CONTROL Resonant follows Dylan Faden after years of confinement by the Federal Bureau of Control. He emerges into a distorted Manhattan during a paranatural crisis, facing a cosmic entity and threats including the Hiss and the Mold. Alongside the fight, Dylan seeks his sister, Jesse Faden, and tries to understand dangers that have escaped the Oldest House. The setup frames the game as a sequel built around a personal search unfolding amid a reality-bending emergency.
Its action combines environmental tactics and elemental abilities with the Aberrant, Dylan’s shapeshifting melee weapon. The weapon can morph between forms such as a two-handed hammer and dual-wielded blades, letting players shift their approach to evolving enemies. Manhattan’s warped locations add another layer: gravity anomalies distort horizontal and vertical space, bringing unusual traversal, puzzles, and combat decisions into the same environments. Dylan’s abilities also have a deep progression system, with choices shaping how his powers manifest and develop as dangers emerge.
The listed format is single-player, so this is a solitary action-adventure RPG rather than a game presented as a shared multiplayer session.
