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Control tells us the story of Jesse Faden, a woman with a mysterious past, who is searching for answers and her lost brother. To do this she goes to the Federal Bureau of Control (FBC), a clandestine organization of the United States government in charge of the containment, study and control of supernatural phenomena. What Jesse does not know is that when she gets there, she will become the new director of the agency after the death of the former director and that the agency was invaded by a threat from another world called the "Hiss".

Now without going into detail I can tell you that, although the main story is short (it only covers 10 chapters), it is worth playing it and it is accompanied by good cinematics, visuals and exploration, which is one of my favorite aspects.

(EXPLORATION)

Called the Oldest House, exploring the building is a creepy experience, its dark atmosphere with red tones, the floating people, voices speaking in the background, possessed enemies and twisted structures, are some of the many details that will make you want to explore all its corners. You will find a lot to do with the main and secondary missions, in addition you will be able to find a collection of collectibles such as documents, files, videos and audios that will tie you with the events that occurred inside the building and their unique details. And if you still lack the desire, exploration will reward you with boxes containing pistol upgrades and personal upgrades that can be found everywhere on the map.

(GAMEPLAY)

Now speaking a little more about the mechanics, I can say that they have many that are very excellent and there are others that cause discomfort. To start the best: Jesse has supernatural abilities, which you can acquire as you progress through the game. From throwing objects to controlling your enemies you will never tire of combining these to make combat a dynamic one. Abilities are acquired by doing missions related to power items, which are a type of altered item from another dimension known as the astral plane. You will know more if you play it. In combat you will combine these abilities with the service pistol, a power item that can only be wielded by the FBC director. Now, the most interesting thing about the gun is that it is literally alive and in this case it chooses you. The same 4 shooting modes, of which you can equip 2 and switch simultaneously while fighting. To unlock the modes you will have to find the necessary materials and have enough virtual coins to make the modifications. Just in case, this gun doesn't need to be conventionally reloaded so you won't have to worry about that.

One of the skills you unlock at first is throwing items, and this is where the environment is a big factor. The environment of this game is one of the most satisfying that I have had to explore, virtually everything can be destroyed and you can use it in your favor or against enemies. There is no greater satisfaction than seeing the massive destruction you have left after combat with enemies or a boss. From the enemies you will find a great variety of them, from security guards, military and regular people who were possessed by the Hiss. Bosses for their part, although rare, will challenge your abilities. And if you want an even bigger challenge, you can explore the secondary bosses that appear in the secondary missions.

To save the game you will have to go to the different control points scattered around the map, there you can use your skill points, fast travel to other locations that you have already cleared and build improvements. You also get interesting animation with some of the control points, almost simulating Doctor Strange scenes.

And as a small detail, in the game there are puzzles that will give you a different challenge if you are interested in this type of gameplay. Almost none are part of the main narrative so you don't have to worry if it's not your style.

(THE NEGATIVE)

Definitely no game is perfect and here in certain aspects that could detract from your experience.

The things you cannot control will be the performance of the game when you are in combat where there are many enemies at the same time. And is that the aesthetics and combat effects of Control are ambitious, but come to the decrease in performance and frame rate. This defect does not occur on PC but on base consoles.

Although the mechanics of saving the game through specific points has been seen in other games, such as Horizon Zero Dawn and Jedi Fallen Order, if you die you will have to repeat some previous battles and travel distances that you had traveled before just because there is no other point where to save the game. There are no manual saves either.

Another mechanic that could be frustrating is not being able to control the level of difficulty. The game is inconsistent with the level of challenge it proposes and you may find combat repetitive on some levels, while others challenge you in a way that seems almost impossible to defeat.

Exploring, as I said before, is one of my favorite aspects of the game, but using the map is frustrating since you can't navigate it and you can spend hours circling around to get to a specific place. It is better if you use fast travel or search for a guide on the internet if you do not want to waste much time.

Finally, the narrative around Jesse is interesting for the most part, but there are definitely characters that feel underdeveloped and the length of the game doesn't help at all. If all the characters were at the level of Ahti, the janitor, it would definitely be a better game.

What is the end point of the game?

Control is a game of exploration, mystery, and action. You arrive with a mission to find your lost brother, but you have the responsibility to solve what has happened inside the FBC. You will visit other dimensions, you will find power objects, you will use your abilities and you will fight against threats to take Control. If this theme interests you and you have played any of the other Remedy titles or you just want an unconventional experience with a delicacy of missions to do and places to explore, I recommend this game.

Currently rewatching all X-Men films and this definitely takes a top spot on my list. It builds upon what X1 introduced us to and goes deeper with some characters, specially Wolverine. Nightcrawler's introduction was great and very helpful for later sequences. Also, Magneto had more meaningful action, same with Mystique. Stryker was a decent villain.

I'll leave a list of some things I liked about the movie and some thing it fixed from X1.

What X2 did well:

• Charles being used and manipulated, exposing his weaknesses
• Gave depth to characters stories, specially Wolverine
• Nightcrawler's addition and action sequence at the start
• Stryker controlling mutants plot
• Storm's power being used more
• Pyro

What X2 fixed from X1:

• Less Rogue screen time and dialogue (tho still one too many screams)
• Choreography* in fighting scenes (X1 ones were baaaaaad)
• No Sabretooth (YAY)
• Longer movie time
• No more bad CGI
• Jean Grey's flirting, kinda seemed staged in the X1, feels more fluent in X2

So overall, it did a great job on being the stronghold for the franchise establishment. It deserves an 8.5/10

I guess as a lot of people hyped up the movie because of Sandra Bullock's appearance or something.

I'm not mad at the fact that I sat through 2 hours of scenes leading to nothing but what's with this plot?

The evil in this movie is an ESSENCE (that we have no idea where it came from or how it got there)?? Meaning it can't defeated??? Aight, what's next? A bunch of characters just randomly getting killed and then Sandra getting trough a river just to arrive to a school of the blind, IN THE MIDDLE OF A FOREST.

Look, the quality and scenery of this movie was there but the plot is soooo predictable and tbh faulty of logic, also pretty unoriginal. Every character and scene is just a means to an end, it's pretty boring.

Oh, I also forgot to mention that because the directors decided to show the scenes for the river at the start of the movie you pretty much know everything that's going to happen, that's how pointless this movie is.

I'm not going to lie, I liked the movie, it was a refreshing view to see Scott Eastwood be joined by John Boyega to save the world, once again, from the Kaiju monsters.

Although plot it's indeed very similar to the first movie, there were a few twists here and there that I didn't expect to happen like the Jaegers being the attackers and Newt being the villain instead of the chinese Girl. I was also surprised how well handled the character represented by Cailee Spaeny (Amara Namani) was, though its was also very 'cliche'.

I took 3 stars away because there was a couple of big jumps in the movie that I just straight up noticed. Also, some pointless sequences and lack of character development. Not to mention the motivational speeches, cause what a military movie without them haha. Anyways that's pretty much it, enjoy the movie for what it is.

Bumblebee drives of the Transformers franchise as a movie focused on the emotional bond between humans and robots. It adds a good touch to the action packed franchise but I personally felt some parts of the movie were rushed. Also, there are some parts that something very 'ridiculous' (not possible) happens. John Cena doesn't play a very big role either.

Overall it's good but, again, I personally felt it was a little rushed and I know it will not appeal to the audience expecting big fights and explosions.

P.S

The Megatron cameo was spectacular.