Only the mildest of non-story spoilers ahead (story setting).

The first game takes place in an M.C. Escher-like fever dream that is The Oldest House [TOH]. TOH plays a major part in the character and feel of the game, and frankly it would be a sad day to find out that the setting for the second game changes. We got a few opportunities to “leave” the house with the visits to Oceanview Motel and the Astral Plane (and maybe you’d consider the cave-like structure of the foundation to be a “different” environment as well), but these are all still technically located inside the building.

Alan Wake 2, however, shows us that the FBC doesn’t just go into the field for missions but are also constantly monitoring locations that either have frequent or suspected AWEs.

I can’t imagine playing within the Control series outside of TOH, but do you think it would be a benefit or a detriment for the player to visit environments outside of TOH to monitor or confront AWEs?

Personally, I feel like it would be a great way to change up gameplay from time to time. Maybe go into the field for some missions that push an investigation forward, or perhaps as side missions that the Director (or whoever the playable characters are) can go handle personally before returning to their work in TOH.

What do you think?