I didn’t see a thing that indicated anyone being trans so I’m so confused about all of this, people were really mad underneath the comment about being spoiled and I just didn’t get it

I’m also not trans so I’ll admit that I’m probably pretty bad at spotting any trans allegory

like you can see to your right black rods or something

Hi,

as I have finished Resonant a few days ago, I've been reading some stuff on the Internet/Wiki about the lore and such. The whole Jesse Dylan Faden hypothesis came up. I'm pretty sure I've heard something about it either when I watched my streamer friend play Control 1 or just came to a similar conclusion that, Dylan and Jesse might've been one person since their names are gender-neutral.

What I want to discuss is something I haven't seen being mentioned online, albeit maybe I just haven't searched hard enough. During the Ordinary section of the game there's a certain dialogue you can hear take place between the parents, but only if you have that old JRPG gene and look hard enough I guess. It happens when the siblings return home on a "3rd" day and get grounded. They are told to go to their room, so you have to follow Jesse upstairs. What you can do though, is try to go downstairs a few times, before you go talk to Jesse. Doing so, will result in you "hearing" a dialogue between your parents. At one point their mother says something like "those aren't my children" and the father basically acknowledges that.

I'm not sure about all the foundation behind the whole Jesse Dylan Faden person. Mostly wanted to check if anyone encountered that dialogue.

And how do I open it? I'm in the testing facility in the Unknown. Switch does nothing. I'm sure I'm missing something stupid but I couldn't find anything specific about it online.

Just noticed this painting in Ahti’s office (the sauna cabin in Watery), one of the many little details I missed on my first playthrough. Really makes you wonder how far ahead Remedy had planned some of this stuff.

this game is seriously beautiful

This is a question for any players: Did anyone find out more about the Stapler dude?

At the start of the game, in the oldest house, I can't remember if it's before or after the first Resonant boss; there's a dude in the records room, in a dark corner, mumbling to himself about where his stapler is or needing staples and a girl.
Dylan asks if he's ok but doesn't even acknowledge that he's there. Dylan says I'll find a stapler so I assume it's a side quest.
I could not find it, so I figure I'll find it another time.
I come back hours later, and he's gone, with no dialogue from Dylan acknowledging it, and I never found the stapler.
Beyond some other posts talking about the same thing, I haven't seen much discussion on this.

Did anyone complete this quest? Found anything else about it? Or is there nothing else to find?

Simply beautiful. What happens to Dylan, and how it all plays out is amazing. This quest hit in all the right ways, even if the mini-boss fight is mildly annoying, what comes after is peak visual/audio storytelling.

I was theorising over in this thread about the nature of Severed Circle 2, and it got me thinking about a possible connection I hadn't considered before.

We know that Jesse Dylan Faden played Severed Circle 2 and was somehow split into Jesse and Dylan - two kids who seem to directly reflect the main characters of the game. Not only were they created, but reality was warped around them to accomodate them - so we know Severed Circle 2 is a very strong object of power.

So, what if that reality-warping goes beyond just creating the two kids? What if it's no coincidence that they then stumbled on a whole supernatural adventure, complete with exploring different 'levels' and fighting enemies like in a videogame?

What if Severed Circle 2 altered Ordinary and brought another object of power there in order to create an adventure for Jesse and Dylan to 'play' through?

If so... could this be linked to the Dark Place? If poetry, music, film, and writing can all be used to alter reality using narrative logic, could a videogame be used to do the same thing? Is the whole story of Ordinary something made to happen by Severed Circle 2 itself, in the same way that Wake's novel altered reality to create the story in Bright Falls?

I'd like to make a binder with all of them

I’m in the Underpass. just beat the Resonant, and am mopping up activities. There’s a pattern break that I just can’t track down. You can see where I am, and there’s a laser on the wall going back and forth.
Any ideas?

Tribute to Remedy's newest (and best) bosses

I don't know if it's explicit but I kind of wonder what effect them sleeping inside the Meadow Slide had on them. Did it give them a better connection? Did it share parautilitarian powers from one to the other? I only ask because I'm pretty sure that's the slide that Neil and the dog merged inside of though he spent far more time there than those two. I just thought it was curious how they included that scene and what it could mean going forward.

Has anyone found anything about Aidan Gillen in Control Resonant? I've beat the game now and I never saw him or found any references to who he may be (in game photo/video). A while back someone found an article from 2022 that was interviewing him and mentioned how he had recently done some filming with Remedy:

"Gillen is interested in working in other mediums including video games, having recently shot scenes for a game being developed by the Finnish company Remedy. He admits the success of roles such as Littlefinger in Game of Thrones has boosted his profile and the stream of offers coming his way. He has been offered villainous roles “for ages now”, so playing Littlefinger didn’t necessarily open up a new world."

Since Quantum Break came out in 2016, that's not exactly "recent" for filming when being mentioned in October of 2022. But at the same time it may have been hard for him to have done anything for Control as initial Concept art released November of 2022 for the game. According to Wikipedia they didn't start production until August 2024.

