Hey everybody, my name is Welonz and first of all
Apologies for sounding a little congested
I've been trying to wait this cold out for like a week now and it just won't die
But, if you can look past that then I'd love to welcome you to an early look of Control today
So, Remedy Entertainment, the dev and
505 Games the publisher have very kindly let me check out Control a tad earlier than its released, to celebrate
Women's Equality Day, which commemorates when American women were given the right to vote back in 1920
And now you're thinking: "Wow, that's great. but why are we celebrating that?"
Well, Remedy is a pretty established studio that's been around for nearly 25 years
And they have a lot of iconic characters like Alan Wake or Max Payne
But what makes Control different is that this game's protagonist
Jesse Faden will be Remedies' first playable female protagonist ever in the entire history of the studio
And they'd like to celebrate that, which is why they've organized this event for female content creators around the web
So everyone say: Thank you Remedy, thank you 505, for organizing this and letting me show you Control
Ok, let's begin
Wooow
There are people outside
But it's just this one building and that one thing in the middle there that looks a bit off
Am I talking to a voice in my head?
(Welonz reads the name on the wall)
Sounds generic and governmenty enough
But I believe this place researches things that go against the known laws of nature
That's why they say things like "fear of the unknown" 'cause what we don't know is much scarier than what we do
What the heck is that
Can I jump?
I can jump
But there's not too much we can do about it
No one's here
Prohibited items reminder
(Welonz reads the document)
What?
(Welonz reads the document)
I don't even see a single person here, let alone private or public entrance
Oh, okay
Oh my God
Internal lockdown in effect. Building lockdown in effect.
Multiple containment breaches detected. Multiple building shifts detected.
Head of research override. HRA protocol activated.
That can't be good...
The "seek shelter" sign is on
I don't work here
But I was called here
By somebody
Or something
All right
Well, the electricity is still working, that's one good thing
Bureau expenditures
Expenditures summary compiled by FBC
Oh, Federal Bureau of Control Accounting Department by order of Director
Zachariah Trench
I think that's the name that was on the painting during the first cutscene
(Welonz reading the document)
There's a lot of censored of things, which is
Understandable, I think
This is a place that holds a lot of secrets
I'm a little bit surprised that they have a public facing entrance where you can see people standing outside though
Some kind of circle
The logo of this place?
Looking run
Head of research, dr. Casper Darling
Yeah, that logo right there
And just for the record, I am being monitored right now
Is the movement of that camera automatic? Or done by somebody? I don't know
Our bureau at work, that's odd
Director Zachariah Trench
Zack?
Oh, I don't like washrooms
Okay, so far so normal
What's this building to the public then, it says Federal Bureau of Control right at the entrance
More importantly, where is everybody?
Office rules of conduct: Speak in moderate volume, no personal calls, no food or drink
No using a photocopier for personal projects. Wear access badge at all times
No discussing confidential projects out loud
Even within the building?
The one to finish the coffee pot makes a new one
Fair enough
What was that?
Not nervous at all
Oh wow, none of this is branded, somehow
Hello?
What year is this? Some of the technology looks pretty old
Ooh, okay
(Welonz reads to document)
That's right. We read about a containment breach
And there's nobody here now, not even corpses or dead people, but just
Nothing
What the hell was making that sound?
I don't know
R4 reports reminder
(Welonz reads the document)
If your R4 requires interdiome- (laughs)
Interdepartmental claims
(Welonz continues reading)
R4?
Is that like a t4?
What the hell
Okaay
You're damn straight
Okay, well that was a lot less sinister than what I thought it was
Since we heard him singing all the way from this room
I thought it was something in this room that was invisible, trying to scare me or something
But it was relatively normal
Just the guy on the job, in the middle of a seemingly abandoned building, all by himself
Singing
No worries
Elevator
Wait, what the hell?
Oh okay, we went back out the bigger exit here
Isn't there something about not using elevators during emergencies?
So it seems like our girl Jessie has some
What-do-you-call-it
Affinity? for accessing the supernatural
A place like this should hire me, but it took me all the way until now to
Find it
Whoa, the blueprint changed
Oh my lord
Oh that's stylish
Ohhhh, I have a brother
If I have some kind of supernatural power
I would assume that maybe it's genetics related and my brother it might be the same
These constant noises are freaking me out
We don't have clearance level
Okay
Can we turn off the alarm?
Uh
Did that just move?
What was that? You saw that right? The monitor has just kind of shook for a second
Whoaa
O-okay
Approved terminology reminder
(Welonz reads the document)
Scissors?
Ok-okay
Am I imagining this?
(laughs)The doors keep freaking me out
(Welonz reads the poster)
I wish I had a flashlight or something
These constant, like random little noises here and there, putting me on edge
Trench: Do not disturb
(Welonz reads the document)
Oh
Sounds like the director became very paranoid
What is this?
That's a lot of lights
Some kind of transfer system?
Central Executive
Whhat?
I don't have any weapons
Ohh
We saw earlier, a gun was being pointed at this guy's head
Whoooa
No, I have a weapon now. It means they can attack me
Follow the Board's instructions to complete the Astral Plane challenge
What?
Pff, nearly died
I picked up the gun and they're trying to assess if I'm like worthy of the gun or something
Hello?
Ohh, oh
Okay, okay
It's not a normal gun
All right
"Service weapon"?
If you say so
Damn they take a lot of hits
Doesn't help that I'm missing but still
Okay, good to know, it takes a while to recharge
Regenerates ammunition automatically when not in use
Can I pick that up?
