Control Resonant review – an ineffective remedy

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Control Resonant – at least it’s different (Remedy Entertainment)

The creators of Alan Wake return with a sequel to Control, that’s set in the same fictional universe but features a completely different style of combat.

Remedy is a talented developer, but we’ve always felt their strengths lie in a different direction than they seem to assume. All their games have a strong emphasis on narrative and yet their stories often come across as pretentious and shallow, with 2023’s Alan Wake 2 combining all their worst tendencies into a deeply unsatisfying quasi-survival horror, that purposefully undermined their most consistent strength: combat.

Remedy started out with the Read Entire Article