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Control - Official Story Trailer
- Thread starter Theorry
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Her character in QB was quite sickly iirc. Funny enough she was one of the first characters that they showed to the public.
Game is supposed to have main and side quests combined into Metroidvania style open-ish map / world design. There should be quite a lot stuff to do and find.
Her character in QB was quite sickly iirc. Funny enough she was one of the first characters that they showed to the public.
Nah she didnt have any Chronon sickness or anything. The gif you posted is from the Reveal trailer the graphic style of the game changed quite a bit from there to release.
She was perfectly healthy....till she gets beaten/chocked to death obviously.
People just forgot the Quantum Break story-line....plus that 75GB download for the episodes can be off putting (I didnt feel like streaming cuz I assumed my net would randomly have quality drops or buffer)
Ohh yea it was Paul that was sick. Not her. She just looked perpetually incredibly stressed and tired. That gif was visual evidence for the claim:Nah she didnt have any Chronon sickness or anything. The gif you posted is from the Reveal trailer the graphic style of the game changed quite a bit from there to release.
She was perfectly healthy....till she gets beaten/chocked to death obviously.
People just forgot the Quantum Break story-line....plus that 75GB download for the episodes can be off putting (I didnt feel like streaming cuz I assumed my net would randomly have quality drops or buffer)
Ohh. Yea.
Im pretty sure she is actually the only actor who had done their face capture by the time E3 rolled out.
So everyone else had generic face 1 - 12....she had all her stuff done already.
I think during the initial reveal actors were actively still recording so couldnt even be there for interviews to say I provided the voice or whatever.
And yeah her character is distressed 99% of the game....because of that I never trusted her the whole game...but she didnt deserve what she got.
Quantum Break is a weird case, because it was shown so early we saw some really major changes happen as they got closer to release, including some pretty big rewrites and changed roles. Most notably the actor seen in this Control trailer being replaced by Shawn Ashmore. Meanwhile they kept his body mocap data and put Shawn's facial performance over it:
Nice to see the OG Jack Joyce make an appearance in this (he technically was in Quantum Break proper, but as a different character). I always liked his performance in the QB gameplay demo more than Ashmore's own, despite being less polished. He lended Jack some much needed charm, because God knows said charm wasn't present in the script.
Really excited for Control, though. You can always count on Remedy to do something that's outside the box in one way or another, and this is looking to be their must adventurous title to date.
Really excited for Control, though. You can always count on Remedy to do something that's outside the box in one way or another, and this is looking to be their must adventurous title to date.
Oh man, i prefer the first actor MUCH more. Shawn's baby face bugged me throughout the whole game lol.
They picked the absolute perfect actor and made the most insanely good decisions on that trailer. If they could've shown that at E3, this game would have been on everyone's radar. What a great voice actor, reminiscent of the acting choice for that heart man trailer
Looks great visually, still don't know jack about what the story is supposed to be about from that trailer though.
Soundtrack is awesome as well.
Soundtrack is awesome as well.
I'll probably get the game because I like to support Remedy. But for some reason the game doesn't grab me. The marketing just hasn't captured me. I like the idea of weirdness, but what I've seen doesn't look too far out there, the Hiss design just looks very basic. And the story hasn't grabbed me either.
QB turned out to be just okay, but the very first reveal grabbed me. It sold me on the character and the world and the idea of mixing Alan Wake weirdness with Max Payne slo-mo combat. I'm not getting the hook here.
I look at something like Death Stranding, a game with similar weirdness yet I'm insanely invested in that game. This being deepite the fact that I barely understand it's gameplay loop or narrative. But it's marketing by genius troll Kojima has sold me on its world and atmosphere. I've not had that with Control. I feel I've been shown both too much and too little and none of the trailers have really grabbed me.
I hope the game is super good and Remedy can keep making great story games and maybe even QB2.
QB turned out to be just okay, but the very first reveal grabbed me. It sold me on the character and the world and the idea of mixing Alan Wake weirdness with Max Payne slo-mo combat. I'm not getting the hook here.
I look at something like Death Stranding, a game with similar weirdness yet I'm insanely invested in that game. This being deepite the fact that I barely understand it's gameplay loop or narrative. But it's marketing by genius troll Kojima has sold me on its world and atmosphere. I've not had that with Control. I feel I've been shown both too much and too little and none of the trailers have really grabbed me.
