Manhattan

Control Resonant takes place in a paranaturally-altered Manhattan, New York City, set some time after the events of the original Control. The threats once contained inside the Oldest House have now spilled out and are reshaping the real world.

Setting Shift

Where the original Control was a claustrophobic exploration of a single supernatural building, Resonant takes the series outdoors and into a real-world urban setting. Remedy has described Resonant's Manhattan as having larger outdoor areas with more diffused materials, emphasising scale and openness over the Oldest House's interior shifting.

Why Downtown

The extradimensional entity that has taken control of downtown Manhattan is the central threat the Federal Bureau of Control sends Dylan to contain. The specific geography of the paranaturally-altered downtown drives the location design across the campaign.