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title: 'CONTROL Resonant'
source: 'https://youtube.com/watch?v=DkFrPbwo_gw'
video_id: 'DkFrPbwo_gw'
date: 2026-09-27
duration_sec: 2898
channel: 'CohhCarnage'
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# CONTROL Resonant

> Source: [CONTROL Resonant](https://youtube.com/watch?v=DkFrPbwo_gw)

## Summary

The video is a playthrough of Control: Resonant, where the creator navigates the game's world, engages in combat, and discusses the lore. They experiment with different builds, solve puzzles, and interact with NPCs, all while sharing their thoughts on the game's mechanics and story.

### Key Points

- **Combat Preference** [00:00] — The creator is not a fan of summoning and prefers to deal damage directly, indicating a preference for active combat over passive strategies.
- **Build Strategy** [02:33] — The creator is building an 'ignite' build, focusing on fire effects and ground pound abilities to maximize damage output.
- **Alan Wake Lore Theory** [07:59] — The creator discusses the lore of Alan Wake, theorizing that his AWE is a localized event and not the cause of all others in the Remedy universe.
- **Panopticon Puzzle** [14:32] — The creator solves a puzzle involving cell IDs that are arranged counterclockwise, which is not the standard, requiring careful observation.
- **Game World Design** [22:33] — The creator notes that the game is semi-open world and could be repetitive, but the varied environments and enemies keep it fresh.
- **Twin Sister Quest** [29:42] — The creator rescues a woman named Hannah, who is a twin, and notes the coincidence of twins being involved, similar to Jesse and Dylan.
- **Mold Evolution** [37:16] — The creator learns about new mold strains that are more potent and seem to be adapting, possibly targeting specific individuals.
- **Build Trade-offs** [47:06] — The creator considers an 'ornate buckle' that adds 25% damage when health is low, but notes the trade-off of taking 30% extra damage.

### Conclusion

The video is a detailed playthrough of Control: Resonant, showcasing the creator's build choices, combat strategies, and deep engagement with the game's lore and world-building.

