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Control

PlayStation 5 · Released August 27, 2019 · Developed by Remedy Entertainment · Published by 505 Games

83Total 83Single player
ShooterAdventureActionFantasyScience fictionHorrorThriller
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Summary

Control is a third-person action-adventure game set in the Federal Bureau of Control, a secretive U.S. government agency that studies paranormal phenomena. Players control Jesse Faden, who arrives at the Bureau's headquarters, the Oldest House, to find it invaded by a hostile force called the Hiss. Gameplay combines supernatural abilities with a shape-shifting firearm, and the environment is reactive and destructible.

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IGDB Rating
83.13 / 100
940 ratings
Total Rating
83.27 / 100
955 (user + critic)
Game Modes
Single player
Perspective
Third person
Themes
Action · Fantasy · Science fiction · Horror · Thriller
Engine
Northlight Engine · Wwise
Developer
Remedy Entertainment

Also known as

DevProject 7Working title
AliasControl.exeWindows Executable

Release history (7 entries)

DatePlatformRegion
Aug 27, 2019PlayStation 4
Aug 27, 2019Xbox One
Aug 27, 2019PC (Microsoft Windows)
Feb 1, 2021Xbox Series X|S
Feb 2, 2021PlayStation 5
Feb 2, 2021Xbox Series X|S
Jul 27, 2021Google Stadia

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Storyline

After a secretive agency in New York is invaded by an otherworldly threat, you become the new Director struggling to regain Control. Control is Jesse Faden’s story and her personal search for answers as she grows into the role of the Director. The world of Control has its own story, as do the allies Jesse meets along the way. Jesse works with other Bureau agents and discovers strange experiments and secrets.

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