Control Resonant is a great game — it’s even better when you read everything

<figure> <img alt="Jesse and Dylan Faden, the protagonists of the Control series, reaching out toward the viewer." data-caption="" data-portal-copyright="Image: Remedy Entertainment" data-has-syndication-rights="1" src="https://platform.theverge.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/06/CTRL_R_Story_04.png?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;crop=0,0,100,100" /> <figcaption> </figcaption> </figure> <p class="has-drop-cap wp-block-paragraph">In <em>Control Resonant</em>, the entire world is at stake. But that didn't stop the diligent employees of the Federal Bureau of Control from filing reams of paperwork, and it didn't stop me from reading everything I could find, either. Reading is often optional in <em>Resonant</em>, but it's where some of the game's best details - and even love stories! - can be found.</p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">In the world of <em>Control Resonant</em> and its predecessor, 2019's <em>Control</em>, the FBC deals with mysterious, otherworldly objects and entities that defy explanation. But the FBC itself is still an old-school bureaucratic agency, and that means <em>tons</em> of (often heavily redacted) reports and memos and mi …</p> <p><a href="https://www.theverge.com/games/1000818/control-resonant-reading-collectibles-documents-logs">Read the full story at The Verge.</a></p>