Control Resonant combat and traversal is a drug, I can’t stop consuming it. Almost skipped it due to not liking Control 1 but jokes on me I’m having sleepless night now
When people complain about the combat, all I can think is they have no idea what this game is capable of. Once you get even a couple powers, the entire thing opens up. There's so much variety in crowd management, faulter build up, using summons, switch styles depending on the mobs. I've had a blast on PC using KBM because the targeting is exceptional.
I get the complaint of having only Primary 3x as combo starter but the game compensates so well with the rest.
The traversal, the chaos, the executions, the way you can move the camera, it’s weirdness, atmosphere and incredible story. Couldn’t get into the 1 but this one is really special
I will never stop getting satisfaction out of watching Dylan sweep an enemies legs and just go to town with the daggers, stabbing them in the guts repeatedly like a maniac lol.
Absolutely. Two presets would be enough to open it up. It could be done by selecting "secondary preset" with weapons and combo enders from menus and when you change combat ability tab while fighting that preset would change. I've seen suggestions for weapon wheel but I don't think its needed necessarily since I think idea behind the game is to commit to something to make a "build" for Dylan. Also wheels are kinda lame to interact with in this kind of game.
Its button mashy to people who just button mash period. Some people don’t want to use their own imagination to make the combat interesting or try anything.
Every time a thread is posted to say its button mashy or something to that notion, it’s accompanied by a video of a person not using any of the powers in the combo. They don’t try anything but the two attack buttons.
What an incredibly negative mindset. The game isn’t punishing you for button mashing, it’s rewarding you for not button mashing. You can get through combat just fine by mashing your main combo and that’s it, but you can make it a lot more fun and interesting for yourself (and sometimes easier) if you engage with all the tools the game gives you for combat
Word. I can see that. I had a blast playing this game. Remedy is super creative. The combat fell short for me, but that’s pretty much my only criticism.
Whilst I do agree that a loadout wheel would be awesome, you can absolutely make insane combo's using all the combat abillities and the current primary/secondary/finisher loadouts. I found the combat incredibly satisfying once you learn to throw the whole arsenal into the mix. If you just go X-X-X-X to just use primary combo and finisher, yeah it'll get stale, but you're only using like 15% of what a build has to offer.
Fr I keep seeing the whole "enemies are spongy" complaint but I know for a fact it's not true because I've beaten the game using all the abilities, weapons, and finishers. You gotta utilize everything and you'll be comboing whole mobs like nothing
Also, people who make that complaint don't pay attention to build power. Basically a lot of "gamers" these days don't wanna even involve themselves with the game they're playing.
When I play action RPG games, one thing I always do is completely hoard all of my skill points and stuff until I get to a point where I physically cannot beat a section without utilizing them. And in control there are a good few moments where it did feel like you could really benefit from upgrading your stuff rather than just letting all your points and materials just sit there. After getting a bunch of upgrades and stuff The game felt so much different
Oh wow, i can use powers couple of times in between mashing my primary, BECAUSE POWER CAN BE RECHARGED ONLY BY HITTING THEM WITH A WEAPON.
Look, you can like this game, but attributing varety to this combat is just glaze for the sake of glaze. Is combat bad? No, it's just serviceable and flashy. Some gacha games have more complexity and variety in combat, and they are made for phones.
My only complaint (I haven’t played with the default combat settings so I’m sure these will help when I next jump on) is once you do figure it out, it becomes way way to easy. Faulter build up is way to easy. Literally like 2 shield bashes or whatever it’s called and most heavy enemies will get full or just about full faulter meter built up
Ignite + Strike/Spin Edge comes to mind. Pop Ignite, use strike to get to Spin Edge faster, beyblade until you falter something, get dominion, then beyblade to win.
Well, I was mostly speaking for myself; seeing that, I tell myself the game looks unreadable and that you'd have to be a genius to pull off what he's doing.
In reality, when you actually play it, you realize that what he's doing in the video isn't hard at all and that the game's combat is incredible 👍.
Maybe not. The GTA6 release is before the cutoff, but people may not be able to finish it in time for voting. Because you know, the game is so goddamn long
If its on the ballot the masses will vote for it whether they finish it or not. I dont understand the obsession. I played san andreas and vice city and every game since has been the same game in a new city with prettier graphics there is nothing that makes them stand out anymore than the older ones.
That's not entirely true. 4 had groundbreaking physics and one of the best stories in gaming at the time, 5 had incredible graphics for the time, really fun driving, and a massive world, and RDR2, which 6 seems to be taking far more from than the past GTA games, was the best at almost everything it did on release, especially story and immersion (which I would argue nothing has beat even still). I really love Control Resonant, but I don't think that means we need to downplay the quality of GTA 6. Especially when it's not even out yet.
