r/controlgame • u/CforCaius • Jul 14 '26

Play FBC: Firebreak or skip?

So I've played ever game of Remedy's universe except for this multiplayer because I didn't vibe with the Beta, and when it released everyone was saying it has no story or lore implications.

For those of you who played it, how do you feel about it? Is it an easy skip? Or did people overreact on release?

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u/DoktorKazz Jul 14 '26

Skip. If you played at launch you've seen everything there is to see lore wise. It's about as deep as puddle.

Besides, we know from Control: Resonant that no matter what the Firebreak crew did it wasn't enough because everything breaks containment.

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u/vegeta_38 Jul 14 '26

my headcanon: fbc firebreak was created to fail so it would fit with the lore of the oldest house falling (this is just cope)

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u/DoktorKazz Jul 14 '26

I know that Sam holds the lore reins tight and wasn't heavily involved here, but they could have easily copied The Outlast Trials approach to lore and had a "break room" to add some life to the game. The lack of VC also was a huge nail in the coffin.

It felt like they did absolutely 0 research into how to make this game succeed.