@@cookingwithken8528 this section is unlimited you can go back and do it as much as you like even after passing through it once in story mode because the only way to find the right way through the maze is by putting the headphones and turning on this kick-ass song .
@@leonardocaelum4581 That's not entirely true. You can go back, but they play a heavily shortened version of the song and take you right to the end of the maze.
I still LEGIT believe that the members of The Old Gods of Asgard are Thor and Odin in the Remedy game lore. That one lore entry about them in American Nightmare just gives that impression.
@@clayisahottie That, an the fact that their music is aleays basically a summation of whatever game's plot that it's included in. Hell, with the lake being able to create the situations described, the whole plot of any game may be their doing.
This song becomes even better when you realize that, in-universe, it was written by a couple of senile american vikings huffing magic lake water to see visions of the future. Meaning Ahti didn't just give Jesse an awesome song to listen to but a song that's specifically about her!
@cybernurgle6413 He may have written Jesse Faden/the FBC into existence in his bid to [redacted as fuck]. One hypothesis is that the Oldest House/Oceanview Hotel/Motel directly links to him.
@@20fortheJuice Alan doesn't have the power to create people out of nothing, and especially not something as complex and sprawling as the Bureau and the Oldest House (and besides, they existed since *before* he was even born). He said it himself in AWE: What he does is to nudge, to move existing people by suggestions (there's even a nod to the movie Inception), so as to make them think they acted on their own will. As to why Alan knows about the FBC and Jesse, I think of it like this: As Alan has the power to influence reality, so does reality over his writing. He may be thinking he's coming up with those names and concepts, but what he is really doing is to "intuitively" grab what already exists and use it for his own story. Reality is, unbeknownst to him, giving him the "ideas" for names and places.
@emptybin4542 Yep, Ahti is a water deity in Finnish mythology. That's why he likes to take sauna I guess: Throwing water on hot rocks and then go swimming in a cold lake from sweaty room...
Makes you wonder how many Old Gods still walk the Earth and how many can help us against the darkness and Hiss and all the negative s!@# Remedy can throw at us.
Holy freaking shit, I just realized the song actually adjusts as you play through the maze. It's like it's chopped into samples that get shifted around depending which part of the maze you're in. There's even unique parts in the song that aren't on the "official" version available on streaming services. I know some games have dynamic soundtracks, but this is some next level audio direction. Bravo PotF!
@@JnEricsonx The interactive version does sound a bit weird once you've heard the studio version, but when you play it, it hits hard nonetheless. Especially when the quiet parts of the song and the solos get longer as you fly through the shifting walls and floors of the maze. It feels like a trippy interactive music video.
Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance does the same thing, and Devil May Cry has a system similar to that where the music gets vocals once you get into S tier of combat.
@@extrnalsorce4974 I’m not sure that’s exactly the same. Those soundtracks are continuous and intentionally layered, they don’t have a beginning, middle and end like a pop/rock song does. Here, have a look how it’s been done by Marty O’Donnell for Halo ages ago th-cam.com/video/LY3uOiXZb0s/w-d-xo.html I think what POTF/Remedy did is a bit more tricky and novel.
So, who else thought (when playing or watching a playthrough) when they saw 'Ashtray Maze' that there was going to be a slow, puzzle filled, annoying maze segment ahead? A big block of filler stuffed in to pad the late game? 'Cause I did. I have NEVER enjoyed being so completely goddamned wrong in a game in my life! Best part of the game. Best part of any game this year to be honest.
I was re-editing the gameplay in my mind by having Jesse practically dance when throwing pieces of the maze upon the Hiss corrupted. Usually when I play a level, I take it slow, methodical and thorough. Here my push was hard, fast and unrelenting.
The best part is how, by the second half of this segment, the Ashtray Maze is rapidly putting up walls between Jesse and large groups of Hiss just as they spawn in. _It's actively working together with her!_
I'm sure you know this, but, In Max Payne, there is a janitor is humming the song "Late Goodbye" by Poets Of The Fall, the band behind Old Gods Of Asgard. Coincidence? :)
@@ahorribleterribleperson I played without knowing what to expect; I was prepared for a russian tango or something; not a wholesome effect maze with such a metal as soundtrack
I used to do custodial work for my local school district. Lemme tell ya, being treated like a sunhuman degenerate even though you're literally cleaning up human body wastes? Yeah, it changes you. Makes you tougher than you would imagine.
@@ianmiller6040 More Finnish than Norse, but yes. He shares the name of one of the Old Gods of Finland, specifically the god of the Sea. After all, it's not a lake, it's an Ocean.
I have this personal theory that awesome music actively makes people better at games. If the track hypes you up enough, you start getting filled with confidence, and muscle memory and reflexes you barely realize you have take over. This puts you in a state of awareness in which you can snap from move to move, target to target, action to reaction - all practically without conscious thought. This song absolutely qualifies as "hype enough"
@@RaisedtoSabbath This therory may hold credence. I was getting my ass thrashed by one of the 'Major Test of Strength' shrines in Breath of the Wild, but when I put on some more fitting boss music, I beat it in that next attempt without getting hit once. There's definitely some correlation between hype music and good gameplay. People who suck at shooters can go ape in DOOM when the soundtrack picks up, and then go back to being mediocre when the music subsides.
@@atomicdreamz6035 We should have it tested, with both games and physical activities. And connect people up by electrodes and other things to measure brainwaves and muscle movement too at the same moment. Could be cool.
@@RaisedtoSabbath funny thing: That's absolutely true. Music is something that can absolutely help put you in this thing called a "Flow state" which is exactly what you described. It's when your mind shuts down and muscle memory and pure reflex take over. This isn't limited to videogames either. Martial arts, chores, work, any situation where you "Turn off" and somehow perform the task is flow.
@@devilgames2217 sadly only while in the collectible menu. You could go back to the maze, but it's shortened, so you can only walk around at the beginning or end of it
Totally not what I was expecting when Jesse turned on the walkman, but listening to this song while running through the maze had to be one of the most amazing video game experiences I've ever had. The visuals of it, the game play, the way the maze ushered you where you needed to go and actually would block off the hiss? 10/10.
@@penyuwan Yup, Alan Wake is still my favorite game by Remedy and one of my fav horror titles. (if it can be called that) It wasn't until Control that I learned these guys were a real band and alter-ego of Poets of the Fall, though. I always assumed Alan Wake was just using a licensed song, not one made for it. So that's cool!
Ive started with low expectations due to metacritic reviews but the game is awesome. The story ia very complex but the flow and gameplay are the best i ve seen in years!
For me the game was easy if tedious and time consuming. The only place I really died was at Hedron because Levitate wouldn't trigger for some reason meaning I kept falling.
@@tejaspadhye It is fun to return a couple months later for a second playthrough. You'll certainly notice a couple things you missed during your first playthrough, and it's surprising how logical some mysterious things are when you know the whole story.
@@SunlessSage for mr, i could play the second dlc again because i played Alan wake AFTER i finished control +dlcs. But whatever points you gave are true for many games
Yup, I felt exactly the same. Normally I was super cautious in the game but in this level I was going like 'Out of my way, a-holes! I'm the Director here!'
Well, there's strong evidence that they're actual gods, right down to the name. Instead of giving you a boring cryptic prophecy through an oracle, they've modernized themselves and pass on their wisdom through badass metal songs.
@@nanahuatli2144 True. The fact that The Oldest House might also be Yggdrasil helps back that theory up immensely. Of course, that raises the question: if Thor and Odin are, in fact, THE Thor and Odin... Then who is Ahti?
@@GoldLight73 Isn't he the Finnish god of waves? Which may or may not be referenced in My Dark Disquiet, "making waves and diving under, lightning to the sound of thunder".
@@nanahuatli2144 So I had to look it up and there is indeed a Finnish god of the sea called Ahti, meaning that yes, there's a very real chance Ahti is a sea god. What's more, he apparently has kind of a beef with the sky gods... Kind of makes it ironic that he'd be such a big fan of the Old Gods of Asgard, in that case.
i think the reason this song makes you feel invincible in the ashtray maze is because the hiss is a resonance based being and ahti said that they "have poor taste in music" so were using this song as a resonance against the hiss, weakening them and empowering us
If the song/walkman is already an OoP allowing one to traverse the Ashtray maze, it stands to reason that the resonance of these sick guitar licks could also fight against all forms of evil.
