polybank

A seriously ambitious sequel that I was anxious about, but now I feel stupid for ever doubting Remedy. The presentation, atmosphere, and bizarre setpieces are incredible. Combat is probably the so-so part. Enemies can feel overly spongey and hit ridiculously hard in the first few hours, only for you to be taking them down within seconds by the last stretch. Still, Remedy's willingness to throw genuinely weird, experimental sequences at you carries it. It's not as instantly cohesive as the first Control, but it's far more ambitious, and when it works, there's really nothing else like it.