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Don’t crucify me, but Control.
I absolutely love creepy atmospheric games that aren’t outright horror. If you’ve ever played the Playdead games (Limbo and Inside) you know what I’m talking about. BioShock does it a bit too. Anyway, due to this being my absolute favourite type of media to consume, and not at all knowing how to find more of it, I made a post on here a couple years ago asking for advice, as well as a few friends and other communities, and Control was the overwhelming majority suggestion. So obviously I gave it a shot, but I just didn’t enjoy the way it, ahem, controlled. Not sure how well to describe it other than that, but movement just felt off to me. Maybe I’ll have to give it a try again in the future, but I couldn’t put in more than an hour or two without getting annoyed. It looked pretty neat, and I’ve seen screenshots of later points in the game which look pretty awesome, but for whatever reason I couldn’t get past the movement. It’s not an issue I’ve had in any other game and I’m not sure why it bugs me so much in this one.
This is probably my pick too, and it frustrates me. Because like, look. I love Remedy games. I love Alan Wake 1 and 2 to death. I just bought a 200 dollar book about Alan Wake. I really vibe with Control's aesthetic and setting. Ahti is great. I have beat Control before, but ever since then, whenever I think "oh, I should go back and replay Control" I get about five hours back into the game before I just sit there and think man, I am not having any fun. Just about all of these characters feel like cardboard cutouts with neutral faces drawn on them, the plot is kinda dull, when it bothers to show up, and if the game can't really get excited about itself I'm not sure how I'm supposed to. I'll always love launching a forklift at some Hiss at 200mph but it doesn't take me far enough.
That being said, yes, I will still be playing Control 2 day one. Even if it's garbage, Remedy will always deserve the chance for me.
I found the combat to be incredibly repetitive, and the story was unsatisfying to me. Have you tried Soma? That sounds like it would scratch your itch, but I haven’t played it.
I haven’t. It’s on my wishlist though, so maybe on the next sale I’ll pick it up.
This is sort of how I felt about Pikuniku. The controls pissed me off into not gaming for an entire year.