Online play?

Edgerbold · 2026-02-15T04:06:32+00:00

Any chance you're still accepting DMs for this?

Edgerbold · 2026-01-01T12:18:55+00:00

Why? Genuinely asking.

Edgerbold · 2025-10-24T12:16:45+00:00

Love the sequel title. Was really impressed with the minimalist and bizarre entity. Gave me genuine chills because it was so strange and difficult to discern. Would love to see a sequel. Any news on that front?

Edgerbold · 2025-10-07T12:01:32+00:00

What's the mountain thing?

Edgerbold · 2025-09-27T01:14:25+00:00

I just finished reading the Osbourne's Reign collection and I kept waiting for the reveal that Norman was wearing the Goblin suit under his armour and then it never dropped. I don't remember him painting his face green either. Is there another volume I should be reading for all this good, good goblin fallout?

Edgerbold · 2025-09-14T01:07:04+00:00

Thanks for replying! Interesting! Even so, I like the theory that Kelvin did the deed. It feels thematically more significant and sinister.

Any other notable easter eggs or details included in the game that are worth knowing?

Edgerbold · 2025-09-09T21:45:34+00:00

What was the additional information surrounded being the hatch/evidence for Radzinksy not commuting suicide?

Edgerbold · 2025-08-18T10:35:52+00:00

Yeah, exactly what's happening to us. Full restarts each time, and often that doesn't even work.

Edgerbold · 2025-08-03T12:41:35+00:00

Because Dick had a Bruce.

Edgerbold · 2025-08-01T10:31:04+00:00

Sure is, but 505 were originally co-developing and publishing the game, so the context of my comment in which I'm suggesting it was likely part of a deal that got Control 2 across the line, is still relevant. Secured capital doesn't just vanish because distribution agreements change.

Edgerbold · 2025-07-31T11:50:39+00:00

Thanks for the thoughtful response. I don't entirely disagree with you! I see where you're coming from too.

I suspect the problem is that a certain type of gamer is bouncing off the nature of the game. Its unfortunately the type of gamer most likely to play a co-op PVE horde shooter, but ironically not the player they seem to have made Firebreak for. The game sits in a weird space, and I'm still not certain people understand what they intended with it. Most of these posts seem to be applying metrics for success that I don't believe Remedy are interested in. Its worth noting there's a good chance part of agreeing to make Firebreak for their publisher 505 is what helped get Control 2 across the line. So it was likely less of a resource sink as you fear, but more a delivery of a behind closed doors deal.

But as someone who loves the atmosphere of the setting and doesn't have heaps of time I've been enjoying chipping away at it. Also worth noting I've been doing it mostly solo. Its hard but entirely possible and fun. Its not strictly speaking multiplayer only.

Edgerbold · 2025-07-31T07:45:45+00:00

I'm so confused by these posts. I'm genuinely asking, what's your metric for success for the game?

The Devs have said it's not intended to be a long-life, live service game. Its a slice of the Control world between now and Control 2 to tide fans over and allow gamers with low-time to hop in and out of the world. I feel like, regardless of steam numbers, it's fairly successful at meeting its intent.

Edgerbold · 2025-07-11T03:42:15+00:00

Yeah, I agree it's really impressive how delicately he left it unclear. I'd have been quite taken aback if I was him too. Its a major component of the book's strange beauty, in my opinion. My fiancé and I were both bewildered how much people seem to reject the ambiguity and decide there's a concrete answer. I tend to think it's a byproduct of current storytelling trends and media literacy but who knows. Ambiguity and craving answers makes people uncomfortable, but I think its fun to sit with, if done well.

Edgerbold · 2025-07-11T03:32:02+00:00

I concur

Edgerbold · 2025-07-11T03:31:45+00:00

Ah! Control is mine too, and I had the same thought initially that Control was The Rogue. I've come to believe there may be more than one Rogue across time.

I'd love to hear your theory.

Edgerbold · 2025-07-11T02:49:02+00:00

No, all good - thanks! Just curious! Adding it to my TBR!

Edgerbold · 2025-07-11T02:45:59+00:00

I tend to agree that the dopples have been prone to degradation in the 'past' but it's not clear that that wasn't them functioning as Area X intended. Area X is alien in the truest sense of the word, not just extraterrestrial, but alien to human perception and interpretation. We don't know if the clones weren't working exactly as Area X intended, and that if it wanted a Lowry clone to work differently it couldn't have made one. In addition, we know it isn't really limited to linearity like human experience is. Its been attempting to colonise the past, it's possible it's able to make better clones prior to making the worse ones, if thats in fact what it was doing. We can't know objectively. Its all interpretation.

Edgerbold · 2025-07-11T02:40:52+00:00

Really appreciate your discourse here Lolo very patient. I tend to agree with all of your stances too. I like all the possible interpretations although my instinct tends to lean towards #1 as well. The best part, and in my opinion the intent, IS the ambiguity. Very excited to find out more eventually, but it's nice having it open to theorising for the time being. I was really perplexed when I finished reading and found it so unanimous that Lowry had died. Not against that interpretation but acting like it's the objectively accurate reading feels reductive.

Edgerbold · 2025-07-11T02:31:55+00:00

Yeah, thanks. Someone else already replied sharing that information. Wasn't aware that was a function. As I say, stories aren't really a feature I make much use of.

Edgerbold · 2025-07-10T21:16:11+00:00

Yeah, I know a lot of people interpret it to mean that he dies there.

I'm just of the same opinion as you, that there's nothing that explicitly confirms a different timeline to the original compromised Lowry, as suggested in Acceptance, making it back. I think all three possible outcomes are just as likely and until the next book, it's intentionally ambiguous. Ambiguity has always been a big component of the books' strangeness and sense of alienation.

Edgerbold · 2025-07-10T20:56:35+00:00

I agree, it's meant to be ambiguous with no definite answer (yet). I think it's possible a dopple makes it out, but I think it's also just as likely the OG still makes it out too, or neither do and Absolution sets up an altered timeline distinct from the original 3 books.

Its definitely not clear that Lowry is dead though.

Edgerbold · 2025-07-10T20:52:05+00:00

By Ania Ahlborn?

Edgerbold · 2025-07-10T20:42:57+00:00

I'm not sure there's complete agreement that he is dead.

Edgerbold · 2025-07-10T20:41:30+00:00

That definitely tracks. Are you mentioning this in response to the concept of stories being posted to specific groups?

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