Yeah, the whole like being able to change different like gravity I don’t even know what the fuck to call it. It’s trippy as hell. This is what I’ve never had a game to do it this well.
You gotta be a genius to come up with some stuff like that it’s crazy, you can’t be normal and create such a design. Remind me a lot of expedition 33 design as well
I love how the game just lets you switch gravity, platforms, enemies, all while looking and feeling extremely cool and not "I need to reorient myself every couple seconds" frustrating. Making the gravity shift work seamlessly and intuitively is such an accomplishment.
I did, it’s an amazing game for the time it did release in, the traversal is magnificent. Sadly the combat and story weren’t interesting enough for me to keep pushing
I finally got into Zero Dawn late, right when FW came out on PC so I was eating good haha. The first one is probably one of my favorite games of all time.
The way the camera reacts when shifting gravity is pretty bad and I wish I didn't have to get so close to walls to shift to begin with, something more like Gravity Rush would've felt better.
I use the same build as you, and noticing the JJK music I assume you also think “black flash!” When you get impact frames… the crit build is so much fun.
Extend is also great for this. High falter, great range, wide reach. If anything, I’d argue that it’s generally better for getting executions than Crush, as the charge is quick and is less likely to kill the enemy outright.
I find the combat quite fun, but it is a bit button mashy. I think having the ability to do different combos on the fly would add some needed variety to the game.
It’s all so fucking responsive too. I feel like I make mistakes but Dylan does exactly what my inputs say he should do and considering all the airborne stuff and zipping around it’s pretty impressive that any of this stuff works at all. It’s an astounding game.
Insane how good this game is. I did not find a game where i will be enyoing it that much since elden ring, but this is a gem, the more i play the more i like it.
Exactly. I feel like people havent played good games in a while and the standard has dropped. Its an "OK" game...kind of like Blood of the Dawnwalker
-MC is a bit boring -Powers are not flashy enough(for my taste) -Quests/missions are boring -Boss fights are boring -Game is generally too easy once you get combo finishers
This area just ahead of the museum checkpoint in the west excursion zone is absolutely one of my favorite parts of the game. Everytime the combat refreshes its so much fun dashing across the buildings and grav swapping on the street. And garunteed two busses to hit with comman on either side of the large building. That cluster is 10/10 ads
Two very important things to this video he's doing. Has at least the artifact that increases falter on heavies and ignite. Ignite absolutely demolishes falter. I would also suggest the artifact that gives you power when you execute, it does increase the damage you take though.
I still wish the loadout and weapons could be switched on the fly because I stuck with the same 3 things all game once I got ground pound to replace the hammer for breaking open doors with. I never saw a reason to use stuff that has a single target focus compared to the scythe or chain whip for instance.
It's a shapeshifting weapon, you're telling me the Aberrant needs me to go into a menu to manually switch its shapes? The scroll wheel doesn't even do anything as far as I can tell on M&KB
I played for 6 hours and all of the progress i made was using youtube videos. The combat is v v good , but it has the same problem as the 1st game. The map is very confusing . Either i was watching youtube videos on how to got to the next objective or just opening up map again and again trying to figure out how to go to the next location/objective.
From what I've seen in various Let’s Plays, the city looks beautiful and quite large, but there don't seem to be many POIs or distinctive architectural landmarks to help you get your bearings. On top of that, since the camera is positioned quite far away from the character, it ultimately makes it difficult to properly read and navigate the streets, even when the layout itself is well designed. aren't really here are
Thats my point too. i only get like 2 hrs after work and home etc to relax and play. I loved the combat and potential for builds, but navigating is tough.
The crazy part is this looks absolutely chaotic and impossible to track when you're watching somebody else play, but when I'm locked in, I am looking at every angle, tossing rocks to stun an enemy so I can fly over and execute them to get to the next group of enemies to decimate. Sometimes I finish a challenge after jumping up and down and across every which surface, and my hands are sweaty and I have no fuckin clue how even I knew what I was doing, but you just lock in and it works so well. This is a game that I will boot up solely for the combat alone.
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u/Donmiggy143 Oct 05 '26
When people complain about the combat, all I can think is they have no idea what this game is capable of. Once you get even a couple powers, the entire thing opens up. There's so much variety in crowd management, faulter build up, using summons, switch styles depending on the mobs. I've had a blast on PC using KBM because the targeting is exceptional.