Note: This submit comprises some spoilers for Control and a few tiny story tidbits. If you need to uncover all of it by yourself, you may need to come again after you’ve got accomplished Control and the AWE DLC.When Control was launched, it was fascinatingly bizarre and filled with thriller. As we tried to combat the extra-dimensional Hiss, we discovered in regards to the unusual entities in command of the Federal Bureau of Control, found supernaturally Altered Items, and uncovered story tidbits linking Control to a Remedy cult traditional, 2010’s Alan Wake. But the sport’s biggest secret was hidden away in its greatest sequence, the Ashtray Maze. Listen rigorously to the music that performs there, and you might hear a secret message that appeared to trace at hidden content material buried someplace inside Control.One yr later to the day, Control followers have found what that secret message was all about. It did trace at hidden content–but it was content material that did not seem in Control till the discharge of its closing DLC enlargement, AWE. Discover the precise nook of the Oldest House in AWE and you will find the puzzle’s resolution, unlocking a tiny tidbit of a narrative Easter egg–and what appears to be the sport’s biggest piece of drugs.Here’s what the key message is all about, easy methods to discover it, easy methods to resolve it, what it reveals about Alan Wake, and what you get as a reward.The Secret MessageTo perceive what was uncovered with the Control secret message, you must perceive what it is telling you to start with. The message seems within the music “Take Control,” which seems within the Ashtray Maze towards the tip of Control’s story. The music is credited to the Old Gods of Asgard, a band that seems in Alan Wake, made up of brothers Tor and Odin Anderson (the Old Gods are portrayed by real-life musical group Poets of the Fall). In Alan Wake, the Old Gods of Asgard’s songs had the identical reality-bending powers as Wake’s writing, however that they had fought, and defeated, the supernatural Dark Presence that ultimately captures Wake on the finish of that sport.The Old Gods of Asgard have manifested supernatural powers from their music, which appears to be why their music helps you get by means of the Ashtray Maze.So the Andersons are characters on the earth of Control, however there’s extra to the music than an Easter egg. Between verses, there are portion the place you’ll be able to hear somebody talking–but the phrases are reversed. Run these portion backward and also you uncover Control’s hidden message (our interpretation of it, anyway, however there on Reddit there have been others):”In their drunken fevered state, seeing double, profoundly, the pyramid in the stolen file becomes a spruce tree.””The diamond will tell you where 1-19-7-1-18-4-9-19 (an A1Z26 cipher that translates to ‘Asgard is’).””Landing on the polar star and rushing on to the red room, find the cord to take you to a secret rendezvous.”Players tried to determine what these directions have been referring to, however got here up empty within the aftermath of Control’s launch. Now we all know that they (or a minimum of a few of them) have been referring to AWE, though not all of the clues make good sense simply but.The Diamond Will Tell You WhereThe first a part of the key message, the “drunken fevered state,” all the time sounded prefer it referred to the Anderson brothers and the background story in Alan Wake about how they drank moonshine made with water from Cauldron Lake, which could have given them the facility from the Dark Presence to change actuality by means of their music. The “pyramid in the stolen file becomes a spruce tree” bit is not actually related to the remainder of the puzzle, however it looks as if it might need been referring to The Foundation DLC, and the outline of the Oldest House as an historic, dwelling tree.The AWE DLC focuses closely on tying Control to Alan Wake. Control protagonist Jesse Faden receives a message from Wake by means of the Hotline that directs her to the Investigations Sector, a beforehand sealed space of the Oldest House. There, she discovers why the part was sealed: There’s a murderous, hideous monster working round within the space. That monster is what stays of Alan Wake character Dr. Emil Hartman. In the 2010 sport, Hartman, a psychiatrist, briefly held Wake at his lodge in an try to grasp and use Wake’s supernatural skills for his personal acquire. Wake escaped when the Dark Presence attacked, however Hartman survived.Throughout AWE, we discover out what occurred to Hartman. He briefly tried to work with the FBC, however was prosecuted for his makes an attempt to benefit from artists, together with Wake and the Andersons, as a “paracriminal.” After doing his time, Hartman went immediately again to his work trying to achieve management of the facility of Cauldron Lake and the Dark Presence, nonetheless. He dove into the lake to attempt to study extra, and apparently was possessed by the Dark Presence. The FBC discovered him, captured him, and interred him in Investigations for research, till he broke out and killed a bunch of individuals.Blow a gap within the wall close to a radio taking part in “Take Control” and you will find the subsequent step within the puzzle.As Jesse chases Hartman by means of Investigations, intent on lastly placing him down earlier than he can escape into the remainder of the FBC and wreak extra mayhem. After an encounter within the Eagle Limited AWE part of the sector, Hartman escape by means of a passage within the wall. The part is named “Shifting Passage,” and as Jesse offers chase by means of it, and for those who’re paying