# Control is one of the best games I've ever played **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Tags:** video-games-e-games\ **Created:** [March 10, 2021, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/control-is-one-of-the-best-games-ive-ever-played/937616 "2021-03-10T14:57:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![hogarth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hogarth/32/1773_2.png) [@hogarth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hogarth)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2025, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/control-is-one-of-the-best-games-ive-ever-played/937616/101 "2025-03-26T21:24:57Z")
> [@hogarth](#): > > The levitation and telekinesis were definitely the most interesting parts of the game mechanics. It just occurred to me that Saints Row 4 has a similar set of superpowers. Control has more ambience, though. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2025, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/control-is-one-of-the-best-games-ive-ever-played/937616/102 "2025-12-12T02:05:40Z")
The sequel was just teased with a trailer. **Control: Resonant** ---
**Author:** ![ShadowFacts](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shadowfacts/32/2934_2.png) [@ShadowFacts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShadowFacts)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2025, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/control-is-one-of-the-best-games-ive-ever-played/937616/103 "2025-12-12T02:56:46Z")
Is it a PS5 exclusive now? FUCK THAT NOISE. I love _Control_ to death, but I have to say that trailer did not get me particularly excited for the sequel, sadly ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2025, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/control-is-one-of-the-best-games-ive-ever-played/937616/104 "2025-12-12T02:59:10Z")
> [@ShadowFacts](#): > > Is it a PS5 exclusive now? FUCK THAT NOISE. Crap, did not see that. I bet it will hit PC and other systems a year or so later. Terrible decision. Was the original exclusive for awhile? ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2025, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/control-is-one-of-the-best-games-ive-ever-played/937616/105 "2025-12-12T03:15:09Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > Crap, did not see that. I bet it will hit PC and other systems a year or so later. Terrible decision. Was the original exclusive for awhile?. Just checked. No. **PS4, Windows, Xbox One** 27 August 2019 ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2025, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/control-is-one-of-the-best-games-ive-ever-played/937616/106 "2025-12-12T03:50:22Z")
> [@ShadowFacts](#): > > Is it a PS5 exclusive now? No. [https://www.polygon.com/control-2-resonant-announcement-remedy-the-game-awards-trailer-release-date/](https://www.polygon.com/control-2-resonant-announcement-remedy-the-game-awards-trailer-release-date/) > _Control Resonant_ is planned for a 2026 release on Mac, PlayStation 5, Windows PC, and Xbox Series X. ---
**Author:** ![Jophiel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jophiel/32/66_2.png) [@Jophiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jophiel)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2025, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/control-is-one-of-the-best-games-ive-ever-played/937616/107 "2025-12-12T04:30:59Z")
Not only is it not PS5 exclusive, people were happy to see it would be on Steam since the same studio had teamed up with Epic for Alan Wake 2 and that’s probably forever an Epic Exclusive on PC. ---
**Author:** ![ShadowFacts](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shadowfacts/32/2934_2.png) [@ShadowFacts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShadowFacts)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2025, 12:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/control-is-one-of-the-best-games-ive-ever-played/937616/108 "2025-12-12T12:37:50Z")
Oh good! I don’t understand why the trailer is only PS5 branded, but whatever. ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2025, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/control-is-one-of-the-best-games-ive-ever-played/937616/109 "2025-12-12T18:35:47Z")
> [@ShadowFacts](#): > > I don’t understand why the trailer is only PS5 branded, but whatever. It depends who was hosting the trailer you saw. [This one](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WhQm-ExRz60), from Remedy’s YouTube channel, lists all the platforms it’ll be released on at the end. [This one](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e1_eZyFM5-4), from the Playstation 5 YouTube channel, only shows PS5 on the end slide. It’s the same for all the other platforms. Xbox’s YouTube channel has a version that only shows Xbox at the end, Steam has a version that only shows Steam at the end, and so forth. It’s just various platforms not wanting to host an ad for a competitor. ---
**Author:** ![ShadowFacts](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shadowfacts/32/2934_2.png) [@ShadowFacts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShadowFacts)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2025, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/control-is-one-of-the-best-games-ive-ever-played/937616/110 "2025-12-12T18:42:02Z")
> [@Miller](#): > > It’s just various platforms not wanting to host an ad for a competitor. Ah, I see. I had just googled it and clicked the first link I saw without paying much attention.\* \*_(The story of America in the 21st century)_ ---
**Author:** ![EllisDee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellisdee/32/4531_2.png) [@EllisDee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EllisDee)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2025, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/control-is-one-of-the-best-games-ive-ever-played/937616/111 "2025-12-12T20:14:32Z")
Hopefully it has a better save system than the original control, which I found to be incredibly buggy. Unplayable, in fact, in that my save games kept failing to work. Triggers wouldn’t happen and I would be unable to continue the story. Super frustrating. ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2025, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/control-is-one-of-the-best-games-ive-ever-played/937616/112 "2025-12-12T21:27:45Z")
Never had save issues on Xbox, I wonder if it was a platform-specific issue. ---
**Author:** ![EllisDee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellisdee/32/4531_2.png) [@EllisDee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EllisDee)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2025, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/control-is-one-of-the-best-games-ive-ever-played/937616/113 "2025-12-12T21:55:31Z")
If you just play through normally, it works well enough. But if you want to restore a backup to an earlier part of your playthrough the game _really_ does not like it. Story triggers stop working. It’s especially bad if you start a new game after beating the game. I tried and tried but was fully unable to revert the game to a state as if I’d never played it before. So I just had to start a new game. But then if you revert to an earlier part of your game in that situation, it’s not just that the triggers stop firing. It forgets that you started a new game and everything is unlocked, just like the completed game before you started a new one. Super frustrating. I was playing on PC through steam. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/control-is-one-of-the-best-games-ive-ever-played/937616.md?page=5)