{"id":9385,"date":"2019-08-27T00:01:12","date_gmt":"2019-08-26T14:01:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/reckoner.com.au\/?p=9385"},"modified":"2019-08-30T13:55:30","modified_gmt":"2019-08-30T03:55:30","slug":"review-control","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/reckoner.com.au\/reviews\/review-control\/","title":{"rendered":"Game Review: Control"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Control is a cinematic masterpiece that also just happens to be a fucking incredible game. Yes I&#8217;m going to swear a lot in this review because truth be told I don&#8217;t know any other way to describe this game other than a total mind-fuck of fun.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s all of the good bits from Remedy Games&#8217; past jammed into one action packed, story oozing, mystery thriller that, truth be told, has reinvigorated my passion for games all over again.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Control - Story Trailer\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/d3Y7azRTdJg?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Control is the story of Jesse Faden. The soon to be new director of a secret agency known as the Federal Bureau of Control (FBC), your first day on the job is, to put it lightly, pretty fucked up.<\/p>\n<p>From its opening scene as you walk through the agency&#8217;s eerily vacant lobby you know something is wrong. The building seems empty. Gorgeously rendered it&#8217;s modern design, filled with sharp corners and straight lines, has you on edge before even really beginning the game.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_9393\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9393\" style=\"width: 1200px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-9393\" src=\"https:\/\/media.reckoner.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/27124401\/Screen-Shot-2019-08-26-at-10.46.47-pm.jpg\" alt=\"Control game board room\" width=\"1200\" height=\"750\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.reckoner.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/27124401\/Screen-Shot-2019-08-26-at-10.46.47-pm.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/media.reckoner.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/27124401\/Screen-Shot-2019-08-26-at-10.46.47-pm-300x188.jpg 300w, https:\/\/media.reckoner.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/27124401\/Screen-Shot-2019-08-26-at-10.46.47-pm-1024x640.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/media.reckoner.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/27124401\/Screen-Shot-2019-08-26-at-10.46.47-pm-770x481.jpg 770w, https:\/\/media.reckoner.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/27124401\/Screen-Shot-2019-08-26-at-10.46.47-pm-380x238.jpg 380w, https:\/\/media.reckoner.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/27124401\/Screen-Shot-2019-08-26-at-10.46.47-pm-800x500.jpg 800w, https:\/\/media.reckoner.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/27124401\/Screen-Shot-2019-08-26-at-10.46.47-pm-1160x725.jpg 1160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-9393\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Your typical supernatural apocalyptic board meeting<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>It quickly becomes apparent something has gone horribly wrong at the FBC. An otherworldly threat known as &#8220;The Hiss&#8221; has invaded it. Your employees, had they not been lucky enough to lock themselves away, have been changed. They&#8217;ve succumb to it or perhaps rather they&#8217;re <em>inhabited<\/em> by it.<\/p>\n<p>There&#8217;s more to it than though. Jesse&#8217;s narrative is interlaced with memories and backstory that reveals a personal side to the story. A history between her, the unknown and the FBC that lends itself to the game&#8217;s opening lines of <em>&#8220;You called me, so here I am&#8221;<\/em>.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_9395\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9395\" style=\"width: 1200px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-9395\" src=\"https:\/\/media.reckoner.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/27124359\/Screen-Shot-2019-08-26-at-10.45.43-pm.jpg\" alt=\"Hotel bell\" width=\"1200\" height=\"750\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.reckoner.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/27124359\/Screen-Shot-2019-08-26-at-10.45.43-pm.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/media.reckoner.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/27124359\/Screen-Shot-2019-08-26-at-10.45.43-pm-300x188.jpg 300w, https:\/\/media.reckoner.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/27124359\/Screen-Shot-2019-08-26-at-10.45.43-pm-1024x640.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/media.reckoner.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/27124359\/Screen-Shot-2019-08-26-at-10.45.43-pm-770x481.jpg 770w, https:\/\/media.reckoner.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/27124359\/Screen-Shot-2019-08-26-at-10.45.43-pm-380x238.jpg 380w, https:\/\/media.reckoner.