Control by Remedy Entertainment
Hacker ApprovedShares rank 14 of 78 video games by recommenders
Praised for early comprehensive ray tracing, striking art direction and level design; one critic found the cloud version totally unplayable.
Praised for early comprehensive ray tracing, striking art direction and level design; one critic found the cloud version totally unplayable.
18 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 16
- criticize it
- 2
- approval share
- 89%
Recommended in 8 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: recommended
- January 2026: recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: recommended
- May 2026: recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: recommended
- August 2026: recommended
- September 2026: recommended
- October 2026: recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it carries the badge
- 16 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, met.
- 8 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 8 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, met.
The same three rules apply to every product, and the badge can’t be bought. How the badge works
What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Comprehensive ray tracing on dynamic objects
“Control was basically the first game with a good, comprehensive RT implementation that had a massive positive impact on the graphics”
Comment from 7 Apr 2026 in “Every GPU That Mattered” “The most impressive part of Control's RT (on PC at least) was that it very much applied to (most) dynamic objects”
Comment from 7 Apr 2026 in “Every GPU That Mattered” “Control is the last title I picked up where I really felt like I was pushing the graphics capability of my rig.”
Comment from 15 Jul 2026 in “GTX 1080s: Testing a Legend” Strong art direction and level design
“The maze level on the original game has to be an all-time best level design.”
Comment from 7 Apr 2026 in “Show HN: Brutalist Concrete Laptop Stand (2024)” “the art direction in that game is something else.”
Comment from 7 Apr 2026 in “Show HN: Brutalist Concrete Laptop Stand (2024)” Acclaimed, consistently strong Remedy games
“Remedy's Control / Alan Wake franchise (both original IPs)”
Comment from 21 Oct 2026 in “EA is shutting down BioWare” “Remedy does deserve every award they got with Control”
Comment from 7 Apr 2026 in “Show HN: Brutalist Concrete Laptop Stand (2024)” “release fantastic works of art every time”
Comment from 21 Oct 2026 in “EA is shutting down BioWare” Unusual storytelling, plot and folklore
“shooting like Control or Alan Wake 2 are driven by unusual story telling”
Comment from 28 Dec 2025 in “Rainbow Six Siege Hacked as Players Get Billions of Credits and Random Bans” “Great game with lots of related plot, mechanics, and folklore”
Comment from 15 Dec 2025 on Hacker News
Other video games people recommend
The four most recommended other video games, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
| Product | Recommend | Criticize | Approval | Months | Owned | Badge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Helldivers 2 | 50 | 34 | 60% | 10 | 1.9 yrs3 owners | — |
| GPU building game | 49 | 16 | 75% | 2 | — | — |
| Triple-A Minesweeper | 40 | 25 | 62% | 1 | — | — |
| Quake II | 33 | 8 | 80% | 10 | — | Approved |
| Control by Remedy EntertainmentThis page | 16 | 2 | 89% | 8 | — | Approved |
What people said
17 of the 19 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“release fantastic works of art every time”
“Remedy's Control / Alan Wake franchise (both original IPs)”
“found a cloud version of Control to be totally unplayable”
“Starting on cleaning up a basement that resembles the Research floor from Control”
“native Mac games with ray tracing”
“Control is the last title I picked up where I really felt like I was pushing the graphics capability of my rig.”
“Remedy does deserve every award they got with Control”
“The maze level on the original game has to be an all-time best level design.”
“My favorite video game of the universe.”
“The most impressive part of Control's RT (on PC at least) was that it very much applied to (most) dynamic objects”
“that's your dream come true”
“the art direction in that game is something else.”
“Overall that was pretty much the poorest way to advertise the new tech.”
“Control was basically the first game with a good, comprehensive RT implementation that had a massive positive impact on the graphics”
“Control would be a better example”
“shooting like Control or Alan Wake 2 are driven by unusual story telling”
“Great game with lots of related plot, mechanics, and folklore”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.