Oh, maybe it's like health, but I have full health right now
Not sure of the key to switch shoulders by the way
Whoa whoa whoa whoa
It looks humanoid shaped, but it's also very like, contorted
Like look at when it walks, it's like shrunken down
Whoa
That's cheating, you can't do that
These aren't other people or something, right?
Yeah, this is health, cool
Wooow, the triangle
Oh girl...
So this guy
The pyramid said only the director can wield the gun; if I failed that challenge I might have killed myself in real life
Which might be what happened here, but he is a director, so I'm not really sure what's going on
I have the gun with me now
That's lovely
Okay, I have a map
But this place moves, right? So maybe that's not something we want to trust that much
Oh God
These are security guards
Hiss guard
Hiss guard
Field research on Hiss entity: Hiss corrupted security guard
Confidential, compiled by Emily Pope, Research Specialist. By order of Director Jessie Faden
Me?
What? Oh, you know what. When I go back to that painting later, it's gonna be me
(Welonz reads the document)
But if we kill these guys, the actual security guards die too, right?
and we can't bring them back?
That's not so good
Oh, we couldn't get in here earlier, but I should have access now
No?
Oh, look at this, look at this
Its me!
Did this one change? I don't think so? Oldest house
Discovered August
1964
Discovered?
Not built or whatever, discovered
Okay, I'm trying to get to that area there
Oh Jesus
Wow
Hold on
Headshots seem to hurt for a lot more
Whoa whoa whoa
Eww
What?
Undefined reading
You do not have a clearance level, okay
Did I collect something else?
Oh, Service Weapon
Acquisition date: Four days or three days after the oldest house was discovered
(Welonz reads the document)
I almost wish they don't tell me anything, because they're kind of giving me half of it
And I'm getting more and more scared because of that
Okay, let's look around after we kill everybody
Oh God
Ew Eww
Okay, that's not normal
Uhhh
Oh they don't even really go away
Is that the Hiss shield?
Okay
Executive meeting minutes
(Welonz reads the document)
Did they ever get to have their other meeting?
I don't know
Am I hitting that? I don't even know
Is that where I wanna be?
It's the washroom
There's no mirrors in the washroom
Building shift?
The rooms change
God, what the hell is going on?
Oops
Yeah, they don't die
At all
But they also don't attack me, so I guess that's fine
Must not be modern times right now
Probably close to 1964
What the hell
We can't read any of this yet
(Welonz reads the writing)
Okay, that looks like where we should be headed to
Maybe
Whoa, okay, that does not look like where we should be going to
It is though
But what about this?
Somebody did come in here, but nobody is safe
Reading
For Marshall's eyes only
Marshall was one of the department heads?
H. Marshall, L. Keenum
(Welonz reading the document)
They're going to different places to look for
Strange objects
Malfunctioning clothes dryer
So it seems like it can be anything, but we don't know until we check it out for sure
Okaay
Now we're stuck in here
In the shelter
But there's nothing in here anyway
Lord
this can't be real
Let me just have a look around back here
(Welonz reads to document)
You need the bureau to remind you of this?
(Welonz reads the poster)
Mold...
(Welonz reads the poster)
So people working here, the building shift stuff? It's all completely normal. It's just part of the job
But what about these noises were hearing
Is that normal?
This relationship here kind of reminds me of Jody and Aiden from Beyond 2 souls
Oops
Multimedia
That's the one we got earlier
Urban legends
(Welonz reads the document)
Oops
(Welonz reads the document)
A pair of scissors that consume human-
Human what?
(Welonz reads the document)
Well that's reassuring
Are things moving around here, or am I just bumping into things?
I don't know
(Welonz reads the document)
Hmm
Oh you know how earlier the portrait said that this Oldest house was "discovered"?
Maybe that's why this building is in such a front-facing location
Because they can't control it. They had to build around it
Okay
The pyramid
Hello?
Wow, Ranged Second Class Pulaski
Whoa
What the hell was that?
Well we got to hang back here
My health
Holy crap
Whooa
That guy's way too scary
I think I stood next to--
Oh damn
I think I stood next to an explosive thing earlier
And it took so much of my health right away
Okay, what the heck am I even looking at right now
It's already kind of disturbing
Take two
Headshots do so much more
Oh, they can throw grenades
That's the problem
This guy
Got you now
Just you wait
This guy is completely armored
Oh God
Whoa, that's more like it
Ahh
Pope
No?
Yes
Maybe, I don't know
Oh God, only this one specific location has been cleansed
Emily Pope?
(laughs)
Wait, they know
I-It's even more for me
Good
Without dying
Hopefully
One thing that caught my attention in that conversation just now was how
Jesse apparently named the Hiss
But we had this report already, compiled by Emily Pope by the order of me, which already says that
It's called the Hiss
The lady talks about how there's a new director like it's nothing, but there is like
Paintings and portraits of me all over the place already and whatnot
This is all very spooky and confusing already. I love it
Control points
(Welonz reads the document)
Okay?
Ohh, this whole thing is so weird already. I love it. I also really love the little inner monologues Jesse has
Gives a lot of insight to what kind of girl she is
There's someone glowing over there, but I think this is a pretty good spot to end off here. When we come back
We will investigate what the heck that is
Let me know what your thoughts are on Control so far 'cause I am so into this already
Alright. See you later
(This is my first time doing captions)
(Some Welonz soundsᵗᵐ are hard to transcribe so please don't lynch me)
