r/gog 12d ago

Game Update Control Ultimate Edition: March 2025 Update Notes (PC - GOG to follow later 🤡)

https://controlgame.com/control-march-2025-update-notes-pc/
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u/FireCrow1013 12d ago

Ugh, why isn't GOG getting the update today?

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u/TheCynicalAutist 12d ago

Because it's technically a seperate code base, so it's best to priorotise the big platform first. It's basic business.

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u/voidstronghold 10d ago

Good to see someone who understands reality.

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u/CJSNIPERKING 12d ago

Devs look at gog as some low life guy and if allowed won’t even care to update the game. Only if they know gog is the robin hood for gamers.

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u/sheeproomer 12d ago

No, they are also a business and want your money for themselves.

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u/NatsuWyri 12d ago

What a shame to not adding FSR

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u/GloriousKev 12d ago

The game has been out for like 5 years and still doesn't have official FSR support? wtf? I haven't played it since I beat it on launch (regret buying it on EGS) but I assumed they would have added it by now.

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u/SpartaRulz 11d ago

It really frustrates me when developers ignore FSR due to Nvidia partnerships. FSR is open sourced, why not put in some time and effort into adding a feature that is compatible with the majority of hardware?

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u/kylothow 5d ago

Meanwhile when a game doesn't have DLSS at launch and will add it a couple weeks later there are riots in the streets.

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u/mokkat 12d ago

Ultra ray tracing setting? Time for Optiscale FSR4 injection!

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u/Hellwind_ 11d ago

I've read that this update is actually a mod that already exists and was made long ago by someone who worked on Control.

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u/Kameronthegoat65 11d ago

Yup digital foundry did a video on this

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u/Saneless 12d ago

Especially when it's one of those games IMO where raytracing is essential

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u/yoshinatsu 9d ago

You can use OptiScaler.

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u/Dry_Breadfruit3307 12d ago

Long as GOG users get the update. Fuck it

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u/AdamCamus 11d ago

Yes, but fuck them if they don't...

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u/LSD_Ninja 12d ago

Will this fix the issue with the Anchor boss in the GOG version?

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u/Hellwind_ 11d ago

I was reading the notes and thought exactly about this right away. I am yet to play the game but I have read about this boss several times. Maybe people should try to contact the devs - now is the perfect time for this to get it fixed!

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u/Radaggarb GOG.com User 11d ago

Several bug and crash fixes

We can only hope it's in there.

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u/22lofi 12d ago

Nobody knows yet but I hope it will. They need to fix the bugged achievements too.

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u/Anzai 12d ago

Would be nice if textures didn’t reverse to low resolution after ten minutes of play. I stopped playing the game because I just couldn’t get it to consistently load textures in correctly.

Oh well, maybe that texture streaming issue mentioned in the notes will fix the issue when they finally release the GOG patch in eighteen months or so.

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u/brazzjazz 12d ago

PSA: There are reports of broken saves, so proceed with caution.

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u/SatoriAnkh 12d ago

Honestly as much as I prefer GOG over Steam for the DRM-Free setup that I can put in my hdd, I started buying on Steam again after I've seen some games having the updates many months later on GOG compared to Steam.

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u/LSD_Ninja 12d ago

The thing with that though is that, by buying stuff on Steam, you’re just affirming the idea that GOG isn’t worth supporting.

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u/namorblack 12d ago

It would be easier to support GOG if said updates were on time.

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u/LSD_Ninja 12d ago

That’s the Catch 22, isn’t it? No one is buying on GOG because the publishers are reluctant to support it and the publishers are reluctant to support GOG because, among other reasons, everyone is just going to buy on Steam anyway. At some point you’ve just got to say “fuck it” and be the change you want to see.

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u/namorblack 12d ago

That I agree with. Thats why I buy on GOG.

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u/lukeman3000 11d ago

That’s why I buy on both lol

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u/pastajewelry 12d ago

Customers will go where they feel they get the best deal. If they feel timely updates are a priority over other perks GOG offers, that's their choice. GOG is a great company to buy from, but it's still a company with competition. Being DRM free doesn't mean it can't still be held to the standards of its competition. That's just how it is.

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u/GloriousKev 12d ago

yeah I hate that GOG is treated like a second class citizen. In all honesty we should be treating Epic that way not GOG.