I got this game free on Epic. I thought it was just an oversized tech demo for ray tracing. But damn was this something else entirely. First it was weird. Then I realised it is an underrated piece of art.
I kept seeing clips about the refrigerator popping up on Instagram and it intrigued me. So when I saw it was only 8 bucks for Black Friday, I said to myself "Why not?" Looking back, I would happily pay full AAA retail-game price to relive this experience anew once more. This is "Life is Strange"-quality experience making!
Ahti...the embodiment of Snake God living on the roots of Yggdrisil the tree of life that is in everyplace at all times...in other words Ahti is the Serpent (not in a bad way mind you) and the oldest house is Yggdrisil its in all realities all at once its roots stretching deep into the fabric of the multiverse. The sevice pistol is the embodiment of every legendary relic in history. Thor's Hammer, King Arthur's Sword etc etc. Its current form is the service pistol. The lore behind this game is extremely deep and fascinating.
We can find even more refenrences to norse mythology in there. I'm pretty sure that the Ocean View is the modern form of the Bifrost. The three coloured rainbow bridge the gods use to travel the worlds. I also have the suspician that a certain cassete player is the horn of Heimdall. the horn that would be blown when ragnarok begins.
Finnished... Sorry, finished it yesterday and immediately bought DLC's. I had a slow PC for a long time, and now I can play newer games at last. This kind of games are best with pixel-perfect aiming, really, not with control pads.When DLC's are done, I am going to miss hiss.. I mean Oldest house!
Probably one of the coolest video game moment of the last decade. From the moment Ahti handles her the headphones, to the music, to the brilliant design of the maze, to Jesse saying how awesome it was. Perfect.
Normally I'd find that kind of self congratulations a little bit cringy, but goddamn did they earn patting themselves on the back I said aloud "that's was fucking awesome" moments before she did, and I'm sure I wasn't the only one 😂
@@TheAstronomer100 it does apparently you just have to choose that part in the menu and go to it and it replays like original, i havent tried it yet still running through the foundation dlc.
Eduardo Pereira Well Poets of the Fall (the actual band behind Old Gods of Asgard) have like several of their own. But I do like their heavier sound when they play their fictional selves.
@@someonerandom8552 What I especially like about their Old Gods stuff is that they let their main guitarist go nuts on the riffs which barely happens on their recent albums.
@@powertrip8676 I play quite a few. None give me that feeling I got from this level. I have very specific tastes that make it hard to find levels like this; the music, levitating thru the air, and fighting enemies. Most that fit that are anime games, and I dislike anime games...
This is closer to old POTF than modern POTF. Except for a song here and there they lost me after the first 3 albums. Wish they hadn't abandoned rock, though style doesn't really matter if songcraft would be up to par..
@@the_Distortionist I'm with you on that. Their style has changed over time, but the lyrics and actual compositions themselves have always been good. Just depends on what type of music you like.
They intentionally make you not expect it by having the music associated with Ahti be VERY different up until that point. I was expecting some calm folksy music that would like lead me through the maze somehow, and then this insanity started up.
@@ianmarchi783 there are two expansions coming next year, the second of which is called "AWE" and the preview art is a meld of Control and Alan Wake. It's due in "mid 2020". Crossover highly likely
@@leighsherval1023 I am hoping that Remedy will release "Alan Wake" on PS4 either around that time or before it so new people can check it out before AWE
One of the best examples of the synergy of music and gameplay (after the musical😉). You have already mastered all the character's techniques... and then "Take Control" sounds from your headphones. And a mission that requires you'r fully control begins!!!🤘
Doctor also mentions that there was a film director by that name. So it could be that Jessie started off in the same reality as Alan Wake, but after going through the Ordinary AWS she ended up in the parallel reality where everything was slightly different.
@@Kia044 Jesse know Thomas Zane because she has different control on time and dimension, thanks to the Polaris. Psychologist didn't found Thomas zane because Thomas Zane wrote himself out of existence. This is mentioned in Alan Wake. No need for alternative dimensions.
@@kipej6811 maybe Well I remember Jesse saying that Ahti chose a song from the band old gods of asgard for her this time, just before she approaches the maze. Regardless it is one of the many awesome moments in this game.
So let me get this straight, you put me into a game where I am running through corridors, shooting demons, collecting glowey health power ups, all with a heavy metal soundtrack blasting in the background, and it's NOT Doom?
I'm so glad to see Olli getting a chance to shred his long screaming solos again. You guys really don't utilize his amazing skills as much as you should. We want more solos please.
TBH at least in the good old days Olli had an ability to insert his solos in some songs unlike Jaska, who (also quite a skilled player) lived in Olli's shadow
The degree of lyrical depth in this song is staggering. I just realized the word "fading" recurs in the song and has a double meaning: "fading" is always pronounced as "fadin'" / "Faden"
@@JAGNTAG The point was that since Marko's pronunciation of the word is the same in other songs, it doesn't necessarily conclude that there is any double meaning behind it.
@@meownamejeff Indeed, but given that this is a song about the game, that mentions many other things from the game, it is very likley that it *is* a reference to Faden. That's not a direct reference, but a subtle one. Just like in Balance Slays the Demon, "will I never scratch the depths of this domain", the word "scratch" isn't just a random word. Both POTF and Remedy are full of many subtle hints. And Marko's personal pronouciation isn't to be taken for science, since the guy can pronounce the same word in different ways depending on the song or the day.
Remedy always gave their protagonists meaningful names. Alan Wake == A.Wake, a man who has to get out of a dream. Max Payne, well, it's both about the maximum pain of his past and the one he delivers to his enemies.
Random detail from the game lore Jesse was a fan of the Old Gods before the events of the Ordinary AWE, you can find an album sleeve from them in the junkyard area with it's info just mentioning how she fell in love with them when she found her dads records. Only to have a song about her of all things preformed as a gift by that self same band.
This song is nothing short of a masterpiece for people who have played and enjoyed the game. Not just for how it was brilliantly used in the game, but for how well written the lyrics are. I can put this song on and instantly be put back in the mindset I had when playing and relive all those great memories the game gives you. Very rarely does a song have that kind of emotional connection to something and it instantly makes me happy to listen to.
@@MikkoRantalainenThere are 5 songs in game universe, so Spotify missing one, my music service has all 5 so does TH-cam at least, Spotify needs to catch up then.
@@Wipeout186 There are 4: this, Children of the Elder God, The Poet and the Muse and Balance Slays The Demon. I know this because it's just been announced there's to be an OGOA album, which features 8 songs: the 4 already released, the 3 in Alan Wake II and an exclusive one for the album. I wonder if the 5th you're talking about is War, which was featured in Alan Wake but is a Poets of the Fall song, not them as OGOA. EDIT: The three mentioned above from Alan Wake II are Anger's Remorse, Herald of Darkness and Dark Ocean Summoning.
@@bobjenko maybe I will look at my playlist as my music app has Alan wake and control music and adding those I ended up with 5. I'm just sad Alan wake 2 is unplayable as epic is not a good launcher due to being spyware.
Just finished the part of Control where this plays. What a fucking awesome sequence. Running through a crazy ass level using all your powers killing hiss fools and blowing shit up. Hope Control sells really well, got my Hope's up for a Alan Wake sequel after coming across all the Alan Wake Easter eggs in Control.
"Auto’s cassette player" - Guessing autocorrect (ironically)? Because the name is Ahti. Who is apparently a Finnish folk hero, "Saarelainen" ("The Islander"), and oddly enough either is, or is often conflated with, Ahto, the Finnish sea god (pronounced like the typo or misinterpretation or autocorrect you made).
