Heh yeah, it didn't exactly fly of the shelves at launch. But Remedy CEO Tero Virtala seemed rather positive recently, saying that the sales are steady. It wasn't crazy expensive game to make (30 million), so it's a success even with bit lower sales. The game will have legs, especially if it keeps getting these wins and noms.
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Control wins IGN's Game of the Year
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Yes I have seen that. I hope it will have legs too but in reality the game made 18 mil € revenue which is like 300k copies at full price. It's far from beaking even. It should be at a million at least.
I can't speak for anyone else but myself, but it came out when Astral Chain did and I chose Astral over Control. Then the crazy Sept-Nov games all came out and I was buying a new game every week. Now that I'm finally cooling down on everything, I feel like I might as well wait for it to show up on game pass or something some day. Control just came out at a really bad time for me.
It got a lot of extra money from the epic deal. They are probably break even because of that.
I'm having a hard time finishing Control. It's a game a desperately wish I was enjoying more because a lot of it is really good. I'm through mission 6 and the thing that is holding it back for me is the main story. I'm finding anything having to do with Jesse to be extremely boring. I don't find her to be an interesting character, and the story around her is bland for the most part. The gameplay is decent enough, and the powers are fun to use. I also enjoy the setting overall, especially the more trippy stuff. So far the stand out part of the game is the Dr. Yoshimi side content, which is incredible. There are other interesting side content too that I find funny, entertaining, and well written, which makes me wonder why I find Jesse's stuff to be so bad? I'm hoping to finish the game, but it's kind of shelved right now as I play through some other games I'm enjoying much more.
I think this is a little bit of historical revisionism. The discussions surrounding the technical aspect really hurt Control when it launched. Even on the recent Spawn cast they brought it up.
It currently has a 82 on Metacritic which is good but not one of the better reviewed games of 2019
I really wanted to like this movie, but it's terrible. Great OST for sure.
I can see the similarities though.
Well deserved. For me, it's a toss between Control and RE2 as GOTY.
I agree. You can't really blame people for skipping the game at launch due to the several technical issues, across all platforms. Unless you were a hardcore Remedy fan (like myself, who played Quantum Break at 720p resolution at launch, on Xbox One), the right thing to do was to wait at least until most of the issues had been addressed and performance reached acceptable levels.
Even on PC, where I played Control with a 1080 Ti, I had to switch to 1440p in order to get a locked 60fps - and that's without ray tracing! Now, with a 2080 Ti, it's either 1800p without RTX, or 1080p (upscaled to 4K, using DLSS) with RTX on.
I agree. You can't really blame people for skipping the game at launch due to the several technical issues, across all platforms. Unless you were a hardcore Remedy fan (like myself, who played Quantum Break at 720p resolution at launch, on Xbox One), the right thing to do was to wait at least until most of the issues had been addressed and performance reached acceptable levels.
Even on PC, where I played Control with a 1080 Ti, I had to switch to 1440p in order to get a locked 60fps - and that's without ray tracing! Now, with a 2080 Ti, it's either 1800p without RTX, or 1080p (upscaled to 4K, using DLSS) with RTX on.
So happy for Remedy, they really deserve it.
Now bring on the AWE expansion so it can win GOTY 2020 as well.
Now bring on the AWE expansion so it can win GOTY 2020 as well.
The combat is one of if not the best part of the game, especially once you unlock more abilities, it looks, controls and feels pretty awesome to play.
Fully agree with you. I'm gonna say, action parts with the insane physics engine that Remedy got looked almost next-gen'ish on decent PC running with 60 fps. Telekinesis in this game feels so good to use!
Remedy should re-release Control for PS5/Xbox 2(?) at launch with improved framerate and added ray tracing. It's quite demanding for current hardware.
Well deserved. Fantastic game.
Already completed two play throughs. First run on RTX to check out the brilliantly implemented Ray-Tracing then on my Pro. No doubt will do a third on my X at some point.
Already completed two play throughs. First run on RTX to check out the brilliantly implemented Ray-Tracing then on my Pro. No doubt will do a third on my X at some point.
It is a real shame that From Software games aren't as accessible as other triple A games. That is why they will never win big with game awards.
I played through it two times back to back. Immediately started my second run after I saw the credits roll for the first time. It's also the only game I've ever platinumed.
One of the best games I've ever played, well deserved. Cannot wait for the expansions.
One of the best games I've ever played, well deserved. Cannot wait for the expansions.
I see a lot of people sharing this sentiment. I also see people talking about Control all the time, as opposed to Astral Chain which everyone seemed to forget.
I just platinum the game. the only framey part I had was in Archive where there's infinite enemies with const destruction happening
Yeah, it was only these areas where it was still rough.
The rest is at least tolerable.
Loved this game enough to get all achievements, which I do not do that often. This is a solid GOTY winner and I really hope there is a Game Pass announcement at The Game Awards so I can play it again. Sold my copy after I did everything in the game, but now I've got the itch again. Congrats to all at Remedy!
I'm just waiting until I build a new PC to play it. They accidentally made the graphics too good and now I don't want to waste it on my old ass PC or PS4 haha
Seems like a great game to inaugurate a new machine with, that ray tracing tech is the first implementation I've seen where it's really a night and day difference.
Seems like a great game to inaugurate a new machine with, that ray tracing tech is the first implementation I've seen where it's really a night and day difference.
Thanks for the heads up, sounds great. Will def get on that one after Death Stranding, currently on Chapter 7 so half way done.
Played all games you've mentioned and I still liked Control way more.
Congrats to Remedy.
Definitive without RTX and locked at 60? Definitive Edition is already among us.
I had no idea the game was that good. I remember initial reception being good but not amazing.
Might check it out later!
Might check it out later!
I didn't get it because of performance issues at launch. I knew if I waited it would get better. I got the game on Black Friday. The combat can sometimes be wonky, but the story so far has really kept my hooked. It's definitely a unique experience, which in our modern gaming landscape, deserves accolades.
This makes the leak of it potentially going to Game Pass extra harmful to be honest. Some GOTY hype is going to push more sales, but a lot of people will wait for it to show up on game pass.
Not my GOTY but it's a very unique game for sure. Gameplay isn't perfect but the style is amazing.
Man, what is it about Control winning GOTY that makes people go antsy?
Because you implied that picking it for GotY is a "laughably bad" decision?
No I said their opinions have been laughably bad for a while so I'm not surprised that I disagree with their GOTY. Conttol isn't a laughable pick, it's just a 7/10 to me and there were a lot of better games this year.
