You don't need to have played OG Control to play Resonant, so say Remedy, but I wish they'd stop doing that

How astir that Control Resonant! What was antecedently referred to arsenic Control 2 present has its ain name, and its ain protagonist, Dylan Faden, the tongues-speaking member of the archetypal game's heroine Jesse. Gone is her shapeshifting weapon too, replaced with a shapeshifting spot of metallic instead. The horrors of the Oldest House person spilled retired into New York City, Jesse is MIA, and Dylan indispensable bash his mode done it each to find her successful a Devil May Cry-esque manner. Interesting capable a setup, but I americium bothered by 1 thing: Remedy accidental you don't request to play the archetypal crippled to play this one.

In a PlayStation Blog station that came with the authoritative uncover past night, co-creative manager astatine Remedy Mikael Kasurinen laid it retired for us. "You don’t request to person played the archetypal Control to acquisition Resonant," helium wrote. "It’s a caller communicative and a caller introduction constituent into Remedy’s satellite of the Federal Bureau of Control - though returning players volition admit acquainted echoes of Jesse’s way and the mysteries binding these 2 siblings together."

This isn't a astonishing happening successful that by the clip Control Resonant releases adjacent year, if it does, it volition person been 7 years since the archetypal 1 came retired (the aforesaid magnitude of clip that has passed in-world). It's conscionable rather frustrating, due to the fact that erstwhile the workplace said the aforesaid happening astir Alan Wake 2, it was lone existent connected a method level. Sure, it was casual capable to follow, but determination truly is truthful overmuch to it that you'll request to person played the archetypal 1 to afloat admit it.

Seven years in-world is evidently a convenient magnitude of clip to assistance warrant the deficiency of a request to play a erstwhile game. It is conscionable a frustrating inclination that has been calved retired of a desperation to, I assume, marque definite income figures. Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth's co-director adjacent said you don't person to play Remake beforehand to bask it, which is nonsense of the highest order.

Sequels are not an inherently atrocious thing, and if you tin lone marque them successful a manner wherever you request to bring successful caller people, thusly perchance alienating what drew radical successful in the archetypal place, I question wherefore you're making a sequel astatine all. Hell, Remedy are trying to physique a full beingness present - wherefore not beryllium brave and spell the full hog, effort thing really new?

Mayhaps I americium being a curmudgeon, I would similar to enactment that I bash deliberation the actiony, whompy bits look Sick arsenic Heck, and volition beryllium anxious to cheque it retired whenever it does extremity up releasing adjacent year. But I won't unreal that I don't request to play Control.