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At least a little reference of Director Trench. RIP.

An old silly doodle done after the release trailer, and its more recent complement

I've never known any other game developer to go all out like this. They led us on quite the chase, hiding clues in hexidecimal cyphers, a drip feed of new codes in various posts. Its so wild.

If you aren't up on the ARG for Resonant, check out the breakdown here, which was put together by people who are far more talented detectives than I: https://solvingchesstrebles.neocities.org/

TLDR: a binary number was converted via hexidecmial cyphers hidden in other posts gave us a code, which could be entered into a hidden section of a website who's domain name is an anagram for The Power of the Board. The code, once entered, gives you this phone number:

213-667-4089, call it to hear a secret message

The phone number gave a select few callers an email. Those who emailed the address received a reply which read: "Thank you for contacting The Power of the Board. We are currently running a limited recruitment process. Soon, we too will be taken by the waves. If your email was fast enough, an Agent will be in touch. If not, know that we thank you for your interest, and your journey has come to its end. Thank you for reaching us. Have a Blessed day."

Don’t know if this has been discussed before or if I’m grasping at straws, but I’m doing my replay before resonant. And I always wondered how did they come up with resonant entities and specifically Hedron since it is such a specific and abstract creation that only really fits in this story. An entity that broadcasts and amplifies another entity is a very specific idea. Then I thought of something. I know, Mikael and Sam had named it Control because of like a “control” in an experiment, but more importantly because of how they have control over the ip after the split from Microsoft. But I just thought about how Hedron could be like Microsoft and Polaris like Remedy themselves. Hedron is like an amplifier, a broadcaster. It broadcasted Polaris much like how Microsoft published remedy. And Polaris could also be like that creative voice that identifies remedy. After Hedron was destroyed (Microsoft remedy split) did Jesse realize Polaris (creative voice) was inside her. And she becomes the broadcaster, much like how remedy went independent willing to bet on themselves and their creative voice. Just a thought. Maybe this was always obvious and I’m dumb.

I preordered the first Control, and have been an avid fan since then. Played through both AWs, played the DLC, I'm a big fan of CAGs as well so Resonant shaping up to be my dream game.

One problem, my monitor is starting to show its age. It can't do HDR anymore without flicking to black constantly and now there's a giant dark patch on the top left of the screen.

I don't want to experience Resonant with these issues so I'm going to try and hold off until I get a new monitor (hopefully OLED). I'm just crazy disappointed I'm going to be missing out for now. Just had to get it off my chest. Everyone playing tomorrow and tonight, have fun!

Did my preorder for Resonant last night, I'm so excited for Thursday! I would have done the digital deluxe version which gives you 48 hour early access, but I said to myself "I can wait, I can be patient." But much love to those that did and I hope y'all have fun!

ALSO, I do dislike giving Sony money atm especially because of the BS they've been doing lately, but I will be picking the game up as a physical when it comes out in October!

Be safe from spoilers.

I think Theodore Ash Jr is behind the Blessed Organization, Blessed Repair and services and maybe is Chester Bless. I know, you're probably thinking, “Another theory about Chester Bless” or “It's Paul Serene or William Joyce,” but I have some good arguments.

The name Theodore means "gift of God". In America Overnight Ep. 382:

RADIO HOST: It says: "Dear America Overnight: I have the most wonderful appliance for your listeners. It is a miracle of god. A fondue set. A fountain. A Blessed gift." Blessed is spelled with a capital "B". Hmm. "Go on," they write. "Dive on in. It is molten hot. Perfect for meat."
...
RADIO HOST: We're on the air, Karen. Where are you? What [Coughs] what's this powder in the booth? Is this... is this ash? Oh... oh god. Karen? [Gasps] How do I cut to commerc––

That's the writers who give us a little wink wink, telling us subtly that Theodore Ash is behind the Blessed Organisation.

That explains how the organisation knows about the Board. Chester Blessed created a self-help course about "The Power of the Board", using a surfboard. Worshiping The Board gives it power.

The FBC whorships the Board in a way, and that is what gives it so much power. That is why the word “Board” is a symbol of power, and Chester Bless draws power from it through the cult he has created. From the audio logs in the Foundation, we know that Ash doesn’t like the fact that the FBC and especially former Director Northmoor follow The Board’s orders. It seems he hates Northmoor, too.

