Control Resonant, players call it a Game of the Year contender

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After players began finishing Remedy's Control Resonant, a creative surge centers on Dylan Faden and the game’s midgame swings that many call transformative. Streamers and players praise the Artist boss and the mold boss in The Park for tense, inventive fights that use the game’s shifting ability to move from ceiling to ceiling. Creators are mining the Sinkhole research team for eerie Annihilation-like beats, arguing the narrative leans harder into Americana horror than Remedy’s earlier work, while a musician premiered a song called "The Sky Below" tied to the release. Practical player conversations thread through the excitement too, from an HDR patch improving visuals to a detailed five-item wishlist for photo mode coming in November.

The Stupendium

@thestupendium.bsky.social

Just 30 minutes until we turn Nerdcore upside-down with this one... Be sure to tune in for the premiere of 'The Sky Below', my song for @remedygames.com's CONTROL Resonant! #Ad #ControlResonant youtu.be/1qriW3LiZUg

6314h ago

elle tchi

@elenatchii.bsky.social

more dylans because he lives rent free in my head now #controlresonant

28Yesterday

Simone de Rochefort

@doomquasar.bsky.social

Control Resonant is very "dazzling images on a silver screen" to me so far

335h ago

christa lee

@ohpoorpup.bsky.social

control resonant is a really good object lesson in what "a Metal Gear without Hideo Kojima" might look like

267h ago

sylvia

@sylvibullet.bsky.social

got the piercings customizable in control resonant and realized i've slowly been turning dylan faden into robert pattinson in good time

284h ago

Feltiik

@feltiik.bsky.social

I have finished all of #CONTROLResonant after <50 hours, here is my "above standard features" wishlist for the photo mode coming in November: 1. Render scale save option 2. Unrestricted distance camera 3. NPC and character visibility toggle 4. Light source, preferably multiple 5. Good DoF options

14Yesterday

Arkhangel | Control: Resonant

@arkhangel79.bsky.social

The second boss fight I took on in #ControlResonant during lunch today was freaking amazing. The atmosphere and story in these games are so damn good. I’m starting to learn when and how to mix up my combos and abilities a little better, getting my second combat ability really helped.

1314h ago

Rad_Dad_Undead_Redemption2

I truly am excited to get back to a Remedy created game as they are one of my favorites devs of all time.

SayYesToControlResonant2

Let’s go! So glad you are enjoying this! Just done with the third boss myself and unblocked some more content and main missions. Loving it so far too

Aysha U. Farah

@ayshaufarah.bsky.social

(control resonant) I do think this game, although way more fun to actually play, runs into the same problem every RPG and thing thats kind of pretending to be an RPG does — lack of momentum. Its very easy to get mired in a lot of little tasks and that lowers the sense of nonstop weird shit

127h ago

ValyriaN

@valyriann.bsky.social

Okay so unpopular opinion but the mold boss in The Park area was pretty damn good. Dead Space what?! But seriously i thought it was a good use of the shifting ability to go from ceiling to ceiling, Mobs to kill and whatnot to expose the boss weakpoints. #ControlResonant

10Yesterday

strasz

@strasz.bsky.social

"haha what do they mean control resonant gets real good halfway in, i'm loving this game al-- HOLY SHIT."

114h ago

strasz6

actually had one of those "just 15 more minutes" moments. just non-stop jaw droppers. incredible, incredible game, and I've still got a ways to go.

Tuli of the Northern Lights1

Rrrr fine I'll get it. I've been dragging my feet on it besides

CRUZBOT1

Ok now yall are hyping me up about this game. I thought the original was amazing imo despite its flaws

James GHOULizio 👻

@theswweet.myatproto.social

ok cool, quick test of Control: Resonant post the HDR patch, and it seems like at a bare minimum it's "not worse than having HDR off" now, so that's nice

75h ago

it's Halloween name charloh! (it/its)

@charloh.online

okay anyway now that we watched all of Ted Lasso in a week we're free from that obsession and back to music and bsky nighttime hours tomorrow we'll get sucked back into Control Resonant but that's not for tonight

64h ago

WARIO LOPEZ

@sendnuggies.com

STILL CRANKIN IT FOR MY BDAY! finally dove into control resonant today and man...something about drilling just feels right. twitch.tv/sendnuggies

63h ago

BMG Playthroughs

@bmgplaythroughs.bsky.social

Control Resonant Part 2: Welcome to Manhattan | PS5 • No Commentary 🎮 Watch here: youtu.be/2hNA1oKkxaQ?... ❤️ Like, subscribe & join the chaos! #ControlResonant #PS5 #Gaming

414h ago

🦇 Arsenal Bat 🦇

@arsenalbat.bsky.social

Control Resonant is the shit. Better than the first game? No. Better than anything else out this year? Yeah.

32h ago

Control Resonant, players call it a Game of the Year contendergaming

Control Resonant, players call it a Game of the Year contender

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