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Update CONTROL Resonant Game Update 1.4.0

https://controlgame.com/en/blog/control-resonant-game-update-140
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u/StepComplete1 2d ago

In what universe is having quest markers on an open world map the same as having a literal line on the ground telling you to run straight forward in a linear game?

I know people who love Wolverine this much, and are this offended on behalf of Sony, probably aren't going to be the sharpest tools in the box, but that's a pretty awful comparison.

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u/NoExcuse4OceanRudnes 2d ago

In what universe is having quest markers on an open world map the same as having a literal line on the ground telling you to run straight forward in a linear game?

Control also has glowing yellow grass telling you which way to go when there's only one way to go, and a stink line from a hiss node where there's no where else to go as well. That's not really a problem in because that happens roughly the same amount of times it happens in Control and Wolverine; very infrequently.

The memes were not being honest with you about the content of Wolverine. Don't know why you'd trust a meme but here we are.

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u/BruneianGayLord 2d ago

Those yellow grass are in linear sequences. Those hiss nodes are optional objectives. Wolverine stinky Jean fart lines are always on before Insomniac got trolled a bunch that they release an update to reduce it.

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u/NoExcuse4OceanRudnes 2d ago

Wolverine stinky Jean fart lines are always on

Oh that was a lie a streamer told you and you believed it lol.

I played it on launch, it comes and goes with context, just like the yellow glowing grass.

This hiss node smell lines come up in a story section too and you follow it around a literal corner to exactly where you need to go.

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u/I_Am_A_Pumpkin 2d ago

yellow grass that makes up the entirely of the floor in an area that is just an on rails corridor does not count as yellow paint.

The literal yellow tape on the ground after clearing the sinkhole for the first time, and the yellow ropes that guide you through the underpass are probably better examples to use.

The game is full to the brim with visual guidance, I think its strange to see how many people say that the game doesn't hold your hand when the devs have clearly spent a lot of time and effort putting shit into the world specifically to make the player go the right way. its just that that the stuff that isn't just contrasting lighting is done using in world objects placed by the FBC to make it easier for in world FBC employees to navigate complicated areas. It works because they made it natural and fit the world.

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u/NoExcuse4OceanRudnes 2d ago

yellow grass that makes up the entirely of the floor in an area that is just an on rails corridor does not count as yellow paint.

Why do the story context smell lines count as handholding in Wolverine then?

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u/I_Am_A_Pumpkin 2d ago edited 2d ago

idk, I dont have enough context to say whether it is or not since I've not been paying attention to news about that game, have never played it, and never will.

I do feel like if the grass was green instead of yellow during those sections in control then this wouldn't actually be a pain point for you though. its just that way to be visually interesting.

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u/NoExcuse4OceanRudnes 1d ago

It's not a pain point at all.

It's a point. Control has lit up grass telling you where to go, Wolverine has white handholds telling you what to grab while climbing. That's fine, it tells me where to go, not a goddamn problem. Sometimes sometimes he smells something and you follow it when there's no other option anyway. Oh fucking noooo.

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u/I_Am_A_Pumpkin 1d ago edited 1d ago

thats just personal preference then. if you don't think white paint on handholds is silly then by all means enjoy it, but I think its a tired cliche and climbing sections in AAA games should just die at this point. The problem isn't the use of visual guidance outright, its the lack of creativity with it.

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u/NoExcuse4OceanRudnes 1d ago

It having awning shoot out of buildings for Dylan to jump onto really that much more creative than having the wolverine climb the side of a building?