This song is such a great hint at how much actual control Jesse has of her actions. If you remember Alan Wake, the Old Gods of Asgard were influencing reality through their songs just like Alan was through his writing. I'm not sure if they are real or were created by Thomas Zane, just like Alan. This song not only contains information about Jesse's past, but also the future. The last verse literally says about her becoming one with Polaris, or Hedron, or whatever that life form is called in reality. So, when was this song written? Is it a new record that Alan directed them to write? Maybe, because he clearly has some control over what happens at FBC in the AWE dlc. Was it written before the events of Alan Wake? If so, how did the band know about future events? I'm guessing they hung out with Ahti, so did he tell them to write it? Maybe, because there is a message in Balance Slays the Demon that "it will happen again, in the town called Ordinary". Did Ahti direct that too? How much of Jesse's life was shaped by Zane, Wake, or OGOA? Point is, I'm so fucking hyped for Alan Wake 2. Sam Lake and Remedy just never disappoint.
Those are good questions! I actually wondered, given that this song by the Old Gods helped Jesse through the maze (just like "The Poet and The Muse" did help Alan Wake) could it be the reason why the FBC studied "My Dark Disquiet" (in the easter egg room), like they guessed the "real" Poets of the Fall ARE the Old Gods from another dimension ? And thus, they thought "My Dark Disquiet" could possibly be another OoP with hidden meaning ?
My wild guess is that everything we see in Alan Wake, Quantum Break and Control was orchestrated by Thomas Zane, in a desperate attempt to get his wife back, which instead caused the world to experience larger and larger deviations from what is physically possible. I wonder if Alan Wake 2 will confirm it...
@@FloydTheWolf Technically, maybe it's a stretch, but "My Dark Disquiet" kinda sounds like the story of control but from Dylan's perspective. I saw a theory float around that Jessie and Dylan were the same person, separated by whatever happened with the projector. So in that idea, Poets of the Fall writting the story from Dylan's perspective and Old Gods of Asgard writing the same story from Jessie's perspective, it's kind of an interesting parallel...
@@ashwilliams8783 No, it doesn't. It says Alan pushed the events of the dlc into happening, yes, but not the events of the rest of the game. The most it's hinted at Alan impacting the rest of the story is that he created the Hiss Incantation from a Dadaist poem.
The combination of this song and the ashtray maze made this the best videogame segment of 2019. People, vote Control on the Game Awards and make this game win some of those awards very well deserved
I just finished the game... When the riff starts at 05:26 I was flying around, air dodging, ground slaming, shooting, throwing rocks so dang fast it was like I was literally Neo from The Matrix... Besides Alan Wake's stage fight, I don't think I've ever had music elevate a game fight like that... And it's from same dang developer AND band... Craziness...
I feel like this section works even better if you're experienced and familiar with the tropes of video-games I was seriously expecting some chill Finnish folk tunes to vibe to while stumbling through some sort of musical maze puzzle Then this song kicked the door down, shoved a gun in my hand and said "Sike! There is no maze! Now go have a blast kiddo, this is gunna be the best ten minutes of your life" I'm absolutely convinced it was an intentional subversion, and that's what makes it so special and forever memorable
Until I played the Ashtray Maze, I was convinced Telltale Games had the best audio direction of all time with Tales from the Borderlands, but this one moment from Control outshined the entire Tales game!
Part of the subversion is that Ahti has a distinct song associated with him that he sings throughout the game, so when he gives you the cassette with a completely different genre queued up, it throws you off guard
I did this too, and also used the Grip weapon mode against anything that wasn't one of the heavies or the exploding hiss. There's a certain awesome factor in slowly walking forwards, dropping enemies with a pistol without breaking stride.
I'm a little ashamed to say that at the end of the Ashtray Maze, with this song in the background, my eyes were moist from excitement... What a catahrsis... What a game...
i do not know why, but when finally I went through the maze and the song started to play..i got some tears while fighting the enemies, i was happy, or excited..all the emotions at once! I've love this kind of surprise in a game :-D
I was scared of missing something to unlock and did those damn office tasks way to long before or risked getting spoiled and just looked it up if I get something or of this is an endless chain
Why don't developers do more of this? It's awesome I love how the music fits the game feelings perfectly.. Far as i can see here, i'm not the only one..
I was so distracted in that maze, what with everything else going on in that mission, thinking 'I know that voice'. Pleasant surprise to see this band turn up where I didn't expect.
2:00 Lyrics 'Oh can't you see the light is fading? And in the night the demons rage and call your name.' and 'No deeper madness than your own making' are about Alan Wake, but no one seems to notice that.
never played the game, but starting at 1:52 the song really starts to speak to me. parts of it seem to be about an internal struggle with self-destructive behavior, a struggle to become someone who acts instead of someone who's acted on--to take control. and that's what a lot of therapy is about; getting people to take control and responsibility for their own behavior.
Im listening this for almost year. And i am still amazed that EVERY single line refers to the game. Its hard to write song like that, but when accomplished it will remain for whole eternity as something remarkable. Imagine : every time someone plays game then you hear this song. And imagine years later - every time you listen to this song it reminds you the whole game :D
I really love how the song has so much behind it in universe while also being slick as hell and making the surprise of the "maze" turning into a hectic series of battle arenas. Most of all I absolutely love the fact that the song is explicitly yelling at you to "take control" in the gameplay sense. It's letting you know in such a unique way that you're in the endgame and your loadout/build should've fully come online. It's showing you in the coolest way possible "This is the finale! You're the director! You have your full kit now! What're you waiting for? Unleash the beast!" And as soon as you do it feels like you've unlocked something that was right in front of you the whole time, but you were subconsciously blocking yourself off from which fits into the themes of the whole game itself it's uncanny.
Its my personal interpretation that the Cassette player plays the song that best fits whoever holds it. The Sankarin Tango exemplifies Ahti and his endless fight against entropy as the Multiverse's janitor, and it does this through a song that perfectly reflects his culture and background as well. I was 100% expecting a music based, lost woods style puzzle in the ashtray maze with having to follow the familiar song, but they made the choice to change the song, because its Jesse's tape player now, and Take Control is her song.
@@chiffmonkey Honestly I don't care about them cosplaying as OGoA members and who is who, the point is rather hearing the songs live. And I guess most of those hoping for OGoA live would agree with me.
Just wanted to drop in and say that, whenever Remedy makes a sequel, I sincerely hope they call on you guys again for another amazing track like this. Aside from playing the game itself like 8 times (at least thrice just to play the Maze again), I've watched a dozen documentaries about the making of Control and I'm always blown away but how much effort you guys put into it along side the devs. So thank you for being you and doing this for us.
This sequence alone in Control is the first time in years a game made me feel like a badass without the entire point of the game being to feel like one. I loved it.
Word can't express how much I love this song. Worked so well in Control, of which I - and I assume lots others - first heard it. But as a track in itself, it's an absolute banger through and through, and I keep going back to it, long after I've put the game to rest.
![Old Gods of Asgard - Take Control (Extended Game Version) [Re-Edited Lyrics]](/img/n.gif)
"That was awesome."
-Jesse Faden, exiting the most awesome segment of her adventure.
Barry Wheeler said the same thing in Alan Wake after the stage fight.
@@penyuwan Coincidence? I think not.
MrMacju it’s outright confirmed there the same verse.
@@djcuevas1057 Yeah, I know. I saw the room.
@@djcuevas1057 Which is funny cause Matthew Perotta is in both. So Alan Wake and Dr Darling have the same voice. Nice guy btw. :)
Thanks for the walkman, Ahti.
* pony walkman
The best Part on the game!
I purposely let myself be killed before finishing the maze so i could do it all over again... It just felt like watching a movie!!!
@@cookingwithken8528 this section is unlimited you can go back and do it as much as you like even after passing through it once in story mode because the only way to find the right way through the maze is by putting the headphones and turning on this kick-ass song .
@@leonardocaelum4581
That's not entirely true. You can go back, but they play a heavily shortened version of the song and take you right to the end of the maze.
As Jesse walked out of the maze, I sat back and said out loud, "That was awesome " My mind was blown when Jesse said the same thing two seconds later.
Same! Except we said it at the same time. I almost thought the game was recording my audio. Lol
Same hahahahha that was fuckin sic
same !!!
Those 5 minutes are great
Same!
"the song is a present from my friends to you"
Ahh, yes. Ahti's friends, the Old Gods of Asgard.
I mean, it's on-brand.
Well Ahti is a finnish god (in Mythology) and presumably that's why he's named that.
I still LEGIT believe that the members of The Old Gods of Asgard are Thor and Odin in the Remedy game lore. That one lore entry about them in American Nightmare just gives that impression.
