I think them just throwing so many inspirations around without going into detail as to what exactly inspired them is a red flag. It just feels like they just threw around random references to look interesting. In terms of game development it just looks bad.
Also, I am worrying about the replay ability here. Only having perks and no interchangeable weapons, classes or even some randomisation doesn’t look good. I mean, even Left 4 Dead had the Director system that kept campaigns fresh and interesting, Vermintide (haven’t played Darktide) has classes and subclasses and even the first Killing Floor had a plethora of weapons to make games more interesting.
Yeah I tend to agree. I fucking LOVED Control and the universe they built out, but I honestly cannot figure out wtf they’re doing with this game. Like I get the overall concept but it seems kind of all over the place. To me it seems like they’re just trying for a cash grab while re-using assets from the Control universe.