I was wondering if this tacking guy actually likes video games. I watched a few of his videos and all he does is to whine like a little bitch about stupid stuff.
@@robertelliott2216 anything is better than this. Why do people enjoy listening to a grown up man cry about video games? If it was constructive criticism, I would be ok with it. But he comes across as an annoying entitled little crap.
About 2:30, I think this game is the best example of a narrative with an amazing female lead which doesn't feel like it's being shoved down your throat as political propaganda or to check off some inclusive checklist. Jesse is such a relatable character and so real, she's genuinely surprised, confused, intrigued. She starts off as doubting herself but by the end, she accepts her authority as the Director and none of it at any point feels forced. Can't imagine enjoying this game the same without Jesse Fayden. Although I liked her performance as Beth Wilder in QB more, that's just personal perference. At the end of the day, Jesse is Dyna-Mite (If you catch my drift)
@Muricuh Land of the Slaves walks into any fucking office building at 5-6 pm... Female - immigrant janitors everywhere. Nothing against janitors! They do a very important job and I think people should recognize that without janitors, garbage man and the such our society would be more of a shit hole than it already is
For once, if they had gone for realism and made the janitor say,,,, a Latina woman, just sayin' that would be most statistically accurate is all, then they would have found themselves with a dilemma. "Do we make this character a woman too and risk insulting women of whatever race/ethnicity we choose to use, or do we make that one a man so we can actually have males in the game other than thugs and goons for you to kill?" If they had gone the first route they would have likely had to use closed captioning due to the character speaking Spanish, or whatever. Yeah, this was a no brainer, just give a man the job and we can have him speak and be anything we want as it won't matter to anyone. The couple dozen women actually playing this game will be okay with it and the millions of young men and boys will just accept it, because, well, "who's going to hear their complaints, if they dare, and give a crap or dare agree with them, anyway?" All that said, I actually don't mind all this myself as it really doesn't bother me that these characters are women and they tend to be easier on the eyes anyway. I just hate the whole perceived need to push any sort of agenda in this day and age. I honestly thought we were way past all this nonsense back in the `80s. Now in a game where history is being re-written to force in some feel-good PC agenda BS, that's an entirely different matter. If they want to make something a parallel universe imagining kind of thing though, fine. That could open up such possibilities and they can do anything in a make-believe world.
I love Ahti, the janitor. He is played by one of the top actors in Finland, Martti Suosalo. His terrible Finglish is awesome. Also the directly translated Finnish proverbs and idioms he keeps using are hilarious. Death Stranding has Norman Reedus, Cyberpunk 2077 has Keanu Reeves... and Control has Martti Suosalo. :)
PCgameplaz It’s still impressive now. Just two years ago I played through it for the first time (I’m 20 btw). It’s by far the most mentally challenging game I’ve ever played. F.E.A.R.’s difficulty isn’t a cop-out like most games where the ai just does more damage. The enemies actually ‘think’ and coordinate with each other.
@@Dregomz02 Yea that was the one flaw that everyone has with it. The funny thing is that problem would completely destroy any other game except that one. You constantly feel on edge at all times which masks the repetitive level design perfectly.
Good story? It's just a bunch of random nonsense to serve as a cliff hanger to be revealed at the end of the game...people and their idiotic opinions fucking hell...
You are one of the few reviewers I trust when reviewing games. Not biased and you go off of what you like vs what you didn’t. Simple and gives all the info you need. Keep it up man!
idk he's lost his touch imo. He fell into the culture war BS and sounds like more and more like a boomer (I mean the bell and snark over female leads? gimme a break..) He's embraced his Mr. Anti-PC crusader and it detracts from the actual game reviews. He's about 5 years older than I am, we both started on PC and play exclusively on PC but he sounds like my 65 year old dad.
@@789french5 I think he made a valid point actually, but we all have different perspectives. For instance, even though I know he's not a sell-out and I watch a lot of his reviews, yet I still disagree with him sometimes. Some games he likes and I don't. He obviously prefers certain genres, as do I. He is biased Cody, as is everyone, but he is not a blind enthusiast, as are so many.
Another awesome review dude. About the 3rd person view, i think to most people it makes sense and feels good because we grew up watching action/scifi/fantasy movies and deep down always wanted to be in control of our favourite characters and actually seeing their actions. It's like, imagine playing Path of Neo in first person, doing bullet-time, but all you see is.....the sky....and a few wavy air pockets streaming past your field of view. That'd just be sad.
Nowadays I actually prefer if items you can pick up are marked somehow. There's so much clutter in modern games that interactive items don't stand out anymore like they did in old games with simpler graphics. I agree that first person would have been preferable, but the game looks very cool regardless.
I have now been able to play this game with an RTX card and it blew me away. Control has the best physics engine I've ever seen, and it really shows of how great raytracing can look. Physics and graphics really enhance the fun of the combat here. The games is very demanding tho, my RTX 2070 super is barely enough with all RTX effects on at 1080p
Perhaps it's due to `Affirmative Action' in the future? An age where men have been clearly determined inferior and either manage to get a remedial job or collect welfare, as all the jobs with real responsibilities are held by women. I'm guessing this is the state of the near future. Oh well, I'm tired of working anyway.
