Control Resonant patched on launch day to ease difficulty

gamingSep 24, 202634871

Control Resonant launched and Remedy issued a day one patch that reduced enemy damage and eased other difficulty pain points after early player feedback. Players zeroed in on fights that had dragged because of inflated health pools and a boss spot where The Dancer could cause freezing on PS5, while streamers noted their prepatch sessions were noticeably tougher. Many posts celebrated the return of Dylan Faden and the game’s art direction, with creators promising VODs and calling out missing Photo Mode as a next arrival. A named early recorder, Haley, said her first six hours before embargo showed beefier enemies and frequent deaths, underscoring why the hotfix landed so quickly.

martyfive

@martyfive.bsky.social

< We will be with you soon, Jesse/Dylan Faden > #controlresonant

digital drawing of two characters from Control games, Jesse and Dylan Faden. they’re both wielding their weapons (Jesse with her Service Weapon/Gun, Dylan with his Aberrant/giant hammer), both cool as all hell/gender envy inducing, seemingly in the middle of some battle/fight for control. the background consists of mostly just rectangular/triangular shapes.

38410h ago

Sho | Dora Ingrid1

are you also counting down the next few hours 💅 i can't waitttttt also top tier art as alwayssss

Aura

@aurahack.ca

my thoughts on Control Resonant so far are that it's 1pm and i forgot i have to eat lunch or else i go hungry

1301h ago

Aura36

my more complicated thoughts is that it's very out of character for them to make an open-world very-2020s videogame. it's very fun to move around and explore but it is also very familiar in a "ive played games like this, which isnt what im used to out of remedy" kind of way.

Rosvo12

I think they should fix this. Hunger is clearly a bug.

Brian1

Aaah! I forgot that was today! *scrambles to go download*

gita “the formalist” jackson

@xoxogossipgita.bsky.social

I feel like some of the complaints leveled at Resonant have been a result of people thinking of Control as a tight linear game when it was actually a way more meandering thing with weird diversions and secrets

50Just now

gita “the formalist” jackson23

I think if you’d go back to control you’d probably see that’s a much looser, weirder game than you remember. I know that nominally Resonant is an open world game but it just feels like they built a really big Oldest House.

Hayes Madsen3

It's kind of amazing to me that people got that impression, because I basically viewed Control as a sort of Metroidvania right from the jump

julie muncy1

the Oldest House is full of very neat little pockets of space that you never have to visit, it's great like that

TimTom1

I never want to meet the people who bee lined Control. Like why bother.

Chip (aka Josh)

@chipcheezum.bsky.social

Thanks for checking out the CONTROL Resonant stream, everybody! The VOD will be up on YouTube in a day or two.

482h ago

poreyneel || rest

@poreyneel.bsky.social

It's Control Resonant day my dudes! Thank you Remedy for your incredible and hard work, still can't believe we're getting the sequel for one of the most unique and inspiring games!! Let's never stop creating and let the art thrive! Wishing you all the best <3 #CONTROLResonant

255h ago

Sho | Dora Ingrid

@doraingrid.bsky.social

Control Resonant is GORGEOUS I wont post any more stuff, no worries about spoilers, this is a very early screenshot. but I do need to scream about the game ✨aesthetically ✨ Dylan ily

261h ago

MinnMax

@minnmax.com

Haley here! Hacked the Bluesky to say I am keeping up my tradition of recording all my Remedy playthroughs so please enjoy the first 6 hours of Control Resonant I recorded before embargo!!! When the enemies were a lot beefier (spoiler I die a lot). Will be streaming the rest of Twitch!

201h ago

Brian G. aka urbanbohemian 🪩🥂💖

@urbanbohemian.com

I'm excited for folks looking forward to playing #CONTROLResonant today. My first videos go up on YouTube today around 10:30a, which gives you plenty of time to get in yourself and watch your fave streamers play. The main thing I'm holding out for... Photo Mode. I'm sure it's coming soon. 💖

199h ago

OMEGA “CB” JONES!

@critbard.com

THE OLDEST HOUSE BECKONS ONCE MORE. I have been waiting for this for a LONG time. It's time to play CONTROL RESONANT! The story of Dylan Faden begins now. 🔻 // twitch.tv/critbard!

131h ago

Turið Torkilsdóttir

@turidtorkil.bsky.social

#ControlResonant I couldn't help but take a few quick screenshots. The game looks insanely cool so far and I'm really looking forward to jump back in to take proper photos once the PM is added. But for now, let's kick some Hiss ⚒️ @remedygames.com @yuuhaw.bsky.social

163h ago

Kris 🐦‍⬛1

Have fun with it!! ☺️

Juha Vainio1

Thanks so much, I'm happy you're enjoying it 🙌🙏

RYΛNN WΞLLΞR 🔜 #TwitchCon

@theonlyryann.bsky.social

🟥 [LIVE] First our Morning Coffee/Gaming chat☕️ I’m SO EXCITED to be back into the world of #ControlResonant from @remedygames.com as it just released TODAY! Let’s fight to take back Manhattan!! 🔳 #Twitch / #YouTube x TheOnlyRyann

93h ago

Lach

@lach.social

I wish I could post some of the screenshots and mechanics of #ControlResonant but I’m try to keeps thing spoiler free. Reset assure it’s one of the coolest and most interesting games I’ve play I love discovering new stuff.

1612h ago

Hatok

@hatok.bsky.social

it's probably because of Control Resonant that people are talking about action games in general right now, but a combination of a couple posts I saw made me think about how a really key part of DMC's design is that there's not a huge disparity in how much damage most of your moves can do

142h ago