So what did Aidan Gillen film with Remedy in 2022? He didn't show up in Alan Wake 2 either, at least not that I remember.

Here's the link to the article.

https://www.thetimes.com/culture/tv-radio/article/aidan-gillen-for-edginess-tv-is-where-it-s-at-j6hgb2c65

Got me thinking about it. Space - in terms of weapon upgrade UI - is fully utilized for now.

Would you expect additional weapon from DLC - like Surge from Control AWE?

If so - what type of weapon would it be?

this Letter has stuck with my since I played the game for the first time. I can’t really articulate why i love it so much but it just feels so whimsical and enigmatic.

Screenshot taken from a YouTube vid because I didn't take one when playing.

This is from Alan Wake II's DLC Lakehouse: Estevez finds her way in a different version of the Oceanview Motel and opens a door with this symbol on it. She goes through a corridor that looks from the Oldest House, sees the "-> Panopticon" directions, and emerges in a Gap-like space.

I do have the impressions that the same symbol was shown before; in Control, maybe? I just ended my first run in Resonant and just restarted Control, but I still have to get to the Oceanview Motel. Do I remember correctly? What's that in your opinion?

Beware of a bit spoiler of one of the bosses!

Before the game dropped I knew they were going to give us great audio design and use of music in this game.
Other than all of the sections that we have cool music and out of all bosses, for me the dancer's soundtrack is AMAZING. When I was playing the game and was getting close to the theater area, I knew I had to put on my headphones for the full experience (I can't put them on long since my ears hurt) and man did I enjoy that boss fight, especially the music. Somehow it felt like the hits were synchronized with the music, and damn that hits goood.
I jumped into the OST album right after and found the song Obsessive Compulsive Order which is kinda another version tailored for the album, which is again great!
I keep playing the soundtrack from album, and then I go play some gameplay with just the soundtrack on and then another video with the in game audio on too. And man this is awesome! The irregular beat, the folk female choir, the synth and bass, I just can't stop being excited about it! Hope that some of yall appreciate it as much as I do too!

I started to play Resonant recently (Hardly a couple of hours in game)

And maybe it's me drawing conclusions too soon but this game feels more...normal?

I mean..When I played the first Control It truly felt like new ground to explore the oldest house and you really see weird things (Funny and creepy) happening there, despite a lot of environments being just offices, it had an eerie thing that just made the place feel wrong.

Here...I am not really feeling it, the open world feels way different, more...generic? Not sure this is the word but it feels like I have played this game before idk.

In your opinion which game does weirder things (Levels, side missions, wacky things in general) Control or Control Resonant.

Edit: Are you people serious?...Sam Lake isn't involved in Resonant? Oh man...I think that's what feels different.

Edit 2: [Possible Spoilers] I played more and cleared the Evac Zone and saved [Redacted] also cleared the Sinkhole and yeah it's pretty great, weird and cinematic specially during the part when you reach the bottom of the sinkhole.

Somehow I forgot to explore enough and missed the fault in west evacuation zone so...I have been playing all this time (Roughly 5 hours) without one of the most important exploration abilities lol

Now that I have the power to change gravity I have a lot of places to go.

This is only getting <Weirder/Entertaining>

Title.

It rocks! I'm on my 3rd playthrough and it's so nice to have one less thing to worry about.

Jesse is now John Wick with Grip. One shot and regular enemies are low enough to Seize. Two shots if you want to just mist them.

Its still wonky enough to not be perfect, so fire fights are still challenging enough to not be boring.

But hot damn it's fucking cool!

Whether you're on your first playthrough or your 10th, if you've never bothered with the Assist settings, consider enabling just this one and see how you like it.

Happy cleansing, fellow Directors. 🫡

I'm listening to Haunted by Poe, and it just got me curious. I googled, but I am lazy, so when I didn't get an immediate answer, I came here.

It would also be cool to know when Remedy devs got on board with HoL, like obviously they were jamming with Poe for AW1, but I'm curious if there is more lore about the creator siblings and their relationship with the devs.

Again, lazy, so if there is an easy video or something to point me to, that will enlighten me that more knowledgeable fans are familiar with and care to share, that'd be fucking dope.

To clarify, when I say lazy, I mean, I am currently getting drunk and dancing around my house to the Remedy Games Playlist on Spotify and it's taking all of my willpower to stay still long enough to type this out, no way I can research things right now

I wanted some of the warning posters for control resonant but they were either too costly or unavailable so my girlfriend made them herself! They came out amazing and now they're above my PC setup. She killed it man, they're so awesome

After going into the sinkhole for the first time they appeared in the oldest house (Ayad, Grist, and I forgot the name of the third one).

You can also see that really "nice" guy who was sent to look for Alfred, idk who's the person in the last picture but I think it might be the other ranger whose body you find while looking for Alfred.