@@farhan007 Ahhh, one of those great Cinderalla stories we all love. A simple country boy from a poor family rises to greatness despite all odds. The token male in a non peasant role, just like Hollywood would do. I'm just playing with all this BTW. Lots of people don't read sarcasm well as it turns out so we need to clarify these things with a disclaimer these days.
as someone who starting playing video games when the Sega Master System was considered cutting edge, this is one of the BEST games I've played. I'm so looking forward to the sequel.
I thought this game was amazing.. hate 3rd person but after 20 hours you get used to it. Finally a game that I can enjoy.. most games are so dull nowadays. Eternal snoooore!
Let's read the words... of the developer: "you play as Jesse, a strong independant badass woman, with psychokinetic powers, which you use to defeat hordes of male bigots who can't use cover properly, because obviously all men are dumb and sexist. Will you be able to stop the tyrannical misogynists? Or will the patriarchy prevail?"
I know my comment is over a year late, but I'd still like to comment on the 1st/3rd person point you touched on: - Some people (like me) get incredibly motion sick in 1st person games (changing FoV often doesn't help). 3rd Person games generally never have this issue. For this reason I almost never play 1st person games. Anyway, love your content Mack, keep it going :)
Any game made by Remedy is a must-buy for me. Either the story is interesting, or the gameplay or the gfx and music/audio. There is always something in their games. Also Poets of the Fall is a great band. P.s. Of course, the males are cleaning the floor of the mighty elite women overlords! LOL
Ahti is a paranatural entity in the game lore (Entity A-001 according to documents found in-game), and the main protagonist is technically his assistant, doing his work while he goes off on vacation. It's hinted at heavily that he's some sort of god or personification of the games setting. The game is more like a woman cleaning up the men's messes as well, if we have to force that angle. The entire story revolves around how the former FBC directors and department heads fucked things up.
That's what I thought when I saw this. Psi-Ops was a bit too rag-dolly. I like the feeling of power and impact this game conveys with their psi abilities.
lol every time Mack says "main quest side quest" i think of the song from the assassins creed vid back in the day... "you got your main quests there, your side quests there, chest hidin round there, there's an enemy, you can press stealth mode and he can't see...... ohhh it's a console game" - great track lol bring it back Mack
I'd like to see that too. I think the game got better and better and is now a real treat and very original amongst all those online shooty shooty games.
@@tianx9275 Playing it for a couple of weeks now. Menus are shit, but gameplay and athmosphere are very unique and lots of fun imho. Haven't played alone, though.
Nah, the game is pretty good balanced for any type of skill. Their elo-system works pretty well. Besides, I dont think Mack gets triggered by such phrases ;)
Control just hit PC today but I wasn't sure if it was a game for me so, I searched for reviews and scrolled past a dozen options thinking "IGN, no. Gamespot, no...etc." Then like a beacon in the darkness Worth a Buy appears at the bottom of the screen. Search over. It was a reminder of how rare honest reviews are. Cheers, Mack.
I think 3rd person works for some games better than others. It's sometimes hard to do melee properly without the peripheral vision you get from 3rd person. Also games with lots of acrobatics or flying I prefer to see my footing in 3rd person. It can also be helpful for stealth games to see if you are actually hidden.
They had to make it third-person as a constant reminder that they've got a female character, if it was first-person you could easily forget and think you're playing as a man and they don't want that. I might get this game if someone makes a No Clothes mod.
It was like that with me when I got my new cpu and gpu. Got Division 2 which I enjoyed, but also got Anthem, which I could only play for about 4-5 hours lol.
Great review, the only one I've seen who got it right. Some seem to hate the story, I loved it, like David Lynch made a video game. One missed opportunity in this review was showing the other powers which are really fun despite not rising to the level of throwing things which is the crown ability to be sure. You can fly! The detail in this game when you smash an office desk or other everyday items is stunning.
I played that game and have no idea why he liked it, probably paid review from epic store. They found toxic guy and paid him to promote game in toxic community (as they think)
I enjoy your blunt approach to this. I didn’t know whether to buy or not and I do appreciate your worthwhile comments because it’s made my mind up thank you for your clear and concise videos I do appreciate them and made them continue thanks again.
It's funny to watch this in 2020 and hear Mack's complaining about 3rd person perspective when everyone complains about CP2077 being a first person. :D
There is no exclusive. Exclusive is the brain , special brain that Steam snowflakes mtx addicted , oh my profile is gonna lose value argue abt because newell told them u r stupid u need to protect my monopoly at all costs. Wake up nerd.
i totally agree Mack, FEAR had the best AI ! I remember fighting a group up front, then 2 guys seperated and flanked me. But luckily i had a mine placed in the sideway and just heard it go off, then i knew i was getting flanked. Very nice AI behaviour !!!
I bought this a few days ago, played 6 hours or so and just uninstalled it. Can't see eye to eye with Mack on this one. I thought the combat was horseshit at best. Same repetitive situations... walk into a room, use launch, shoot with a pistol, rinse and repeat. Also finding your way around the map is a fucking nightmare. Story was quite interesting but..naaaa, ding.
I used transparent and opaque reflections only (medium RTX setting) with no problems....this is of course with DLSS enabled, which I found blurred the sharpness somewhat. Nice trade off for the reflections though.
