Current Events > Control is the worst game I've played all year

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I dont know how people obsess over this.

-Convoluted level design
-Fucking awful map with no compass system
-Repetitive combat
-Esoteric story where you have to read lore pieces to figure out whats going on

This game is a straight up chore to play.

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its a raytracing showcase, the whole point is to marvel at the graphics.

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I don't get it either. Every game that company has made is ass

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daftpunk_mk5 posted...

-Fucking awful map with no compass system
-Esoteric story where you have to read lore pieces to figure out whats going on

Isn't that what people like about Dark Souls

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the ps1 era loading times

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monkmith posted...

its a raytracing showcase, the whole point is to marvel at the graphics.

Graphics aren't even good. It's dark and bland.

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Definitely overhyped but I still enjoyed it enough. I'll give it an 8.1.


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the map does suck

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daftpunk_mk5 posted...

Graphics aren't even good. It's dark and bland.

tc, shut the hell up and marvel at the lighting effects god damn it!

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I found the combat way, way too unforgiving (good job I didn't play before the God mode was included). But I loved the story and getting around is pretty simple, just pay attention to the walls, the signs will keep you from getting lost most of the time. I didn't struggle except for like one location and I'm usually easily frustrated without waypoint systems.

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The map sucks sure.

Rest of the game is a blast.

I got it on ps+ for free a while back, it was worth a play through

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Bringit posted...

I found the combat way, way too unforgiving (good job I didn't play before the God mode was included). But I loved the story and getting around is pretty simple, just pay attention to the walls, the signs will keep you from getting lost most of the time. I didn't struggle except for like one location and I'm usually easily frustrated without waypoint systems.

apparently the trick is to just throw stuff, every other form of combat is inferior to pelting guys with rocks.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3CCKYNmVXOU

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I thought it was a great game. I get that at first the level design is wierd but it really is just a big ring that leads back to the point of origin. Once you clear a level you can roam around figuring it out. It makes sense after a while. Its sort of like a 3d metroid-vania game. Even the map is similar as it doesn't give away every detail just a general idea of where to go. I didn't like it at first but after delving further into its lore and level design I give it a 9.

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I've gotten maybe 75% of the way through. It's okay. The agency is such a boring environment though and it lacks enemy variety. A solid 7/10. The story is whatever.
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I don't even know how to respond to such a bad opinion.

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Grabbed infamous second son of ps+ collection. 10 times better than Control already.

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Mediocre game honestly.

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Infamous has better graphics too

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daftpunk_mk5 posted...

Infamous has better graphics too

that's objectively wrong. the game is great though.

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monkmith posted...

that's objectively wrong. the game is great though.

I don't know if I'm being punked but infamous has brought colorful varied environments. Control... The surfaces completely lack detail and everything is just brown grey or red.

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Started playing it a couple weeks ago, it's interesting so far. I haven't really read many of the lore pieces though. I'm waiting till I'm bored one day and just read them all at once.

monkmith posted...

Bringit posted...

I found the combat way, way too unforgiving (good job I didn't play before the God mode was included). But I loved the story and getting around is pretty simple, just pay attention to the walls, the signs will keep you from getting lost most of the time. I didn't struggle except for like one location and I'm usually easily frustrated without waypoint systems.

apparently the trick is to just throw stuff, every other form of combat is inferior to pelting guys with rocks.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3CCKYNmVXOU

Yeah this. Which kinda sucks cause I'm not even far and I already feel like launching stuff is OP
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daftpunk_mk5 posted...

Infamous has better graphics too

lol no

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daftpunk_mk5 posted...

I don't know if I'm being punked but infamous has brought colorful varied environments. Control... The surfaces completely lack detail and everything is just brown grey or red.

So bright shiny colors means good graphics to you?

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Games are often pretty hard on our network. :(

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I love Control, I want more Control and more Alan Wake, the transposition of the real with fiction plays with my imagination in just the right way.

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The Map is soo trash

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Hexenherz posted...

I love Control, I want more Control and more Alan Wake, the transposition of the real with fiction plays with my imagination in just the right way.

We need QUANTUM BREAK 2

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Joeydollaz posted...

We need QUANTUM BREAK 2

I'd be OK with that. I didn't find it as engaging as AW or Control but I did eventually fall in love with it, too. Anything Alan Wake makes me crazy.

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The TV show gimmick was weird but it was still pretty well done. The story and the gameplay were solid though. Sad people slept on it so much.

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You need a really high IQ to appreciate Control

Seriously though, I love it. Remedy is awesome.

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daftpunk_mk5 posted...

Grabbed infamous second son of ps+ collection. 10 times better than Control already.

Wow this is both a goddam lie AND an objectively bad opinion.

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Amazing game

Hell this topic is making me think "why the hell am I suffering through Far Cry 6 when I could replay Control?"

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specialkid8 posted...

The TV show gimmick was weird but it was still pretty well done. The story and the gameplay were solid though. Sad people slept on it so much.

You mean Quantum Break?

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yea, I wasn't a fan.

it's not a bad game, but it's not good, either.

6.5-7/10 game, IMO.

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I said all this shit last month too. I still think its a great game tho

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specialkid8 posted...

So bright shiny colors means good graphics to you?

Better detail, better just of colors and lighting, all around more visibly pleasing.

I feel like control just spends a ton of resources on stuff you can barely notice. And maybe it just looks like shit on console... I'm playing ps4 version that was free on ps plus on my ps5.

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Idk about Control, but I really can't get into any inFamous games. It never feels like anything I accomplish is satisfying and idk why.

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I'm not sure I've ever deleted a game so fast. The level design and map were so awful.

The map is useless but I appreciate a game where I dont need one and get through by environmental clues and intuition or memory. Which this game does well.

monkmith posted...

tc, shut the hell up and marvel at the lighting effects god damn it!

The original Bioshock has better visuals than this game. The lighting effects don't mean much if the creators have no artistic vision

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I really enjoyed the game personally. Pierce and Shatter are the only Service Weapon forms worth anything (with Shatter needing some time to scale up since it scales with pellets x damage and needs both), and all the mods that aren't damage or launch energy cost reduction are pretty trash too, but you can still feel pretty cool in combat once you get all the abilities and start using them together. The missions and certain environments were interesting: the various artifacts, the underground fungal area, the ashtray maze, and some others. I appreciated the unique setting even if the actual storyline wasn't really a concern so much as learning about the history of the place and reading about all the anomalies it dealt with. I don't remember having to rely on the map much since each area is pretty much just a loop or two loops.

Not a 10/10 game but definitely don't regret finishing the game + all unique quests + DLC areas.

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This is the worst topic I've read all year.

Probably not, but this is sure a bad topic.

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CapnMuffin posted...

The map is useless but I appreciate a game where I dont need one and get through by environmental clues and intuition or memory. Which this game does well.

This. There's literally signs plastered all over the walls telling you how to get to places.

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