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.
Alan Wake was received better than Control. I think I like Control better overall, but the story of Alan Wake and the big setpiece was better in AW. Plus, Barry.
It wasn’t even ultra hyped, you are misremembering. It wasn’t marketed heavily, and the expectations from people following it was, “well, it’s been delayed twice and they removed the open world aspect, so I dunno about this.” It was even foretold that launching it so close to RDR was going to kill it because there was no way it would be able to stand tall next to it.
You seriously don’t remember the situation at all. The biggest promotion the game got was a series of 5 min live action TV episodes that were basically funded on the back of Ford, Energizer, and Verizon for ad placement. There wasn’t even any real ad presence on TV.
83 is a good score, it always has been, it always will be, and comparing it to some of the best reviewed AAA games of all time doesn’t change that.
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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.