Control Resonant Opening Sequence: What Happens First

Quick answer

Control Resonant begins with Dylan escaping confinement inside the Oldest House. He sees an impression of Jesse, wakes with the Aberrant embedded in his chest, chooses an opening Primary Form, fights Hiss-infected Bureau staff and contacts FBC agent Zoe before entering Manhattan.

Sequence shown in the preview

Xbox Wire played roughly the opening hour. The report begins with Dylan emerging from years as a prisoner, test subject and director candidate. Jesse appears in a vision-like moment and calls him into action. Dylan then wakes to an open cell and the shapeshifting Aberrant.

The Board addresses him, and the first mechanical choice follows: Flurry, Slash or Slice. Hiss-infected employees provide the basic attack-and-dodge tutorial as Dylan moves through an Oldest House on alert.

Stepping into Manhattan

Outside, Dylan discovers that the Hiss crisis is no longer contained. He answers a radio distress call from Zoe De Vera, who is relieved to find a survivor and begins directing him through the city. Their first exchange is cautious because Dylan does not immediately disclose his identity.

Later tutorial beats introduce Secondary Forms, movement powers and the first shown Resonant boss. This guide stops before treating preview order as a complete mission walkthrough; objective names, checkpoints and rewards were not published.

How reliable is this order?

The account comes from a playable media build rather than a trailer edit, making it useful evidence for the opening structure. Pre-release builds can still change dialogue, timing or tutorials before September 24.

For the choices made during this sequence, compare Flurry, Slash, Slice and the movement console sequence. Zoe De Vera covers Dylan’s field handler.