Description

Control is an action-adventure video game developed by Remedy Entertainment and published by 505 Games. The game revolves around the Federal Bureau of Control (FBC), a secret U.S. government agency tasked with containing and studying phenomena which violate the laws of reality. Like Remedy’s previous projects, Control is played from a third-person perspective, and is built using Remedy’s proprietary Northlight Engine, which was first used on the company’s previous title Quantum Break. As Jesse Faden, players wield the Service Weapon, a supernatural firearm that can be adapted into a variety of different forms with different combat applications. In addition to the Service Weapon, Jesse also possesses a variety of supernatural abilities, including telekinesis, levitation, and the ability to control certain enemies. The Service Weapon and Jesse’s abilities both expend Jesse’s energy, necessitating a balance in their usage. The Service Weapon can be upgraded throughout the game via a skill tree; in order to gain new powers, players must locate various Objects of Power – ordinary items acted upon by supernatural forces – hidden throughout the Oldest House.

Control is set within the Oldest House, a featureless Brutalist skyscraper in New York City, which is referred to in-game as a “Place of Power.” The Oldest House’s interior is far larger than its exterior, an enormous, constantly shifting supernatural realm that defies the laws of spacetime.