I’m not gonna pretend like this game isn’t bad but it honestly is a game that had serious narrative potential that’s ruined by the developers not seeming to know what they wanted the game to be in the first place. The strongest aspects of this game is when it goes fully in on the surrealist art project vibes and is willing to just show something weird and not have any of the characters give overly detailed reactions to it. I do think that provided the developers can figure out a way to make the gameplay feel less torturous and know when the characters need to just stop talking that they can definitely make a very high quality game that is worth talking about for positive reasons. Maybe I.V will fix things but for now I would just leave the game as sometimes interesting but very very deeply flawed and sometimes even pretty uncomfortable.

Control is a game that I had almost no expectations going into outside one friend who played it prior and recommended it to me and others. Control as a video game is a bit weird to review because while I find the atmosphere, aesthetic, and writing to be very interesting but the moment to moment gameplay is very dull and uninteresting. Control’s setting as a place where anomalous objects are contained and studied grabbed me instantly as a fan of SCP works and I definitely feel like that’s what kept me engaged from start to finish. The gameplay is very much just standard third person shooter affair with very little that stands out other than the weapon the main character Jesse uses and some useful powers such as levitating, throwing around objects, summoning shields, or quickly dashing to dodge attacks. For most people I imagine this game might not be for them but if you’re willing to stick with it and are interested enough in the premise alone I would still highly recommend this game as you can get it with all of the dlc for very cheap.