I hope the game is super good and Remedy can keep making great story games and maybe even QB2.
my #1 problem , right there - the protagonist. not a fan of the dialogue, or the voice work, both of which come off as detatched & removed from the obviously disturbing nature of the story. i really want to like this game, & am hoping for the best, but the main character just isn't cutting it for me. she's just a little too cool...
It's definitely hard to see something in these trailers that immediately stands out as a 'hook' -- Remedy is kind of known for these things (a trait that, I think, may have originated with their work with 3DR on the original Max Payne) -- but if you look at everything *around* the seeming lack of a hook, well, I think you start to get a sense of what Control's hook actually is.
I think it's a combination of elements, actually. The first and probably most important being the world, and how it seems to deviate just a bit from the past Remedy games. They're typically a bit hand-holdy and scoped very strictly over the narrative. Control, on the other hand, seems to be a lot more open despite how it may look on first impression; we've heard talk of long, optional sidequests featuring huge bosses, and levels referred to as taking after Metroidvania rather than a linear, closed sandbox. Talk of actual "loot" in the game; rewards that actually impact your character in serious ways, or provide entirely new abilities. All of this set against the backdrop of an environment that is embracing "weird" -- impossible space type of stuff, non-euclidean geometry, both in a "The Shining" sense, but also in a more abstract one. Yeah, aliens, man. Or something. And of course, there's a lot of the typical stuff we expect from Remedy -- fast-paced combat that looks good, but this time with more of a focus on feeling as good as it looks. Remedy games have been thick on style before, but they've missed the mark with substance a bit here and there. Control really seems like a genuine effort to pair Remedy's great storytelling with solid mechanical gameplay that features more depth than they usually dish out.
That's kind of a long-winded way of saying, I guess, that there really isn't one big hook; a lot of smaller ones that are all, on their own, good, but that may account for why Control doesn't *quite* have that impact Remedy games usually have when they're first introduced. It's stuff that doesn't land in trailers, but probably will when you're playing.
I'd give the game huge points though for pushing really hard in the visual sphere. That may not mean much for people who can't push the big features on their machines just yet, but Control is going to probably age really well, and will be I think a benchmark title for a while. Having RT reflections, a GI solution, and shadows all in one package aiming for 60 fps / 1080 on top-end hardware is pretty cool.
Funny you should say that. Original plan was to release this Story (originally called Threat trailer as yeah, we know, it doesnt give too much away on the story) trailer at E3 2019, but we just didnt have time to get all the shots done. Getting the game done was important so, here it is a month later.
I don't watch the story trailer but I liked what I saw in the new gameplay video and am really looking forward to the game, could become my favourite Remedy game since Alan Wake.
I wish it would release one or two weeks earlier so I could finish it before Astral Chain hits. Oh well, first world problems lol
I wish it would release one or two weeks earlier so I could finish it before Astral Chain hits. Oh well, first world problems lol
Dat ray traced reflection of his hand and table in front of his hands in his glasses.
God damn.
The IGN First gameplay didn't look great. Hopefully that's only because the IGN previewer wasn't good at the game yet or the difficulty setting was low, or both. The graphics are drop-dead gorgeous, at least.
Hey, just wanted to say I'm glad you guys managed to keep all of the customization options for the HUD and controller in the final release. There are even more options than I expected, it's great!
Can't wait for the game. :)
Thanks.
Yeah, despite having a really small team on this game, I'm glad we managed to put in those options. We all want them in there, its just a question of prioritizing. Working on finalizing PC settings as i write this.
Hi there. Are you able to mention playthrough time for 100% completion?
You ask like that would be easy to answer :) For example, I cant tell you how long it will take you to beat certain bosses, unlock all costumes, find all materials to create all upgrades etc. Things like that will impact the experience length. We tried to answer here: https://www.ign.com/articles/2019/0...stions-answered-by-the-developers-a-ign-first
Oh I never saw this interview before, this answers it perfectly, thank you! Can't wait!!
I am sooooo hyped for this game! The story trailer is really well done. After playing AC:O for 100+ hours I want a palate cleanser and this looks like just THE game for this.
I am not that good at shooters or metroidvanians, I am more in for the story and audio/visual experience I hope I will be able to enjoy the game in spite of that.
Really curious im my new pc rig will be able to handle it at 1080p with rtx on. I would love for it to be displayed at it's full potential on my projector.
I am not that good at shooters or metroidvanians, I am more in for the story and audio/visual experience I hope I will be able to enjoy the game in spite of that.
Really curious im my new pc rig will be able to handle it at 1080p with rtx on. I would love for it to be displayed at it's full potential on my projector.