CONTROL Resonant Opens at 83 on Metacritic
Remedy changed genre, lead and city for this sequel, and the scores land in the low 80s with the same complaint about repetition, so the studio's eccentricity carried the reviews rather than the combat did.
Reporting from 1 source: Game Spark.
CONTROL Resonant released on September 24, 2026 for PC, PS5 and Xbox Series X|S. At the time of writing, the PC version holds a metascore of 83 across 45 reviews, the PS5 version 83 across 76 reviews, and the Xbox Series X version 81 across 11 reviews. Reviews split on the shift in genre, protagonist and setting, with several citing late-game monotony in combat.
Remedy Entertainment's sequel moves the series to a Manhattan infested with supernatural phenomena and hands the lead to a new protagonist, changes reviewers repeatedly flag. The high marks go to the city itself: PlayStation Universe calls it an astonishingly stylish kaleidoscope, and The Wand Report notes the recreation is vast and grand. The low marks cluster on the second half, where Oyungezer asks for the monotony to be reined in and CGMagazine says the game loses momentum entirely by the end and calls it the weakest Remedy title in roughly the past decade.
Synthesized by Yomimono from the 1 cited source below, including Japanese-language reporting where cited, then editorially reviewed before publishing.