Remedy Entertainment

Let's do one last one, and then, 'cause we've done about an hour or so.

Um, last question from Oversoul, who says, "Really enjoying Control: Resonant so far, but as a Remedy universe lore scholar, I find that this is by far the most mainstream game that they've ever made.

Whereas something like Alan Wake 2 was a game that required knowledge of everything else building up to it to fully appreciate, this is a game that anyone could jump into as their first Remedy game and fully enjoy.

My question is, do you like when a niche franchise becomes more mainstream or introduces an entry meant to be a starting point for new fans? Or do you prefer that niche franchises stay niche and continue catering to their cult following/longtime fans? Also, do you think that sequels should be designed to be jumped into by anyone, or should knowledge of the previous entries be mandatory for the experience?" Um, awesome question.

I think, um, in Control's case, sorry, in Remedy's case, they arguably need this.

They need something that is a splash because FBC Firebreak was a complete travesty, and they had to take it offline.

Like, their attempt to do a live service game was terrible.

So I think it's not the Control: Resonant.

But then, you know, the, the other part of this is, yeah, but if this weren't a Control game, would I still be playing it? Like, like, would I be giving it the time of day? And that I'm...

Uh, maybe if it were still a Remedy game, I still would be.

You know, you, you, you pay attention to Remedy stuff.

But definitely the thing that's keeping me sort of locked in on it is that, all right, well, this is the next chapter in the Control story, so, like, it kinda almost doesn't matter what they did with it 'cause I'm gonna play it.

I'm gonna, I'm gonna play through this game.

It doesn't have a hit bar.

And it's a very important protec- and it's...

Your, you s- your HUD says, "Protect the crate." You know what? If Remedy tells me- Wow ...

... what I love about Control: Resonance, so I'm a big fan of the original Control.

It's p- it's probably my favorite Remedy game, honestly.

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I generally like Remedy, but each game kinda has, like, some, you know, like, "Oh, I li- I really liked about Alan Wake, but eh, there's a big problem I have with this," or, "Quantum Break had cool ideas, but here's, like, five things I wish were better." Alan Wake 2, same thing.

Control had the least sort of, like, ch- like, hits against it.

Yeah, really condensed.

But they've just movied it, which is a total Remedy thing.

Because in Remedy games, there's a whole like movies that you can sit and watch and stuff.

It's crazy the level of detail they go into.

So I was like, right, I'm going to play this on.

yeah the world is like a rubik's cube now like it's like crazy uh performance went down a little bit i didn't like my base frame rate being like 30. so i put it to balanced and then up it goes to like base frame rate like 40 and then the the xcss frame gen frame rate is like 100 plus And it was freaking cool, man.

I can't wait to actually play this game.

I would drop all other games that I'm playing just to play this because it's from Remedy.

Yeah.

AJ White wrote and said, Hey guys, keep it up to Remedy Entertainment.

Early reviews for Control Resin are coming in and they are excellent.

I'm really hoping this game is commercial success for them.

I think that I've had a few of those moments.

The Remedy games have really done a lot to give me- That's a fair point.

In each game, they have several big ticket moments where where they really play with the art form and you get to just experience it and get a wash in it.

And I think that's the high that a lot of people chase in these games.

I mean, I will always tell people they rarely miss.

Remedy is really good.

And not just in a way of making a game that is a cool game to play, but by making a piece of art that references other art that has... uh, entire like Twilight Zone homages crammed, you know, well thought out Twilight Zone homages, you know, sprinkled throughout the game or like all their games that you like have a radio show or, um, you know, something, you know, one of them was just a full blown full motion video, like stage musical, which is awesome.

Um, And yeah, I'm glad that they still do what they do.

The last game to talk about this week is Control Resonant, which is our score challenge game.

Action-adventure RPG sequel to Remedy's Control.

This time you play as Dylan Faden, who has been freed from Federal Bureau of Control custody and is thrown into a paranaturally warped Manhattan that is collapsing under a cosmic threat.

The game blends reality-bending combat, open-ended exploration, and deep RPG progression.

Today, we're breaking down Control Resident reviews.

Did Remedy actually pull off a worthy follow-up? Plus, Activision is taking over Halo.

But is that a good thing or a bad thing? And Silent Hill Townfall is here just one year after Silent Hill F.

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Okay, so Control Resonant has been one that's been on our radar.

We've talked about it a lot, and it finally came out yesterday on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series Xs, and S, and PC.

This is Remedy's follow-up to 2019's Control, but it makes some pretty major changes here.

First off, like, Jessie Faden is no longer the playable character.

You know what? At this point also, let's see, there's several studios that have pedigree.

I would submit Remedy Entertainment to be on that list as well.

between alan wake control alan wake 2 and control resident over the last 15 to 20 years that's a hell of a resume i'd say i

was gonna say it's pretty consensus across that series and development studio like they yep they all of that you go look at all their games they all have amazing reviews

So you essentially team up with some friends or randos and you guys are trying to accomplish a task and stave off corruption leaving the building unfortunately it was more of an experiment that failed than it was a success and i'm sure some people found it fun but commercially it didn't really do too much um so on on one hand it's a bad game on the other hand i kind of applaud them for trying you know you gotta to go for it um even if it wasn't successful so

yeah

one stain on their reputation in my opinion at the moment uh and i also found out i didn't know this they remedy entertainment did max payne and max payne too from way back actually

like just about to say that