@@clayisahottie That, an the fact that their music is aleays basically a summation of whatever game's plot that it's included in. Hell, with the lake being able to create the situations described, the whole plot of any game may be their doing.
Turning fiction into reality, just like Alan Wake is doing in his game.
This song becomes even better when you realize that, in-universe, it was written by a couple of senile american vikings huffing magic lake water to see visions of the future. Meaning Ahti didn't just give Jesse an awesome song to listen to but a song that's specifically about her!
The song was a prophecy
Not just visions, but may have actively been making that future happen by making this song because of how the lake works.
How does Alan figure into this from AWE dlc?
@cybernurgle6413 He may have written Jesse Faden/the FBC into existence in his bid to [redacted as fuck]. One hypothesis is that the Oldest House/Oceanview Hotel/Motel directly links to him.
@@20fortheJuice Alan doesn't have the power to create people out of nothing, and especially not something as complex and sprawling as the Bureau and the Oldest House (and besides, they existed since *before* he was even born). He said it himself in AWE: What he does is to nudge, to move existing people by suggestions (there's even a nod to the movie Inception), so as to make them think they acted on their own will. As to why Alan knows about the FBC and Jesse, I think of it like this: As Alan has the power to influence reality, so does reality over his writing. He may be thinking he's coming up with those names and concepts, but what he is really doing is to "intuitively" grab what already exists and use it for his own story. Reality is, unbeknownst to him, giving him the "ideas" for names and places.
I'm so glad for the relationship Remedy has with these musicians.
Sam Lake and Marko are BFF.
@𝘿!𝙘𝙠 Riding ǤƗяℓ Aubrey "That.... was.... awesome!"
- Barry Wheeler, Alan Wake's publicist.
I love the symmetry from these games.
Especially Darling. He made the best piece in the world. It's a real boom
@@lotus_cz4508 DYNAMIIIITE
Just playing now alan Wake. Found them in the game and i was stoked since i played control long time ago. Very nice reference 👌
"Take my cassette player. You can borrow it. The song is...a gift. From my friends to you."
Given who Ahti is implied to be... I can't help but think that the "friends" he's talking about are the actual, literal Old Gods of Asgard.
@@linkhyrule5800 By the way: He is actually, play Alan Wake 2, Ahti returns ^^
To a Finn holiday is holy, perkele
@emptybin4542 Yep, Ahti is a water deity in Finnish mythology. That's why he likes to take sauna I guess: Throwing water on hot rocks and then go swimming in a cold lake from sweaty room...
Makes you wonder how many Old Gods still walk the Earth and how many can help us against the darkness and Hiss and all the negative s!@# Remedy can throw at us.
Holy freaking shit, I just realized the song actually adjusts as you play through the maze. It's like it's chopped into samples that get shifted around depending which part of the maze you're in. There's even unique parts in the song that aren't on the "official" version available on streaming services. I know some games have dynamic soundtracks, but this is some next level audio direction. Bravo PotF!
Yeah, that's a bit odd, I honestly prefer it to just to play straight through, at least when I first played it sounded that way.
@@JnEricsonx The interactive version does sound a bit weird once you've heard the studio version, but when you play it, it hits hard nonetheless. Especially when the quiet parts of the song and the solos get longer as you fly through the shifting walls and floors of the maze. It feels like a trippy interactive music video.
Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance does the same thing, and Devil May Cry has a system similar to that where the music gets vocals once you get into S tier of combat.
Yep. That's music programming for you. It's one of those things that, if done well, people tend not to notice.
@@extrnalsorce4974 I’m not sure that’s exactly the same. Those soundtracks are continuous and intentionally layered, they don’t have a beginning, middle and end like a pop/rock song does. Here, have a look how it’s been done by Marty O’Donnell for Halo ages ago th-cam.com/video/LY3uOiXZb0s/w-d-xo.html
I think what POTF/Remedy did is a bit more tricky and novel.
This song makes you feel absolutely invincible and unstoppable. Best decision made in making this game.
I had the SAME feeling and i believe the most of the people too. Amazing game 👌
Thanks PS Plus 😂❤️
You should play Alan Wake. It has a very similar level.
you should play doom eternal, the entire game like that lol
Pull out the breach form with purging intent
@@karlkastor *CHILDREN OF THE ELDER GODS!!!*
So, who else thought (when playing or watching a playthrough) when they saw 'Ashtray Maze' that there was going to be a slow, puzzle filled, annoying maze segment ahead? A big block of filler stuffed in to pad the late game?
'Cause I did.
I have NEVER enjoyed being so completely goddamned wrong in a game in my life! Best part of the game. Best part of any game this year to be honest.
Aye-aye man,
I was expecting portal levels of tedium in solving the ashtray maze and then - BLAST !
Easily the best part. And aside from the crazy ass difficulty, I loved the game.
I was re-editing the gameplay in my mind by having Jesse practically dance when throwing pieces of the maze upon the Hiss corrupted.
Usually when I play a level, I take it slow, methodical and thorough. Here my push was hard, fast and unrelenting.
Same here, I was bracing tedious grinding and general annoyance but the moment this song kicked off, I was pumped.
Yep, I was fully expecting that too - I was expecting to basically be Lost Woods But Scary/Trippy. I very much shared Jesse's sentiment at the end.
This is the best comment I’ve ever seen
@@guymcfly7282 I AGREE
On this we agree
**HISS**
Not only is this a kick ass song, it perfectly summarizes the entire plot of the game
Yeah, it is as if the events of the game were written by some people and brought to life through the magic of some Lake.
@@nerine4188 Well the game is directed and written by Sam Lake lol
@@nerine4188 it is part of the same universe. You even meet wake in the ocean view in the dlc.
As "The poet and the muse" in Alan Wake!
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The best part is how, by the second half of this segment, the Ashtray Maze is rapidly putting up walls between Jesse and large groups of Hiss just as they spawn in. _It's actively working together with her!_
Would you say she's taken control of it
I like how the music starts with the lyrics being "Take control" and ends with "I control"
Either that, or it's protecting the Hiss from *her*.
Dammit. I am laughing way too hard at Oldest/Waffle House. Well done, Sir/Ma'am.
Remedy will always have a special spot in my heart for introducing me to POTF
Alan Wake was my calling to POTF
I will as well, fell in love with the band by playing Max Payne 2 over and over!
@@brettellison4119 Same. Damn, now I need to replay Alan Wake.
OH MEMORY AND THOUGHT! JET-BLACK AND CLOUD!
Ironically for me it is other way around xD
"FADING in as children play twilight games"
"A rising sense of AWE and wonder"
Brilliant. Chills.
"HISSing noises in the hallway"
Singer Marko Saaresto was featured on Lauri Jahrvilehto's "Twilight Cinema" ages ago (1990s?). PotF had an album called "Twilight Theater".
Also "POLARIS in a web of hypocracy"
Beautiful
Faden in as children play twilight games. cant you see the light is Faden
@@PirateTVProductions When bALANce slays the demon you'll find peace
I really enjoyed Control.
One of those games you want to erase from your head so you can experience it again fresh.
@Morning Sun Sparkles Dew on fresh grass I can't wait for the dlc ^_^ That reminds me I need to play Quantum Break again
I’m literally on my 5th time playing
Just like Assassins Creed Black Flag
When it full on destroyed the credits for the fake ending, I guess you could say...
*I was in A.W.E.*
The game pissed me off
As a janitor, this is definitely going into my work playlist. Thanks Ahti
but do you have all the keys?
I'm sure you know this, but, In Max Payne, there is a janitor is humming the song "Late Goodbye" by Poets Of The Fall, the band behind Old Gods Of Asgard. Coincidence? :)
Alongside the Finnish Tango, I hope
@@NoDream424 I have always very much respected the job of the janitor, but since Control, I see them as asomething more
@@Etiainen everything with Sam Lake is purposefully coincidence :)
One of the best sequences in modern gaming. I'll never forget it.
*Modern* Gaming? Probably the only Best.
Same.
Yes, but this game is 7 years old bro( I mean, there is nothing in modern gaming. Such masterpieces as Control releases once a 5-10 years.
