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The Callisto Protocol Review - Spiritual Successor Minus The Success - Ready Games Survive

This Callisto Protocol Review will cover everything this game has to offer to ultimately help you decide if it's worth playing or not.

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z2g650d ago (Edited 650d ago )

people need to stop treating this like dead space. every negative review wants it to be dead space then bitches about it not being dead space.... it has similar themes and a couple mechanics that are similar to dead space but thats it. you could simply chalk that up to both games being created by the same dude.

Callisto is more action oriented and a bit more linear than dead space. its more like if you took Call of Duty, removed the military aspect and put it in a scifi horror setting.... all the way down to how it mixes up the game play like COD. Sometimes its stealth (ish), sometimes there are interactive cinematic sequences (like sliding down a huge irrigation ditch dodging obstacles), sometimes its smash shit up action. it has upgrade systems that are simple (in a good refreshing way). it lacks a lot of what i would call unnecessary systems bloat in a lot of games over the years.

personally speaking i think the game is good. Its def not perfect but its not terrible. Its def a worth a sequel and a sequel could dial in some of the loose ends.

Einhander1971649d ago

Personally loving this game, it's similar to Deadspace but it's not Deadspace!!! Sick of these really negative reviews against this. I have played some shit that gets stella reviews that I think is crap.

MrChow666649d ago

This game doesn't deserve the hate, I saw a certain youtuber unistall the game mid stream after like 15 minutes because he kept trying to play the game the way he thought it should play and completely ignored the super simple tutorials and when he got killed over and over again for rushing and not paying attention he cried a moaned about how bad the game is...the game didn't even have a chance.

The game plays fine to me, never had a problem, it's not hard at all and it's fun.
I find the public lynching it recieved is striking and weird, something shady went on here, I wouldn't be surprised if EA paid scumbag journalists to ruin this games reputation.

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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.

truthBombs34d 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.