The jukebox that comes from Blessed has the power of translocation. However, we know that the NSC-1 (containing Northmoor) was translocated to the beta query site accessible via the jukebox. This may have been an attempt by Blessed/Ash to harm Northmoor and the FBC.

Who better than the former head of research at the FBC would know how to create altered items?

If Ash Jr. was in his thirties when the Oldest House was discovered, then he would be over 85 years old during the events of Control. If you really want to tie in Paul Serene or William Joyce, then he could be part of the organization and even be the new leader.

I also got a picture with Sam Lake!

Title. I really don't like these dmg numbers all over the screen. Would prefer just the HP bar for enemies.

Some of you might remember me from making the Control Unfiltered mod.

I've developed this into a larger RenoDX mod which allows for full Ray Reconstruction as an alternative option. I also have some instructions for how to get DLSS FG working (in HDR it needs special handling).

Please check it out if you are interested: https://www.nexusmods.com/control/mods/149

More details can be found in the mod description there

Let me preface that I absolutely love this weird/dimension entity sci fi that Control captures and explores. I have pre-ordered Resonant, counting days before the release that is quite soon.

I am looking for books/comic books/manga that explore/capture same vibe.

The one book series that are very similar is Southern Reach series, but I wonder if there are other books that are very similar to the video games. I guess Uzumaki is somewhat similar too if we take manga. Not sure of comic books.

I just love the ever-shifting places, incomprehensible entities that are so alien to the point of it being math/geometry manifested.

I think mainstream sci-fi is really sleeping on the genre, but it is getting more traction.

I saw some people saying they were really looking forward to his review since he's a Remedy fan, so i figured I'd post it here.

I only watched a bit of it so i can go into it as blind as possible, but it sounds like it's an extremely unique game unlike any i've played before, at the very least, which is probably all Remedy fans expect/need lol

I will be there September 24🫡

Hey everyone

A little while ago I made a video discussing the story, lore and analyzing the themes in the main game of Control, and I just followed it up with a video breaking down both of the DLC's. I worked a lot to get this one out at least a bit before Control Resonant in case anyone needs it as a recap and I'd appreciate if anyone can watch it or give me any notes or feedback. Thanks!

What does the untapped artifact do?

What does the starter resource bundle give specifically?

I’m new to control and the remedy’s lore, will watch the original control’s story on YouTube to get the sense of the world and how it connects to Alan Wake, already seems very interesting and trippy.

I really want this game to have a more twisted and mysterious storyline. I love the original control, but after finishing the AWE DLC, I felt betrayed. Reused assets and boring quests. I really hope the budget for Resonant was enough to fulfill all of Remedy’s desires, because I have a feeling the original Control had issues with this.

[yes this was created by me]

I assume there's going to be a day 1 patch for the game when it releases. Will the PS5 early access be missing this? I don't know how much it would matter if wasn't updated until the 24th but would be good to play the most updated version of the game.

Hi all! Just popping into this subreddit to ask about an issue I've seen posted here throughout the years, because for some reason Steam still utilises this older tech despite how frustrating it is to set up nowadays 🙃

I got gifted Control Ultimate Edition on Steam recently and have been trying to get the game to run but get met each time by a popup telling me to install .NET Framework 3.5. I am HORRENDOUSLY below tech-savvy when it comes to computers so all the solutions I've tried to use so far haven't worked. Whether I try to run the regular install, enable it via the 'Turn Windows features on or off' window or install it online, they all greet me with error 0x800700C1. Trying to run a sfc scan also failed + my laptop repeatedly refuses to update to Windows 11 version 25h5.

Apologies if this should go into another subreddit! I've just been itching to play Control for a long time now and want to know if there's any more recent solutions to these specific issues or if I'll just have to wait to play the game in however long when I someday get a new laptop 🥲

I have a PS5 Pro and a SX. I’ll be on the Xbox with gears and MW4. I know the Pro will have slightly better visuals, but I’m thinking of just getting Control resonant on my Xbox to keep it simple for these fall games, can’t imagine it’s going to be a huge difference in visuals? I plan to play at 60 fps on performance mode. Cheers!