Can you replay that specific mission? What is it called?
@@TohaZhirnijbut 2019 was only 4 years ago???
„That...was awesome!“
- Jesse “The Director“ Faden, fangirl since age 9.
How old r u now? Btw i just finished the game and i really loved it
@@giorgosnikolaou7219 no Jesse has been a fangirl since she was 9.
She had the same expression I had, I was like, yes I agree jesse
9 or 7?
(Taken from reddit)
"What was your favorite level in the game? And why was it the ashtray maze?"
No level can top Ashtray Maze. The only level that tried failed.
@@ahorribleterribleperson Agreed, I didn't care about dying if it meant I listened to this song for longer.
@@ahorribleterribleperson I played without knowing what to expect; I was prepared for a russian tango or something; not a wholesome effect maze with such a metal as soundtrack
@@nyallavolpe we both have been lucky to not know that
The maze is one of those things you wish you could forget and do it again.
The fact that Ahti doesn't need a device to keep the Hiss out really proves that Janitors are just built different
I used to do custodial work for my local school district. Lemme tell ya, being treated like a sunhuman degenerate even though you're literally cleaning up human body wastes? Yeah, it changes you. Makes you tougher than you would imagine.
@@FFXI_Addict thanks for your hard work! Janitors are the backbone of the working world. Without you folks things would fall into chaos 👍
I'm still surprised almost nobody seems to notice that Athi answeres to Fadens inner monologue.
There's some speculation Ahti is a Norse God himself in disguise. What influence could demons possibly have over a God?
@@ianmiller6040 More Finnish than Norse, but yes. He shares the name of one of the Old Gods of Finland, specifically the god of the Sea. After all, it's not a lake, it's an Ocean.
Suddenly I was freeflowing, taking no damage and killing enemies with ease. Song was clearly an OoP
Or a ritual
I have this personal theory that awesome music actively makes people better at games. If the track hypes you up enough, you start getting filled with confidence, and muscle memory and reflexes you barely realize you have take over. This puts you in a state of awareness in which you can snap from move to move, target to target, action to reaction - all practically without conscious thought. This song absolutely qualifies as "hype enough"
@@RaisedtoSabbath This therory may hold credence. I was getting my ass thrashed by one of the 'Major Test of Strength' shrines in Breath of the Wild, but when I put on some more fitting boss music, I beat it in that next attempt without getting hit once.
There's definitely some correlation between hype music and good gameplay. People who suck at shooters can go ape in DOOM when the soundtrack picks up, and then go back to being mediocre when the music subsides.
@@atomicdreamz6035 We should have it tested, with both games and physical activities. And connect people up by electrodes and other things to measure brainwaves and muscle movement too at the same moment. Could be cool.
@@RaisedtoSabbath funny thing: That's absolutely true. Music is something that can absolutely help put you in this thing called a "Flow state" which is exactly what you described. It's when your mind shuts down and muscle memory and pure reflex take over. This isn't limited to videogames either. Martial arts, chores, work, any situation where you "Turn off" and somehow perform the task is flow.
Came here from Remedy. Gotta say, the Janitor knows his music.
Do you know if there is anyway to play the music at any time, like MGSV?
@@devilgames2217 sadly only while in the collectible menu. You could go back to the maze, but it's shortened, so you can only walk around at the beginning or end of it
@@Jodsalz16
They should make it so we can play all the songs while doing anything in the game.
@@devilgames2217 same, although I'd like a photo mode even more
@@Jodsalz16
I'd take that too.
Totally not what I was expecting when Jesse turned on the walkman, but listening to this song while running through the maze had to be one of the most amazing video game experiences I've ever had. The visuals of it, the game play, the way the maze ushered you where you needed to go and actually would block off the hiss? 10/10.
I agree. The best parts of Fallout 4 got close but despite the not-so-great controls of Control, this is the winner this far.
Did you notice that it said PONY instead of sony on it :D
Yeah, I think everybody was awaiting for Finnish tango.
This was legit one of the most awesome sequences I've played in any game in a *long* time.
have you played Alan Wake? same band but on a rock stage.
@@penyuwan Yup, Alan Wake is still my favorite game by Remedy and one of my fav horror titles. (if it can be called that) It wasn't until Control that I learned these guys were a real band and alter-ego of Poets of the Fall, though. I always assumed Alan Wake was just using a licensed song, not one made for it. So that's cool!
Control is underrated af.
TRUE. just completed it 1st time it's fucking masterpiece
Ive started with low expectations due to metacritic reviews but the game is awesome. The story ia very complex but the flow and gameplay are the best i ve seen in years!
Bruh this game was too good I brought the season pass
@@strigon012 I hope there will be a sequel
@@Maleotin same
Rest of the Game: damn this is kinda hard, i keep dying
Ashtray Maze: YOU DARE OPPOSE ME MORTALS!!
For me the game was easy if tedious and time consuming. The only place I really died was at Hedron because Levitate wouldn't trigger for some reason meaning I kept falling.
@@notatroll7128 same. and too bad game doesnt have replaybility
@@tejaspadhye It is fun to return a couple months later for a second playthrough. You'll certainly notice a couple things you missed during your first playthrough, and it's surprising how logical some mysterious things are when you know the whole story.
@@SunlessSage for mr, i could play the second dlc again because i played Alan wake AFTER i finished control +dlcs. But whatever points you gave are true for many games
Yup, I felt exactly the same. Normally I was super cautious in the game but in this level I was going like 'Out of my way, a-holes! I'm the Director here!'
Never felt so alive shooting extradimensional horrors in an infinite hyperdimensional maze.
I love that there's just a band in this universe that can predict an entire game's plot with their songs.
predict/influence/create. Those songs were written near Cauldron Lake after all...
Well, there's strong evidence that they're actual gods, right down to the name. Instead of giving you a boring cryptic prophecy through an oracle, they've modernized themselves and pass on their wisdom through badass metal songs.
@@nanahuatli2144 True. The fact that The Oldest House might also be Yggdrasil helps back that theory up immensely. Of course, that raises the question: if Thor and Odin are, in fact, THE Thor and Odin... Then who is Ahti?
@@GoldLight73 Isn't he the Finnish god of waves? Which may or may not be referenced in My Dark Disquiet, "making waves and diving under, lightning to the sound of thunder".
@@nanahuatli2144 So I had to look it up and there is indeed a Finnish god of the sea called Ahti, meaning that yes, there's a very real chance Ahti is a sea god. What's more, he apparently has kind of a beef with the sky gods...
Kind of makes it ironic that he'd be such a big fan of the Old Gods of Asgard, in that case.
i think the reason this song makes you feel invincible in the ashtray maze is because the hiss is a resonance based being and ahti said that they "have poor taste in music" so were using this song as a resonance against the hiss, weakening them and empowering us
Well, we can say that this song is an object of power
Odin and Tor Anderson >> Hedron
If the song/walkman is already an OoP allowing one to traverse the Ashtray maze, it stands to reason that the resonance of these sick guitar licks could also fight against all forms of evil.
@@vinteum2.1
Hedron = Defensive Resonance
OGoA = Offensive Resonance
@@KuthGoblin Considering how the Old Gods became famous after getting high off Cauldron Lake water, which is an OOP in itself, I'd say you are right.
That Control sequence has to be moment of 2019
Hands down the BEST gaming mission of the 2010s if not all of the 2000s and beyond. Still gives me chills hearing this remembering playing it!
Entertainment does not exist in a vacuum
4:36 I am serious this guitar solo is so fucking metal that it brings tears to my eyes
If Tony Iommi, Jimmy Page, and Brian May all collaberated on one solo...
i can feel you,brother
When are you going to make a video about this beautiful game man? Hope it's soon❤️
WAIT YOU????????????????
One of the best songs I've ever heard in my 45 years of being a musician. Couldn't believe it was created for the game; I thought it already existed!
I got this game free on Epic. I thought it was just an oversized tech demo for ray tracing. But damn was this something else entirely. First it was weird. Then I realised it is an underrated piece of art.
I kept seeing clips about the refrigerator popping up on Instagram and it intrigued me. So when I saw it was only 8 bucks for Black Friday, I said to myself "Why not?"