Hyped for this. Still annoyed at PC nonsense but at least it's in a well-made product. Best looking telekinesis abilities I've seen in a game in a while. The camera looks great too so I was surprised to hear you say it gets in the way.
Got this waiting for me at home and I'm super excited about it. Even moreso now! I'm a super tech nerd so I will just ogle the reflections and damage models for hours haha
Third person feels like controlling an action movie, or an action figure. Love to see the animation of the character, i wish third person (option) was available in all games. (I do love first person shooters too.)
@@Skrenja Hard disagree. But thats the joy of taste. I hope they keep making FPS for you, and keep making third person for me. Room for both styles of games!
Wolfenstein Youngblood - bactracking, respawning enemies, rebuilding destroyed objects, health bars, bullet sponges, no save options = bad game Control - bactracking, respawning enemies, rebuilding destroyed objects, health bars, bullets sponges, no save options = good game. Way to go Mac... ps. And Gunplay is far better in Wolfenstein
I thought you went surprisingly easy on this game, particularly given the problems that it's 3rd person view creates. And the awful awful implementation of the control points! In my opinion there's a huge issue with difficulty spikes in the side missions. The difficulty of main missions was ok (bit too easy if anything) but some of the side quests were ridiculously hard, full of enemies that can one-shot you, and then the game penalises you if you die (you lose points, which are used to upgrade weapons and mods). So instead of wanting to do the side missions for the challenge I just started avoiding them completely because they stopped me progressing in the main game. It's a weird design choice. The side missions also get loaded towards the end of the game instead of being distributed throughout.
The amount of cringe from being butt-hurt about the female leads made him sound like a 85 year old boomer. Mack has kind of lost his way imo... may unsub if he continues to stick to this lame "REAL gaming was exactly like this! REAL gamers HATE anything but X-Com on Ironman mode". Hyperbole but you get the idea.
Have anti-sjws become everything they hate sjws for? Probably. It's a shame you are so easily triggered because there are female leads. This game absolutly drips with atmosphere especially with the lighting and art design. Reminded me of the feeling when I was a kid and played half-life for the first time.
@@farhan007 All he did though was point out a fact. No, Anti-SJW's are not "just as bad" because they're not the ones who change a product to fit a feminist agenda to begin with.
@@gxsgdhdhrgdhfhdrdhjdhjtfd So a lead female character is feminist propaganda? I played the game for hours so far and there is zero messages regarding feminism. It's just a female lead. Anti-sjws believe any female or ethnic minority in a lead position is propaganda. You've been brainwashed by the plethora of anti-sjw gifting schemes on youtube. Too many content creators understand how impressionable 15-25 year old dudes are and just turn everything into sjw this and sjw that and it generates a shit ton of clicks. Anti-sjws have turned every subject matter in existence into "omg sjws have ruined everything!". Remedy didn't give two shits about "feminism" in the game. The lead happens to be female. That's it. The story has no message about feminism.
Don't bother with Farhan. He's/She's just looking to argue with someone. You won't get anywhere. Let him/her argue with themselves. Forced domination of one sex or the other in any game is wrong - no matter how you slice or spin it. True equality means a balance - or realism. That's all I have to say on this matter. If others want to argue with this person, go right ahead. I have better things to do with my time.
It s just men that have always been in their houses that think this .. baaad education. And think abt it, gender dsnt exist and there will be also other non men in leading positions too ... wake up. You female targeting special ones
@@Peremptor napoleon complex is false, it was used by his enemies. Sadly in the retarded states they teach it the way that he was a small man. Not true. Just like Thomas Edison was an inventor. Bullshit. He was a businessman
There is a also a conversation between two guards where they talk about how wonderful it is that the director is now a woman and not a "old man" This is sjw crap
Mac, Just got this game. I really like it. I'm torn between using MKB or Controller. I find mouse accurate for aiming but the keyboard commands to spaced out to function, with the controller aiming of course crap but controlling all the buttons way more fluid. what settings did you use for MKB
Yes that's exactly what I thought. Have been asking my buddies where a modern version of that game is for years. Typical that by the time one comes along it's a female lead propaganda piece. Psyops was a great game.
@@Peter_739 yeah, that was the issue. a quantum break sequel where you get to actually play the villain side instead of watching it would've been much more impactful overall
I will think again when it will be released on Steam next year. But I can't support this exlusitivity busines scheme for a platform that has no benefits compared to Steam for me as a customer.
Extremely Woke, very badly Optimized due to that Ray Tracing Gimmickry, and not available on Steam. No thanks Mack, I think I will Keep My Money in My Wallet.
Just Purchased Control on a Sale today ( almost done downloading ) as i enjoy Third person + Single player games & Since i have a Rtx Gpu : why not as this is the only game that i know of that has all the A.i. Ray Tracing technology = all in One and Mack likes it So ..... Thanx 4 Posting 🎥
@@darkroninmarvel Oh I see. Finland has a brain because they made this game centered on the whole females in power thing that you expect from Sweden. That's quite a confusing way of saying Finland and Sweden both have brains.
