I’ve only played a few hours so far, but I can say that what I’ve played so far was fun as fuck lol. It’s a different play-style than the first, with this one focused on melee, but the combat is pretty fun. The atmosphere is still very weird in the best way Control started, but it is slightly less SCP like (I haven’t seen the huge amounts of reports of strange objects and such) but I’m only a few hours in so idk how the rest of the game looks.

Huge fan of their games. But I do agree that the vibes aren't the same as the first.

Control 1 is like the first 2 seasons of Fringe or Twin Peaks. But Control Resonant is like the last season of Fringe. Take all the weirdness and weaponize it to make an action adventure.

It's a lot of fun regardless.

It has definitely traded some amount of atmosphere and story for gameplay elements, but imo that is a nice progression for remedy as the balance was bit off for the previous games. So far I think it is fantastic! The cityscapes are stunningly cool and mindbending. I have easily spent three of my 24 gameplay hours just reading documents in-game. It has all the same fun elements of control but with a nicely balanced and engaging hack'n'slash system. Not too combo heavy but lets you string together abilities and basic weapon combos for a ton of fun smashing. Definitely recommend.