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Control

2019ShooterAdventure

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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What it’s about — and how it feels

Control turns a secret government office into a shifting supernatural battleground, where Jesse Faden searches the Oldest House as the Hiss spreads through its halls. Its third-person firefights pair a shape-shifting gun with telekinetic powers, while rearranging rooms and scattered case files give the setting the feel of an institution struggling to document the impossible.

Paranormal bureaucracyShifting brutalist architectureTelekinetic firefightsEnvironmental storytelling
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Developer
Remedy Entertainment
Play style
Single player
Platforms
Google Stadia, Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Xbox One
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