## Transcript

Where's that one? Okay. Am I going to reach back again? I am, I am. Yeah, I wasn't a big fan of the, uh, I'm putting way too many points into summoning, and...
I don't know if I'm already summoning this team. I don't think I want to, I don't think this is a combat system where I really want to wait around for other people to do my damage. I think I kind of want to do it myself.
We'll get two, good. standard issue goggles yeah now we got a bunch of resets
oh yeah I should probably spend a lot of let's try let's get over to you I should be buying some of the resources I need to uh oh that's a weird one let's do a buy and I show
All right, so we're going to kind of lead into what I was doing before.
I actually really like that build. Do that one. Do that one. Then we went here.
Rush is when I hold down B, right? I should really like that.
Yeah, okay.
Yeah, this is such like this is a so much more help for you down there so much more help
I like executive finisher Even though I'm not using shield We're just like that
Let's get like that And then over here... We're gonna go back to...
Probably shield. Yep, because I like to shield that. And then... I definitely like ignite. Yes, we're gonna... we're gonna... this is gonna be like an ignite building for now.
We don't really need much here. We didn't really use push. I don't use ground pound. um I'm going to do ground pound again then.
Get one damage output. Doing three odd echoes.
Oh. I guess we don't buy odd echoes. The one thing I needed to buy, right?
Ooh. Ooh, critical hits deal a small amount of falter, or 50% extra power from damaging a hiss shield. Oh, interesting.
Cat, we can get patterned. Ooh, we need average cuts. Can we get average cuts or patterned thoughts?
No.
Okay. Give it a little charge. Now you can mark the items on the menu. Visit the cap three times in less than five minutes.
Okay, I'm apparently in it. Uh, we're gonna do this one. And this one. Hell yeah.
I wonder how this would be. With the fire effect. We should try that. That might be good with fire. That might be really good with fire.
Hmm. Okay. Well, I want to go to the drill, although I don't really have any points for it, but...
Okay. Cool. All right. Keep going.
You're alone, Matt. I know what that means. Sorry, bud. I know what that means.
Your brother... He didn't make it. You don't have to say it. There's not much chance for anyone out there, is there? I just wish... He told me he wanted to go to your evacuation center.
He booked me to come with him, but I chose the bunker. He must not have wanted to go without me. Now I'm here. Aloha.
I've lost people too. It's not easy. But you have to keep going. That's what they want. That's what Granny always said.
Oh, I found something. from your brother's place. It's a photo of him in a cabin with someone. Is that you? We took that photo on a hiking trip upstate.
Getting back to nature really elevates the soul. I think he felt the same way. You can leave it on the table for me. Thank you.
Mr. Beasley says, Do you think it's Alan Wake writing all this in the reality? So, we know from Alan Wake 2 that there is an AWE associated with him writing and changing reality, but I think Remedy makes it clear that the AWE that Alan Wake interacts with is another AWE in the Remedy universe.
I do not believe that the AWE that Alan Wake is like the focal point of all the others kind of thing, I don't think it's like that I think that it's just he's part of another object of power
but no, do I think that he wrote, do I think Alan Wake wrote Control and Control Resin and all that and Quantum Break, I don't no, I think that would be giving that would be way too simple of an answer for Remedy
to be honest I think that would kind of contrive the whole franchise and world, and I don't think they do that. That would be kind of like, it was just a dream that Alan Wake came...
Like, I don't think they do that. I think it's... Alan Wake is his own localized AWE event, and Control, overseeing all AWE events, obviously has a lot of focus on him.
Yeah. That's where I think we are with this. I don't want to spoil it too much. I'm trying careful not to spoil, because I know some people haven't played Alan Wake. And that game is awesome, and I super recommend Alan Wake 1 and 2 in the DLCs.
Yeah. They're really good. Are you sure you don't want to go someplace safer? I'm fine here. But wait. I want to give you something for your troubles. It's in the side room. Thanks, buddy. The door's open.
Delicious DLCs Co., is the white border on your YouTube TV thumbnails intended? Yes. We're trying new styles for the YouTube thumbnails. Barry and Triwar have been working on a bunch of these things, and I think we're still kind of under flux.
We're still, you know, designed to be in it. So, have you ever trapped that sound? Somebody is still alive out here. She's living in a bunker and doesn't want to come out. So, he doesn't want to be rescued?
Normally, I'd say we shouldn't give him the choice, but we don't really have the resources to fight someone to let us save him.
He was looking for family. Sort of. His brother didn't make it. He probably died days ago. That sucks. Good response, Zoe.
Very deep. That sucks. Yes, Zoe. Yes, it does. Get the collar back to Manhattan.
Oh, look at the Panopticon quest. Let's see what the heck this is, man. I love that when you select a quest and then go to your fast travel it shows where the quest is on your fast travel
that is so handy there's so many games that don't do that I really appreciate it when they do mm-mm mm-mm oh you know what
there's a tube door here isn't there Hell yeah.
Beautiful. Beautiful. Man, I'm loving this Braveheart guy over here.
So, don't get stupid. Watch each other's backs. I want ultimate discipline. I want to see polished boots and clean paperwork. We're not going to beat this thing by being sloppy.