Looking back, I would happily pay full AAA retail-game price to relive this experience anew once more. This is "Life is Strange"-quality experience making!
@@jamestouchette859 Funny you mentioning LiS cause their styles are quite apart but I see what you mean
@@Z-Twinturbo agreed. They both do such a great job creating a world that you, the player, can surrender yourself to and become immersed in!
That’s Remedys work in a nutshell to be fair
same i just played it last month. i was so wrong for waiting.
Ahti...the embodiment of Snake God living on the roots of Yggdrisil the tree of life that is in everyplace at all times...in other words Ahti is the Serpent (not in a bad way mind you) and the oldest house is Yggdrisil its in all realities all at once its roots stretching deep into the fabric of the multiverse. The sevice pistol is the embodiment of every legendary relic in history. Thor's Hammer, King Arthur's Sword etc etc. Its current form is the service pistol. The lore behind this game is extremely deep and fascinating.
We can find even more refenrences to norse mythology in there.
I'm pretty sure that the Ocean View is the modern form of the Bifrost. The three coloured rainbow bridge the gods use to travel the worlds.
I also have the suspician that a certain cassete player is the horn of Heimdall. the horn that would be blown when ragnarok begins.
@@Nodrasta Duuude. The motel as the Bifrost is a great analogy!
i read EVERY page of lore you can find on the game and i enjoyed every letter of it
So he’s meant to be Nidhoggr? That’s sick.
@@somedood07 If that’s the case, does that mean Jesse is basically Ratatoskr?
Just finished Control and i realize i've been missing out for years.. I hate how underrated this is
Absolutely criminal that remedy games doesn't get that much attention
Finnished... Sorry, finished it yesterday and immediately bought DLC's. I had a slow PC for a long time, and now I can play newer games at last. This kind of games are best with pixel-perfect aiming, really, not with control pads.When DLC's are done, I am going to miss hiss.. I mean Oldest house!
Have to agree just finished it yesterday is amazing such a well thought out game in so many aspects!
@@angelobronte6029exactly. Even Quantum Break is an amazing game.
Same
Probably one of the coolest video game moment of the last decade. From the moment Ahti handles her the headphones, to the music, to the brilliant design of the maze, to Jesse saying how awesome it was. Perfect.
Yessss
Normally I'd find that kind of self congratulations a little bit cringy, but goddamn did they earn patting themselves on the back
I said aloud "that's was fucking awesome" moments before she did, and I'm sure I wasn't the only one 😂
It was topped in alan wake 2 immensely
Would navigate the maze again
10/10
Would pay for an expansion called "Infinite Ashtray Maze Mode"
@@LucasOliveira-zt1xl
Who knows, we might be back when the excursions hit later this year.
Omg that would be aMazing. You could have time trials against leaderboards in certain sections! And each section has an awesome song!
don't understand why the game doesn't let you...
@@TheAstronomer100 it does apparently you just have to choose that part in the menu and go to it and it replays like original, i havent tried it yet still running through the foundation dlc.
We need a full album from OLD GODS OF ASGARD!
So Poet and the Muse, Children of the Elder God, Balance Slays the Demon, The Happy Song, and this song.
Eduardo Pereira Well Poets of the Fall (the actual band behind Old Gods of Asgard) have like several of their own. But I do like their heavier sound when they play their fictional selves.
@@someonerandom8552 What I especially like about their Old Gods stuff is that they let their main guitarist go nuts on the riffs which barely happens on their recent albums.
uhmm Happy Song was actually Poets not Old Gods
@@Rixxalight Yeah it's Marko confessing to literally having psychosis. No joke.
As MGR, DMC5, and Doom Eternal have proved time and time again.......... *You're only as good as the soundtrack wants you to be*
I have NEVER loved a level from a game more than Ashtray Maze. Perhaps the first level from a game that I love.
you gotta play "effect and cause" from titanfall 2
you need to play more video games my dude
@@powertrip8676 I play quite a few. None give me that feeling I got from this level.
I have very specific tastes that make it hard to find levels like this; the music, levitating thru the air, and fighting enemies. Most that fit that are anime games, and I dislike anime games...
@@fireblade295 Don't listen to them mate. The level is clearly awesome.
This is up there, but I can think of others, say, the Suicide Mission from Mass Effect 2.
I thought I would never hear an Old Gods of Asgard song again. It's like the metal version of Poets of the Fall... AND I F*CKING LOVE IT ♥
Man, I really want Marko to do a full on death metal scream just once.
This is closer to old POTF than modern POTF. Except for a song here and there they lost me after the first 3 albums. Wish they hadn't abandoned rock, though style doesn't really matter if songcraft would be up to par..
It's kinda like Power Metal in lyrical and musical content. And I hella love it!!
@@crystallogic2543 I actually find that their songwriting has been really consistent throughout the years
@@the_Distortionist I'm with you on that. Their style has changed over time, but the lyrics and actual compositions themselves have always been good. Just depends on what type of music you like.
I was not expecting this when Ahti gave me his cassette player to get through the maze. My favorite part of the game!
They intentionally make you not expect it by having the music associated with Ahti be VERY different up until that point. I was expecting some calm folksy music that would like lead me through the maze somehow, and then this insanity started up.
@@haldalas I mean, he's Finnish, and Finland has the most metal bands per capita in the world, sooo...
Listening to this = most epic vacuum cleaning of my life. Perkele.
Perkele = shit.
god damn
@@hariman7727 no?????
@@hariman7727
Shit=Paska.
Perkele=Perkele, what is ancient pagan god, but today used as a curse word.
There's no translation for it.
@@trumpjongun8831 what's the closest you can get to it in english?
Wake up Alan, is time to rise against the darkness
Remedy Game Universe
@@colbyboucher6391 but the door with the spiral is that of alan wake
@@ianmarchi783 there are two expansions coming next year, the second of which is called "AWE" and the preview art is a meld of Control and Alan Wake. It's due in "mid 2020". Crossover highly likely
wake the fuck up H.P. Lovecraft. we have an ocean to burn.
@@leighsherval1023 I am hoping that Remedy will release "Alan Wake" on PS4 either around that time or before it so new people can check it out before AWE
One of the best examples of the synergy of music and gameplay (after the musical😉). You have already mastered all the character's techniques... and then "Take Control" sounds from your headphones. And a mission that requires you'r fully control begins!!!🤘
There’s also a segment in control where Jesse mentions a Thomas Zane poem and her doctor says he doesn’t exist.
Thomas Zane was the guide and the main ally of Alan Wake like Polaris to Jesse :-O
@@sebastian221983 Voiced by the same Actor that voices Trench. Could he be the same Character?
Doctor also mentions that there was a film director by that name.
So it could be that Jessie started off in the same reality as Alan Wake, but after going through the Ordinary AWS she ended up in the parallel reality where everything was slightly different.
@@Kia044 Jesse know Thomas Zane because she has different control on time and dimension, thanks to the Polaris. Psychologist didn't found Thomas zane because Thomas Zane wrote himself out of existence. This is mentioned in Alan Wake. No need for alternative dimensions.
@@MehmetAliFIRAT
Ah, so Jesse was just immune to Thomas Zane's power.
Ahti the Janitor sure has a good taste in music
It's not. Ahti says that the song is a gift for Jesse from his... friends.
He listens to Sankarin Tango
@@kipej6811 maybe
Well I remember Jesse saying that Ahti chose a song from the band old gods of asgard for her this time, just before she approaches the maze.
Regardless it is one of the many awesome moments in this game.
@@kipej6811 I thougt he meant that Old Gods of Asgard are his friends.
@ActivReitz Look at the character model of Ahti. Look at Marko in the My Dark Disquiet video. Fairly sure Ahti IS Marko.
@@AnonEyeMouse Martti Suosalo
So let me get this straight, you put me into a game where I am running through corridors, shooting demons, collecting glowey health power ups, all with a heavy metal soundtrack blasting in the background, and it's NOT Doom?
I so want to see Jesse and Doomguy have a fullblown back to back badasses moment.
Doomguy's music has more chainsaws and less lyrics.
Doom is more violent while Control is flashier. Both are awesome, though.
Doom is going through hell.
Control is going through bureaucracy/hell
Yes.
