The credits finish. Your controller still hums in your palm and the city on-screen has new scars. You sit up and ask the one quiet question every replayable game forces on you: can I go again but different?
I’ve spent enough hours with Remedy Entertainment’s tricks to know where the seams are. You want practical answers fast — what carries over, what doesn’t, and how to jump straight back into chaos without wasting a single minute.
Does Control Resonant have New Game+ at launch?
You notice the console’s clock says two in the morning and the Board’s last line is still ringing in your head.
Yes
What carries over to your New Game+ session:
- Aberrant upgrades
- Health and combat resource improvements
- Supernatural combat abilities
- Talents
- Artifacts
What does not: traversal abilities. Since those are tied to primary story gating, you’ll need to re-earn movement powers as you progress — which reshapes pacing and exploration. Think of starting New Game+ as like finding a spare key under the mat: you still get inside, but some doors require patience.
The run itself adds incentives for veteran players: new Talent Nodes, fresh ways to chain Aberrant attacks, and a fourth Artifact slot to experiment with permutations. Enemies are scaled up across supernatural Manhattan; there’s no parry or deflect system in Control Resonant, so being aggressive and smart with abilities is your safest bet.
Does Control Resonant have a New Game Plus option?
Yes — the mode is available at launch across platforms (PlayStation, Xbox, PC via Steam and Epic Games Store). If you finished the campaign, the option will be available immediately in The Gap area.
How to start a New Game+ in Control Resonant
The Hedron drawing sits on the wall like a Morse code you half-remember from the story.
Starting New Game+ is simple if you know where to stand and what to press. I’ll walk you through the exact steps so you don’t waste a night hunting menus.
- Finish the main story once — that’s the trigger to make New Game+ accessible.
- Hold Down on the controller D-Pad to enter The Gap.
- The Board will address you; a notification will inform you that new nodes have opened in The Gap.
- Return to The Gap, approach the abilities wall, and look up at the Hedron drawing.
- Hold L1 to interact with the Hedron (PlayStation). On Xbox use LB; on PC click or press Enter.
- A New Game+ menu will appear. Confirm — press X on PlayStation, A on Xbox, or click/Enter on PC — and you’ll start the fresh run.
If you prefer to wrap up side jobs and collectibles before restarting, take your time: your retained upgrades make subsequent fights feel like rolling a loaded die, but the lost traversal powers reintroduce some of the original puzzle flow.
How do you unlock New Game+ in Control Resonant?
Complete the main story once; the option becomes available through The Gap after the ending sequence.
What doesn’t get carried over in Control Resonant’s New Game+?
Traversal abilities are removed from your New Game+ start and must be regained through play — everything tied to story progression will need to be reacquired.
Whether you’re retooling builds on Steam Deck or testing combos on a PlayStation 5, New Game+ in Control Resonant gives you fresh toys and stiffer opposition. It’s a second run that rewards experimentation and punishes complacency, like resetting a chessboard mid-match and being asked to beat a smarter opponent.
So tell me: will you rush back for the extra nodes and artifact slot, or will you clean up every side job before pressing start — which route are you going to take?
Yes, Control Resonant has a New Game Plus option at launch.
Players need to complete the main story once to unlock New Game+ in Control Resonant.
All traversal abilities you have unlocked in your first playthrough won’t be available in Control Resonant’s New Game Plus.