Oh, yeah, and I've got a memo from Lou over in the kitchen that I promised to read. If you're bringing acquisition food in from the field that you plan to eat later,
label it clearly with a J, or it'll be thrown out. That is so good. I love it. I can believe they living safe and just living around like that I can believe why we in this mess in the first place Director baby brother Cossack fucking nepotism
Who are you? I don't give a shit. Uh, a fancy old star.
I thought we had a league of games. The security terminal's just over in that little cubby room.
See it? I can talk. I'll hear you over the intercom. Found it. Looks like I just need to do some reassembling.
Look at this. Easy stuff. Man, I really missed my panopticon. The one in the oldest house I meet. The field plan often comes set up with everything we need in theory, but...
It's obviously nothing like the real deal. Anyone can read that. Bathrooms too far away, smells different, temperature is hold up mad. You know what though, I miss my items the most.
Spent seven years talking to a rubber duck and that little guy will start to feel like a friend. They're not in the company like they are. No, not in the way. He had a rubber duck.
Hey, that's you? Okay, next up, the way you need to move is in cell D-02. Can you check that number for me? Then I'll get the door open. Yeah, cell D-02.
Good. I'm going to open the cell. Remember, we don't yet know everything this item is capable of. Get ready. Blank, then? The cell's still closed. Uh, here we go. What the hell? See if you can figure out what's going on. I'll investigate over here.
Did they switch the numbers? Why would they do that? Langston, you've got the cells going anti-clockwise.
Why? Who the hell set that up? I want names. Clockwise is the FPC standard. We're reprogramming them. Didn't have time to change the ID place, but we'll get back. Don't know what the lockdown did to your head, but maybe get that checked. Oh, so if I need to give them this one.
If it's counterclockwise. But wait, what do I do here? Do I... can I follow the yellow cables? There's the cables. Can I crash into them or something?
I don't necessarily want to do that. Is this a puzzle? Yeah, this is a puzzle. I'm just not sure where it wants me to... we have to
You give him the correct ID, but if I look at it, I can't like call the ID out to him. Do I have to go out and tell him maybe? Oh. Did you lock me in?
Bro. Keep your eyes on it, don't worry. Okay.
Oh! Oh, here we go. Okay. Langston, I think I've got the cell ID. Well, I mean, this is the one we already did. The category is A.
A. Oh, maybe it's CO3? Hold on. Number 03. Try it now. Nothing.
Want to give it another go? Perhaps the A? I can't read the note
okay so oh it's counterclockwise from it's category D and the number is 04
hopefully this was the charm right oh I almost forgot You're looking for the World's Fair talk show. Got it? The New York World's Fair. What? Open your eyes. Great.
Yes. B-0-4. What's B-0-4? Counterclockwise, bro. You forgot. Oh, I didn't read the note. Okay. Listen.
I don't feel right. Listen. Keep hallucinating. Find a talk show at the New York World Fair. Hear me?
Next Sunday, October 17th and 19th, the New York World Fair comes to an end. The greatest exposition... Hey, that's it!
Untapped feeding bottles? Well, that wasn't so bad, right? Just a few visual and auditory hallucinations since the wild comms disruptions. Classic alternate attention-seeking behavior, am I right?
Classic. Classic. I've had worse experiences, I guess. Right? Harmless.
We've continued to think of persons in a controlled environment. Anyway, he was tormenting a bunch of researchers before we brought him in. Boy, god, godly. I'll just get that gate open for you now. Oh, really?
Ashiaka, that part confused me. So I'm guessing it could be different things. That's funny. Mm-hmm. So I guess there's, like, different things it can be.
That's fun. Okay, looking at the quest log. uh do we have to shut down the experiments nope we're just going on from there um
the last package can't do yet right what was this one investigate the auction house We don't have a fast travel next to that though
Not a good one We're going to go over here eventually at some point So we'll wait until we do that I think we're going to do a main quest now Let's go over and do Let's do the park right now
Oh yeah dude I did. I did. I finished Dawnwalker and we recently finished Silent Hill. Now we're working
on Control Resonant and we're in Ashlands and Valhalla. Working our way towards the last biome. I'm still north. We haven't really been over here yet. We're going to need to
Oh, this is how we came in here, isn't it?
This is how we entered the park originally. Cool.
Hmm, it's not doing quite as much vulture damage as I would like it to.
We need to find a big guy. Here we go. You know what?
They're blunt resistant, but I'm pretty sure that our fists were doing more. Let me see. I think the falters still go through.
Hmm. Hmm. Let me see. I think the falters still go through.
Hmm. Hmm. Hmm. Hmm. Hmm. Hmm. Hmm. Hmm. Hmm. So what we need is back there.
I'm not getting in this way.
Is this going to get repetitive? Well, I mean, it is an open world, a semi-open world game, so it is going to be a little bit repetitive. That being said, the environments have been interesting.
They do a good job differentiating the areas of the cities, not only with like visually, but also with distinctly different enemies and stuff. So it's been, even though it's been a semi-open world RPG, it hasn't felt super repetitive.
Okay, I need to... I'm doing that way too much. Fire, you need to be ground pound like you were before.
Thank you.
Great Okay let go down here Ooh Ooh
Who are you? Who are you? What? Whoa. A person? Hey. You look like you need help. My name's Dylan.
What's yours? I'm, uh... I'm Heidi. I don't know if she's okay. Who?
My sister Hannah. We're twins. I need to know if she's safe. We had a... She was very upset.
