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The Callisto Protocol Different Editions Listed & Season Pass Confirmed, No Mention of Upgrade Plans

The Callisto Protocol different editions have surfaced, as well as the confirmation that the game will feature a Season Pass!

anast844d ago

Editions and season passes...fun

TricksterArrow844d ago

I feel like most of the games just create these now for a quick buck. They make up the stuff as they go. They expect you to pay for a Season Pass or a Special Edition with no info on what comes with it, and most of the time it's so lackluster it's not worth it.

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fr0sty844d ago

Yay, locking parts of the game behind DLC paywalls and special editions is awesome!

anast844d ago

Exactly and they expect people to pay north of a 100 for their game without offering upgrades out of the gate. It's a hustle. And being hustled isn't fun.

RosweeSon844d ago

Yep I’ll just wait it out now.

AJM844d ago

Absolutely agree 100%. Hence I never buy full price season pass or upgraded edition, sorry.

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Yppupdam843d ago

Yeah....I'll just wait for a GOTY edition with all content included. blah...

sourOG844d ago

I was hoping to see a collectors edition lol. These are just the digital versions on PlayStation lol

VerminSC844d ago (Edited 844d ago )

Welp. There goes a big chunk of my excitement.
Why can’t developers learn?! Did Tlou2, GOW, Ghost of Tsushima, or Elden Ring have any of that bullshit? No, and they all sold amazingly. Just make good quality games without the bullshit people!! Not rocket science

Chriswheeler22844d ago

I think there is always a special edition with random shit I dont care about. Why would this game need a season pass right?

Wrex369844d ago

Like all things in this side of development it has way more to do with who is publishing it than who is making the game.

VerminSC844d ago

Isn’t this a new IP by an idependent studio though? If not the publisher is to blame but when will publishers learn?

Wrex369844d ago

@VerminSC

Krafton is the Publisher.

"Krafton (Korean: 주식회사 컴퍼니 크래프톤), stylized as KRAFTON and formerly known as Bluehole, is a South Korean company that develops and distributes video games based in Bundang-gu, Seongnam. Founded by Chang Byung-gyu in Seoul in March 2007, the company is known for having developed TERA, PUBG: Battlegrounds and NEW STATE Mobile, the last two through its subsidiary PUBG Studios. In November 2018, Bluehole was reorganized as a subsidiary under a parent company: Krafton. According to Forbes, Chang has a net worth of $2.9 billion and is one of the seven gaming billionaires in South Korea."

Ethereal844d ago

I think this is a old style "season" pass. In other words, it gets you access to all the story DLC it appears they plan to release for it. Time will tell though.

Double_O_Revan844d ago

Insert Star Wars *You were the chosen one* image.

EA shut them down and ruined DS3 with the forced Co-op and DLC. I thought when they made their own game they'd go back to just making an awesome single player game. But I guess they picked up some of EA's sales tactics.

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Stanjara844d ago (Edited 844d ago )

OMG! Why this single player game has a season pass, $20 for a skin and no upgrade from ps4-ps5 version?
Not supporting this. No buy for me until deep deep sale with everything, like I picked up Control ultimate for $15, with free ps5 upgrade. They had the same bs.

$90 dollars for ps5 ultimate edition... you got to be kidding me.

aaronaton844d ago

I promised myself i will never buy a a game day1 that features a 'Season Pass'

VerminSC844d ago (Edited 844d ago )

Yeah I’ll probably wait too. If more people speak with their wallet developers and publishers will learn.

Sucks, I was excited to try this game on release

Wrex369844d ago

Hey Vermin I looked into it and Krafton is the Publisher apparently and yeah I'm bummed too about it. I posted the wiki quote up there about it too if you're interested.

RosweeSon844d ago

Fair play I certainly won’t buy a season pass day1 utter con pay us £30 now and get next to nothing or wait 6 months for us to do the actual content and have it for barely £10-15 on sale 🤨 utter con they really are. Think I’ve seen about 2/3 good ones out of the thousands that have been infected on us like the plague they are and yet they still wanted to bump the base prices of games up. Be £150 a game soon 😅🤨✌🏻&# 129315;

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The Epic Games Store Has Two Freebies and One is a AAA Title

The Epic Games Store continues their giving ways and have a AAA title to add to your library, plus a fun 5v5 MOBA game as well

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TheNamelessOne34d ago

Eh. Finally played Callisto Protocol via Gamepass. It was fine, but didn't feel like playing more than a couple hours in. I'll still grab it for free though. Have yet to purchase anything from the EPIC store, but still have over 20 games in my library.