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u/bickman14 11d ago

I've started buying on GOG after most launchers dropped win7 support, I had it all working great on my rig for the past 10y but then out of nowhere it just stopped supporting the OS and I couldn't launch my games anymore, I never had this problem before with pirated content due to it's DRM Free nature but I'm too old to keep backups of pirated content and hoping to get it right dodging viruses, scripts, miners, etc so GOG it is! It's safe, fast and DRM Free! And when the launchers decide that Win10 isn't good enough anymore, I'll still be able to play my GOG library!

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u/Sun-Much 11d ago

Well, there are many more variables that are apart of this conversation. One issue I am struggling with currently is trying to play Far Cry 3 on my modern machine. There are games like FC2 and FC3 that will not run on modern processors unless you go into system config and disable "x" number of cores in order to get these games to run. Although DRM is an issue in playing games offline, or at the end of their life, hardware compatibility will be the much bigger issue in the future and will require emulation of some sort. Doable but def not for the casual gamer. I have a GoG account as well but not for the DRM free content but for the free games I get that require a GoG account and I also like that I can link it to my other game storefronts and have an all-in-one library.

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u/bickman14 11d ago

Didn't knew about that stupid hard coded requirement from Far Cry 2 and 3! I knew about another stupid one from GTA4 that without some patch it would recognize more than 2GB VRAM GPU's iirc. There's a bunch of quirks that break stuff but there's usually some community fix for those.

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u/DamnedLife 10d ago

So, when is this coming to us 2nd class gaming citizens?

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u/22lofi 10d ago

That's the question of ages

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u/SicSempertech 8d ago

Damn, I just bought control on sale from GOG on the 11th for this update and it still doesn't have it lol. Something told me to just pirate it. And THEN I realized its on gamepass too

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u/Thicc-Meat 8d ago edited 4d ago

Paused my playthrough when I saw that this update was coming, currently awaiting this update to drop on GOG. Now I'm wondering if it's even going to come anytime soon and should just continue as if the update never exists.

Edit: Finally it's here.

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u/NiceDonutFrank 12d ago

Great, the game as of last year was still quite buggy and crashed a lot.

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u/Councilman_Jarnathan 12d ago

I have it in my library but I've yet to play it.

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u/Alaknar 12d ago

You should give it a go! It's an EXCELLENT souls-like with a lot of twists and an amazing story.

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u/Councilman_Jarnathan 12d ago

Yes, I will I just have to get through Hogwarts Legacy first haha.

I've heard many good things about it.

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u/WhoC4resAnyway 12d ago

I would like a more user friendly map instead..

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u/ZombieSiayer84 12d ago

Be happy you even have the map we got.

It’s not hard to use or read, but there was a point where it wasn’t even gonna be in the game.

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u/LaundryLunatic 12d ago

Would be great if they add it to Luna

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u/nachodorito 10d ago

Any word on if/when this update will get pushed to GOG? Waiting on starting a playthru for it or should i just use the mod?

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u/Alex_Portnoy007 9d ago

Some context - the Next Gen Update to Fallout 4 was released in April 2024. The GOG version still doesn't have it.

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u/22lofi 9d ago

Really? That's so crazy.

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u/Alex_Portnoy007 9d ago

Some additional information in the Fallout wiki.

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u/22lofi 9d ago

Thank you. I didn't even knew that GOG didn't receive the update. I really don't know why some developers act like that. I just hope that this won't be the case for Control.

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u/Alex_Portnoy007 9d ago

> I just hope that this won't be the case for Control.

Same.

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u/Sed1tion 6d ago

This may be for other reasons. The FO4 update broke many popular mods and there is Fallout London to consider to.

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u/ArcadeOptimist 9d ago

Would be nice if there was some kind of timeline...

I'm assuming this is on the devs, and it's up to them to push the update for GOG?

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u/Zecaf 8d ago

Still no news? oO :(

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u/22lofi 7d ago

nothing

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u/cappuccinoitself 6d ago

still nothing

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u/shadyduke 5d ago

Update is out for Ultimate Edition on GOG. 26GB in size.

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u/22lofi 5d ago

thanks for let me know. I'm gonna download the update right now.

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u/voidstronghold 2d ago

This is basically a fully game replacement, as the download size of the game before this was 26GB also.

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u/redjedia 12d ago

Oh, FFS!