What happened between you two? We've been fighting about money. About everything. I moved out right before they called the evacuation.
Oh, my God. I left her. I have to find her. You can't. It's not safe. No. No. I need to find her.
Maybe... Maybe you can find her. She should be at our... Her apartment. South from here. I never returned the rooftop access key.
Please. Sit tight. I'll find them. And then I'll come back for you. How are you alive? Like, I don't... I don't understand this.
She's literally in a building surrounded by mold. Is she going to turn out to be... If we're going to come back and she's not going to be here or something? I don't know. This is weird. Yeah, let's go.
Let's go do this right now. Whoa. Oh, wait, go left, go left.
Okay. She's just molding her own business? Dude, this is a serious situation. Please try to, please try to be more, thank you.
Come on, man. I need you to be focused. We can go over this, can't we?
Is there a trap up here? I've never gone over there before. There has to be a better way to get through this. Do we have to go around the bottom side? Maybe we can go up to the base.
Can we go up to the base? Oh, this is totally... This is totally a thing we can use to get up. Hold on.
How do we do this? I feel like we haven't unlocked a shortcut or something.
Okay, this is... we can't go through here, right? Or do we open this? Oh, it's red. Hmm.
Yeah, we have to get over there. But I can't go through here, right? No. We definitely found a way around. This is, this elevator right here would get us over, but we can't use that.
We go through here? Here? No, we can't go through there. Okay.
I think this is a parking deck. We can go, like, down this way. We'll go that way. I thought we had a way through here. I guess we don't.
There we go. Is this game a Game of the Year contender? I think it could be for, like, big Remedy fans. I do.
There's a lot of pretty incredible imagery, and the characters and story so far have been really cool. The combat is definitely good enough to carry the game. Yeah, I think this could be some people's Game of the Year. And we're here.
Hey sis, I hope this won't come out of the blue.
We've talked about it, but I don't think I made it clear. I don't think we should live together anymore. There's nothing in the twin rulebook that says we have to be attached to the hip like this. I don't think it's good for us. We keep fighting and I hate it. You hate it too. I know you do. While you're at work, I moved my stuff to Kenya's place. I'm going to stay there until I find somewhere.
Oh. Oh, and she's alive? She's not a mole person? Hi. Hey, you're Hannah, right?
Oh, hello. I thought I was alone. I thought everyone left. Everyone. I still feel her, though.
She's not far, is she? That stuff outside smells sweet, doesn't it? Really sweet. You seem a little out of it.
Are you okay? No, not really. I can't leave. She might come back. If I'm not here, I'd have to wait, don't I?
It's getting worse out there. Right? I'll let your sister know that you're all right. Then an FBC team will evac you both, okay?
And hey, don't eat the mold. Oh. Okay, sure. This would be a little too easy if we got back to the twin and we're just like,
okay, we found her, we're evac'ing everyone now. So now I'm sitting here going, remedy. What are you going to do to this poor woman? What's going to happen?
What are we doing? What are we doing? Oh, it needs to be powered. If you can power this, then you can get up here easily. Oh, a door here. Hell yeah.
Research memo. We discovered a new strain of mold in the vicinity of the unidentified large and deceased mold growth in a sunken area we call Park Valley. Attempts to find working occurrences are underway. This is the mold that we're eating.
Oh, I wonder if the mold we're eating is patterned mold. I'm wondering if this new mold is what happens when the mold is the pattern. That could be true.
Okay, so we need to somehow power this up, but I don't know how we're gonna do that, like, right here. The power gen is... yeah.
Is it that way? The power gen's like this way? The power gen's that way. I have no clue how to get power from there to here.
No idea. Okay, we're going to have to wait on that. Maybe we'll get a better power gen over here later. I'm sure they don't see any now. Oh. That's pointless.
It's not going to do anything. Allegedly, you are a former host to Avatar The Hift. Is that true? Yeah. It's not getting easier.
What do you know? Oh, yeah. The Hift are an extra-dimensional resonance. Allegedly, you are immune to it. Is it because of relationship director Faden?
Maybe. I don't know. Probably. But I don't know for sure.
Is it a concern that you're just a meat puppet born by the Hiss? Are you actually Dylan Faden? Yeah.
But I mean, the Hiss would say that too. I mean that's a terrible question. Um... Completed instant photo.
Okay. So from here... Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, I see power. I see power. First of all, can we go back?
Hey Chief, I appreciate the reassignment offer, but really I'm okay where I am. I've been with Underhill for seven years and I know how she ticks. Yes, she can be a colossal headache, but her research has got a lot riding on it.
Working with her has been the worst of what the moles have been with you. It's just as dangerous as the history of the town. Ray has our best chance of fighting it and I want to be a part of that. Where did you come from?
Did you just walk through a bunch of mold to get here? What's your name? It's Dylan. Dylan. You should play D6, right?
Don't worry, I wasn't in the oldest council you, you know, I just read some records, heard some things. You're different now, right? Well, better?
Yeah, of course you are. They must be here or they wouldn't let you out, right? What can I help you with? How are you and your team holding up out here?
up out here. Are you okay? Oh, well, uh, I mean, we're fine. Really. You know, just a
