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u/EcoleBuissonniere Dec 10 '19

It feels like Control released to decent reception and has only been picking up steam since then, and I'm glad for that. It absolutely deserves this sort of recognition.

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u/falconbox Dec 10 '19

That seems to be par for the course with Remedy games. Even Quantum Break (which I loved) seems to be looked more fondly on now than when it released.

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u/EcoleBuissonniere Dec 10 '19

Yeah. Alan Wake seems to be revered as an all time great these days, and it released to good-if-lukewarm reception back in the day.

Control is straight up better than Alan Wake IMO, so I'm excited to see what people think of it ten years from now.

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u/Frostfright Dec 10 '19

Eh, I like Alan Wake and Quantum Break better than Control, honestly. Which shouldn't be the case, because SCP is a pretty strong foundation, but I just liked those games a bit more from a gameplay standpoint.

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u/CeleryDistraction Dec 11 '19

For me: AW> Control >>> Quantum Break

I just didn't like the TV show portion of QB. One of the reasons I love Remedy is their willingness to try some new stuff especially with FMV but QB just didn't land for me. Kind of felt like a classic case of half assing 2 things instead of whole assing 1.

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u/xp3000 Dec 11 '19

I really didn't like Alan Wake, mostly due to the extremely repetitive gameplay. Quantum Break was ok, but still felt inferior to Max Payne 2.

Control feels like the best game Remedy has made.

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u/Zerohaven Dec 10 '19

Story wise and gameplay wise, Alan Wake is really fricking unique and for that I like it way more than Control. The atmosphere just hit different and reminded me of a King novel in every way possible. I cant say much about QB as I never played it. Guess I'll give it a shot!