I've found the good girl in all zones, gave her all her toys and petted her a bunch. From what I heard, at the completion of the quest, she moves into the Gap but...how exactly do you trigger that?

The final location I found her in was the underpass and after I got her the toy and petted her, I moved to the Gap in front of her, but she wasn't there. I moved locations, but she still isn't at the Gap. Is there like, some extra encounter I gotta find now?

I am sure this will be downvoted, but I did not enjoy Control Resonant anywhere near as much as the original.

First and biggest issue with the game is combat. The combat in the game feels like someone designed all the tools for a great system and gave it to someone else who had no idea what to do with them. All these different primary and secondary weapons and finishers and all you are going to do in combat is press 1 button. It's not until half way through the game that your secondary weapon gets upgrades to become somewhat useful. Where are the action combat staples? Where are combos or weapon swaps? Wouldn't it be cool if I could use different combination of primary and secondary attacks to trigger different finishers on demand? So much potential completely wasted.

Your abilities are much more interesting, but even at the end of the game, with a build focused on maximizing the use of abilities, they still pale in comparison to Launch from Control. And worst of all, unless you are setting mold on fire, simply continuing your 1 button attack will result in more damage. There is a reason the game gives you so many pet options. You can spawn an army and let them create opportunities for you while you do your 1 thing.

The enemies aren't better. In Control staying still meant death. In Resonant, you are free to pummel heavies one at a time and you don't even need to dodge much to just keep going. If you decide to use the "I win" button that is one of the ways to knock an enemy airborne, you don't need to dodge either. The game gets a bit more challenging toward the end, but at no point did I feel like the enemies were even trying to kill me.

The bizarre skill tree not only leaks all of the abilities that you will get from the word go, but also dedicates a full 1/3 towards an ability you get literally right before the final boss. Heck, you could finish the game without unlocking it at all. And it's not like Command is all the powerful. Your enemies as allies aren't any more dangerous than as enemies, but hey more members to my army I guess?

And than there is Dylan that I know a lot of people like, but I just don't get it. He was kidnapped as a child, basically tortured for years and now his outlook on life is to apologies to everyone and everything for existing. He actually wants to help FBC to prove his worth rather than setting them on fire and laughing. I get needing to set aside your differences in the face of Hiss, Mold and Resonance, but why would he care what FBC thinks of him, why would he keep apologizing? It is the FBC that should be apologizing to him.

And why does the FBC hate him so much. They kidnapped and tortured him and now they are upset that he killed 536 of them while being controlled by Hiss. Incidentally, Dylan isn't responsible for the Hiss, he was just as much a victim. But regardless, now Dylan must apologize for the harm FBC inflicted on itself. WTF?

The level design isn't bad, but just like combat there is a lot of room for improvement. Where are the crazy looping Escheresque constructs? They keep saying how crazy and unpredictable things are but in reality the world is fairly simple to navigate. The Underpass is the only really interesting zone, and sadly it is the smallest of all.

Finally, Remedy, please finish the story. I don't want to wait 7 years for the next installment and hope that finally, the world will be fixed.

I am still not sure how Jesse figured out stabbing Dylan with the board would wake him. But from all her tapes and interactions it seems she was certain he would.

Why wait until right before she had to leave to do it? It seems possible Dylan could have been woken during lockdown and coached on how to deal with the board with Jesse present.

probably so the game can happen, i just feel like i missed a story beat somewhere.

Full disclosure: I’m a huge remedy fan and have loved every title from Max Payne through to AW2 (and now Control Resonant).

Okay, so I really loved how Remedy switched things up with Resonant and I’d love to say I throughly enjoyed every aspect of the game, but I’m struggling to find the motivation to play NG+. The final act of the game fell a bit flat for me and I’m in dire need of some story DLC. Re-exploring the game world to find some missing collectibles does not seem all that enticing a proposition.

Did anyone else find the final act underwhelming? Also I lowkey felt like the game had less standout sequences than Control or AW2.

I just received the physical copy and start playing this couple days.

Just beat the third boss. It is so boring. I love the first game very much. But I just cannot find the motive to play resonant.

I remember the first game happen in the older house. The atmosphere is so good, the creepiness and chilling feeling. Resonant happens in manhattan in day time. 0 atmosphere. Every road look exactly the same and occasionally have an enterable store with one chest inside with little reward. The patterned factory is just bad

The mysteriousness is gone also. The first game have the red phone, clips from the former director, doctor daring video. The vibe is so good. Resonant have nothing. The clip from Jesse is so boring. Havn’t seen doctor daring or anything comparable to the first game.