bit short of the fight, and she's dead. And we got trapped here when the mole grew suddenly out of control. Maybe in the Underhill. Our team lead? She's... well, you know, I think
with our work. But we're learning new things, so I guess that's... something? Like... Something. The mold is changing, getting smarter, which is a concern.
It targeting people like I think us Luring the team away This guy watched a lot of classic Star Trek you can tell They won my one but I mean I guess we doing okay
Do you know why the mold is changing? We do. Well, no. No, we don't. Can I? I mean, we have theories. One of them could be true. I have a theory too, but I might be wrong.
I'm probably wrong. I think it's the sunlight. A scientist, not a scientist, said there must be something in the air.
Is it mold spores? But the leading theory is the oldest house was kind of suppressing mold growth before. Now the mold is just free to spread.
Oh, we're also seeing these new strains of mold coming up, which is worrisome. Not that I'm worried.
What do you know about these new strains of mold? They appear to have a different para-chemical composition than that of the old mold. the new strains are more potent, I think, in some ways, but specific to, at least that's what I think.
I'm not really an expert, but if I had to guess, I'd say the moment seems like it's learning, adapting, reacting, at least, to life, to the world around it.
Could the mold be reacting as in becoming more tempting to eat? Maybe even to certain individuals? You're suggesting the mold is targeting specific people?
People at once? For something we don't yet understand? Yep. Possible. The mold is experimenting, trying new tactics.
we've discovered it's reactive to certain external stimuli. But the why is still a question mark. Interesting. It's probably not true, though.
Thanks. Probably. That was helpful. Really? Uh, great. Bye. Bye. I love all the little conversations, man. They're so good.
Oh, Lord. The response to the mold outbreak in Manhattan has been abysmal. Those of you who weren't present in our research during the lockdown may have some excuse, however, you should be more than capable of adapting to a simple set of protocols. I expected better. More.
Under ordinary circumstances, I'd have you all replaced. Well, she seems nice.
We call those non-toxic working conditions. It looks so delicious.
Now we got a short cut over the center of the map.
center of the map. Okay, uh yeah we're gonna go back to hiding now.
Are you taking the FTC now, please? I found your sister. You two really look the same. We're identical. Was Hannah okay? I wonder if the only reason these people are surviving
is because they're twins, like Jesse and Dylan. You will be. You've both been exposed to the mold, but the FTC's medical team will take care of it.
Seems a bit of a coincidence, isn't it? Thank you. anytime. Just stay put. That's it. Great. Uncapped mother's locket.
What's that one? Let's have a look at that one. We've got a couple of people who need rescue at the park. They're identical twins. One is in an under-construction building in the middle of the zone and the other is in an apartment
in the south end. Send an email. Thank you, Mom.
We have this here, a tiny though, a large resource crate.
Apparently right under our feet. We're not getting that right now.
Okay, let's go back to this.
I find it so funny that all these elevators don't go to the ground floor like that's something
an elevator would ever need to do without this guy's ability to jump up onto them. It's a very strange thing about this world.
Oh, no, I'm sorry, bud. That's here, man. That's here. Oh! Hold up.
What did you just do?
This thing was already open. You already did this. So what did that do? Oh, maybe it's just a fold over. There we go.
Probably. Cool. Alright, we do have a door that we need to break in here.
Oh wait, is it in the roof? That is so weird that they do this. What is the purpose of this? You can just walk through the door, or you can come up here and use a skill.
Like, what? Why is that door there? Good show. Weird as shit. Whoa! Dwayne the Rock Locker with a hundred sub-bombs!
Sir! Thank you very much, man. I appreciate that. And thanks to the event going on right now. Let's see here. Thanks to the event, we also got gifted 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19 extra subs
because of the Minecraft they went on. Thank you, buddy. That's awesome, dude. It's a goat. Dwayne the Rock Lobster is a long time, man. He's been great. And then Dwayne had a message with his 100 sub mom.
Look, look. What we can all agree on is that we need more more. Honestly, it's pretty delicious. Yeah, I'm with you. I'm with you, dude. I appreciate that, Dwayne.
Thank you, buddy. Opens from other side. Oh, oh, oh, finally! I can do it!
Ha ha! Look at that. I was just complaining about that mechanic. And here we are. That's fine. Uh, what's this? An angry note. F this mold shit.
F the research. F this team, F Underhill, F this city, F the F, F the F and FBC, F all of you. Now our coffee rations are contaminated, contaminated, contaminated too, and HQ says they will not replace when this is over and transferring out of state.
Their coffee ran out. I would be furious too. Bro, I am with you. I am with you. I am furious for you.
Uh, sure. All right.
Adds 25% damage when health is less than 25. That's not bad. Adds 30% power recovery. This benefit is applied when affected by infected or burned.
prevents death and instantly regenerates health to 20% but breaks on activation.
I'm going to get this. I'm going to get the ornate buckle because I think there's a world where if we just bounce around and if we just bounce around executing people
like, I think that could work. I think that could actually work. Let's try this. I want to get better at this.
Although we are going to take 30% extra damage. So not super jazzed about that. I feel like that could be maybe a bit much.