When Remedy released
Control in late summer 2019, it quickly captured the gaming zeitgeist. For longtime fans of the studio, it was yet another example of Remedy s often-underappreciated sense of style. Eventually, it became the first game from the Finnish team to really break through since
Max Payne nearly 20 years prior.
There was one issue though: consoles struggled to run it at times. In the fast-paced third-person shooter, things were usually fine, but pause the game or go to the character menus and you d be hit with a staggering, stuttering exit back to the action. Every time. Without fail.
The Xbox Series X|S and PS5 seem to have cleaned that up across the board, which is great news for anyone who has upgraded their console and not the game. But for the complete package, including both fascinating expansions and other enhancements,