Putting Control Resonant Under A Microscope Is Rewarding In An Unexpected Way
Putting Control Resonant Under A Microscope Is Rewarding In An Unexpected Way https://ift.tt/BWydxQs Over many years, I've written tens of thousands of words covering the Remedy Connected Universe, the Finnish studio's world tying the Alan Wake and Control series together. This is a team that loves rewarding players who notice the smaller details and go off the golden path in search of morsels of understanding. Connecting dots is often much of the fun in a Remedy game. To my surprise, that side of the developer wasn't on display much in Control Resonant. There are definitely a few nods, and one chain of side quests in particular seems to have greater implications for the studio's future connected-universe games, but overall, I was taken aback by how disinterested Resonant was in tying itself to Remedy's bigger picture. However, it was by looking for those hidden details that I discovered something else I ended up loving about the sequel in a different way. ...
At Gamescom 2023 we got to play a brief section of S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl's opening segment. After his trudge through GSC Game World's new and even more brutal wasteland, Dave and Chris talk about how the game is keeping the heart and soul of S.T.A.L.K.E.R alive, while bringing the cult classic series to modern systems and modern players, rusty bolts and all.
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