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Day 762 of posting a Daily Screenshot from the games I've been playing (lemmy.nz)
submitted 1 week ago by MyNameIsAtticus@lemmy.world to c/games@lemmy.world
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Today's game is Control. I went Anchor hunting today and did that whole questline. I can't believe i had never done it up until that point. I would have expected me to easily have a run in with that location considering how accessible it is.

Nonetheless, I escorted the guy out. Then went back, found out i needed the levitate ability, progressed the story far enough to get it, then went all the way back to get it.

With this playthrough i'm not rushing through as much either. As such i've found so many references to Alan Wake that i just missed on my first playthrough. Such as this page with a narration by the man himself. There's also a Coffee Thermos and a few pages describing people going through events similar to Alan's Dreams.

I also found out i can pick up the projectors. There's nothing interesting about this, i just thought it was cool. I feel like a lot of games would just tie the projectors down rather than rendering a whole extra thing for rotating them and such. It was pretty cool.

I made my way through the whole Ordinary AWE site and i'm about to head over to the Research wing to mess with the projectors. This was about the point i remember last time getting too before the last "push" and finishing the main game. So i may very well finish it tomorrow and move back to the DLC.

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[-] TallonMetroid@lemmy.world 19 points 1 week ago

Haha, there's a sidequest in the Foundation DLC where you have to pick up a TV as a flashlight, so you're walking around in a bunch of pitch black rooms, except there's a projected loop of Ahti dancing just moving across the walls the entire time.

[-] mursejoy@lemmy.zip 5 points 1 week ago

I missed this one during my DLC playthrough, I’ll have to go back now!

[-] MyNameIsAtticus@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago

I think i did that one when i first played it! I don't remember Ahti but i do remember the TV and somehow that mission being a little unsettling to me

[-] mushroommunk@lemmy.today 18 points 1 week ago

If you love Control, read the book that inspired it.

Read "House of Leaves"

Highly recommend. One of the best and weirdest reading experiences I've ever had

[-] mappe@moplemmy.fyi 4 points 1 week ago

I didn't know that was the inspiration for Control. That is both one of the best and worst books I've ever read, everyone should read it. Just don't make the mistake of actually trying to understand it...

[-] mushroommunk@lemmy.today 7 points 1 week ago

Oh, uh.... Don't try to understand it you say?

puts down my fountain pen and the map of the house I was drawing

[-] MyNameIsAtticus@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago

House of Leaves and Twin Peaks have long been on my list of things to read/watch because of this game and Alan Wake. I really should get around to it one day

[-] slimerancher@lemmy.world 10 points 1 week ago

I played Control before Alan Wake, so didn't get any of the reference that you mentioned. I don't replay games much (except few exceptions, like Skyrim) but Control was really fun, might be interesting to play it again before Alan Wake 2.

[-] MyNameIsAtticus@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago

I think quite a lot of it is in reference to the first Alan Wake game. Namely a page makes mention of Alan collecting Coffee Thermoses. The Thermoses were a completely optional collectable from the first game. Irc there were about 100 in the game you could find. it makes me wonder though how much of Alan Wake 2 was cemented by this point in time

[-] slimerancher@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago

Not sure how much they had already planned when the base game is made, but there's a Control DLC linking it to Alan Wake 2, so they must have some ideas. I even played that DLC before playing Alan Wake, and that is what actually interested me in the game. As someone who runs away from all horror games I wasn't planning to play Alan Wake before playing that DLC.

[-] MyNameIsAtticus@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago

The first Alan Wake is a step into the pool for horror I feel like because I never really feel like it’s trying too hard to be scary. Like, any time an enemy shows up you get slow motion and the camera pans over to them. It feels like it’s trying to play scare you more with the stress of resource management rather than scare you shitless. Then again. I have some friends who are absolutely terrified of resource management in horror games

[-] slimerancher@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago

Then again. I have some friends who are absolutely terrified of resource management in horror games

That's me! It's one thing if you have enough bullets to shoot anything that moves, but if you can't even fight back properly, that's a completely another level of horror.