I just enter the forth zone barely have any progress in term of story. The notes from resonant are so generic. Most of them provide no information. Just some nobody mumbling.

Yes the enemy variety in the first game is not good either. But the gun play is so well-made and satisfying when shooting. The melee in resonant just does not click for me. Very generic. Keep smashing attack and occasionally dodge. Fighting the same enemies again and again.

I would not say the first three bosses are bad, but they are very forgettable.

I was so hype for this game. But so far, it is very disappointing. Almost want to switch to other game. Will it get better?

Control’s ashtray maze didn’t have anywhere near this many people spoiling it openly in thumbnails and titles. Each filling with the same superficial faux thoughtful voiceovers written by the same AI LLMs with AI voiceovers in the same cadence!

Fuck those guys!

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This is just overall discussion on how Alan Wake is responsible for lotta problems happening in Control. Also I haven't completed game yet just got to the hedron. But let's discuss.

So we know Alan Wake was responsible for the hiss gaining the power to enter our dimension by giving them the "Words" they needed, He's also the reason Dylan/Jesse are split into from 1 person into brother and sister, and because of what's happening in bright falls Ahti wasnt/isn't able to help cuz he got trapped in Alan's story.

And for thise who may have not found during play through we even got a glimpse of his apartment and him and Casey are apparently in the dark place searching for Alan's wife.

Do you think what was happening with Dylan rn is cuz Alan stopped writing their story or is he's still pulling strings to get Dylan to help rescue his wife.

Okay, so, Control as a setting is based HEAVILY on the SCP Foundation, that's a given. And the breakout character of Control 1 was Dr. Darling, the wacky FBC researcher with funny eccentricities. He made people think of "Dr. Bright," an SCP character with similar traits.

Only, it turned out that Dr. Bright's writer, the user AdminBright, is a groomer that used his character's "wacky anti-villain" reputation to attract RL victims that he'd abuse and manipulate.

And then in Control Resonant, it turns out that Dr. Darling, who was known to have an abusive relationship towards Dylan, becomes a much more sinister figure that's harder to separate from the cruelty and manipulation that gave us Control 1 Dylan.

Do you think Remedy was trying to comment on that situation, finding out this wacky character was just that, the character of someone more calculating and scary? Because Jesse, who only saw the curated clips of him in a professional context, got a softer view than the frightening guy Dylan had to live with.

Could you add a rule that the title should say which game is referenced? I just replayed Control in prep for Resonant, and since it's hot, most posts are about Resonant. Point being, I'd like to avoid too much info before I've had a chance to start it.

Edit add: mute is a good idea in concept but then I see nothing for Control, where I'm still playing Foundation and just fucking around while I wait for a sale on Resonant.

How the park makes me feel lol. (Funny dialog though) but horrible ailments lol

Hey y'all! This is my first steam game I bought that's currently on sale. I've seen gameplay of control resonant before and thought it looked awesome, but when I searched it up, I saw there was a first one before it. So to make it short, I just decided to start with this one.

But what the hell is this really about? Jesse became the new director out of nowhere, the janitor keeps talking about stuff I don't find relevant to what's happening, the terms and events in the recordings are kinda confusing, and the files I pick up have a bunch of blacked-out parts.

It's intriguing, but sometimes I'm starting to forget what my main objective is because of how the story flows.

Honestly for me Fight For Control sequece does not hit the point like No Chains or Another World. I found some post mention that this song should belong somewhere else and make me think where it could be.

My first thought is a fight before escape a sinkhole but that already follow by Another world and then this scene pop into my mind

The combat sequence in Underpass that Dylan try to deal with transmission tower and swarm of hiss then an echo of Dylan from another timeline fight along with him. Holy shit this scene is dope af for me it the best combat sequence in this game aside from boss fight. If there some music cue here it’s gonna be perfect (But I don’t think fight for control fit here, it should be a new song about “For those who come after” like that).

Spoilers for the final resonant:

Managed to get all the rangers to the Unknown resonant arena - this seems intended I think. I really liked em all so I tried hard. And then in the arena, I summoned lots of spore turrets, and any dramatic tension was undercut by their terrible repeating voice lines. Which, whatever I guess. I didn't get the "wait is that Arish?" line until near the end. It kinda ruined the emotional weight. But what REALLY pissed me off was that I kicked ass and managed to save half of them -- then after the cutscene, THE GAME GOES AND SAYS THEY ALL DIED? Dylan is talking about how he couldn't save them but I literally did! They "died" off screen! All my extra effort unrewarded. "I didn't even know their names" well man I was gonna! I saved two! I worked hard for that and I was proud of it! Genuinely took me out of the experience and reminded me it was a game. During such a climactic moment. Just blacklist the annoying ranger barks when in that battle and by God let me save them! Other than that, the game's a masterpiece. A week after beating it I'm still haunted by this though. Is this common at all?

