of explosions and effects.

Farming for specific enemies is annoying (first you need to get a combat encounter, then you need to hope the specific enemy you want is part of the spawned group).

I wish there was a “profile select” system in order to start a fresh game without losing my main progress. You’ll need to manually save some files if that’s something you would like to do. Beware of the progress loss that “Mission Select” can do (according to forums).

Should you buy it ?

The combat and the world of Control are really top-notch. I consider this game to be worth it at full-price !
Control is a fantastic gripping experience !

This game slaps hard. I'd recommend playing all the other remedy games first because they like to sprinkle in easter eggs that relate to them. Also the movement in this game is crazy good, so going from this to max payne 1 where you are not even able to jump might feel feel very slow.

Only thing I would change is be able to play music from the radios as your background music. I will often pick up a radio and carry it for as long as I can while trying to complete objectives. The music from from radios is insanely good and you should be able to listen to it more.

For me, this game is an absolute master piece when it comes to story telling and execution. Lives up to expectations and then delivers a lot more. At first, I was skeptical of the horror element but then it started growing on me. Ew.
You cannot go wrong with this title if you are looking for great story and action. Cut-scenes are top-notch and cinematic. Superior writing and direction. Sets a new AAA standard (AAAA, who came up with that? haha).
- Game-play is phenomenal. Initially, you walk into a building and then you go everywhere without ever leaving it. Sounds bewildering, right? The story takes you from "just a weirdly normal office building" to multiple levels - up, down and another dimensions altogether. You get hold of a uniquely awesome gun and the world around you spirals into chaos and intrigue. MC's abilities keep on growing, but it never feels too much. You learn to use all the super cool powers like you are a demi-god! Combat is very satisfying. Switch between different guns or take the fight up a notch. In-game currency(money) is non-existent, which is the way it should be for games such as this one. DLCs are also noteworthy and a great experience. How did I forget to mention that this game has M.A.D. physics?!
- Visuals are a treat with highly detailed characters and environments. Sometimes the environment is completely dark. It is amazing how every stage is unique and, they somehow always manage to make us feel everything is perfect the way it is.
Character models are close to reality. Some minor touch ups would have been nice, but I am not complaining. I like the way its is too.
- Traversal is fun and fluid. Want to say, "the floor is lava"? Just jump up and hover. The surroundings are masterfully crafted to grip you into the games reality. Has a very dynamic environment. What was once up, can now be down.
- Sounds are fantastic. They nailed this one too. It takes you to where the MC is and then immerses you completely. Its like each sound carries with it a purpose, an intent.

On my second play-through, I realised that I understand a lot more now compared to my initial play. They have stuff like cosmetics that are only available on seconds. As many have already pointed it out, this game is a gem.
Bugs encountered during the play-throughs-
This game is close to perfection and can be put on a disc for sale. I have not encountered any issues.
Cannot wait for Control 2 to come out!
Was this experience worth it? Absolutely!
Re-playable? Yes. Even on my second play-through, I felt I missed some things. Going back for a third soon.

What an absolute gem of a game. If you're a fan of SCP, you'll love Control. Graphics are great, game performs well, combat is fun, and the story, while can be confusing at some times, it all comes together. Can not wait for the sequel. Remedy is starting to become one of my favourite devs. It's just banger after banger coming from them. Now onto Alan Wake 2!

Game has an amazing visual style and some amazing scenes

The Combat is also pretty easy and the abilities are fun to play with

and i just love arti, our trusted janitor

The game is a 7/10, goes its own direction, which I quite appreciate, maybe a bit repetitive gameplay, but acceptable, stupid meaningless ending, but its still not bad, but fuck drm though. You are inconveniencing to kinds of people:
1. The people, who crack your software are slightly inconvenienced, it now takes them 30 minutes longer to make a pirated copy of your game, which even was at some point available for free.
2. Your fucking users. I SOMETIMES NEEDED TO REBOOT THE FUCKING GAME LIKE 7 TIME, BECAUSE FOR SOME REASON IT WOULDNT LOAD, EVEN THOUGH I HAVE A SOLID INTERNET CONNECTION. ALSO I WANT TO BE ABLE TO PLAY THIS GAME OFFLINE.
Remedy is doing great work, their publishers not.

Cool Story and worldbuilding, a lot of fun to explore. Some of the combat controls are a little finicky but nothing too bad.

An excellent adventure with some cool concepts, solid storytelling, and an gorgeous aesthetic.

Now I cannot wait for FBC: Firebreak Multiplayer game based on same universe as this.
I am happy to know that Control 2 and Max pyne 1&2 remaster are in production.
Like my comment if you pass by and I will jog 1KM for each like (yes i am unfit).

unique game and mechanics and contains very interesting lore material

Great story game, highly recommended, keen for Control 2!

A really great (unofficial) SCP game. The controls of the player are buttersmooth.

I also love to highlight an underrated feature; the destructible environment. Not on an red faction level, but the glass brakes, the letters fly, the paintings pop of the walls and the furniture splits apart. It just feels great to use the super powers in this supernatural environment.

This game is a masterpiece! Physics are insane and game looks incredible. This game is a must play and there's plenty to do when the game is "over".

Really glad I put the time to start this one and get a decent ways, once I played far enough it got the hooks in me and didn't let go. I was playing Alan Wake 2 but put it down for a quick detour through control and I have to say - going back to Alan Wake 2 felt like a downgrade. Control was easily one of my top games of last year (When I finally got around to playing it). Close to a 10/10 for me. A damn cool game to play.

very good very nice

This game has one of my favourite settings in any game. It has a cool vibes and is almost metroidvania-like in how you expand the map over the game. The cast of characters is pretty good. I liked Ahti a lot. The writing is amazing. It's funny and paced well. The combat is fun, but gets a bit stale after a while. One thing that annoyed me about the combat is that it feels like the game is missing queues for certain enemy attacks and for when your characters energy is low. That was the only thing that really annoyed me.

One thing is that one of the DLC's the complete version comes with is a followup to Alan Wake. I don't think you necessarily need to beat Alan Wake to enjoy that particular DLC, but it makes it more interesting.

Overall, this game was amazing and I think it's worth it just for the maze section at the end of the game. I don't normally 100% games, but this one was worth it.

Best Remedy's game since Max Payne.
Combat is absolute cinema.

A great game!!
Limit Frames if the game stutters, the game doesn't have an FPS limiter.

Great game. Only thing missing is stealth. But if every enemy must die loudly, then it is what it is.