Alan Wake, Control Studio’s New Game Launches To Rocky Start As Online Reception Decidedly Mixed

Alan Wake, Control Studio’s New Game Launches To Rocky Start As Online Reception Decidedly Mixed

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Remedy's games have always represented the highest quality. Ever since 2001's Max Payne, the studio has produced a flurry of hits, including Alan Wake and Alan Wake 2, Control, and even Quantum Break.

It’s got the classic formula and the modern approach.

Its latest game, FBC: Firebreak, deviated from the company's tried-and-true single-player formula, though, and the reception from players online has almost certainly not been as Remedy would have hoped. The game launched to "Mixed" reviews on Steam and faced a barrage of other complaints in online forums like Reddit.

FBC: Firebreak is Remedy Entertainment's take on Left 4 Dead. It's a multiplayer co-op FPS in which players revisit Control's Oldest House, fighting off waves of enemies under the control of The Hiss. Conceptually, it sounds like a winner. Control's world and setting were lauded upon the game's 2019 release, and with the Remedy seal of quality, it should have been a winner, but with less than 24 hours under its belt, many don't feel like that's the case.

The game currently has 60 percent positive reviews on Steam, leaving it with the platform's "Mixed" indicator. Its detractors cited a lack of content, including...

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