Jingsing34d ago

Maybe it would be smarter to just play the free stuff on Epic rather than pay for a Microsoft rental service that gets removed from your library.

darthv7234d ago

Well thanks for that one Epic. Happy to add CP to the library.

blackblades34d ago

I have a lot in my library just need a handheld pc.

N4GTG33d ago

I have over 450 games in my Epic library and haven't purchased anything from Epic. Ever.

phatak34d ago (Edited 34d ago )

honestly even tho I still prefer steam, over the last 4 years I always collected the weekly epic games, and now suddenly when you look at your library one day you realize you picked up around 400 free games a good portion of which are AAA, big win, and with gog, amazon prime, crazy powerful gpu's like 4090, windows 11 being way better than the dark days of windows 8 there has never been a better time to be a pc gamer, this is simply the best time for pc gaming fhat I can remember.

blackblades34d ago

Basically epic for the free games, steam for the deals and both for the free of charge online play amongst other things.

truthBombs33d ago

ahh the freedom of PC gaming.

EasilyTheBest33d ago

What is everyone's guess on the Next Xbox I'd like to know.
I really think it'll be a PC Console that's open to all Game Stores. I think there will be more than one version aswell including a high end expensive one.
It looks like it's the only way out for Microsoft but an interesting one too..

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The Callisto Protocol director says lots of content was cut and the game was forced to ship early

From ex Dead Space devs, The Callisto Protocol is a hidden horror game gem, and now director Glen Schofield opens up on production problems.

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ROCKY2848d ago

Game had so many problems - bad frame-rate was #1 problem

BeRich23348d ago

I played it a year later after release on series x and there wasn't any problems, although that is a problem lol

ROCKY2848d ago

cool - I will redownload and give the game another chance :)
thx

Inverno48d ago

All too common for games to have ridiculously long dev cycles and have so much cut. Also too common for newer IPs to have their dev cycle cut short and be forced out before they're anywhere near a complete state. We're playing incomplete games either way cept some get good scores others are thrown to the wolves. 70 dollar standard be doin fine work this gen.

DivineHand12548d ago

I blame this issue on poor project management and directors.

Inverno48d ago

There's that, but these companies know they can hook people with early previews. Show proof of concept with a nice cinematic CG trailer and then show some gameplay with pretty graphics and then push out an incomplete product. Your modern consumer is overprotective about products they know nothing about, they will buy things without much thought.

anast47d ago

It's 100% a management issue from the top-down.

Green-Smurf48d ago

So much can be added but it was decent. Needs a sequel

mastershredder48d ago (Edited 48d ago )

Game was a already-done-before regurgitated mess. More content was not going to save it. Stepped off on the wrong foot altogether. Even free, it goes unplayed.

DivineHand12548d ago

There are points in the game that felt like it was drawn out so if content was cut then it was probably for the better.

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The Callisto Protocol 2 Plans Discussed by Director; Mentions Cut Enemies, How They Wanted More Time

The Callsto Protocol 2 plans shared by Glen Schofield, as he also confirms they had to cut enemies and bosses in the first game.

XiNatsuDragnel50d ago

Callisto protocol 2 should use those cut features

excaliburps49d ago

We're never seeing a sequel unless Krafton greenlights it which I highly doubt.

-Foxtrot50d ago

Why? The DLC pretty much wrapped everything up and was awful.

Especially what they did to Jacob over making a sequel which could have gave him better character development.

Toecutter0049d ago (Edited 49d ago )

Callisto Protocol is an extremely underrated game (after the updates). Krafton, however, made a mistake by looking to overmonetize a single player game by cutting out content and selling it as dlc. Paying for extra death animations was scummy. And you can't get away with that crap with a new IP. Save it the sequel or, better yet, don't do it at all. Survival horror is a crowded market.

thesoftware73049d ago

I agree, I played and enjoyed the game very much.

Paying for death animations was a ridiculous proposition from the start, and was destined to fail.

Azfargh49d ago

I still play from time to time, kept installed on my pc and even some mods (dlss mod and some INI config optimizations) improved even more the experience. It is still an fun experience and the graphics and animations helps me want to go back even more... Yeah, paying for death animations: what they were thinking?

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RiseNShine49d ago

amazing horror game and unbelievable graphics, really happy that a sequel is being discussed.