Dipped back into Control to do the Wake DLC, after putting it down in February 2021. Without realizing it, I only had two missions/levels left in the game to go, so I finished them as well. Like in replaying Alan Wake, I kind of got tired of the sheer number of fights, but there's so much more here to play around with. The fights are a lot of fun but it feels like they can turn in the enemies favor frustratingly quickly, and I found myself repeating fights an annoying number of times. Granted, I returned to endgame content after two years of not playing it at all, so maybe I'm playing it wrong, or I've invested my ability points wrong, but Jesse is such a squishy character, as powerful as she is. Still I had a good enough time that after finishing it I wanted to start the game on a current gen version. I finished the PS4 version, which looked good and played well enough on my PS5; I did encounter one annoying bug which is that button prompts, or half of them, would randomly stayed glued to the screen until they disappeared just as randomly. If there's a way to move the last gen saves to the upgraded version, I could not find it. The action is very strong and a lot of fun, and the game essentially has infinite content if you want to keep plugging away at it. What's most attractive to me about this game is its vibe and characters, and it was really fun to see Jesse interact in the usual dreamlike way with Alan Wake. Really looking forward to AW2 later this month.

Reviewed on Oct 08, 2023


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