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/27124359\/Screen-Shot-2019-08-26-at-10.45.43-pm-800x500.jpg 800w, https:\/\/media.reckoner.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/27124359\/Screen-Shot-2019-08-26-at-10.45.43-pm-1160x725.jpg 1160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-9395\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Hello, anyone there?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>At it&#8217;s core Control is a third-person action adventure deeply entwined around a mesmerising, core story. As Jesse your goal is to unravel the mystery around the FBC and learn more about your own story as the game progresses.<\/p>\n<p>Former employees of the FBC are now inhabited by The Hiss and will attack you as you&#8217;d expect in most shooters. They&#8217;re not zombies though, they move and act as normal people, or rather as normal as people with guns trying to kill you might.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"combat-just-got-interesting\">Combat just got interesting<\/h2>\n<p>Your primary weapon in fighting The Hiss infected is The Service Weapon. It&#8217;s a noun because it&#8217;s the name given to the first of many &#8220;<em>Objects of Power<\/em>&#8221; or OOP as they&#8217;re referred to by the staff of the FBC. OOP are special pieces or equipment with supernatural abilities, which heavily affect the mechanics of the game and are unlocked as your progress.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>I don&#8217;t know any other way to describe this game other than a total mind-fuck of fun.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The Service Weapon appears almost immediately but before using it, as with all OOPs, you must complete what I can only describe as an out-of-body experience. These often involve traversing a series of floating platforms or solving a riddle and fighting enemies before finally reaching the OOP to begin using it.<\/p>\n<p>As far as weapons go it appears to be quite the norm at first. Shoot, shoot, kill, kill. Bullets magically restore themselves to its clip, which seems strange, but then when have you ever questioned an infinite ammo pistol before?<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_9396\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9396\" style=\"width: 1200px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-9396\" src=\"https:\/\/media.reckoner.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/27124358\/Screen-Shot-2019-08-26-at-10.45.57-pm.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"750\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.reckoner.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/27124358\/Screen-Shot-2019-08-26-at-10.45.57-pm.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/media.reckoner.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/27124358\/Screen-Shot-2019-08-26-at-10.45.57-pm-300x188.jpg 300w, https:\/\/media.reckoner.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/27124358\/Screen-Shot-2019-08-26-at-10.45.57-pm-1024x640.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/media.reckoner.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/27124358\/Screen-Shot-2019-08-26-at-10.45.57-pm-770x481.jpg 770w, https:\/\/media.reckoner.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/27124358\/Screen-Shot-2019-08-26-at-10.45.57-pm-380x238.jpg 380w, https:\/\/media.reckoner.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/27124358\/Screen-Shot-2019-08-26-at-10.45.57-pm-800x500.jpg 800w, https:\/\/media.reckoner.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/27124358\/Screen-Shot-2019-08-26-at-10.45.57-pm-1160x725.jpg 1160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-9396\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The power of the mind throws things<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>There&#8217;s a lot more than meets the eye with The Service Weapon though. Supernatural in nature it can be heavily modified with various loadouts and abilities available. These range from the standard &#8220;higher damage on a headshot&#8221; to the far more creative that I&#8217;ll leave you to enjoy.<\/p>\n<p>A gun isn&#8217;t your only weapon however. Jesse is something not unlike a Jedi with the ability to effectively Force-push an early discovery to be made. Telekinesis is also not beyond the realms of possibilities and an encouraged skill with the literal wealth of objects littered around the building to be picked up and thrown.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"checkpoints-fast-travel-nav\">Checkpoints &amp; fast-travel nav<\/h2>\n<p>Thankfully not everyone in the place is a Hiss infected zombie killer. Some FBC agents have managed to stave off infection by wearing special equipment and locking themselves away in giant vaults that serve as safe rooms.<\/p>\n<p>These NPCs serve as your mission hubs, providing intel and details on where you should be exploring next and having you report back on your findings. They&#8217;re also an integral part of the story, which is helped handsomely by some brilliant performance capture and character rendering.