I started with Alan Wake 2, then went back to Control.
Both really great, unique games, and Remedy are now up there with FromSoftware for my most anticipated games.
Control was great, but they really hit another level with AW2 imo.
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Malix@sopuli.xyz 7 months ago
I’m trying to play through Control, finally. It’s been sitting on my to-do list for ages.
Playing on PC, with the unofficial patch (improves RT, texture streaming, stability, newer dlss… all the good stuff) and settings cranked. It’s pretty dope tbh. I definitely suck at it, but the accessibility options (extra damage/health/regens etc) are pretty nice to scale the difficulty to my level.
Got to enjoy the SCP vibes and brutalist architecture. And Ahti, ofc.
li10@lemmy.ml 7 months ago
Malix@sopuli.xyz 7 months ago
I keep hearing AW2 is great, but… tbh I didn’t much care for the first AW (and haven’t played the dlc/expansion?). Kinda found the combat really annoying to deal with, but I was interested in the story. Does the sequel do combat any differently?
Ashtear@lemm.ee 7 months ago
AW2 is classic survival horror combat. Limited resources and such.
I don’t like survival horror gameplay to begin with, but even setting that aside, I really think it clashes with the story at times. It’s better in Saga’s sections, at least.
li10@lemmy.ml 7 months ago
I know what you mean about AW1, the sequel is different mechanically and much more refined.
You still make use of the flashlight, but now it’s a bit more developed and for the most part it feels like a modern horror game.
You get a lot of tense situations where people are running at you and you have to hold them off with the flashlight and weapons.
I can’t really put the differences in to words, but it is just much better imo.
Malix@sopuli.xyz 7 months ago
welp. Maybe I’ll check some gameplay video and wait for discounts & it releasing from epic-jail :)
WarmSoda@lemm.ee 7 months ago
Dude. I never even considered there would be a community patch for Control. You just blew my dumb mind. For some reason I always just considered it one of those It’s Done! games that magically didn’t need anything else. (Not that there are any of those games these days).
Malix@sopuli.xyz 7 months ago
“community patch” is technically wrong, a remedy dev made it on their free time and got permission to release it as a mod (I suppose this is so remedy doesn’t need to test/validate/etc it for different platforms or such).
But, yea, the patch is great! Also, linky for those interested: …pcgamingwiki.com/…/2581-control-hdrultrawidedlss… or www.nexusmods.com/control/mods/90?tab=description
WarmSoda@lemm.ee 7 months ago
That’s wicked cool. Thank you