Remedy Drops First Gameplay Trailer for Control Resonant at State of Play
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Remedy's latest State of Play trailer for Control Resonant showcases gravity defying combat and a cosmic horror version of Manhattan starring Dylan Faden.
Remedy Entertainment just gave players a fresh look at Control Resonant during the latest PlayStation State of Play presentation, showing off a trippy, cosmic horror vision of Manhattan. Following previous cinematic teases, this new footage confirms that the upcoming action thriller will star Dylan Faden as he tries to purge the city of supernatural deities. Players will navigate a genuinely surreal environment where reality shifts constantly, pitting Faden against familiar threats like the Hiss and the Mold in a setting Remedy describes as a geophysical nightmare.
The gameplay slice highlights some major mechanical shifts for the franchise, centering on gravity manipulation and reality bending. Faden can literally flip the world on its side to battle enemies along the faces of skyscrapers. Combat also introduces the Aberrant, a versatile weapon that morphs on the fly between forms like a heavy hammer and a set of quick daggers. It is a striking evolution of the supernatural gunplay that defined the original game, and it leans heavily into the weird fiction aesthetic that fans have come to expect from the studio.
For a community that has watched Remedy build an interconnected universe across Control and Alan Wake, this new project represents another major swing at weird storytelling and inventive mechanics. While players are still weighing how these new systems will feel in practice, the technical ambition on display is hard to ignore. As development rolls on, all eyes will be on whether Remedy can stick the landing and maintain that crucial balance between mind bending set pieces and grounded human stakes.
Original reporting by Patricia Hernandez on Polygon. Read the full story here
Tags: Control Resonant, Remedy Entertainment, PlayStation, State of Play, Action Games
Original article: Polygon