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_9394\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9394\" style=\"width: 1200px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-9394\" src=\"https:\/\/media.reckoner.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/27124400\/Screen-Shot-2019-08-26-at-10.44.58-pm.jpg\" alt=\"Small room with phone\" width=\"1200\" height=\"750\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.reckoner.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/27124400\/Screen-Shot-2019-08-26-at-10.44.58-pm.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/media.reckoner.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/27124400\/Screen-Shot-2019-08-26-at-10.44.58-pm-300x188.jpg 300w, https:\/\/media.reckoner.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/27124400\/Screen-Shot-2019-08-26-at-10.44.58-pm-1024x640.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/media.reckoner.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/27124400\/Screen-Shot-2019-08-26-at-10.44.58-pm-770x481.jpg 770w, https:\/\/media.reckoner.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/27124400\/Screen-Shot-2019-08-26-at-10.44.58-pm-380x238.jpg 380w, https:\/\/media.reckoner.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/27124400\/Screen-Shot-2019-08-26-at-10.44.58-pm-800x500.jpg 800w, https:\/\/media.reckoner.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/27124400\/Screen-Shot-2019-08-26-at-10.44.58-pm-1160x725.jpg 1160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-9394\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Your own private padded cell<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>As there a lot of thinly veiled fetch-quests Remedy have at least graced us with a fast travel system, removing the need to battle through the same corridor a hundred times over. Enemy occupied &#8220;control points&#8221; are littered throughout the map that once clear act as a fast travel junction for Jesse to jump between. They&#8217;re also checkpoints for respawning after death and whilst generally near to a potentially deadly encounter can sometimes be far away enough to be a little annoying too.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"the-engine-room\">The Engine room<\/h2>\n<p>Control is powered by Remedy&#8217;s famed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.remedygames.com\/northlight\/\">Northlight engine<\/a>, the same, which was behind the company&#8217;s ill-fated gaming\/TV crossover project <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Quantum_Break\">Quantum Break<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s character animation and performance capture, for my money, sit above any other engine out there and without it would not allow Control to work as well as it does.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>&#8220;Fair warning; this is going to be weirder than usual&#8221; &#8211; Jesse Faden<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The same engine is behind the game&#8217;s supernatural abilities. As walls crumble their pieces become telekinetic weapons easily flung across the room at the same enemies that destroyed them. The level of destructibility in the game is incredible. Bullets break through objects shielding you at their respective measure. Glass, wood, concrete, each deconstruct as you&#8217;d expect and in turn leave holes that bullets can now begin fly through where material once stood.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_9392\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9392\" style=\"width: 1200px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-9392\" src=\"https:\/\/media.reckoner.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/27124402\/Screen-Shot-2019-08-26-at-10.46.19-pm.jpg\" alt=\"gun recoil\" width=\"1200\" height=\"750\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.reckoner.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/27124402\/Screen-Shot-2019-08-26-at-10.46.19-pm.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/media.reckoner.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/27124402\/Screen-Shot-2019-08-26-at-10.46.19-pm-300x188.jpg 300w, https:\/\/media.reckoner.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/27124402\/Screen-Shot-2019-08-26-at-10.46.19-pm-1024x640.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/media.reckoner.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/27124402\/Screen-Shot-2019-08-26-at-10.46.19-pm-770x481.jpg 770w, https:\/\/media.reckoner.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/27124402\/Screen-Shot-2019-08-26-at-10.46.19-pm-380x238.jpg 380w, https:\/\/media.reckoner.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/27124402\/Screen-Shot-2019-08-26-at-10.46.19-pm-800x500.jpg 800w, https:\/\/media.reckoner.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/27124402\/Screen-Shot-2019-08-26-at-10.46.19-pm-1160x725.jpg 1160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-9392\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">My gun explodes on recoil &amp; then reconstructs itself. Does yours?