Control is Epic Games Store's free game this week
Remedy Entertainment's Control is free to download and own for good on Epic Games Store this week.
One of the most enticing aspects of the Epic Games Store is its weekly vault-opening, in which a surprise game is made entirely free for all users for a week. These titles are only downloadable for a 7-day period, but will be owned forever once claimed. Now, EGS is offering up one of the most beloved games in recent years as Control is the Epic Games Store free game of this week.
As they do every week, Epic Games Store didn’t reveal its latest free game until the moment it became available to download. From now until June 17 at 8 a.m. PT/11 a.m. ET, anybody with an Epic Games account can download Control from the Epic Games Store client. Once the game is swapped out next week, you’ll still own it.
The Vault has opened… and something within is calling you to the Oldest House.
— Epic Games Store (@EpicGames) June 10, 2021
Discover a world unknown. Humanity is at stake. Will you regain CONTROL? 🔻
It should be noted that this is the base version of Control. That means that you won’t receive any of the DLC or content that was added post-release. Even with that in mind, it’s quite a tasty offer. Control was a Game of the Year contender in 2019, and has been one of the most impressive releases from Remedy Entertainment in many years.
Control is also an excellent game to experience on PC. It’s graphical quality and ray tracing capability make it an excellent showcase for mid to higher-end PCs. Even if you don’t have the room to install Control on your computer right now, you can claim the offer, and then make room and install it whenever you get the chance to do so.
Control is this week’s free Epic Games Store download, and will be available until June 17. Epic Games Store continues to entice players by offering some of the best games out there at zero cost. To keep up with the weekly titles coming out of the vault, stay tuned to Shacknews’ Epic Games Store topic page.
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replyDonovan Erskine posted a new article, Control is Epic Games Store's free game this week
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Remedy's GOAT.
I wish Epic would have contacted me though and ask if I already owned it. -
Nice. Game is really great. I enjoyed it as a SCP-3rd person narrative game.
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Play this game
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No, lots of f-bombs and moments of extreme violence towards humans. Psychological terror and occult references. Loads of firearm combat.
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All completely fair warnings that a parent needs to be aware of, and definitely would not say it a good game for that age, broadly.
but I've also seen mature 10 year olds into that stuff and as long as you know your kid is fine with that, its great since it doesn't go overly gorey or sexualized as most mature games would.-
Sure - it's all up to the parent. For my kid it's too much in my judgement, but I know parents who let six year-olds watch Aliens and Stranger Things.
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Depends on the 10 year old. I would have loved that shit. Some kids might be terrified or upset.
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Only if they have the latest RTX card.
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You should play it yourself for a few hours, then decide.
But I don't think it is. The story deals with some pretty far out concepts that kids really have no reference point for, they won't be able to contextualize it. Maybe if you think your 10 year old is ready for David Lynch movies or something.
And the core gameplay is pretty mediocre. There are so many 3rd person action games out there with decent gameplay that are better for kids.
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They released the game on Xbox One. Which has basically a Radeon HD 7850 in it, and mid-grade Jaguar CPU.
So you should be good to play it at 30fps medium settings, I'd say
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No excuses people.
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HOLY SHIT. I hope my PC can play it.
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I already own it like three times now but cool!
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Haha that's wild; I'm a masssssive ALAN WAKE fan and I don't even own Control on anything (well, I guess I do now).
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Hitman 3 on sale and coupon stacks
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I enjoyed them. It’s more Control with some more fun gunplay and some more hints into the story and lore and all that good stuff.
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Did they record more scenes with the head scientist guy?
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Dr. Darling? Unfortunately no :(
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He's an actor, definitely good idea to stay jacked in case you want to be in an action movie or something.
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If you find yourself struggling with the combat, turn on some assists in the menu. There are no trophies for difficulty and enabling assists does not affect or change the outcome of the game at all.
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Damn wonder how much they paid remedy for that
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Once you get a decent amount of powers (seize, shield, levitate) it starts to feel like a proper Metroidvania with really fun combat.
But yeah the first, maybe four hours, is a bunch of wandering and being unable to get places.
I think the game was marketed and kind of reviewed as third-person action when it's much closer to something like Metroid Prime or Shadow Complex.-
I beat the game without getting the shield somehow. I wonder how much of the game I missed.
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That “what the fuck is going on” along with the reports is just one of the aspects that kept reeling me in. I don’t think it starts out slow at all just very mysterious and vague. That in of itself was interesting enough to keep me going.
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I could have sworn that this was a free game before this week. Maybe I'm getting Control mixed up with some other similar title name.
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It was exclusive to the Epic Store for like a year I think, and went on sale a lot
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That's what I thought I was just wondering if I was imagining things or misremembering things.
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https://www.shacknews.com/chatty?id=40662403
I was wrong :)
Although sadly I think I have this game on Steam from Humble Bundle and I've still never played it.
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Thank you for making me aware of this, watcher. Thank you for always being watching, from the shadows. Your eternally vigilant guard is such a thankless job and yet crucial to our survival. You are the hero we need, but not the one we deserve. When I am lost in the night, I breathe easy, because I know you are out there, watcher, watching, always.
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Good things come to those who wait!
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That puts Control in an elite club. Last one I remember doing this was GTA 5
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