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Game entry

Control

2019 · TPS, Horror, Action-adventure · PC, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, Google Stadia · 505 Games

Control is ranked no. 371 among the best video games of all time by GameForever voters, with an ELO score of 1,738 and 64% of duels won.

World rank

no. 371

ELO score

1,738

Wins

64%

Duels played

414

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About Control

Control is a third-person action-adventure game set in the Federal Bureau of Control, a secretive U.S. government agency that studies paranormal phenomena. Players control Jesse Faden, who arrives at the Bureau's headquarters, the Oldest House, to find it invaded by a hostile force called the Hiss. Gameplay combines supernatural abilities with a shape-shifting firearm, and the environment is reactive and destructible.

The community says

200th and still losing ground against the same three or four games every time. Why does this keep getting overrated for its "atmosphere" when the actual combat…

ELO progression

Score moved from 1,500 to 1,738 ELO points over the last 124 days.

Head-to-head

Direct record on the most played match-ups.

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  1. 368 Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door 1,740
  2. 369 Ratchet & Clank 1,739
  3. 370 Resident Evil 3: Nemesis 1,739
  4. 371 Control 1,738
  5. 372 Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart 1,738
  6. 373 New Super Mario Bros. Wii 1,738
  7. 374 Final Fantasy VII Rebirth 1,738

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  1. Jameson_1984

    200th and still losing ground against the same three or four games every time. Why does this keep getting overrated for its "atmosphere" when the actual combat loop is repetitive after the fifth hour?

    Harvey73

    Same enemy types the whole way?

    Kuphal99

    Which fifth hour are we talking about, because mine got better around then, what boss wore you down exactly?

    GhostByte3

    Je n'y joue que par sessions courtes le soir et pourtant l'ambiance du bâtiment me suffit à revenir, même si les combats se répètent un peu je m'en fiche.

  2. McClure30

    played this right after a bad breakup, remember zoning out for hours in that building

  3. ArcadeOwl

    the shooting feels floaty and the loot system adds nothing, just padding

    Iron_Mitchell

    The votes here keep pitting it against narrative heavyweights, which skews things unfairly against a game that's actually about mood and space.

  4. NeonSniper

    I played through it during a really rainy week when I had nothing else going on, and I remember getting stuck on the same enemy type for way too long. The environment was cool for about an hour then it started blending together, hallway after hallway of the same concrete.

    Éric_25

    pareil, moi aussi j'ai fini par me perdre dans les couloirs, un peu perdu tout le temps mais l'ambiance rattrapait ce sentiment perdu

    RachelleLegend

    Replying to Éric_25

    Perdu comment exactement, tu retrouvais ton chemin ou tu tournais juste en rond des heures ?

  5. ArcadeHunter

    Ah sí, otro juego con oficinas grises que da miedo, qué originalidad tan refrescante.

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