@@rerecycled7507 i mean in the sense that it's not obvious pandering over a mediocre game *cof* new colossus *cof* battlefield v *cof* what i mean is that finland is actually trying to make a good game everyone can enjoy
It does a good job of fooling people into thinking the AI is good. Most of it is scripted around expectations of how the player is going to approach a situation, but if you're too quick or approach it unexpectedly, the AI just totally shits itself and can't react.
"I got stuck in a trolley" - Your shopping habits are not relevant Mack.
I love that bit in the game. It's repeatable too. Just run your character into a trolley and it will get stuck. Really funny.
When mack likes the third person game with lots of cutscenes it's gotta be good.
@Harry Beaver why would he have turned into a shill?
@Harry Beaver he gets paid to shit on them too.
I was wondering if this tacking guy actually likes video games. I watched a few of his videos and all he does is to whine like a little bitch about stupid stuff.
@@cletokings4302 maybe best if you stick to ign.
@@robertelliott2216 anything is better than this. Why do people enjoy listening to a grown up man cry about video games? If it was constructive criticism, I would be ok with it. But he comes across as an annoying entitled little crap.
About 2:30, I think this game is the best example of a narrative with an amazing female lead which doesn't feel like it's being shoved down your throat as political propaganda or to check off some inclusive checklist. Jesse is such a relatable character and so real, she's genuinely surprised, confused, intrigued. She starts off as doubting herself but by the end, she accepts her authority as the Director and none of it at any point feels forced. Can't imagine enjoying this game the same without Jesse Fayden. Although I liked her performance as Beth Wilder in QB more, that's just personal perference.
At the end of the day, Jesse is Dyna-Mite (If you catch my drift)
A male janitor ? Bit sexist.
@Muricuh Land of the Slaves walks into any fucking office building at 5-6 pm... Female - immigrant janitors everywhere.
Nothing against janitors! They do a very important job and I think people should recognize that without janitors, garbage man and the such our society would be more of a shit hole than it already is
Literaly unplayable
Women only want equality in jobs considered attractive/cool. We don't see women complaining about how few women work down the sewers now do we.
For once, if they had gone for realism and made the janitor say,,,, a Latina woman, just sayin' that would be most statistically accurate is all, then they would have found themselves with a dilemma. "Do we make this character a woman too and risk insulting women of whatever race/ethnicity we choose to use, or do we make that one a man so we can actually have males in the game other than thugs and goons for you to kill?" If they had gone the first route they would have likely had to use closed captioning due to the character speaking Spanish, or whatever. Yeah, this was a no brainer, just give a man the job and we can have him speak and be anything we want as it won't matter to anyone. The couple dozen women actually playing this game will be okay with it and the millions of young men and boys will just accept it, because, well, "who's going to hear their complaints, if they dare, and give a crap or dare agree with them, anyway?"
All that said, I actually don't mind all this myself as it really doesn't bother me that these characters are women and they tend to be easier on the eyes anyway. I just hate the whole perceived need to push any sort of agenda in this day and age. I honestly thought we were way past all this nonsense back in the `80s. Now in a game where history is being re-written to force in some feel-good PC agenda BS, that's an entirely different matter. If they want to make something a parallel universe imagining kind of thing though, fine. That could open up such possibilities and they can do anything in a make-believe world.
@@teaser6089 Garbage men actually make a decent wage.
I love Ahti, the janitor. He is played by one of the top actors in Finland, Martti Suosalo. His terrible Finglish is awesome. Also the directly translated Finnish proverbs and idioms he keeps using are hilarious. Death Stranding has Norman Reedus, Cyberpunk 2077 has Keanu Reeves... and Control has Martti Suosalo. :)
The map in this game will make you lose Control! It's a nightmare navigating about!
exactly, this is fucked
That's for sure. It's why I despised the game.
@@TurnerTurnip I enjoyed the combat side of it, but such a weird story!
@@bengejuknowit3048 I also enjoyed the combat side of it, but being lost all the time totally killed the game for me.
@@TurnerTurnipnothing wrong with the map at all.
Not sure what you were doing wrong to get lost.
Nice of you to mention F.E.A.R. in your review Mack. Can you please do a retro review on that game in the future?
PCgameplaz It’s still impressive now. Just two years ago I played through it for the first time (I’m 20 btw). It’s by far the most mentally challenging game I’ve ever played. F.E.A.R.’s difficulty isn’t a cop-out like most games where the ai just does more damage. The enemies actually ‘think’ and coordinate with each other.
@@thenachomagic8034 yes F.E.A.R is amazing. The AI has no match to this day.
@@thenachomagic8034 I only wished that locations were a bit more varied since coming through office rooms and stairs got old pretty quick.
@@Dregomz02 Yea that was the one flaw that everyone has with it. The funny thing is that problem would completely destroy any other game except that one. You constantly feel on edge at all times which masks the repetitive level design perfectly.
He should do TONS of retro review if he really has all this experience... i dnt understand why he doesn t... i guess monetization.
This game is INCREDIBLE and has one of the most fascinating stories I have ever experienced in a game...
@@CSM100MK2
How did you find it?
Good story? It's just a bunch of random nonsense to serve as a cliff hanger to be revealed at the end of the game...people and their idiotic opinions fucking hell...
It's the worst story ever. It's absurd mental nonsense.
