Control 2 Should Explore the Board's Role in Greater Depth

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The Control franchise has a lot of growth in its future. Remedy Entertainment is apparently working on two new games set in this universe, including a direct sequel to the original Control. It's great to see that Remedy is so enthusiastic about Control after the positive response to the first game, because there are still plenty of potential mysteries to solve and supernatural entities to battle. Jesse Faden may have been able to stave off the Hiss, but Control merely serves as her introduction to the world of the supernatural. Now that she's in the thick of it, Jesse is bound to experience even stranger things than the first game had to offer.

For Jesse, there's no escaping the supernatural now that she's the Director of the Federal Bureau of Control. Being the Director means answering directly to the Board, a league of extradimensional beings who advise and guide the Director; the Board is also the keeper of the Service Weapon. Control 2 has a lot of narrative options, but ideally the Board will get an even bigger role in the next game. The Board got a relatively small amount of screen time in Control, but the franchise lore implies that it has a much larger impact on the human world than fans may know.

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The first Control makes a big deal out of the Board, even though they're largely peripheral to the story. Throughout the game, the Board acts as a helpful force to Jesse in a variety of ways. It guides her through Astral Plane challenges that commence when she finds an Object of Power, and it provides information with the help of the Hotline. However, until the Hiss tries to destroy the Board with Dylan's help, it largely stays detached from the