How Control Resonant Deliberately Inverts Everything the First Game Was

Control Resonant makes Dylan, Jesse's brother, the playable protagonist, awakening from a seven-year coma to find Manhattan cut off and the Oldest House a crime scene with Jesse missing. Creative director Mikael Kasurinen said making Dylan the lead was Remedy's first decision, noting Dylan comes from the paranatural world while Jesse comes from ours. The sequel also inverts the first game's setup: Jesse wielded a shape-changing gun and sought out the FBC, while Dylan uses a shape-changing rod and long wanted to escape it.