I'm so glad to see Olli getting a chance to shred his long screaming solos again. You guys really don't utilize his amazing skills as much as you should. We want more solos please.
You make a good point, but if they always had Olli's awesome solos, they would be as satisfying to listen to!
Agreed. There was only 1 real solo on Ultraviolet.
Random Awesome
I think the guitar parts are not played all alone by Olli. 😊
Still missing good old RR times
TBH at least in the good old days Olli had an ability to insert his solos in some songs unlike Jaska, who (also quite a skilled player) lived in Olli's shadow
These guys can't make a bad song.
happy song
@@accuso Happy Song is amazing, what are you on about?
Sadly the same can't be said about Remedy and their games lol
@@spazzyphantasm Remedy has never made a bad game
@@spazzyphantasm Even Quantum Break was pretty fucking good, just a little tedious at times with all the live action integrations.
The tempo and vocal drop at around 4:30 just proves beyond ANY DOUBT this man can sing and his band is absolutely his equal
Those. Damn. Guitar solos.
The degree of lyrical depth in this song is staggering. I just realized the word "fading" recurs in the song and has a double meaning: "fading" is always pronounced as "fadin'" / "Faden"
You are digging in too deep. That's how Marko pronounces the word. Give a listen to "The Sweet Escape".
Yosef Marko uses this type of double-meaning in his lyrics all the time though. In one of the Alan Wake games he even uses ‘Wake’ in a similar way.
@@JAGNTAG The point was that since Marko's pronunciation of the word is the same in other songs, it doesn't necessarily conclude that there is any double meaning behind it.
@@meownamejeff Indeed, but given that this is a song about the game, that mentions many other things from the game, it is very likley that it *is* a reference to Faden. That's not a direct reference, but a subtle one. Just like in Balance Slays the Demon, "will I never scratch the depths of this domain", the word "scratch" isn't just a random word. Both POTF and Remedy are full of many subtle hints. And Marko's personal pronouciation isn't to be taken for science, since the guy can pronounce the same word in different ways depending on the song or the day.
Remedy always gave their protagonists meaningful names. Alan Wake == A.Wake, a man who has to get out of a dream. Max Payne, well, it's both about the maximum pain of his past and the one he delivers to his enemies.
Random detail from the game lore Jesse was a fan of the Old Gods before the events of the Ordinary AWE, you can find an album sleeve from them in the junkyard area with it's info just mentioning how she fell in love with them when she found her dads records. Only to have a song about her of all things preformed as a gift by that self same band.
This song is nothing short of a masterpiece for people who have played and enjoyed the game. Not just for how it was brilliantly used in the game, but for how well written the lyrics are. I can put this song on and instantly be put back in the mindset I had when playing and relive all those great memories the game gives you.
Very rarely does a song have that kind of emotional connection to something and it instantly makes me happy to listen to.
I so wish the Old Gods of Asgard was a real band, or that at least Poets of the Fall would make more songs like this. It's honestly their best work.
Old Gods of Asgard has 4 songs on Spotify. Unfortunately, the other songs are not this heavy but still well made.
@@MikkoRantalainen We'll probably get more songs too when Alan Wake 2 comes out in October.
@@MikkoRantalainenThere are 5 songs in game universe, so Spotify missing one, my music service has all 5 so does TH-cam at least, Spotify needs to catch up then.
@@Wipeout186 There are 4: this, Children of the Elder God, The Poet and the Muse and Balance Slays The Demon. I know this because it's just been announced there's to be an OGOA album, which features 8 songs: the 4 already released, the 3 in Alan Wake II and an exclusive one for the album.
I wonder if the 5th you're talking about is War, which was featured in Alan Wake but is a Poets of the Fall song, not them as OGOA.
EDIT: The three mentioned above from Alan Wake II are Anger's Remorse, Herald of Darkness and Dark Ocean Summoning.
@@bobjenko maybe I will look at my playlist as my music app has Alan wake and control music and adding those I ended up with 5.
I'm just sad Alan wake 2 is unplayable as epic is not a good launcher due to being spyware.
Just finished the part of Control where this plays. What a fucking awesome sequence. Running through a crazy ass level using all your powers killing hiss fools and blowing shit up. Hope Control sells really well, got my Hope's up for a Alan Wake sequel after coming across all the Alan Wake Easter eggs in Control.
I walked XD It felt so much more badass.
This man after playing AWE: Y E S
Well
Alan wake is getting a remaster
so theres a chance it might get a sequel
with, thats my hope, confirmation its part of the Control universe
@@firebladeentertainment5739 it’s already been confirmed to be in the same universe, the AWE DLC in Control makes it explicitly clear
This aged well
I've heard for years how good the Ashtray segment was and when I finally played it today I straight up wasn't expecting what I got. Incredible.
At first I thought there would be some classical Finnish music in Ahti’s cassette player...and then this plays.
Most epic maze adventure.
"Auto’s cassette player" - Guessing autocorrect (ironically)? Because the name is Ahti. Who is apparently a Finnish folk hero, "Saarelainen" ("The Islander"), and oddly enough either is, or is often conflated with, Ahto, the Finnish sea god (pronounced like the typo or misinterpretation or autocorrect you made).
OmegA's Gaming Channel #SaveTheOA my bad. Yes, it is “Ahti” apple doesn’t recognize the name, of course it doesn’t.
To be fair, Finnish folk music is pretty dope.
This song is such a great hint at how much actual control Jesse has of her actions. If you remember Alan Wake, the Old Gods of Asgard were influencing reality through their songs just like Alan was through his writing. I'm not sure if they are real or were created by Thomas Zane, just like Alan. This song not only contains information about Jesse's past, but also the future. The last verse literally says about her becoming one with Polaris, or Hedron, or whatever that life form is called in reality. So, when was this song written? Is it a new record that Alan directed them to write? Maybe, because he clearly has some control over what happens at FBC in the AWE dlc. Was it written before the events of Alan Wake? If so, how did the band know about future events? I'm guessing they hung out with Ahti, so did he tell them to write it? Maybe, because there is a message in Balance Slays the Demon that "it will happen again, in the town called Ordinary". Did Ahti direct that too? How much of Jesse's life was shaped by Zane, Wake, or OGOA?
Point is, I'm so fucking hyped for Alan Wake 2. Sam Lake and Remedy just never disappoint.
Those are good questions! I actually wondered, given that this song by the Old Gods helped Jesse through the maze (just like "The Poet and The Muse" did help Alan Wake) could it be the reason why the FBC studied "My Dark Disquiet" (in the easter egg room), like they guessed the "real" Poets of the Fall ARE the Old Gods from another dimension ? And thus, they thought "My Dark Disquiet" could possibly be another OoP with hidden meaning ?
My wild guess is that everything we see in Alan Wake, Quantum Break and Control was orchestrated by Thomas Zane, in a desperate attempt to get his wife back, which instead caused the world to experience larger and larger deviations from what is physically possible. I wonder if Alan Wake 2 will confirm it...
@@FloydTheWolf Technically, maybe it's a stretch, but "My Dark Disquiet" kinda sounds like the story of control but from Dylan's perspective. I saw a theory float around that Jessie and Dylan were the same person, separated by whatever happened with the projector. So in that idea, Poets of the Fall writting the story from Dylan's perspective and Old Gods of Asgard writing the same story from Jessie's perspective, it's kind of an interesting parallel...
Awe expansion clearly says that all Control events are made up by alan wake to find a way out from the lake and dark
@@ashwilliams8783 No, it doesn't. It says Alan pushed the events of the dlc into happening, yes, but not the events of the rest of the game. The most it's hinted at Alan impacting the rest of the story is that he created the Hiss Incantation from a Dadaist poem.
If Alan Wake 2 is on the way, Old Gods better be in it.
tor and odin were awesome and poets rock.
Tor and Odin were my favorite characters in the first one
Oh boi do i have new for you! Its on its way
Good thing is that Alan Wake 2 is coming 👍
that was control all of them link
In the words of Jesse
"That was awesome"
"That. Was. Awesome." - Director Faden
Just finished Control for the first time. This was by far my favourite part, couldn't stop smiling!
"That was awesome."
Indeed it was!
Are you guys going to team up with Casper Darling for a track?