You are one of the few reviewers I trust when reviewing games. Not biased and you go off of what you like vs what you didn’t. Simple and gives all the info you need. Keep it up man!
idk he's lost his touch imo. He fell into the culture war BS and sounds like more and more like a boomer (I mean the bell and snark over female leads? gimme a break..) He's embraced his Mr. Anti-PC crusader and it detracts from the actual game reviews.
He's about 5 years older than I am, we both started on PC and play exclusively on PC but he sounds like my 65 year old dad.
@@789french5 I think he made a valid point actually, but we all have different perspectives. For instance, even though I know he's not a sell-out and I watch a lot of his reviews, yet I still disagree with him sometimes. Some games he likes and I don't. He obviously prefers certain genres, as do I. He is biased Cody, as is everyone, but he is not a blind enthusiast, as are so many.
"That stupid tart kept getting in the way" and beer came flying out my nose
Next year on steam :( but at the lower price and with patches and DLCs so i can wait.
I can wait too
@@teet5695 The next year of Steam is and one can assume it'll get patches. I don't know about dlcs or a lower price other than when on sale
Got the early copy on my PS4 Slim but there are severe performance issues so I'm waiting for a patch this week to fix that
You're welcome
me too.
Mack, how could you forget to answer the most important question: are the female leads lesbians?
And muslim.
As a proud patriarch I find all of you disgusting.
@@petrmiros9908 , is Muslim a sjw topic?
fuck off
And black
Burst out laughing when I heard you say: 'i'm not'
3:04
I wasnt sure what you meant by this comment, after watching the video, and rolling forward to 2021, I gave it the strongest thumps up possible!
Another awesome review dude. About the 3rd person view, i think to most people it makes sense and feels good because we grew up watching action/scifi/fantasy movies and deep down always wanted to be in control of our favourite characters and actually seeing their actions. It's like, imagine playing Path of Neo in first person, doing bullet-time, but all you see is.....the sky....and a few wavy air pockets streaming past your field of view. That'd just be sad.
Nowadays I actually prefer if items you can pick up are marked somehow. There's so much clutter in modern games that interactive items don't stand out anymore like they did in old games with simpler graphics. I agree that first person would have been preferable, but the game looks very cool regardless.
Very good point on amount of clutter
I have now been able to play this game with an RTX card and it blew me away. Control has the best physics engine I've ever seen, and it really shows of how great raytracing can look. Physics and graphics really enhance the fun of the combat here.
The games is very demanding tho, my RTX 2070 super is barely enough with all RTX effects on at 1080p
Man if only there were a supernatural scifi game that included an elderly black lady that looks like Skeletor and uses a Lewis gun...
How dare they have a male janitor! No man can sweep a floor like a woman!
It would have been acceptable if it had been Hong Kong Phooey.
Gender role appropriation. Goddamn patriarchy at it again.
Perhaps it's due to `Affirmative Action' in the future? An age where men have been clearly determined inferior and either manage to get a remedial job or collect welfare, as all the jobs with real responsibilities are held by women. I'm guessing this is the state of the near future. Oh well, I'm tired of working anyway.
@@WhoWouldWantThisName The director of the entire agency was a male before the main character entered.
@@farhan007 Ahhh, one of those great Cinderalla stories we all love. A simple country boy from a poor family rises to greatness despite all odds. The token male in a non peasant role, just like Hollywood would do. I'm just playing with all this BTW. Lots of people don't read sarcasm well as it turns out so we need to clarify these things with a disclaimer these days.
as someone who starting playing video games when the Sega Master System was considered cutting edge, this is one of the BEST games I've played. I'm so looking forward to the sequel.
Ah, another brilliant videogame from Finland
5:08 best 3rd-person rant in history. And I agree 100%
This review had me laughing so hard. 'Stupid tart in the way of the camera..'
I thought this game was amazing.. hate 3rd person but after 20 hours you get used to it. Finally a game that I can enjoy.. most games are so dull nowadays. Eternal snoooore!
Strong independent woman the game
Let's read the words... of the developer: "you play as Jesse, a strong independant badass woman, with psychokinetic powers, which you use to defeat hordes of male bigots who can't use cover properly, because obviously all men are dumb and sexist. Will you be able to stop the tyrannical misogynists? Or will the patriarchy prevail?"
Fucking 2019. The year were people get triggered by female characters in vidya.
I know my comment is over a year late, but I'd still like to comment on the 1st/3rd person point you touched on:
- Some people (like me) get incredibly motion sick in 1st person games (changing FoV often doesn't help). 3rd Person games generally never have this issue.
For this reason I almost never play 1st person games. Anyway, love your content Mack, keep it going :)
I love how he contradicts himself, so funny 🤣
Any game made by Remedy is a must-buy for me. Either the story is interesting, or the gameplay or the gfx and music/audio. There is always something in their games. Also Poets of the Fall is a great band.
P.s. Of course, the males are cleaning the floor of the mighty elite women overlords! LOL
Ahti is a paranatural entity in the game lore (Entity A-001 according to documents found in-game), and the main protagonist is technically his assistant, doing his work while he goes off on vacation. It's hinted at heavily that he's some sort of god or personification of the games setting. The game is more like a woman cleaning up the men's messes as well, if we have to force that angle. The entire story revolves around how the former FBC directors and department heads fucked things up.