I’ve googled my brains out and don’t remember this door on my first play through. I know Dylan’s apartment is on the island further north but this apartment door is locked near the Unknown Zone Evac building. I’m lost trying to gain access.

So please don’t spoil me on Control Resonant (literally just started - just met Pope for the first time).

But there was an option to “apologize” as Dylan for any people he may have killed.

And I’m trying to rack my brain…why would anyone be mad at him in the first place? I can’t remember much of the first games - it’s been a while - but like…dude was kidnapped as a kid and experimented on. Was there actually something he did that was awful? I’m not saying killing is exactly justifiable, but like he was kidnapped and experimented on - seems like a lot of people had it coming. Unless I’m forgetting something about the first game???

Hi. What kind of PC can run Control Ultimate Edition on high settings? The official recommended graphic card is NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660, yet my NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 (12GB) can't even run the game smoothly on high settings. My Processor: 12th Gen Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-12700 (2.10 GHz). Installed RAM: 16.0 GB. My monitor is Alienware 32 4K QD-OLED Gaming Monitor: AW3225QF (3840 x 2160 at 240Hz). I'm playing on Steam. (I can play Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 on high settings but not Control Ultimate Edition, a 6 year-old game.) Thank you.

Specifically "The Rats in the Walls"

For the people who haven't done this mission/forgot what this is about, this is a mission where we "rescue" Langston's apparently Altered Cat named Alfred.

Part of the mission will be chasing a "monster" (resonant named Maria) killing the FBC agents in the sinkhole.

Dylan chases Maria and gets to this room, where she hides after some damage, with Dylan specifically calling out that she's "in the walls".

Langston then had an idea to put Alfred the Cat in the crack on the wall for Dylan to hunt Maria who is hiding inside

so i've just completed Control resonant, and mainly my ideas are around J and a one-off line from a ranger near the last resonant... but also was wondering if i'd missed anything that people think might also be hinting at, i know the document hints at the Nail being fine for now...

so my two jesse themed ideas are two DLC, first is about Jesse traveling around under the orders of the board, and how she discovered the patterning was coming, (feeds into my head canon that the board wanted out of our reality and jesse used their method to trap/create/manifest aberrant)

the second is her traveling a version of the oldest house/home/classic game world, putting together her psyche and uncovering more truths about herself and dylan

my third is... during the escort of the FBC troopers to the last resonant, they mention how they have no idea how they got there, the sky patterned and suddenly they were in the sky version... one of the soldiers suggests that they themselves may have been patterned and are clones of soldiers down on the ground. they quickly move on from that, but the idea of another version of the last resonant appearing after the end of thee main game, in a more dangerous state yes, but potentially rescuable with all the discoveries at the end? that would be great

I'll keep it simple: Is the Not-Mother supposed to be the Mold "Queen"?​

Still playing through the first Control, and I just noticed that, accident or not, if you pronounce the Altered World Event acronym like you'd pronounce awe refering to amazing or such, then the "Ordinary AWE" sounds like "Ordinary-O", which is the pronunciation of just ordinary in spanish ("Un pueblo ordinario" = "An ordinary town"). Just little thing I noticed :)

After you follow rhe blue tv's with the music.

There should be a hallway there, I have tried to reload a previous save, restart the game and restart the mission but the door is still blocked.

What do I do?

I was high on Dylan's power!

Never seen this error before. It happened as I was about to jump into combat with some Mold. The message appeared in a bare-bones text dialog with just an "OK" button, after the game had died.

It's certainly a damn sight better than the kind of crashes I was getting before, where my GPU would shut down and even though I could hear the game continuing to run, I had no control at all over my PC any more (no keybaord shortcuts worked, and with my monitors not getting any signal from the GPU, they'd gone to sleep), and had to hard power-cycle it. Though if this is a fix they put in for that kind of crash, and it won't force me to power-cycle my PC any more, that'll be real nice!

EDIT: Sadly, I got another GPU crash after this happened, so I guess it's not a sign of that bug being fixed. Oh well.