I’ve been playing Control for the last few days and am currently in the Research Department.
I was not overly enamoured to start with but it has grown on me, especially as I’ve unlocked more abilities. That said, aiming with the gun still feels a bit rubbish and I don’t think there’s a way to look over opposite shoulder when aiming so sometimes enemies are hidden away.
I do enjoy gunning enemies and launching items at them which works well and enemy types have been varied enough.
The story has been interesting enough and just about striking a balance between being vague and giving answers. The amount of redacted stuff in discovered documents is a bit annoying though.
@JohnnyShoulder It’s awesome, eh!? They get a lot of mileage out of very simple mechanics…so I operate on PushSquare entirely from my phone, usually from work (which probably deserves its own explanation…). I watched that Austin Wintory ‘as noted’ video I had posted in the music thread the other day on the t.v. at home and now realize that it had that entire boss fight playing in the background of the video. I did not realize this and feel a bit bad about posting it now. Sorry about that!
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@Jimmer-jammer No worries, I only watched the whole video after I beat the boss last night, so nothing was spoiled for me!
The only negative I have with the game is that it doesn't explain things well enough for me, and I got a bit lost the other day. I have a better understanding of things now, so should be OK. And as there is no combat apart from the boss battles, some people might find it a bit dull. But not me, I'm totally fine with that!
@Thrillho I really enjoyed Control from a gameplay point of view, although the story side of things was pretty well done as well. There are some really random moments to come though so hopefully you'll keep enjoying that side of things.
I played it through first on PS Now and then downloaded it and played it on my base PS4. Launching stuff really made that struggle and there were definitely times when it was in single FPS. I need to checkout the PS5 version but it sounded like it runs really smoothly.
@render I got the PS+ freebie without knowing/realising about getting the upgraded version but got the upgrade on sale.
Game runs beautifully in 60fps. I’m happy to trade off ray tracing for the extra frame rate.
I never used to care about such things but now I’ve seen 60fps, it feels too jerky to go back if I don’t have to! It took me a while to get used to it when playing Yakuza 6 recently.
@Thrillho I've been exactly the same with frame rate. Never really noticed it when I had a peasant PS4, probably cos most games I played were locked at 30fps.
With Demon's Souls it actually made me feel a bit queasy playing it in resolution mode, and other games such as Immortals Fenix Rising felt really sluggish to play.
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@velio84 - Your comment on FF7R is quite comforting... I thought I was the only one with that opinion! Currently on Chapter 12, and feel like I am forcing myself to like the game. I'm a huge FF fan, but this game just isn't clicking for me...
I'm actually enjoying the story beats much more than I thought, but it is the gameplay which feels tedious and formulaic - as well as the 'on-rails' / corridor aspects.
My most recent game was Sekiro, and I can't help but compare the 2 experiences - with Sekiro winning hands down in most aspects
@velio84 And I thought it was going so well for you... Your dead to me now....
While I love the game, the Yuffie DLC unfortunately wasn't clicking for me. It probably has a lot to do with the fact that I loved the combat in the main game, but it's quite different with her. Unless I just suck, you have to play defensive with her because she's weak (at least early on) and I don't care for that. I'll give it another shot at some point.
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@Thrillho That sounds a world away from the PS4 version. It was the only problem I had with the game as otherwise the rest was very enjoyable. Difficulty wise I thought it was also about right for me. It was a challenge but I only ever had to do things a few times at most.
The DLC was really good too although I did miss out on the back story with Alan Wake so hopefully they will do a remake of that on PlayStation.
@velio84 Same as @Thrillho on it being one of my favourite games last gen. When I started it I didn’t appreciate quite how addictive it was going to end up being. One of the things I really enjoyed about it was being able to customise my build if I wasn’t getting anywhere against a boss. I’d always manage to find something that worked.
@JohnnyShoulder that makes me feel better. Yeah, it starts out a little too open ended, perhaps. The mask pretty much shows you everything of interest, and eventually, you get so many flaps that you’ll never be lost.
“Reason is the natural order of truth; but imagination is the organ of meaning.” C.S. Lewis
@Thrillho Loved Control. It’s one of the few games that I finished the story and all the DLC and still wasn’t bored of the game. And despite her rather wooden acting, Jesse is my waifu.
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@Jimmer-jammer Me being a bit of a dime bar, I was following the blue lamps, not realising they were the things I've already done! 🤣
I'm onto the third area tomorrow after completing the first two to 100%. There was one lightstone I couldn't find in redwood steppe, so I had to look at a guide for the general area. Don't think I would have ever found it otherwise!
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@JohnnyShoulder nice work! I ended up making it pretty much to the end, then going back and cleaning everything up when I was very upgraded. I think you’re headed into the Great Plains now. Just a heads up, if you’re going for the platinum, there is a tablet in the shrine there that looks like it’s read when you put the mask on but it’s not. It gave me some trouble when completing the Pathfinders Tale trophy.
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