One of the primary reasons I'm doing this Control replay is that I wanted to play this DLC before diving into Alan Wake II. It seems like the Remedy fandom is pretty negative on this one, but I quite liked it. I think they did a really good job incorporating the atmosphere and some of the gameplay concepts of Alan Wake into Control (a game that is, let's be honest, a hell of a lot more fun to play than Alan Wake). The design of the Not-Hartman monster is great body horror, and I really dug the survival horror approach to those encounters. I do think Control's lighting system makes the darkness sections a little harder to read than I think they're supposed to be, but that's my only real complaint.

Some great additions to the Control lore too. Fra Mauro is just a little subplot in this story, but it's a concept so interesting and unsettling that it could be the basis for an entire novel or screenplay.