Control (2019)

Developer: Remedy Entertainment
Publisher: 505 Games
Platforms: Google Stadia, Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Xbox One
Genres: Shooter, Adventure
Rating: 4.2 of 5, 952 player ratings
Main story: about 21 hours
Completionist: about 31 hours
Where to get it: Xbox

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How it feels

Control feels like a disorienting, high-intensity power fantasy set in a surreal, shifting office building where chaos and mystery constantly collide.

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About

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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