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Developer Remedy Entertainment, widely
known for their work as creators of Max
Payne, Alan Wake, as well as Quantum Break,
have teamed up with publlisher 505 Games to
introduce their latest single-player thriller.
Codenamed 'P7', CONTROL is a third-person
action-adventure game combining Remedy’s
trademark gunplay with supernatural abilities.
Revealed for the first time at the official Sony
PlayStation E3 media briefing in the worldwide
exclusive debut of the first trailer, CONTROL is
set in a unique and ever-changing world that
juxtaposes our familiar reality with the strange
and unexplainable. While there were some
initial rumors that CONTROL was a PS4
exclusive, this is certainly not the case, as the
game will be launching for the PlayStation 4,
Xbox One and PC.
In CONTROL players follow the thrilling story
of Jesse Faden. The main plot focuses on her
personal search for answers as she grows into
the role of the Director. The world of CONTROL
has its own story, as do the allies Jesse meets
along the way. Side-quests and Secrets are
everywhere. Jesse works with other Bureau
agents, decodes cryptic ciphers and discovers
strange Bureau experiments.
Pieced together as a world within a location,
Jesse explores diverse environments and
shifting architecture in a deep unpredictable
world, set within a sprawling New York building.
Rest assured, you would not be mistaken if you
saw CONTROL in action and noticed some
interesting Quantum Break influences, most
noticably in the combat department. However,
CONTROL allows players to define their unique
playstyle by integrating supernatural abilities,
upgrades, and modifiable loadouts.
Adding to the games empowering nature,
reactive environments can be manipulated as
Jesse can harness dynamic destruction for
exciting combat possibilities and master
complex rituals, altering her surroundings.
The games premise is supported after a
secretive agency in New York is invaded by an
otherworldly threat, as Jesse struggles to regain
CONTROL. This sandbox-style, gameplay-driven
experience built on the proprietary Northlight
engine challenges players to master a
combination of supernatural abilities,
modifiable loadouts and reactive environments
while fighting through the deep and mysterious
worlds Remedy is known for.
According to Mikael Kasurinen, the games
director, “CONTROL represents a new exciting
chapter for us, it redefines what a Remedy game
is. It shows off our unique ability to build
compelling worlds while providing a new
player-driven way to experience them - a key
focus for Remedy has been to provide more
agency through gameplay and allow our
audience to experience the story of the world at
their own pace”
CONTROL is xpected to launch sometime in
2019 for the PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC.
"Pieced together as a world within a location,
Jesse explores diverse environments and shifting
architecture in a deep unpredictable world,
set within a sprawling New York building"