[-] Jake_Farm@sopuli.xyz 8 points 1 week ago

Loved the game and its premise, got me down a new weird rabbithole. It feels slightly more grounded in our reality that the SCP stuff, I could never really get into that.

[-] MyNameIsAtticus@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago

I appreciate SCP for what it gave to this franchise. But it is just not for me, especially for how comical it can get at times. Not to mock it or anything or put it down, but it's simply a different breed than what i am into

[-] anguo@piefed.ca 6 points 1 week ago

I loved the world-building. Craving more of it, I tried Alan Wake 2, but it's a little too scary for my tastes 😬

[-] Smug_Marmot@lemmy.zip 8 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

You should try and stick with it. It is scary, but also a really great game.

Plus there's a musical number.

I'm not kidding.

[-] anguo@piefed.ca 4 points 1 week ago

I was just mad at the detective in the beginning. "Oh, a supernatural unkillable, murderous monster went to the swamp? Let me go towards it in the woods, alone, at night."

[-] mursejoy@lemmy.zip 3 points 1 week ago

Please give it another chance! It’s one of my favorite games of all time. I’m not a fan of scary games outside of resident evil.

[-] anguo@piefed.ca 2 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

So I went in again, but streaming it from Luna on a steam deck makes it very claustrophobic in dark areas, I can't see anything. I upped the gamma quite a bit, then ended up also making the character immortal, then invincible, then activated unlimited ammo and batteries to boot. Does it feel like cheating? Yes. Do I enjoy it more because I can just make the most of the story and puzzles without spiking my adrenaline levels just before bed? Also yes.

[-] anguo@piefed.ca 4 points 1 week ago

Alright, I actually accidentally got locked-in in a year-long amazon prime subscription, I'll make the most of it and stream it through Luna. Thanks for the recommendation!

[-] MyNameIsAtticus@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago

I legit LOVE Alan Wake 2. Playing control has made me want to go in for another playthrough. The only thing stopping me is that i have a huge backlog right now and it takes up so much space

[-] oopsallnaps@piefed.ca 2 points 1 week ago

As someone who was too afraid to play any game with horror elements, I found watching horror game speedruns helped a lot. I end up just applying the "gotta go fast" mentality to these segments now, and I find it doesn't hurt "immersion" that much as I wouldn't have gotten that far to begin with.

[-] glasratz@feddit.org 5 points 1 week ago

I think Remedy always manages to make their games just slightly too long to be completely enjoyable. It's sill a great game, but the DLCs felt a bit dry to me.

[-] MyNameIsAtticus@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

I've always found them to be a bit short, that might just be my attachment to the media though. I've maybe got 8 Hours in this playthrough and i'm near the end of control so I may be going through it at a way too fast pace

[-] Tigeroovy@lemmy.ca 5 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

TAKE. CONTROL.

Man, Control Resonant is like my most anticipated game this year.

[-] arctanthrope@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago

the first time I did that fight I didn't realize there were other platforms in the room you could stand on, so like three times in a row all I did was wait for it to come around to the side I came in on, get one hit on it, and then immediately die

[-] EggInDisguise@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

I can confirm you do not NEED the levitate ability

I enjoy trying to get to places that game designers don't want me to go, even if I'm supposed to come back to something later. I WILL try to climb on everything. It's how I became the first person in my friend group to find all the collectible items in Destiny, and the first one to get to the top of that one mountain in the social space.

I legit thought it was just part of the challenge to get to the anchor fight with just jumping and boosting. I had to stack some things with telekinesis but I made it!

I get levitate first now. It was MUCH harder without it...

[-] zaphod@sopuli.xyz 2 points 1 week ago

I can confirm you do not NEED the levitate ability

But it's a pretty cool ability, so you should get it anyway.

[-] EggInDisguise@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 1 week ago

As I said, I get it first now since the fight is so much harder without it.

Levitate also feeds my desire to C L I M B

[-] MyNameIsAtticus@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

Damn, i'm a bit disappointed in myself for not figuring out you could get across without it. I love pulling stuff like that. To be honest the idea you could stack things didn't even occur to me. That's something i'll have to try later

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