Epic Games gives away a surprise game every day in the spirit of the Christmas holidays. Yesterday, on Christmas Day, we received the mysterious and surprising Dredge. However, it looks like Epic is looking to score a double on Boxing Day by delivering another spectacular game, this time from 2019: Control.
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Control, my personal game of the year in 2019, has created one of the most interesting video game universes to date. Jesse Faden finds herself at the center of a paranatural thriller as she visits the Federal Bureau of Control in search of her long-lost brother, only to be named director of the organization.
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Control armed us with the Service Weapon, which could change shape depending on the type of weapon you wanted to use. Armed with this weapon, telekinetic powers and even flight, Faden must make his way into the Oldest House, fighting an entity that is trying to take over the place.
During his adventure he comes across Objects of Power, seemingly everyday objects that contain some sort of paranatural power that must be contained, lest they cause absolute chaos in his surroundings. It presents some of the world's most interesting buildings in the form of office documents and memos detailing examples of such activities.
The game was up for Game of the Year at The Game Awards 2019, but ultimately lost to FromSoftware's Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice. It managed to win the Best Art Direction award at the TGA, but won the big prize at the Golden Joystick Awards.
However, Control's greatest achievement was the creation of the Remedy-verse and the revelation that Alan Wake and Quantum Break existed in the same universe.
While we don't know much about its sequel in development, Remedy calls Control 2 an “action RPG” and the game received a hidden teaser in Alan Wake 2's latest DLC. The teaser was hidden quite well and was accessible only to players who found a hidden light bulb and rolled it three times.
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A corrupting presence has invaded the Federal Bureau of Control… Only you have the power to stop it. The world is now your weapon in an epic fight to annihilate a forbidding enemy across deep and unpredictable environments. Containment has failed, humanity is at stake. Will you take back control?
