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Download and play Control at the Epic Games Store. Check for platform availability and price!

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[Stuart360]

The game for me is tedious as hell, but free is free i suppose.
Another one to add to the other 150 free games i got on Epic.

 

[Captain Toad]

Is there somewhere Control isn't available for free?

 

[hemo memo]

Grabbed. Thanks OP.

 

[SnapShot]

Tis time to

 

[Krappadizzle]

Most people will probably ignore this advice, and it seems kind of working against itself. But Control has really awesome atmosphere and interesting story beats and really great combat, but to really immerse yourself in the game you have to stop and actually READ the logs/reports/etc. It adds a lot of flavor text and contextualizes a lot of what's happening in the game, but a lot of people will just blow past it. Take the time, don't rush through the game, read the shit littered about and appreciate the AWEsome atmosphere of the game. It's a great time.

 

[Javthusiast]

Nice, my potato can't run it for shit, but will claim it anyway as with all egs games.

Thankfully I also have the game through ps plus and gamepass so I can actually try it out.

 

[hemo memo]

Most people will probably ignore this advice, and it seems kind of working against itself. But Control has really awesome atmosphere and interesting story beats and really great combat, but to really immerse yourself in the game you have to stop and actually READ the logs/reports/etc. It adds a lot of flavor text and contextualizes a lot of what's happening in the game, but a lot of people will just blow past it. Take the time, don't rush through the game, read the shit littered about and appreciate the AWEsome atmosphere of the game. It's a great time.

Played it when it was free on PS+ for PS5. It has one of the most creepy atmosphere in a game I have ever played. The gameplay is great too.

 

[Buggy Loop]

Most people will probably ignore this advice, and it seems kind of working against itself. But Control has really awesome atmosphere and interesting story beats and really great combat, but to really immerse yourself in the game you have to stop and actually READ the logs/reports/etc. It adds a lot of flavor text and contextualizes a lot of what's happening in the game, but a lot of people will just blow past it. Take the time, don't rush through the game, read the shit littered about and appreciate the AWEsome atmosphere of the game. It's a great time.

Yup, I really enjoyed it and read through the files which had some really interesting stories. The lore that Remedy built around their franchises, the weirdness of David Lynch sprinkled on top, makes them one of my favourite devs. You’re kind of thrown in and have to accept this fucked up alternate world without too much introduction. You get the juicy parts from files you have to read.

 

[Mister Wolf]

Had a good time with it. I expected more from the AWE expansion.

 

[ACESHIGH]

This is a big one. I might as well buy a game from them, I've claimed every single game and still bought nothing.

 

[Krappadizzle]

Yup, I really enjoyed it and read through the files which had some really interesting stories. The lore that Remedy built around their franchises, the weirdness of David Lynch sprinkled on top, makes them one of my favourite devs. You’re kind of thrown in and have to accept this fucked up alternate world without too much introduction. You get the juicy parts from files you have to read.

I was just telling my buddy that it's like a perfect mix of the best X-Men game never made with X-files and Twin Peaks thrown in.

 

[MikeM]

Enjoy PC peeps. Platinumed this game on PS5, PS4 and also finished it on Xbox (yes- I liked this game a lot).

 

[tkscz]

Is Control a good game gameplay wise? Whenever I see talks about this game it's always about it's graphics, but no one really talks about the game itself.

 

[Forsythia]

IIRC there are differences between the standalone version and the Ultimate Edition, and you're locked out of UE if you have the standalone.

 

[ManaByte]

IIRC there are differences between the standalone version and the Ultimate Edition, and you're locked out of UE if you have the standalone.

I think that's just on console where you had to have the UE to for next-gen.

 

[jshackles]

FYI, the Season Pass is only $7.49

 

[Omnipunctual Godot]

Is there somewhere Control isn't available for free?

Steam

 

[alabtrosMyster]

got it! will give it a spin later!

 

[jshackles]

Steam

 

[alabtrosMyster]

Is Control a good game gameplay wise? Whenever I see talks about this game it's always about it's graphics, but no one really talks about the game itself.

The shooting feels good, it has nice particle/physics going on... but the little I saw made me think that there was probably not enough weapon/power variety (maybe ask someone who finished it). So maybe not cream of the crop, but definitely close enough, especially at this price (+ it has DLSS 2.0 and RTX support, so if you have a card that support those it's one of the very few games that actually shows off what your hardware can do).

 

[alabtrosMyster]

The game for me is tedious as hell, but free is free i suppose.
Another one to add to the other 150 free games i got on Epic.

I got tired of paying hunble bundle and Steam to build up my collection of games I don't play! Now I get my backlog of games I don't play exclusively on Epic Games Store!

