The WhatsNext verdict
For Players drawn to supernatural action, strange mysteries, and richly atmospheric settings: Jesse’s shifting abilities and weapon turn fights into kinetic bursts of improvisation, while the Oldest House rewards curiosity with an unsettling sense of the unknown. Tradeoff: The story’s surreal lore can stay deliberately opaque, and combat encounters may feel repetitive between discoveries.
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shooter
fantasy
science fiction
horror
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What you are walking into
Control is a third-person action-adventure game set in the Federal Bureau of Control, a secretive U.S. government agency that studies paranormal phenomena. Players control Jesse Faden, who arrives at the Bureau's headquarters, the Oldest House, to find it invaded by a hostile force called the Hiss. Gameplay combines supernatural abilities with a shape-shifting firearm, and the environment is reactive and destructible.
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