Dynamite Control ;)
That would be dino-mite!
Lmao!
Best song to ever exist. That was hilarious!
Anyone remember the reversed text in "Balance Slays The Demon"? "It will happen again, in another town, called Ordinary".
When I first heard them mention ordinary in game it was one of those 'of crap, how long has this been planned' moments.
@@thenewpeterv a long time. They mentioned AWE'S in Quantum Break as well
what reversed text and whats reversed ?
@@perahoky Balance Slays The Demon, near the end you hear reversed audio fairly clearly.
there is reversed text here
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6:16
This bit is my absolute favorite. The way everything clicks together is just sooo nice.
The combination of this song and the ashtray maze made this the best videogame segment of 2019. People, vote Control on the Game Awards and make this game win some of those awards very well deserved
I just finished the game... When the riff starts at 05:26 I was flying around, air dodging, ground slaming, shooting, throwing rocks so dang fast it was like I was literally Neo from The Matrix... Besides Alan Wake's stage fight, I don't think I've ever had music elevate a game fight like that... And it's from same dang developer AND band... Craziness...
That was one of the hardest fights in that game one the highest level, it was so bloody good and fun
I feel like this section works even better if you're experienced and familiar with the tropes of video-games
I was seriously expecting some chill Finnish folk tunes to vibe to while stumbling through some sort of musical maze puzzle
Then this song kicked the door down, shoved a gun in my hand and said "Sike! There is no maze! Now go have a blast kiddo, this is gunna be the best ten minutes of your life"
I'm absolutely convinced it was an intentional subversion, and that's what makes it so special and forever memorable
Until I played the Ashtray Maze, I was convinced Telltale Games had the best audio direction of all time with Tales from the Borderlands, but this one moment from Control outshined the entire Tales game!
You're right. This game is an OOP
Lol that is exactly what I was expecting too; I was totally caught off guard. Loved it.
Cringe
Part of the subversion is that Ahti has a distinct song associated with him that he sings throughout the game, so when he gives you the cassette with a completely different genre queued up, it throws you off guard
I purposefully walked through this entire segment, partly to make it last longer, partly because it made me feel like an old god of Asgard
I did this too, and also used the Grip weapon mode against anything that wasn't one of the heavies or the exploding hiss. There's a certain awesome factor in slowly walking forwards, dropping enemies with a pistol without breaking stride.
Brought here by Remedy and Control. The Ashtray Maze alone just about makes the game worth full price. Badassery personified.
This was honestly the most badass fucking moment I've experienced from a game in years. Not even Doom Eternal got me like this.
I'm a little ashamed to say that at the end of the Ashtray Maze, with this song in the background, my eyes were moist from excitement... What a catahrsis... What a game...
Nothing to be ashamed of, friend, that shit was awesome!
By Odin's beard, the old gods have returned 🤘
By Thor's Hammer, it's time to sing the night away!
Why I love Remedy is because they make whole entire songs that tie into their stories and they're always fire!
Going through the maze to this song made it feel like I was on god mode
Old God mode))
Yesssssss
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Gods, the "in the oldest house and all these empty rooms" part owns my absolute soul. So evocative, so haunting, so melodic.
i do not know why, but when finally I went through the maze and the song started to play..i got some tears while fighting the enemies, i was happy, or excited..all the emotions at once! I've love this kind of surprise in a game :-D
This is what rock/metal in minor key does to you. Plus fantastic game sequence. Epic.
You guys never fail to create a masterpiece! HOW ARE YOU NOT MORE WELL KNOWN!?!?!?
@alejandrothefader I know who they are, they still aren't as famous as they should be
Just realised the lyrics actually tells the whole story of control
)))
I know I'm a little late but that's because I've finished tidying all the coffee cups
Same
Me too 😁🤟🏻
I was scared of missing something to unlock and did those damn office tasks way to long before or risked getting spoiled and just looked it up if I get something or of this is an endless chain
Wait... you actually finished tidying them?? 🤔
@@Budman5000 I’m a woman of course I did 😎
Why don't developers do more of this? It's awesome I love how the music fits the game feelings perfectly.. Far as i can see here, i'm not the only one..
4:35 that guitar solo absolutely drags the tears out. So damn good.
Hearing that part in-game blew my mind. Unforgettable! Can't wait for Control 2.
I was so distracted in that maze, what with everything else going on in that mission, thinking 'I know that voice'. Pleasant surprise to see this band turn up where I didn't expect.
2:00 Lyrics 'Oh can't you see the light is fading? And in the night the demons rage and call your name.' and 'No deeper madness than your own making' are about Alan Wake, but no one seems to notice that.
never played the game, but starting at 1:52 the song really starts to speak to me. parts of it seem to be about an internal struggle with self-destructive behavior, a struggle to become someone who acts instead of someone who's acted on--to take control. and that's what a lot of therapy is about; getting people to take control and responsibility for their own behavior.
Im listening this for almost year. And i am still amazed that EVERY single line refers to the game. Its hard to write song like that, but when accomplished it will remain for whole eternity as something remarkable. Imagine : every time someone plays game then you hear this song. And imagine years later - every time you listen to this song it reminds you the whole game :D
I really love how the song has so much behind it in universe while also being slick as hell and making the surprise of the "maze" turning into a hectic series of battle arenas.
Most of all I absolutely love the fact that the song is explicitly yelling at you to "take control" in the gameplay sense. It's letting you know in such a unique way that you're in the endgame and your loadout/build should've fully come online.
It's showing you in the coolest way possible "This is the finale! You're the director! You have your full kit now! What're you waiting for? Unleash the beast!" And as soon as you do it feels like you've unlocked something that was right in front of you the whole time, but you were subconsciously blocking yourself off from which fits into the themes of the whole game itself it's uncanny.
Its my personal interpretation that the Cassette player plays the song that best fits whoever holds it. The Sankarin Tango exemplifies Ahti and his endless fight against entropy as the Multiverse's janitor, and it does this through a song that perfectly reflects his culture and background as well.
I was 100% expecting a music based, lost woods style puzzle in the ashtray maze with having to follow the familiar song, but they made the choice to change the song, because its Jesse's tape player now, and Take Control is her song.
They kind of do that in a small segment in Alan Wake 2. Following one of Ahti's songs.
Make a special concert with OGoA as pre-band! The only 2 bands that both consist of the exact same members, playing to warm up for themselves! :D
That idea is pure genius.
It would be tricky because Odin is a combination of Marko AND Olli.
@@chiffmonkey Honestly I don't care about them cosplaying as OGoA members and who is who, the point is rather hearing the songs live. And I guess most of those hoping for OGoA live would agree with me.
@@serinde1 Yeah I'd love to hear these tracks live.
Except for spinal tap opening for themselves as their second band
"that was awesome" indeed my awesomeness reached the roof and beyond in this mission i love when games makes you a complete badass while playing .
Alan Wake 2 made me replay Control, and I fell in love with this song all over again.
How is Alan Wake 2? Played the first one but haven't tried 2nd.
"It will happen again, in another town, a town called Ordinary."
I wonder whats the other reverse lyrics in this song, could be the next games.
And look at the album art for Memory Thought Balance Ruin!
What do you mean this song is great
@@kimiaheidari2951 Noone said otherwise
Yes! So in for this idea
Ahti's mixtape is fire!
Just wanted to drop in and say that, whenever Remedy makes a sequel, I sincerely hope they call on you guys again for another amazing track like this. Aside from playing the game itself like 8 times (at least thrice just to play the Maze again), I've watched a dozen documentaries about the making of Control and I'm always blown away but how much effort you guys put into it along side the devs. So thank you for being you and doing this for us.
DUDE THE MAZE SECTION WAS AMAZING!
So well done. A masterpiece of a game in my opinion. Easily one of the best games I've played ever and that's not a joke.
This sequence alone in Control is the first time in years a game made me feel like a badass without the entire point of the game being to feel like one. I loved it.
Janitor always has the keys.
The guitar playing in this band is top notch. Well, the whole band is amazing live as well.
Word can't express how much I love this song. Worked so well in Control, of which I - and I assume lots others - first heard it. But as a track in itself, it's an absolute banger through and through, and I keep going back to it, long after I've put the game to rest.