/
April Fools Day in the gaming world is always a thorny proposition. The prank news stories can wear on the nerves, the joke game modes and maps are either too good to last or an embarrassing rush job lots of the jokes are funny, but not all of them, and at their worst, you’ll be cringing over them for the rest of the month. This year, however, there was one really good April 1st prank: A PlayStation 1 “port” of Remedy’s Control.
This prank video is the work of Tommi Saalasti, Remedy’s principal gameplay designer. It shows what
Control Demake Returns to the Roots of PS1
Yeah, Control is a pretty good game on modern consoles, but what about if we got to experience it a few decades back on PlayStation 1 instead? Principle gameplay designer Tommi Saalasti at Remedy has made it a reality with a demake that takes the Federal Bureau of Control and protagonist Jesse Faden back to the 1990s. 51 seconds of purposefully dated footage shares what the title would look like if it had released alongside Metal Gear Solid and Final Fantasy VII.
We see Jesse taking down bad guys with the eccentric weapons of Control as well as floating through the air and dashing about the place, all to the tune of a ripping song from artist XTaKeRuX. You could claim this is an April Fools gag, but to be honest, the clip looks pretty cool anyway. Would you have played this version of Control on PS1? Share your thoughts in the comments below.
April Fools Day 2021: Here Are The Best, Worst, And Best-Worst Gaming Gags Today gamespot.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from gamespot.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.