I think if it were up to Mack all games would be first person and have to be played with keyboard and mouse 😂
well the janitor is a male at least, that's an important job, lol.
Someone gotta clean up after all those periods.
Nice! I've been waiting since Psi-Ops for another game where I could pick up and throw around people
Yes me too, shame it's a PC female lead propaganda piece that finally did it
That's what I thought when I saw this. Psi-Ops was a bit too rag-dolly. I like the feeling of power and impact this game conveys with their psi abilities.
@@tomsko863 you like the feeling of pretending to be a woman?
@@Emcfree2084 th-cam.com/video/g6zvYVD_sEc/w-d-xo.html
@@tomsko863 is that a video of your mum getting trained? I'll pass thanks
lol every time Mack says "main quest side quest" i think of the song from the assassins creed vid back in the day... "you got your main quests there, your side quests there, chest hidin round there, there's an enemy, you can press stealth mode and he can't see...... ohhh it's a console game" - great track lol bring it back Mack
Hunt: Showdown is out of early access. Are you gonna give it another go?
I'd like to see that too. I think the game got better and better and is now a real treat and very original amongst all those online shooty shooty games.
@@Mrs_Puffington So far the feedbacks from everyone around is positive. I have to test it out myself but it's promising.
@@tianx9275 Playing it for a couple of weeks now. Menus are shit, but gameplay and athmosphere are very unique and lots of fun imho. Haven't played alone, though.
I doubt he will, not enough has changed for a casual like Mack
Nah, the game is pretty good balanced for any type of skill. Their elo-system works pretty well. Besides, I dont think Mack gets triggered by such phrases ;)
Control just hit PC today but I wasn't sure if it was a game for me so, I searched for reviews and scrolled past a dozen options thinking "IGN, no. Gamespot, no...etc." Then like a beacon in the darkness Worth a Buy appears at the bottom of the screen. Search over. It was a reminder of how rare honest reviews are. Cheers, Mack.
I think 3rd person works for some games better than others. It's sometimes hard to do melee properly without the peripheral vision you get from 3rd person. Also games with lots of acrobatics or flying I prefer to see my footing in 3rd person.
It can also be helpful for stealth games to see if you are actually hidden.
"I'll make the most out of the wrong things, cause i'm Mack" LOL :-)))
They had to make it third-person as a constant reminder that they've got a female character, if it was first-person you could easily forget and think you're playing as a man and they don't want that. I might get this game if someone makes a No Clothes mod.
Except there are loads of cutscenes where you always see her. Wouldn't make a difference.
Hahaha the end where you're stuck in a trolley what the fuck
I got a code for this and young blood with my new graphics card. I really witch it had come with something else instead of young blood
JoshMC2000 from Box?
It was like that with me when I got my new cpu and gpu. Got Division 2 which I enjoyed, but also got Anthem, which I could only play for about 4-5 hours lol.
Coded games are deliberately designed to ship popular games and bottom-of-the barrel games. It's marketing.
I'll have it. Hate me.
Great review, the only one I've seen who got it right. Some seem to hate the story, I loved it, like David Lynch made a video game. One missed opportunity in this review was showing the other powers which are really fun despite not rising to the level of throwing things which is the crown ability to be sure. You can fly! The detail in this game when you smash an office desk or other everyday items is stunning.
Believable setting and powers. But then you have all the female leads. Like that could ever happen for real 😂
That janitor is normal guy from Finland.We love talk to floor.And yes,we also speak that kinda english. :D
Warning...Big frame drop if you play consol. :P
Mack likes a 3rd person game!? (for the most part) Pleasantly surprised. :)
I played that game and have no idea why he liked it, probably paid review from epic store. They found toxic guy and paid him to promote game in toxic community (as they think)
He has nothing against third-person games unless they have guns. And even then, it's not an automatic thumbs down.
I enjoy your blunt approach to this. I didn’t know whether to buy or not and I do appreciate your worthwhile comments because it’s made my mind up thank you for your clear and concise videos I do appreciate them and made them continue thanks again.
I absolutely love this game .. apart from Quantum Break, I loved every other 3rd person action game from Remedy
It's funny to watch this in 2020 and hear Mack's complaining about 3rd person perspective when everyone complains about CP2077 being a first person. :D
So when will this be on Steam? Not buying crap on Epic.
next year
Pfff another snoflake supporting monopolies
Pirates life than matey
Grow up you twat
Back because it's out on Steam now.
Epic exclusive... would've been nice to play it though.
Fuck off with your crying please
There is no exclusive. Exclusive is the brain , special brain that Steam snowflakes mtx addicted , oh my profile is gonna lose value argue abt because newell told them u r stupid u need to protect my monopoly at all costs. Wake up nerd.
i totally agree Mack, FEAR had the best AI ! I remember fighting a group up front, then 2 guys seperated and flanked me. But luckily i had a mine placed in the sideway and just heard it go off, then i knew i was getting flanked. Very nice AI behaviour !!!
2:50 Thought that was Gorden Ramsey for a few seconds
I appreciate the spoiler free review!
KNEEL!!!!
