Not just Epic exclusive, funded and published by Epic. It will probably never come to Steam, or at least not for a very long time.

I’m only like an hour into the first one. Does the combat to cutscene ratio ever increase? I feel like I’m watching a movie. (One where the dialogue makes no goddamn sense.)

It’s an Epic exclusive I don’t feel salty about because iirc they said the game would have never happened without Epic. I’m not sure why but the games seem to not attract a lot of buyers, despite always being loved.

Does it capture the same vibes?

Meh. I think it really sucks they ditched Jesse as the PC and I lost all interest in it. So unless she becomes the PC again later no one's doing to convince me to buy it.

It actually pisses me off that they created such a popular and interesting female main character and then immediately zapped her for a literal manbaby. Meanwhile captain monotone Alan Wake and generic angry guy Max Payne both get franchises to themselves. Remedy can get effed as far I'm concerned.

If you like the world? Probably. This is going to have a very different vibe being visibly mele focused. But Manhattan patterened in on itself looks plenty claustrophobic. And the gravity mechanic along with the rest of the mobility mechanics look like it will be a blast of a sandbox.

Control is one my my top ten favorite games ever and I've been enjoying the hell out of the new game.

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.

Similar.

I bought Control because 'i have a brand new 3070, and want to try raytracing, and the game is on sale for $30", and now its one of my top games of all time. Loving resonant, very different style of gameplay (hack and slash vs slower paced horror), but god its good.

But sure makes my 3070 feel old, having to really drop the graphics down to medium to even play it.

I'd say it is more akin to Devil May Cry than any Souls game.

Melee focused souls-like, set around a secret government organisation that catalogues and controls paranatural objects, people, and events.

I also want to start control, but I need to finish Alan Wake before I started it years ago.