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Use It Before You Lose It
Chris Kavan - wrote on 02/23/2022
Remedy Entertainment has dipped their toe into a lot of genres but are known mainly for two major series: Alan Wake and Max Payne. Control is tangentially related to Wake's story (in fact an entire DLC is dedicated to this link) but owes most of its influence from the SCP Foundation - a community wiki that describes various paranormal, supernatural, and other mysterious phenomena that often take the form of both fantastical and mundane objects/creatures and covers several genres but mostly leans towards sci-fi and horror. Control's main group, the FBC (Federal Bureau of Control) is directly inspired by the SCP as well as several of the objects you encounter throughout the game. With a vast amount of information to choose from, Control manages to craft its own world very well, with …