The first review that actually made me want to buy the game.
I bought this a few days ago, played 6 hours or so and just uninstalled it. Can't see eye to eye with Mack on this one. I thought the combat was horseshit at best. Same repetitive situations... walk into a room, use launch, shoot with a pistol, rinse and repeat. Also finding your way around the map is a fucking nightmare. Story was quite interesting but..naaaa, ding.
Is this about feminism's goal behind positive discrimination?
This is free right now on PS4 in the PS Now (or maybe ps+). I love it. But it is short. Like 20 hrs including the side missions and plenty of dying.
Well yeah Mack, of course, it started running like shit if you had raytracing turned on, that stuff is mighty expensive!
I used transparent and opaque reflections only (medium RTX setting) with no problems....this is of course with DLSS enabled, which I found blurred the sharpness somewhat. Nice trade off for the reflections though.
Im glad you like this one - Ive had my eye on it for a while. Looks like a (rare) full price purchase.
Hyped for this. Still annoyed at PC nonsense but at least it's in a well-made product. Best looking telekinesis abilities I've seen in a game in a while. The camera looks great too so I was surprised to hear you say it gets in the way.
if you don't like it don't support it
I like you because partly because your account isn't verified tbh, seems like most checkmarks are sellouts. Keep up the good work, loved the review!
I really really wanted to play this game but then I heard it was Epic exclusive. So I can wait :) with a cheaper price as well as patches.
Got this waiting for me at home and I'm super excited about it. Even moreso now! I'm a super tech nerd so I will just ogle the reflections and damage models for hours haha
I think third person in this game works well.
Third person feels like controlling an action movie, or an action figure. Love to see the animation of the character, i wish third person (option) was available in all games. (I do love first person shooters too.)
First person is superior in almost every way though (excluding platforming.)
@@Skrenja Hard disagree. But thats the joy of taste. I hope they keep making FPS for you, and keep making third person for me. Room for both styles of games!
@@TheRoleplayer40k 👍👍
Yes, it's definitely for the kids inside us.
I dont see an option to bind a key to switch view angles from right to left shoulder.
Wolfenstein Youngblood - bactracking, respawning enemies, rebuilding destroyed objects, health bars, bullet sponges, no save options = bad game
Control - bactracking, respawning enemies, rebuilding destroyed objects, health bars, bullets sponges, no save options = good game. Way to go Mac... ps. And Gunplay is far better in Wolfenstein
The levitation wouldn’t have been nearly as fun if you couldn’t see your character
I thought you went surprisingly easy on this game, particularly given the problems that it's 3rd person view creates.
And the awful awful implementation of the control points!
In my opinion there's a huge issue with difficulty spikes in the side missions. The difficulty of main missions was ok (bit too easy if anything) but some of the side quests were ridiculously hard, full of enemies that can one-shot you, and then the game penalises you if you die (you lose points, which are used to upgrade weapons and mods). So instead of wanting to do the side missions for the challenge I just started avoiding them completely because they stopped me progressing in the main game. It's a weird design choice. The side missions also get loaded towards the end of the game instead of being distributed throughout.
The amount of cringe from being butt-hurt about the female leads made him sound like a 85 year old boomer. Mack has kind of lost his way imo... may unsub if he continues to stick to this lame "REAL gaming was exactly like this! REAL gamers HATE anything but X-Com on Ironman mode".
Hyperbole but you get the idea.
You weren't stuck in a trolley, you just equipped side armor.
"You have to git gud."
Queue games journalists panning this game for being too hard.
F.E.A.R deserves a reboot.
Third person is fine with me I could see your enemies just fine
1:57 is the gun whispering to her?
About to go to BestBuy and get this! Price match for the win
I love the song your playing the background
This looks like Quantum Break SJW feminist edition..
Yep. Hard pass!
Have anti-sjws become everything they hate sjws for? Probably. It's a shame you are so easily triggered because there are female leads. This game absolutly drips with atmosphere especially with the lighting and art design. Reminded me of the feeling when I was a kid and played half-life for the first time.
@@farhan007 All he did though was point out a fact. No, Anti-SJW's are not "just as bad" because they're not the ones who change a product to fit a feminist agenda to begin with.
@@gxsgdhdhrgdhfhdrdhjdhjtfd So a lead female character is feminist propaganda? I played the game for hours so far and there is zero messages regarding feminism. It's just a female lead.
Anti-sjws believe any female or ethnic minority in a lead position is propaganda. You've been brainwashed by the plethora of anti-sjw gifting schemes on youtube. Too many content creators understand how impressionable 15-25 year old dudes are and just turn everything into sjw this and sjw that and it generates a shit ton of clicks.
Anti-sjws have turned every subject matter in existence into "omg sjws have ruined everything!". Remedy didn't give two shits about "feminism" in the game. The lead happens to be female. That's it. The story has no message about feminism.
