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My happiness is well managed by Super Earth

A great stealth shooter!
+ Enemies are hard hitters but you can still easily dispatch em
+ good stealth mechanics
+ superb level design
+ artifacts that changes your stats
+ great voice acting!
+ skill tree
Waiting for 3rd chapter

LOW AMMO

I think i had too big expectations towards this game. Its a unique experience, achievments are fun to complete. First run is cool. But i expected little bit more interaction with player. Its kinda minimal. Lore behind this game gives a promise of great mystery that even touching anything related to it rewards with death.
To sum it up: i dont feel like i wasted money on it but id prefer if it was a prologue to a different game in same universe (and itd be nice if it cost less or nothing in this case)

Tony's biggest weakness might be family, but its not even remotely on par with this games biggest weakness: aiming.
Besides, games fun, beatifull remaster and a great reboot (because not everything is 1:1 compared to old mafia)

Each time i turn off this game i feel like never coming back, but good reviews suggest me that i should give it another try, it should spark interest in me at any moment right? Achievment completion suggest that most people that bought this game completed at least half of it (me included).
I will quickly go through good things and rant longer about cons (as i usually do): Graphics are good, physics are fun, sometimes overdone but it looks fun when stuff around me breaks and concrete chips off when i dash through them. Story is great i just wish i had better way of experiencing it than through gameplay (heh ironic) ((well, time to watch cut walkthrough on youtube i guess)). Sam Lake voices someone! There are some cool characters like "former director" (basically Sam Lake), "The Board" and finnish janitor (P.E.R.K.E.L.E). The evil entity that we are put against is done very creatively as well.
So why its bad? Main reason: gameplay loop. You have one gun in 3 variations, one combat ability (throw), some utility abilities (all of them are meh). Aiming is so damn weird, its slippy, i cant put my finger on it. You have skill tree and only good way to build it is to put points into Throw ability. On top of it you have upgrades and weird "on the go side quests" to gain materials for those upgrades or just "gems" that give slight cooldown reduction, energy reduction etc. Those "side quests" are just more stress inducing and draining away fun to game even more and are done like they are and after thought, like they come up with this week before games premiere. There is way too much of this skill/upgrade tree stuff and its put everywhere and not in one place as it should. ITS SO TEDIOUS and unintuitive since some of those are accesible on the go and some only on checkpoints.
Most other characters dont have much personality and are more like addons that you quickly forget and our playable character is a yeswoman with "im looking for my brother" as her main personality trait. Overabundance of collectibles (which is not a bad thing per se) is slowing the already slow flow of action in this game to a crawl if you decide to actually read them. There are some cutscenes that act as collectibles too and they are almost only way to listen to Sam Lake talk.
Control is one of those few games that show how not every developers love project has to be a good game and could be better if someone put more work into actual gameplay.

Serious Sam veteran speaking.
Just finished game on serious difficulity and all achievments and got to say I really did enjoy this game, despite previous problems you all heard about (most of which were fixed anyway). Its also better than SS3. Some things are poorly designed, but tbh i enjoyed most of it anyway.
Most notable pros and cons:
+most weapons are series classic and some has alternative fire mode
+most enemies are well designed and biggest flaws with them, compared to SS3, were fixed
+gadgets are not a gimmick and only way to complete some areas
+game is not that short
+even bigger amount of enemies at once than in any previous game!
+most bosses are fine, especially last one!
-except for sixth boss, ♥♥♥♥ that unenjoyable piece of sht
-ammo ammo ammo, you are always short on ammo! devs havent thought out pickups placement
-stupid janky parkour secrets from SS3 take place in this game as well
-characters weird faces are still not fixed, everyones eyes are always wide open in this "shocking" expression

OMG fck this game. Its good but still fck it.
Imagine after a long day of being IT helpdesk organising your mailbox full of tickets, you come back home to play a game where you do exact same thing. Its same level of tactlessness as showing your grandpa a WW2 shooter (dont do it).
Great game but only if you dont work at IT.

OH BOY, clicking "not recommending" button on THIS game is very harsh but hear me out i will elaborate:
Starting with campaign: its just fun. Short, yes, but still its not a time waster.
Next one is coop mode, which is cool as well. Its a good way to introduce your friends to multiplayer, havent played it for too long tho.
And the biggest offender: multiplayer
dont get me wrong, because its fun. Weapon arsenal is nice and gives nice alternatives to your playstyle. Movement is great and fluid, making combat fast and challenging sometimes. Titan combat is great! Its like a mix of slow shooter and WoT/WarThunder.
SO WHY PEOPLE STOP PLAYING THIS GAME AFTER A WEEK OR TWO? The reason is balance. Some weapons and titans (mostly one) are broken. Some weapons were designed with new players in mind but so called PROs use them all the time. Its not uncommon to see 100Gen (basically last prestige) players run around with CAR that can kill you in a flash. Its soul shattering and prevents you from trying out different weapon. Those weapons are fun at first but dont give you satisfaction later and makes you braindead entire match (self experience).
Also ♥♥♥♥ melee attacks, wish they were removed from game

I installed this game because 2020 spring event told me so and in short, i got to say there is no reason for this game to exist.
Now for longer explanation: So basically there is another VERY similar zombie game, called No More Room In Hell which is FREE and better overall. Altho this game still has some pluses: nice range of avaliable characters with their own personality, mobile phone as a way of storytelling or just a usefull gadget, quite a lot of game modes.
Now for cons, oh boy: optimalization!!!! looks like lighting is causing FPS drop (30 fps on medium quality in a source game on gtx 1060 wtf?)
zombies are dumb, dumber then they should be cause they sometimes forget that they were chasing you and/or get stuck to walls or fences.
VERDICT: This game is not THAT bad, and you could buy it for its multiplayer value, but still there are better games and i cant really recommend it to anyone