Control Resonant’s paperwork offers combat advice and a workplace romance
The Verge review says optional enemy logs help explain attack patterns and weaknesses while revealing a developing story between two Federal Bureau of Control employees.
Optional reports, memos and enemy logs in Remedy’s Control Resonant do more than fill out the game’s menus: they offer practical combat guidance and details about the people working inside its fictional Federal Bureau of Control, according to a review by The Verge.
The logs, compiled by the FBC’s Threat Assessment Team, describe enemies’ attack patterns and weaknesses. The reviewer said they were useful when facing groups of enemies whose behaviour was difficult to read in combat.
The documents also trace a workplace romance between Rick Patel, who writes about the Hiss, and Lydia M.B. McPierce, who covers mold and other enemies. Their contrasting styles emerge across the logs: Rick is relatively direct, while Lydia’s notes mix observations with teasing asides.
Rick eventually writes that he wants to take a chance on a relationship with Lydia. In a later document, Lydia suggests they get coffee if they survive the crisis. The reviewer has not found one enemy log and could not confirm whether Lydia had seen Rick’s message.
The Verge review describes the documents as part of a wider collection of world-building, including an influencer’s account of Manhattan and material about FBC ethics violations. Control Resonant is a sequel to Remedy’s 2019 game Control, in which the bureau investigates supernatural objects and entities.