 

[Majukun]

already free on gamepass for a while, but it's always good to have a game with nostrings attached

still doesn't seem like my kind of game, i didn't really like alan wake and people told me they are similiar in terms of gameplay

 

[tkscz]

The shooting feels good, it has nice particle/physics going on... but the little I saw made me think that there was probably not enough weapon/power variety (maybe ask someone who finished it). So maybe not cream of the crop, but definitely close enough, especially at this price (+ it has DLSS 2.0 and RTX support, so if you have a card that support those it's one of the very few games that actually shows off what your hardware can do).

I do (RTX 3070 Laptop), and free is a great price, I just don't want to waste storage space if the game isn't that fun to play.

 

[NeoIkaruGAF]

Most people will probably ignore this advice, and it seems kind of working against itself. But Control has really awesome atmosphere and interesting story beats and really great combat, but to really immerse yourself in the game you have to stop and actually READ the logs/reports/etc. It adds a lot of flavor text and contextualizes a lot of what's happening in the game, but a lot of people will just blow past it. Take the time, don't rush through the game, read the shit littered about and appreciate the AWEsome atmosphere of the game. It's a great time.

Noted, but I keep wondering why anyone should feel compelled to stop the action and read a wall of text in an action/shooting game. Feels like two kinda mutually exclusive things. From all the videos I’ve seen, Control doesn’t look like a game where you want to stop the action.

 

[Stuart360]

Noted, but I keep wondering why anyone should feel compelled to stop the action and read a wall of text in an action/shooting game. Feels like two kinda mutually exclusive things. From all the videos I’ve seen, Control doesn’t look like a game where you want to stop the action.

Most of the time you are not shooting. In fact most of the time in the game is spent trying to navigate the changing environment by using the god awful ingame map.
Its very tedious.

 

[Krappadizzle]

Noted, but I keep wondering why anyone should feel compelled to stop the action and read a wall of text in an action/shooting game. Feels like two kinda mutually exclusive things. From all the videos I’ve seen, Control doesn’t look like a game where you want to stop the action.

It has a decent amount of down time between fights. It's like I said in my post, it kinda works against itself as the combat/shooting is a lot of fun and you are more or less going from "arena to arena" in regards to how most of the action plays out, in between or after you clear an area you'll find all the supplemental material.

But PLAYING it and being immersed in it kinda work against each other because to really get into it and appreciate the story, you have to read. And it's a decent amount of reading too, but it really REALLY adds to the atmosphere and the gameplay.

 

[GHG]

Steam

It was already part of humble choice previously.

These guys are whores, they've taken money from every subscription service going.

 

[Omnipunctual Godot]

It was already part of humble choice previously.

These guys are whores, they've taken money from every subscription service going.

Technically, although the EGS version is actually free and not free*.

 

[AJUMP23]

I played it on Xbox, but I don't mind owning it on EPIC.

 

[alabtrosMyster]

I do (RTX 3070 Laptop), and free is a great price, I just don't want to waste storage space if the game isn't that fun to play.

It's certainly fun, much better than most games out there.

 

[A.Romero]

It's a well made game. I enjoyed a lot despite some technical flaws with what I'm guessing is texture filtering.

Fun gunplay, engaging story, good art direction (except for the MC which is a bit generic IMO).

Well worth the time.

 

[BabyYoda]

Nice, my potato can't run it for shit, but will claim it anyway as with all egs games.

Thankfully I also have the game through ps plus and gamepass so I can actually try it out.

It's a very well optimised game, runs well on my FX8370 and GTX670 with 8GB's ram, yeah, that's what you call a real potato!

 

[Javthusiast]

It's a very well optimised game, runs well on my FX8370 and GTX670 with 8GB's ram, yeah, that's what you call a real potato!

I have a ssd,16 gig ram and a i5 processor, but no gaming graphics card, just the shit that was there buid in on the motherboard or whatever. I have zero hope to run games like that well even on lower settings. I basically use the pc only for some indies or old games and am mainly a console plebian.

 

[BabyYoda]

I have a ssd,16 gig ram and a i5 processor, but no gaming graphics card, just the shit that was there buid in on the motherboard or whatever. I have zero hope to run games like that well even on lower settings. I basically use the pc only for some indies or old games and am mainly a console plebian.

Ah Ok, sorry to hear, do you know what the built in gfx is exactly? I also have an old arse HDD btw...

 

[Kenpachii]

bought it a while ago on steam, so will get it either way. nice free game tho.

 

[-MD-]

I'm nearing the end of the game and just never cared about anything that was happening in the story, the dialogue/cutscenes really drag but the combat is kinda fun.