History VideoGame / Control

Announced at E3 2018, it's currently due for a 2019 release on [[UsefulNotes/IBMPersonalComputer PC]], UsefulNotes/PlayStation4, and UsefulNotes/XboxOne. The gameplay is trailer is [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3vGiIgnE3f4 here]].

->''Fair warning: This is going to be...weirder than usual.''
-->-- ''Jesse Faden''

->''Fair warning: This is going to be...weirder than normal.''

->''The night might fall.''
->''Rain on down and cover us all,''
->''And drown us with the burdens of our sins.''
->''Maybe I'll look you in the eye,''
->''Tell you, you don't wanna die.''
->''Maybe I'll hold my breath and jump right in.''
->''Maybe I'll hold my breath and jump right in.''
-->-- '''Music/{{Garbage}}, "Control"'''

%%If there's a more appropriate quote related to Control as a game or concept, especially one from the game, feel free to replace.

%%* EldritchLocation: Again, the Oldest House. It shifts constantly, rituals are required to enter certain areas, and it's implied to be infinite in size. No surprise that one of the game's inspirations was ''[[MindScrew House]]'' ''[[Literature/HouseOfLeaves of Leaves]]''.

%%* LoyalPhlebotinum: The Service Weapon chooses its wielder. Whoever uses it is the Director of Control, no ifs, ands, or buts.

* MindOverMatter: The gameplay footage shows that Jesse possesses telekinetic powers, such as pulling objects from the environment to use as a shield, or simply chucking them at enemies.

* SwissArmyGun: The Service Weapon can shift between a range of forms, while retaining the same overall size. For instance, it can develop a more shotgun-like shape, or get a spinning barrel instead for the sake of a greater rate of fire.

* SwissArmyGun: Gameplay trailer shows that The Service Weapon can shift between a range of forms, while retaining the same overall size. For instance, it can develop a more shotgun-like shape, or get a spinning barrel instead for the sake of a greater rate of fire.

* PowerFloats: The gameplay trailer shows that Jesse can double jump, levitate and even strafe in the air, adding an aerial dimension to gunplay.

* GroundPound: While levitating, Jesse can suddenly slam herself into the ground at where the player is aiming with their cursor, causing damage to the nearby enemies and objects.

* CoolGuns: Jesse's service weapon, which is a smooth-looking gun that is shown in the trailer to have the power to shift between multiple formations, such as a pistol and a shotgun.

Announced at E3 2018, it's currently due for a 2019 release on PC, UsefulNotes/PlayStation4, and UsefulNotes/XboxOne.

No relation to the Ian Curtis biopic of the same name.

%%* ActionGirl: Jesse.

%%* ApocalypticLog: Dr. Casper Darling leaves a ''very'' unsettling one
%%* CoolGuns: Jesse's service weapon, which is a smooth-looking gun that can shift between multiple formations, such as a pistol and a shotgun.

%%* MediumBlending: A Remedy staple. Here, characters on the "other side of the veil", such as the previous Director, appear as live-action projections in the gameworld.

%%* MindOverMatter: Jesse possesses telekinetic powers, such as pulling objects from the environment to use as a shield, or simply chucking them at enemies.
%%* PowerFloats: Jesse can double jump, levitate and even strafe in the air, adding an aerial dimension to gunplay.

%%* SwissArmyGun: The Service Weapon can shift to several different forms, depending on the situation.

* AlienGeometries: The Oldest House is pretty kooky. Case in point, a small-town motel located in the middle of a New York building.
* ArtifactOfDoom: What the Federal Bureau of Control contains. One cell holds a refrigerator, which a scientist is staring at, claiming that if he looks away, it will "diverge."
* ApocalypticLog: Dr. Casper Darling leaves a ''very'' unsettling one
* CoolGuns: Jesse's service weapon, which is a smooth-looking gun that can shift between multiple formations, such as a pistol and a shotgun.
* EldritchLocation: Again, the Oldest House. It shifts constantly, rituals are required to enter certain areas, and it's implied to be infinite in size. No surprise that one of the game's inspirations was ''[[MindScrew House]]'' ''[[Literature/HouseOfLeaves of Leaves]]''.
* GovernmentAgencyOfFiction: The Federal Bureau of Control, an organization that seeks to understand and control supernatural phenomena currently outside human knowledge.
* LoyalPhlebotinum: The Service Weapon chooses its wielder. Whoever uses it is the Director of Control, no ifs, ands, or buts.
* MediumBlending: A Remedy staple. Here, characters on the "other side of the veil", such as the previous Director, appear as live-action projections in the gameworld.
* {{Metroidvania}}: Areas in the house can be revisited and explored further as you acquire new powers.
* MindOverMatter: Jesse possesses telekinetic powers, such as pulling objects from the environment to use as a shield, or simply chucking them at enemies.
* PowerFloats: Jesse can double jump, levitate and even strafe in the air, adding an aerial dimension to gunplay.
* SinisterGeometry: Even without taking the mind-bending properties of the Oldest House into account, its [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brutalist_architecture Brutalist]] architectural style uses lots of hard lines and sharp corners for an ominous look.
* StoryToGameplayRatio: Tipped to be Remedy's most gameplay-heavy game yet, though still with plenty of storytelling.
* SwissArmyGun: The Service Weapon can shift to several different forms, depending on the situation.

Announced at E3 2018, it is currently due for a 2019 release on PC, UsefulNotes/PlayStation4, and UsefulNotes/XboxOne.

!!Tropes appearing in ''Control''

%%If there's a more appropriate quote related to control as a game or concept, especially one from the game, feel free to replace.

Players control Jesse Faden, the newly-appointed Director of the US Government's [[GovernmentAgencyOfFiction Federal Bureau of Control]] as she attempts to regain control of the Bureau's headquarters, The Oldest House, which has been invaded by an otherworldy presence known as the Hiss.

* MediumBlending: A Remedy staple. Here, characters on the "other side of the veil", such as the previous Director, appear as live-action projections in the game world.

* ActionGirl: Jesse.

* SwissArmyGun: The Service Weapon can shift to several different forms, depending on the situation.

''Control'' is Creator/RemedyEntertainment's next game.

* StoryToGameplayRatio: Tipped to be Remedy's most gameplay-heavy game yet, though still with plenty of storytelling.

The night might fall.\\
Rain on down and cover us all,\\
And drown us with the burdens of our sins.\\
Maybe I'll look you in the eye,\\
Tell you, you don't wanna die.\\
Maybe I'll hold my breath and jump right in.\\
Maybe I'll hold my breath and jump right in.\\

-->--'''Music/{{Garbage}}, "Control"'''

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->The world might end,\\

Announced at E3 2018, it is currently due for a 2019 release on PC, PlayStation4 and XboxOne.

* EldritchLocation: Again, the Oldest House. It shifts constantly, rituals are required to enter certain areas, and it's implied to be infinite in size. No surprise that one of the game's iinspirations was ''[[MindScrew House]]'' ''[[Literature/HouseOfLeaves of Leaves]]''.

* Metroidvania: Areas in the house can be revisited and explored further as you acquire new powers.

* MindOverMatter: Jesse possesses telekinetic powers, such as pulling objects from the environment to use as a shield, or simply chucking them at enemies.

* AlienGeometries: The Oldest House is pretty kooky. Case in point, a small-town motel located in the middle of a New York building.

''Control'' is Creator/RemedyEnertainment's next game.