Quantum break walked so that control could fly. If quantum break is a cw show, control is a indie film festival darling. You can tell remedy took all the good pieces of quantum break and built a tower out of them. From the tight, intense and satisfying combat, to the dark moody and trippy atmosphere, theres so much to love about this game. I can see why this game was the poster child for Nvidia RTX when the 2000 series dropped, because this game is the poster child for raytracing done right. Control is seriously one of the most gorgeous games i have ever seen, and i get over 100fps at 1440p with a 3080 with dlss and raytracing on. Beautiful and butter smooth. This is remedy at its best, my only real complaint is the sidequests. some are super fun and interesting, leading to cool story beats or secret bosses. others are the most mind numbing boring chores. If i wanted to go searching for black mold on walls id move back into my old apartment. These petty pick up missions coulda been cut. Other than that, this is worth your time, and with all the dlc included its even worth buying at full price.

and now i am finally ready to dive into alan wake 2.

If you love "X-Files" (series), then you definitely would love this game!

This game was a great experience!
It has a great story and very nice movement, lots to discover, many sidequests and so much lore scattered around, that you really want to search for as much as possible! 👍

The combat is a little hard at first, since you really die quickly and need to be very precise, but once you get a few abilities and upgrades, it gets much easier. You gotta be smart about your fights at first and MOVE. If you don't you'll get surrounded quickly and probably be taken out. Later on, you got enough upgrades to win most fights by just rushing in and flinging all kinds of stuff at your enemies. 😅

Overall I really recommend it, but if you don't care a lot about stories and stuff, this game is pretty much just fighting. And if you do lots of fighting, you'll probably start fighting in a "best way" suitable to your own taste, that makes the combat grow stale, since pretty much every enemy can be dealt with the same way, if you just do it enough times. Still, for me it was good enough for the time it took.

I have completed all the obvious sidequests, except some collectible stuff and didn't backtrack everywhere when I finished getting all movement upgrades, since I felt like I wouldn't gain much more from it. Guess thats really for the people who LOVED everything and are willing to put many more hours into finding all there is to find. Personally though, I prefer playing the next game, rather than spending my hours searching!

Anyway, if you like story driven shooters, you'll most likely be happy with this one! 😉