consideration, you may spot an image hanging on a wall that exhibits that very same wall with a gap in it.Blast a gap within the wall and you may enter a secret space, which comprises a hidden little bit of lore to select up. If you lookup, although, you will see that there is an workplace above you, turned on its facet. Fly up by means of its door to get a go searching. There’s a radio close by that is taking part in, what else, “Take Control.”This is the spot you need to be in. Smash by means of the wall beside the desk that holds the radio and you will find one other secret location. This is a diamond-shaped passageway that results in a small, unusual clock sitting on a pedestal.Finding AsgardThe subsequent chunk of the music is only a sequence of numbers, and on the time the message was being deciphered, gamers found the numbers have been a easy cipher in regards to the location of “Asgard.” That’s consistent with all of the Norse mythology theming with the Old Gods of Asgard, however what does the sequence imply?When you discover the clock, you will shortly uncover which you can begin and cease the motion of its fingers on the clock’s face. Stop them on sure numbers and the clock will ring like an alarm. The trick right here is to plug within the numbers from the cypher sequence. Any which can be over 12 are taken to be in 24-hour format, or “military time.”Pressing the work together button causes the hand of the clock to maneuver round its face. Stop it on every quantity within the sequence to unlock the trail ahead.So the sequence seems like this within the music: “1-19-7-1-18-4-9-19.”But inputting into the clock, you want this sequence: “1-7-7-1-6-4-9-7.”You try this by stopping the clock hand on every quantity in sequence because it rotates across the face–if you cease on the incorrect quantity, you must begin over, like a mix lock. Enter the complete sequence into the clock and a gap opens within the flooring behind it. If you look down within the gap, you will see the next move: the Polar Star, a star-shaped stone set into the underside of the shaft.The Red RoomDrop down onto the “polar star”-shaped platform, then head into the Red Room, the place you will must combat waves of enemies.When you drop down the shaft to the Polar Star, your subsequent vacation spot is simply forward: the Red Room. This is a typical Oldest House workplace space, however bathed fully in purple mild. There are not any lore drops or anything to seek out inside, however while you enter the Red Room, you are attacked by waves of Hiss. Fighting them off is hard, however for those who handle to beat them, the subsequent step of the puzzle unlocks.The music tells you to “find the cord to take you to a secret rendezvous.” In Control, the “cord” refers to a wierd mild wire that seems periodically within the Oldest House. Pulling the wire thrice immediately transports you to the Oceanview Motel, a wierd supernatural location that may hyperlink elements of the Oldest House collectively. In the AWE DLC, you go to the Oceanview a few occasions, the place you are handled to cutscenes wherein you see Wake speaking with Thomas Zane, one other Alan Wake character. After all of the enemies within the Red Room are lifeless, you will discover a wire just about within the heart of it. Pulling it thrice, predictably, takes you again to the Red Room.Where Asgard IsWhen you get into the Oceanview Motel, you will get a message from Wake that provides you a tidbit of Alan Wake lore.This is a little bit of a lackluster go to to the Oceanview, given a few of the others in Control and even in AWE. When you arrive, there’s nothing a lot happening. As typical, your aim is to seek out the important thing to the door with the inverted pyramid on it, which gives your exit. To get it, you will must go to the one open visitor room within the motel and acquire the important thing off the desk.When that occurs, you obtain a fast, transient Hotline message from Wake, who talks briefly about Valhalla, a retirement dwelling based to be a spot the place the (already ludicrously previous) Anderson brothers may dwell out their twilight years. There’s not numerous data, however that is mainly the gist of what this secret is all about. AWE tells the story of what occurred to Emil Hartman after Alan Wake, and this year-long secret tells what occurred to the Andersons. THe pair dwell (or lived) out their days in a retirement dwelling that was based some 5 years earlier than Control in 2014, referred to as Valhalla. Despite being there, the existence of “Take Control” suggests they continued to entertain with supernatural rock god prowess.Your RewardThe Aerobics private mod could be the perfect one within the sport.Though the key gives solely a tidbit of Alan Wake lore, it does dish out one thing fairly vital: a “Personal Mod,” one of many items of drugs you’ll be able to equip in Control. This one is named Aerobics, a top-tier mod that provides you well being everytime you use your Evade transfer within the sport. Since most gamers are seemingly to make use of Evade virtually continually to keep away from incoming enemy hearth and different hazard, that is an exceedingly good mod. And with the addition of the Shum horde mode in AWE, the Aerobics mod is prone to be exceptionally helpful to anybody who finds it.So that is it. There’s much more Alan Wake and Control lore to uncover within the AWE DLC, and it undoubtedly appears that Control’s DLC is teasing a giant return to the Alan Wake story in Remedy Entertainment’s subsequent sport. What that’s stays to be seen, however within the meantime, try our AWE overview.
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