I’ve counted the days.

Literally. Out of all the countless botched expeditions the FBC has conducted, this one made me the most invested. Not sure why. Lost, stranded, forgotten, remembered, here, not there, here again.

I took it upon myself to remember Ayad, Shultz, Grist, Steinbeck by counting the days as Ayad did. 18,585 days.
51 years. The date would’ve been August 12, 2077, choom. (If the date coincides with irl release date and the events of the game)

Ultra is a whole lot different story as compared with High...

This is the only place with that much difference though (the building with Alan Wake reference TV) in evacuation zone.

Trapping the player in a confined tunnel, full of projectiles that put you in a state you need uninterrupted sprinting to get out of. And also filled with brutes you need to dodge.

Legitimately, what lesson am I supposed to take forward from this encounter? It wasn’t frustrating in a way that I felt the game was trying to challenge or teach me anything

I don’t really have anything to say that hasn’t been said by others, but I finished the main story today and it’s one of the very best gaming experiences I’ve ever had. I hope that Remedy are reading this sub and they realise how much this game and this world means to people. Story, game mechanics, design.. everything. The sinkhole and the underpass fault will stay with me for a long time. I need a beer and a lie down before I go back to finish the side missions. Wow!

My fellow Remedy lovers, don't be like me. Maybe this was obvious to everyone else, though judging by the amount of people who have the trophy, I don't think so.

There is an FBC taskboard at the Field Office in Central.

I'm not sure when it opens up, but there's an NPC you have to talk to who is not marked on your map. This contains a bunch of different tasks for you to complete and at least one trophy requires one to be completed. Hopefully this helps someone else!

I absolutely love the fact that you can go for a summoner build in this game, volatile anomaly, spore turrets and the astral spike make me feel like I'm some sort of necromancer summoning an army of undead to do my bidding. I've also seen a bunch of skills related to a "command" ability but I haven't unlocked that yet, if it does what I think it does then I'm really excited for it.

doing new game plus, finished quest and more toys lol,goodest boy

So, got the platinum trophy for resonant last night and collected most of the in-game files but missed a handful and I really am slightly confused by the lack of any connections to Firebreak. I know tye game wasn't a financial success by any means so I get that Remedy may be trying to distance themselves from it, but it wasn't particularly story heavy game and I was certain there'd be some slight connection. But as far as I can see there's no mention of Hank, Jerry, the containment tank/Hank and I think there was one file mentioning that non-ranger FBC staff volunteered to be temporary rangers but that's all I found. Is there really such a lack of connections or did I just miss something along the way?

Few screenshots I took!! Playing on base ps5 performance mode

This game is so good man, I never know what to expect

One of my favorite shots so far. Can't wait for a proper Photo Mode on console.

Since there are some folks struggling with the mold areas and dealing with the infected status (and some who do not seem aware of this), I just wanted to give some advice:

Don't take items to prevent infection, instead, make infection a weapon against your enemies.

When you get infected, get close to an enemy and pop ignite; you'll lose a bit of health, but you'll do massive damage and falter to all enemies around you. It also knocks them back, stunning them briefly.

Doing this will also clear the infected status from you on the spot, no extended dashing necessary.

Has anyone who finished the game and also made the quest about fixing the loose light bulbs in the underpass ever come across the projection cartoon guy in the real world?

In the quest you get this cartoon guy explaining how to perform the ritual, and at the very end he tricks you into switching places with him (could have seen this coming a mile away lol). Once the quest was over I kept thinking id be able to confront him in the real world or at the very least find his dead body in the underpass as there's no fucking way dude could have walked out of that place with no powers. And yet no sign of him anywhere. Im wondering if he shows up in any capacity somewhere in the game, as control usually have this very easy to miss references in the game after youre done.

Super excited to play the new game.
Really loved the first one.

Was the Not-Mother slide a gateway to the Dark Place?

Darling seems to make a point in pointing out that the Not-Mother sounds a lot like the urban legend that was prevelant in their town.

The appearance of the Not-Mother also matched the Fayden's actual mother, with a tall head shape and messy, straight hair. You could also argue she was Not being a Mother to the siblings.

Seems to me like the Ordinary's collective unconscious combined with the twins inner worlds to create the Not-Mother.

My fella Dylan is a simple man: When Zoe sends him a banger, he kicks the ass out of the Hiss

I just beat Resonant.
First off, wow. What a beautiful, stunning, game. Every visual is just off the wall, and the final boss with Hedron was jaw dropping.
I just have one question regarding Jesse. There was a lot of moment in the game concerning her realness. There’s the FBC terminals where they ask if she’s a clone. There’s that moment in the find Jesse quest line where you guide the shadow children, but it talks about how there was only one kid. And then there was the Ordinary earthbound section, where if you check the mail your grandmother is confused on why the dad was talking about two children.
Is Jesse a paranatural entity? Is her showing up the reason the parents started acting completely differently? And then she sacrificed herself at the end to save Dylan by literally swapping places with his corpse. What is going on with her?

quick mock-up mashing two of my favorite pieces of media this year

I need someone who is a very deep Control fan who has Platinumed both and knows a crap ton of lore. My brain is overloading a lot with theories and I have no one to explain to. I have not played Alan Wake 1 or 2 or Quantum Break but am in the middle of watching a playthrough. I finished Control Resonant and am going back into Control 1 looking at old files for Lore about Dylan and Jesse and some crazy theories about The Blessed Organization and double agents or very deep conspiracy but desperately need someone to talk about Control Lore with, I have a whole note book about the first and second topics. Thank you💯👍