2019’sControlis a third-person action-adventure from Remedy Entertainment and 505 Games with a unique premise. The game is set in the Oldest House, headquarters of the Federal Bureau of Control, an agency dedicated to the study and containment of phenomena that violate the laws of reality. InControl,players delve deep into the FBC’s secrets, finding terrifying monsters and mind-bending puzzles alike.
Nothing in the Oldest House is simple, and players may spend some time onControl’s puzzle sections. One of the most challenging is during the Old Boys Club mission, in which players need to fix the HRA Machine using punch cards.
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Finding the Punch Cards
Once players have reached the HRA Lab, having solved the cube puzzle in the previous section, they’ll be tasked with restoring the HRA machine. To do this, first, they’ll need to collect five of thegame’s punch cards, which are scattered around the lab. Here’s where to find them:
Once Jessie,Control’s protagonist, has acquired the five punch cards, she’ll now need to slot them into the terminals in the correct order.
Restarting the Machine
To work out the sequence of the punch card terminals inControl’s HRA Lab Level, players will need to carefully study the whiteboards scattered around the room. However, those players who’d prefer to get a direct solution should skip ahead to the final paragraph of the guide. There are three whiteboards, each of which gives a third of the solution. While most of the answers are fairly clear once all three whiteboards have been studied, there is one more twist to the puzzle. One of the whiteboards has “Changing Variables” written on it, which indicates that players should swap the two symbols joined with the arrow to make the correct solution.
While the whiteboards can be as confusing asControl’s monsters, they should reveal that the sequence of punch cards is as follows when using the image above:
Once the five punch cards have been entered, the HRA machine should restart. As HRA kits are the only things that protect humans from theresonance of the Hiss,Control’s primary antagonist, this is pretty essential to Jesse turning the tide.
Controlis out now on PC, PS4, PS5, Switch, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X|S.
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