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2 id=\"verdict\">Verdict<\/h2>\n<p>The beauty of Control&#8217;s appeal goes well beyond its honed combat and shooting mechanics. This is a producer&#8217;s acid trip of a thriller nightmare come to life for you to navigate and, believe it or not, enjoy. Ironically I feel as though it could easily be turned into a TV series or movie, which speaks volumes both\u00a0to the game&#8217;s in-depth narrative as well as to the studio&#8217;s checkered &amp; experimental past with the medium.<\/p>\n<p>Control is very much where and what it should be and\u00a0to tell you any more would be to give away moments that have quite literally rekindled my joy in gaming again. Don&#8217;t miss it. Regain Control.<\/p>\n<p>Control is available now on PC, PS4 and XB1.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Control [PC] - First hour of gameplay\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/WFyQMK-s_b8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n[P_REVIEW post_id=9385 visual=&#8217;full&#8217;]\n<div class=\"lets-review-block__wrap lets-review-block__wrap-10 lr-cf lets-review-wrap-9385 lets-review--center lets-review-skin-1 lets-review-design-1 lets-review-ani-1 lets-review-score-type-2 lets-review-score-type__bar conclusion__off\" data-design=\"1\" data-score-type=\"2\" data-skin=\"1\"><div class=\"lets-review-block lets-review-block__main-title lr-vc lets-review-block__pad\"><div class=\"lets-review-block__mask lr-vc\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" src=\"https:\/\/media.reckoner.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/27124404\/71-wAFReW0L._SL1498_-100x100.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.reckoner.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/27124404\/71-wAFReW0L._SL1498_-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/media.reckoner.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/27124404\/71-wAFReW0L._SL1498_-80x80.jpg 80w, https:\/\/media.reckoner.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/27124404\/71-wAFReW0L._SL1498_-110x110.jpg 110w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 100px) 100vw, 100px\" \/><\/div><div class=\"lets-review-block__title lr-font-h\" style=\"\">Control<\/div><\/div><div class=\"lets-review-block lets-review-block__crits lets-review-unseen\"><div class=\"lets-review-block__crit\" data-score=\"950\" data-crit=\"0\"><div class=\"lets-review-block__crit__title lr-font-h\" style=\"\">Graphics<\/div><div class=\"lets-review-block__crit__score\">10<\/div><div class=\"score-overlay-wrap score-overlay-wrap__bar\"><div class=\"score-overlay\" style=\"width:100%;background:#e9725e;\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"lets-review-block__crit\" data-score=\"900\" data-crit=\"1\"><div class=\"lets-review-block__crit__title lr-font-h\" style=\"\">Sound<\/div><div class=\"lets-review-block__crit__score\">10<\/div><div class=\"score-overlay-wrap score-overlay-wrap__bar\"><div class=\"score-overlay\" style=\"width:100%;background:#e9725e;\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"lets-review-block__crit\" data-score=\"950\" data-crit=\"2\"><div class=\"lets-review-block__crit__title lr-font-h\" style=\"\">Gameplay<\/div><div class=\"lets-review-block__crit__score\">10<\/div><div class=\"score-overlay-wrap score-overlay-wrap__bar\"><div class=\"score-overlay\" style=\"width:100%;background:#e9725e;\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"lets-review-block__crit\" data-score=\"1000\" data-crit=\"3\"><div class=\"lets-review-block__crit__title lr-font-h\" style=\"\">Narrative<\/div><div class=\"lets-review-block__crit__score\">10<\/div><div class=\"score-overlay-wrap score-overlay-wrap__bar\"><div class=\"score-overlay\" style=\"width:100%;background:#e9725e;\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"lets-review-block__user_rating with__uid\" data-uid=\"9385\" data-is-pid=\"true\"><div class=\"lets-review-block__crit lr-tip lr-user__rating\" data-title=\"Your Rating\" data-width-dir=\"l\" data-score-a=\"0\" data-score-b=\"0\" data-score-c=\"0\"><div class=\"lets-review-block__crit__title lr-font-h\" style=\"\">Reader Rating<span class=\"vote__count\">0 Votes<\/span><\/div><div class=\"lets-review-block__crit__score\">0<\/div><div class=\"score-overlay-wrap score-overlay-wrap__bar\"><div class=\"score-overlay\" style=\"width:0%;background:#e9725e;\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"lets-review-block lets-review-block__proscons lets-review-block__pad\"><div class=\"lets-review-block__pros\"><div class=\"proscons__title lets-review-block__title lr-font-h\" style=\"\">Pros<\/div><div class=\"lets-review-block__procon lets-review-block__pro\">Incredible story driven gameplay<\/div><div class=\"lets-review-block__procon lets-review-block__pro\">Well paced<\/div><div class=\"lets-review-block__procon lets-review-block__pro\">Balanced exploration &amp; 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