Don't bother with Farhan. He's/She's just looking to argue with someone. You won't get anywhere. Let him/her argue with themselves. Forced domination of one sex or the other in any game is wrong - no matter how you slice or spin it. True equality means a balance - or realism. That's all I have to say on this matter. If others want to argue with this person, go right ahead. I have better things to do with my time.
waking up to this review is exactly what i need, early morning laughs and smiles. CHEERS MACK
Female in top positions everywhere = welcome to politically correct 2019
It s just men that have always been in their houses that think this .. baaad education. And think abt it, gender dsnt exist and there will be also other non men in leading positions too ... wake up. You female targeting special ones
I hate it. Everybody is an sjw snowflake. U sneeze and somebody will be offended. I'm. So glad this bullshit haven't reached my country yet.
Also no one can be taller than a 5f 7inches female protagonist. Everyone at the bureau is Napoleon's height.
@@Peremptor napoleon complex is false, it was used by his enemies. Sadly in the retarded states they teach it the way that he was a small man. Not true. Just like Thomas Edison was an inventor. Bullshit. He was a businessman
There is a also a conversation between two guards where they talk about how wonderful it is that the director is now a woman and not a "old man" This is sjw crap
Mac, Just got this game. I really like it. I'm torn between using MKB or Controller. I find mouse accurate for aiming but the keyboard commands to spaced out to function, with the controller aiming of course crap but controlling all the buttons way more fluid. what settings did you use for MKB
Looks like an updated Psi Ops: The Mindgate Conspiracy.
But this game have only one psi power.
@@igorthelight So a downgraded version, lol.
Yes that's exactly what I thought. Have been asking my buddies where a modern version of that game is for years. Typical that by the time one comes along it's a female lead propaganda piece. Psyops was a great game.
More like a downgrade.
Difficulty spikes in this game, I got so far and I had to stop, I will come back to it in a year or two, put it on an easier mode.
It's been a month now since I ordered my graphics card.
yay.
Getting this game with it which is nice. Buut then we have Youngblood, fy for fanden.
Tricus mute voices and play with friend. Close eyes during loading screen 😂
Do yourself a favor and also play Wolfenstein New Colossus, its a much better game
Playing through the first one first :-)
@@mansfield360 That would work if the core gameplay was good ;-)
Im in the same boat I think I may uninstall young blood and forget it ever happned
I did not expect this to be good
i've been really looking forward to this release, i love remedy's games. it's a shame quantum break couldn't get a sequel (without the tv show tie in)
The "tv show" was just a crammed in joke. It didnt develop the story in any way.
@@Peter_739 yeah, that was the issue. a quantum break sequel where you get to actually play the villain side instead of watching it would've been much more impactful overall
2:15 "Tolerance will reach such a level that intelligent people will be banned from thinking so as not to offend the imbeciles."
- Fyodor Dostoyevsky
The floatyness of the character reminds me of Christopher Walken in fatboy slim "weapon of choice" lol
I agree, it's easier to aim in first person.
He liked a game???
We live in the End times!!!
Mack the camera zoom in that blocks your view is a bug and they know about it and will fix it in a patch...
and another Epic Store exclusive meeeh :/
I will think again when it will be released on Steam next year. But I can't support this exlusitivity busines scheme for a platform that has no benefits compared to Steam for me as a customer.
@Ogami be interesting to see actual sales vs Epic exclusive sales, but suspect we never will...
@Ogami figures...well, it's their money. I'll just wait a year. Only a few months now until Metro: Exodus...
2019 : most games Should have an Option to Switch between first & third person Period !! God even Bethesda can do it 😳
Extremely Woke, very badly Optimized due to that Ray Tracing Gimmickry, and not available on Steam. No thanks Mack, I think I will Keep My Money in My Wallet.
Just Purchased Control on a Sale today ( almost done downloading ) as i enjoy Third person + Single player games & Since i have a Rtx Gpu : why not as this is the only game that i know of that has all the A.i. Ray Tracing technology = all in One and Mack likes it So ..... Thanx 4 Posting 🎥
The whole females in power thing i expect it to come from a Swedish videogame, not finnish. Thankfully Finland has a brain
But this is a finnish videogame
@@rerecycled7507 i know that's why i said thay finland has a brain
@@darkroninmarvel Oh I see. Finland has a brain because they made this game centered on the whole females in power thing that you expect from Sweden. That's quite a confusing way of saying Finland and Sweden both have brains.
@@rerecycled7507 i mean in the sense that it's not obvious pandering over a mediocre game *cof* new colossus *cof* battlefield v *cof* what i mean is that finland is actually trying to make a good game everyone can enjoy
Cant think whats worse, rolling around in 3rd. Or forced to stare at an arse. Actually, it does help if she's fit. Thanks Mack
Too bad it isn't on Steam. Remedy Perkele!
Control is worth every penny, and every second of play.
F.E.A.R 100% has the best A.I
Agreed. At least the first one. That and Stalker Shadow of Chernobyl.
It does a good job of fooling people into thinking the AI is good. Most of it is scripted around expectations of how the player is going to approach a situation, but if you're too quick or approach it unexpectedly, the AI just totally shits itself and can't react.
@@super_pretendo That is what AI should be good enough to fool us.
Stalker Shadow of Chernobyl AI actually had to be dialled back coz it was too effective at killing the player
Is that a glitch when the camera keeps getting stuck behind her when aiming? I'm playing on console and I never had that happen
Epic game store exclusive, not worth a buy!
Ever since I heard Max Payne himself introduce this game I was hyped :D
Liberalism...