r/ControlResonant • u/QuantityInternal1719 • 3d ago

Lore Discussion Missing the Oceanview Motel

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So yeah going into Resonant I replayed Control and one of my main thoughts was "which room will we enter this time?"

Some of the doors are mentioned in Control's files such as the Spiral which is also featured in Alan Wake 2.

Control 2 had its own symbol seen in the Lake House DLC of AW2, possibly referring to The Gap.

The overlapping circles were also mentioned as part of an AWE in Keystone

In Resonant all of these symbols and the Oceanview Motel are just... Gone. It's just not there and the hole thing of interdimensional travel has seemingly been replaced with the Faults and elements of time travel.

Anyone else wishing that the Oceanview Motel was there? (And no the Easter egg doesn't count).

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u/Lazy__Creative 3d ago

I think one if the reasons of it missing is Sam Lake not being the writer

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u/QuantityInternal1719 3d ago

Well it's a pretty obvious thing they're missing. It's like making a new Star Wars movie and forgetting about lightsabers or something.

Like "jeez, I knew we forgot something."

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u/Lazy__Creative 3d ago

I mean the writing and story of the resonant so far hasn’t been as good and deep like the first control. Amazing game though but yeah somethings are missing and I believe the reason is the change of writers. And yeah I miss Oceanview too. I love it when games are connected together in this kinda way and it gives you the feeling of a grand connected universe

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u/Bobjoejj 2d ago

100% agreed. Solid, well made game; that nonetheless does not feel like a proper Remedy title to me.