Control Resonant Reviews
Control Resonant is Remedy's boldest experiment yet, successfully bringing its distinctive style to the open-world action RPG genre. Its story, characters, world design, exploration, customization and atmosphere are excellent, while the combat is merely decent and holds the experience back. Despite some compromises, its unique world and wealth of content make it difficult to put down.
Review in Slovak | Read full review
Control Resonant might frustrate you at times, especially in its early hours, but the more you dig into it the more enjoyable and rewarding it becomes. Weird in the most wonderful of ways, its creativity makes it one of the highlights of the year.
The biggest obstacle is the combat's difficulty, particularly when enemies attack from outside your view or provide unclear tells. You can either adapt to the game's demanding combat or use the extensive assist options to tailor the experience to your preferences. Either way, Resonant successfully expands what a Control game can be while retaining the strange atmosphere that made the original stand out.
Control Resonant is a bold sequel in which Remedy has rebuilt the foundations of its predecessor, rather than simply offering more of the same. Brilliant combat, excellent development of Dylan’s abilities, satisfying exploration and a Manhattan brimming with abstract ideas make it hard to tear yourself away from this adventure lasting over 30 hours. Not all plot threads maintain the same pace, and the visuals aren’t as rich in detail as Alan Wake 2, but ultimately the Finnish developers have stepped out of their comfort zone and delivered an even better game.
Review in Polish | Read full review
Topping the first Control is no easy feat, and while it’s debatable if it has, the fact remains this is one of the most unique experiences, a game that trusts you enough not to spoon feed you everything and rather give you enough breathing space to figure things out yourself.
Review in Arabic | Read full review
Control Resonant has a lot going for it. It's a technical and artistic achievement, with amazing visuals, memorable characters, and a lot of platforming... but it fumbles with the combat. Sadly, fighting is incredibly boring and repetitive, and fighting is something Dylan does a lot. The most frustrating and disappointing aspect of Resonant is that it's a brilliant idea that's executed so utterly flatly.
CONTROL Resonant is an excellent sequel that expands the universe of the first game, changing and adding things in a unique way without losing the essence we knew and loved. You can spend hours delving into the text and audio files scattered across the map to better understand the story. The musical elements are very appealing, making the gameplay even more immersive, as are every visual detail in the environments, some perhaps irrelevant, but still satisfying. On the other hand, the difficulty can make the experience frustrating, causing the player to feel stuck and have to leave some things behind until later. In any case, it's a must-have title for fans of the first CONTROL.
Review in Portuguese | Read full review
Control: Resonant is Remedy at its finest: strange, ambitious, and hard to compare to anything else. Its fantastic hack-and-slash gameplay takes a while to reveal its full potential and can feel somewhat repetitive at times, but it ultimately delivers frantic, flexible, and incredibly addictive combat. Its extraordinary mobility, the strength of its narrative, and a Manhattan capable of creating one-of-a-kind images and sensations make this sequel one of the most unique games of the year.
Review in Spanish | Read full review
Strange, ambitious and often frustrating, Control Resonant pushes Remedy's formula to its limits. It won't appeal to everyone, but its strong personality makes it hard to forget.
Review in Italian | Read full review
A sequel that expands the world of Control through Dylan's story and fast-paced melee combat. Confusing navigation and repetitive puzzles can be tiring at times, but its bizarre, twisted vision of Manhattan can only be described as a work of art.
Review in Korean | Read full review
Despite some big bugs, that doesn’t stop the momentum that Remedy Entertainment has built with Control Resonant.
CONTROL Resonant doesn't try to replace Control. It takes the same foundation and pushes it in another direction, giving you a more physical and aggressive way to experience Remedy's paranormal world. It is weird, sometimes messy, occasionally frustrating, but it rarely feels ordinary.
Control Resonant is a solid sequel. Remedy has changed a few fundamental aspects and transformed the original third-person shooter into a much more action-packed RPG
Review in German | Read full review
"A bold sequel with a unique style" Control Resonant proves that Remedy wasn't aiming for a safe sequel, but rather an experience that redefines the series. The shift to close-quarters combat, movement abilities, gravity manipulation, and the distorted world of Manhattan all lend the game a distinct and unique identity. While repetition and navigation issues prevent it from achieving perfection, when the movement, combat, and world design come together at their best, Control Resonant delivers a standout Action RPG experience. It clearly bears Remedy’s signature style and justifies its existence as a new entry, rather than merely rehashing what worked in the first game.
Review in Arabic | Read full review
Control Resonant boldly turns nearly every pillar of the original on its head while still feeling unmistakably like Control. It isn’t quite as polished as it is ambitious, but that ambition still makes it one of Remedy’s most interesting and audacious sequels.
Review in Unknown | Read full review
Control Resonant is Remedy’s most commercial game to date. The studio made some concessions to make its universe more appealing to a wider audience, while still applying its creative DNA to deliver an open‑world AAA that feels refreshingly different from the norm. Unfortunately, the team’s lack of experience with melee combat becomes evident, negatively impacting the overall experience.
Review in Portuguese | Read full review
Control Resonant is a brilliant sequel that successfully reinvents Remedy's formula with a mind-bending open world, exhilarating traversal and deeply human writing, led by a remarkably moving Dylan. Repetitive enemies and a disappointing French dub hold it back slightly, but it remains one of the best games of 2026.
Review in French | Read full review
Overall my experience with Control Resonant ended with me being very pleased with everything involved, as the combat was very in-depth and was constantly shifting, allowing for new gameplay styles and combinations. The story followed Remedy Entertainment’s usual style that kept me guessing right to the credits, and even then I wasn’t sure what I saw was the truth or if there was more to find. Finally, the game’s world was simply a lot of fun to explore with the various abilities being unlocked that made it easier while also providing me with enough challenges that I had to come back in the future.
On its own merits, though, "Control Resonant" still offers a story that ranks among the better ones in the video game genre, an overall atmospheric open world, and, last but not least, a cool combat system if you're into sometimes frantically fast, spectacular action.
Review in German | Read full review
Control Resonant is an absolute masterpiece of game design. Remedy unleashes its full creative potential in a sprawling, mind-bending Manhattan, offering some of the most surreal and breathtaking environmental shifts ever seen in gaming. Trading gunplay for a relentless, highly aggressive melee combat system was a massive risk, but Remedy executes it flawlessly. Control Resonant is a triumph.
Review in Unknown | Read full review