It struck me at force, and as if getting knocked 50 feet backwards onto my arse wasn't painful enough, a downed chopper then fell from the sky smack back on top of my crippled avatar. During one particularly gruesome playthrough, I met my maker after teleporting in front of a lightning-fast, super-powered car. To this end, Complex Control is suitably chaotic-so much so, its self-indulgent disorder can overwhelm. After prototyping a survival/BR hybrid over the previous design I've had, I realised it just simply overall more fun to play, the final result was more convincing.'
'I always thought the shrinking circle aspect was interesting,' says Theaetik, 'but I never was a huge fan of vanilla BR myself for pacing reasons.