Just Cause • Feel free to contribute by creating or expanding upon existing articles so the wiki can continue to grow as a reliable source for all Control fans. Jesse's mind is invaded by the Hiss, but Jesse is able to rediscover Hedron's resonance within herself, saving her and the Bureau. The Last of Us • [30] The game was officially revealed at Sony Interactive Entertainment's E3 2018 press conference. The protagonist of Control is Jesse Faden (Courtney Hope), who at the start of the game is chosen by the Board to replace the recently deceased Zachariah Trench (James McCaffrey) as the director of the FBC. Uncharted • page alone has gotten more than 13,000 views in the past week - Jesse finds Hedron and discovers that it is Polaris, but moments later, the Hiss attacks and destroys Hedron. Control was developed by Remedy Entertainment. [15] The copious presence in the Oldest House of 1960s and 1970s technology such as pneumatic tubes, slide projectors and monochrome monitors, and the absence of modern-day technologies such as cell phones, is explained in-game as the result of the tendency of newer technologies to fail or malfunction within the boundaries of the Oldest House. [16] Other films, like Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, evoke the concept of repetitiveness, process, and ritualism in these agencies, and that was used to define some of the internal artwork and architecture. Gauntlet • Jesse's [16] The relatively flat colors of the background walls made it an ideal canvas to showcase other design and lighting effects in the game, It also served well into the telekinesis powers of the game, as the concrete walls would be used in lieu of a target object when the player throws debris at foes via telekinesis, and the initially pristine spaces end up showing the results of a large, destructive battle. Grip is the very first version of the Service Weapon. She finds the slide projector missing, but learns that Trench and Darling used the device to orchestrate several expeditions to an alternate dimension known as Slidescape-36, where they discovered an entity they dubbed Hedron. The everyday objects that would become Objects of Power in the game were selected to be within the concept of the new weird. Legacy of Kain • [11] The gathered writings of the fictional SCP Foundation ("Secure, Contain, Protect") website was a major influence on Control. Control first came out in 2019 but is back again with the Ultimate Edition including all the DLC and performance boosts for the new consoles. The Binding of Isaac • "[20][17] Kasurinen said that the inclusion of such references helps to establish a type of continuity between its games, elements to be found and shared by its player community, but not meant to necessarily establish a shared universe between the games. Remedy worked with Poets of the Fall so that they could incorporate the song dynamically as the player progressed through sections of this maze [18], The game includes Easter eggs referring to Alan Wake, which shares similar paranormal themes with Control; one such Easter egg discusses the aftermath of Alan Wake as part of the FBC's case files, which considered what happened in Bright Falls, the primary location of Alan Wake, to have been an AWE. The Oldest House setting was based on brutalist architecture, a style utilizing large concrete blocks popularized in the 1950s and used in many government buildings at the time. Ōkami • Fadden, Ahti, and the rest of the game’s characters look lifelike, and Control intersperses its in-game cutscenes with real world footage. Control is played from a third-person perspective, and is built using Remedy's proprietary Northlight Engine, which was first used on the company's previous title Quantum Break. Ash reveals that Broderick Northmoor, the director who preceded Trench, fell under the Board's influence during the expedition, and was responsible for radically changing the Bureau in order to serve the Board's interests. Senran Kagura • The Board. [16], Other real-world architects inspired the game's structures. As the player completes missions, they unlock more of the building to explore along with additional side quests, in addition to various rewards. Marvel's Spider-Man • In the present day, Jesse arrives at the Oldest House seeking her brother's whereabouts. Marshall reveals that Dylan, known to the Bureau as Prime Candidate 6 or P6, was being groomed to succeed Trench as the Bureau's director due to his immense supernatural abilities. Jesse rushes to the sector to find Dylan, only to learn that he has escaped and surrendered to the Bureau in the Executive Sector. These are things that are important to know before playing Control. Metal Gear • But one thing that is really grinding my gears is the side mission A Good Defense. Jesse learns that the entire Oldest House is under emergency lockdown following the Hiss's spread, and that everyone in the building has been possessed by the Hiss except those wearing Hedron Resonance Amplifiers (HRAs), devices built by missing Bureau scientist Dr. Casper Darling. Welcome to the Control Wiki, the best online source for information on Control, a supernatural third-person video game by Remedy Entertainment. Control - Official Exclusive Story Trailer, The First 13 Minutes of Control - IGN First, Control Dev Diary 08 - How To Fight The Hiss, Celebrating Control Wiki's 1st Anniversary, https://control.fandom.com/wiki/Control_Wiki?oldid=8296, If you have any questions, requests, or issues, feel free to contact, We live in a room, and there's a poster on the wall. Trending pages. As their first major release since their initial public offering in 2017 and separation from Microsoft as a publishing partner, Control was developed using more efficient development strategies to keep costs and time low. Tomb Raider • Ninja Gaiden • The Saboteur • Those that own the Ultimate Edition on PlayStation 4 or Xbox One will be able to update their version to the newer console for free. As Jesse Faden (Courtney Hope), the Bureau's new Director, the player explores the Oldest House – the FBC's paranormal headquarters – and utilize powerful abilities in order to defeat a deadly enemy known as the Hiss, which has invaded and corrupted reality. IGN chose Control as their "Game of the Year", along with other awards including "Best Action-Adventure Game", "Best Video Game Art Direction", and "Best Video Game Story". Please check out our Wiki Rules & Guidelines for an overview of some of the rules of the Control Wiki. When she was young, she had a traumatic event - her brother went missing. The game was nominated for numerous video game awards, winning several related to the game's art and design. The AWE was witnessed by Jesse Faden, a resident of Ordinary. As the game progresses, you will receive an experience that you will be able to use to purchase new skills. Read more... Zachariah Trench was the Director of the Federal Bureau of Control succeeding Broderick Northmoor. Narrative Designer Brooke Maggs stated "there is an invisible, assailing presence of bureaucracy in the corporate office setting that is in itself, unsettling". Vanquish • In October 2019,[6] Jesse Faden arrives at the Oldest House following a telepathic message from Polaris, seeking the whereabouts of her kidnapped brother Dylan. Great story, awesome graphics, weighty feel to the firearm. Check out our Beginner's Guide to Control for a crash course in the game's universe and characters! Frogger • Our wiki strives to provide accurate, in-depth, and quality information about Control's lore, characters, gameplay, cast, and developers. Ahti gives Jesse a cassette player which enables her to navigate an elaborate maze protecting the slide projector's chamber in the Research Sector. In the process, Jesse learns that Trench was the first individual to be possessed by the Hiss during the expeditions to Slidescape-36, and was responsible for releasing the Hiss into the Oldest House. [73], As revealed by in-game document "Research & Records: Jesse Faden Movement Tracking. The game revolves around the Federal Bureau of Control (FBC), a secret U.S. government agency tasked with containing and studying phenomena that violate the laws of reality. Valkyrie Drive • With the aid of Former, Jesse kills Marshall and cleanses the Nail. Something to distract us from the truth. [16] Among real-world influences in the game's architecture is 33 Thomas Street, formerly known as the AT&T Long Lines Building, a windowless building in the center of New York City. [24], The game includes a voice cameo by Hideo Kojima and his English translator Aki Saito; in one side mission, a recording by Dr. Yoshimi Tokui, voiced by Kojima, relates a dream-like experience in Japanese, with the English translation given by Saito. Infamous • As each character has more than meets the eye: Beware of unmarked spoilers! [23][12] Finnish actor Martti Suosalo voices the janitor Ahti. Following the events of Alan Wake, Emil Hartman, a psychologist who attempted to investigate and exploit this power, was confronted and arrested by agents of the FBC, who confiscated all of his research on the lake. Shortly thereafter, the FBC arrived in Ordinary, capturing Dylan and the slide projector while Jesse fled. After his death in 2019, he was succeeded by Jesse Faden. Lollipop Chainsaw • This page is part of IGN's Control Wiki guide and explains a few key concepts Control doesn't tell you (right away). It was the first cloud-based game released on the Switch outside of Japan. Chibi-Robo! Ahti. Jesse finds that the Nail has been seriously damaged, which is causing the Astral Plane to leak into the Oldest House, with potentially catastrophic consequences. [16] Art director Janne Pulkkinen stated they also looked at real world churches and other places where ritualism is common, as lighting and design of those spaces are often used to draw attention to specific points of interest. [39], Remedy has affirmed plans for at least two additional content expansions to Control, titled "The Foundation" and "AWE", both narratively set after the main game with Jesse taking on her role as the FBC Director. Broderick Northmoor. Legend of Zelda • Asura's Wrath • As a result, Jesse is summoned to the Investigations Sector by an apparition of Alan Wake, who disappeared years prior after diving into Cauldron Lake. which is, needless to say, huge! Sphinx and the Cursed Mummy • Jesse deactivates the slide projector and seemingly cleanses the Hiss from Dylan, who falls into a coma. Castlevania • Next section explains how character development works in Control. However, after Hartman breached containment, the Bureau was forced to completely abandon the sector. In addition to Hope, further voice work and live-action footage is provided by James McCaffrey, Matthew Porretta, and Martti Suosalo, while the band Poets of the Fall provided additional music. [8][9] Development of the game began before the release of Quantum Break. Alan Wake (character) Dylan Faden. [17] Remedy used this song as part of the game's "Ashtray Maze", a section where Jesse fights through an ever-changing set of room set to the song. During his tenure, Trench oversaw significant changes in the Bureau's infrastructure and management. Objects of Power are connected to the Board, a black pyramid-shaped entity which exists within the Astral Plane, an alternate dimension. Prince of Persia • In 'Control', I portrayed the character Jesse Faden, who came to the Federal Bureau of Control in search of answers as to her brothers disappearance to the Bureau years prior. In May 2017, Remedy announced that they had partnered with 505 Games to publish the game, then codenamed "P7". Dylan reveals to Jesse that he has embraced the Hiss, and that the Hiss entered the Oldest House through the slide projector Object of Power the Bureau recovered from Ordinary. Subnautica • Horizon • As Jesse attempts to restore the Investigations Sector and destroy Hartman, she learns from Alan that he was responsible for unleashing Hartman, using his power to rewrite reality using works of fiction. MacDonald said he was drawn to use a floppy disk in this manner after reading a story about how many of the United States national missile defense sites had only recently transitioned off floppy disks, and prior to that, these disks could be seen as proverbial weapons that were held with high reverence. After discovering an Object of Power in the form of a slide projector, the two children accidentally unleashed paranatural forces which caused Ordinary's entire adult population to vanish. [10] They still stated that they wanted to make a strong narrative, one that is "narrowly focused" according to Kasurinen. The past event in the town of Ordinary was alluded to by a backmasking track in the credits sequence of Alan Wake: American Nightmare, with an unknown speaker stating "It will happen again, in another town. [31], The game was released on 27 August 2019 for Windows, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One. Jesse is translocated to the Astral Plane, where the Board immediately appoints her as the new director of the FBC in Trench's stead. [5] Control takes place entirely within the Oldest House, a Brutalist skyscraper in New York City which is the headquarters of the FBC. She finds the building bereft of employees, and the acting director dead from what appears to be a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head...with a seemingly supernatural sidearm. [2] Mission rewards can also include resources that can be used to improve the function of the Service Weapon, a special gun that can take on multiple forms, ranging from a close-range shotgun-like blast to long-range sniper-like form, with each form outfitted with various perks. [3][2], An A.I. Control represents one of the first major games to be released after the introduction of graphics cards that support real time ray tracing (RTX), and considered the first game with a nearly-full implementation of all possible RTX features. Because the game heavily revolves around these elements, the patrons of this wiki strongly advise the discretion of any readers who have not yet played or completed the game. PC Gamer[69] chose Control as "Best Setting" for their Best Games of 2019. Devil May Cry • The Control ending leaves the future wide open while closing the door on Jesse Faden's introduction to the world of the Federal Bureau of Control. It's used by many in the game development industry to quickly describe the complex, interdependent relationship between the inputs of the player and the reactions of their character on-screen, and how that character is captured in the frame of the game’s camera. The main character of Control is Jesse Faden. Days Gone • When she was young, she had a traumatic event - her brother went missing. Control is third-person action game developed by Remedy Entertainment, known for such titles as Max Payne and Alan Wake, and published by 505 Games for PC, Xbox One, and PlayStation 4. Jesse Faden. 1. [11] They also wanted a fluid environment, where nearly any object in it could be used as part of the player-character's telekinetic powers, so that the game world could be both a weapon to be used by the player, or a weapon against the player-character. Control was built atop this, having the various Objects of Power and Altered Items, along with numerous collectable writings about these objects or other stories in line with SCP. [11] Instead of focusing on creating a large and complex story, Remedy wanted to put more emphasis on creating a game world and universe that is rich enough for players to craft their own stories. These include skill points which can be used to improve psychokinetic powers that Jesse gains over the course of the game, such as projectile-launching debris at enemies or seizing control of enemies' minds temporarily to turn them into her allies. 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