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  • Summary: Set on Jupiter's moon Callisto in the year 2320, The Callisto Protocol is a next-generation take on survival horror. The game challenges players to escape the maximum security Black Iron Prison and uncover its terrifying secrets. A blend of horror, action, and immersive storytelling, theSet on Jupiter's moon Callisto in the year 2320, The Callisto Protocol is a next-generation take on survival horror. The game challenges players to escape the maximum security Black Iron Prison and uncover its terrifying secrets. A blend of horror, action, and immersive storytelling, the game aims to set a new bar for horror in interactive entertainment. Expand

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 8 out of 19
  2. Negative: 2 out of 19
  1. Dec 1, 2022
    90
    A spiritual successor to Dead Space that blends and riffs on ideas from the best horror games of recent years, with plenty of blood and guts to go around, though a lacklustre plot is its one minor flaw.
  2. Dec 24, 2022
    82
    The Callisto Protocol is not going to revolutionize the genre, but it does bring some interesting ideas to the table -most notably the melee combat- that add some welcome variety to its gameplay. It could have shot higher though if it wasn't for some missteps.
  3. Dec 2, 2022
    80
    The long-awaited horror action is very contradictory and you can either love it or hate it. Anyway, probably no other game deserves the 18+ label as much as this one. It decides whether you just want an adrenaline-fuelled brutal action ride, or if you expect something more from the game than an interesting, but by the end, just a primitive massacre.
  4. Dec 31, 2022
    69
    A mildly boring escape from Alcatraz in deep space. It’s neither great or abysmal — an epitome of mediocrity.
  5. Dec 29, 2022
    65
    The Callisto Protocol's Production value is impressive and its among the best looking games we've ever seen (the characters are life-like), but its a shame that its combat doesn't work very well when you face multiple enemies. Also, we would've liked them to be more varied.
  6. Dec 5, 2022
    60
    By the end, there wasn’t a lot that felt new – but I had phantom hand cramps from swinging that electrified baton, and a powerful need to sit down and have a cup of tea. I felt as if I’d survived – which is just what this game is going for.
  7. Dec 20, 2022
    40
    The Callisto Protocol is one of the year’s biggest letdowns. It is joyless, contrived and feels unfinished, as if the studio rushed it out prior to Dead Space Remake’s launch on January 27, 2023. Like Black Iron itself, I can’t help but feel the project was abandoned at some point. It feels so wrong for a game that looks and sounds this great to be so devoid of spark and quality control. It’s fitting that after traversing every tight nook and cranny, the only feeling left once the credits have rolled is that of having life squeezed from you.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 38 out of 129
  2. Negative: 67 out of 129
  1. Dec 3, 2022
    10
    Muy buen juego. Yo que he jugado dead space 1, 2 y 3 no he podido dejar de ver ciertas similitudes de todas estas en The Callisto Protocol. LaMuy buen juego. Yo que he jugado dead space 1, 2 y 3 no he podido dejar de ver ciertas similitudes de todas estas en The Callisto Protocol. La jugabilidad es similar a la de Dead Space, sólo que cambia un tanto en cuanto a ataques refiere. Los enemigos son más fuertes y resistentes, la mayoría de combates se darán siempre de cuerpo a cuerpo y estos tendrás que usar las flechas izq. y derecha para esquivar los ataques, el inventario lo tienes reducido a un máximo de 6 y ampliable a 12 sólo después de haber salido de la cárcel. Hay momentos de "scream" cada cierto tiempo. Es más reducido el uso del arma antigravedad que ahora son guantes. La música sabe como ponerte en tensión y en guardia. Algo que apreciar es el constante cambio de ambientes, lo coherente de la historia y las cinemáticas.
    Algunas deficiencias que he tenido en rendimiento considero que es porque lo he jugado con un Ryzen 5 1600, sumado a esto, muy por seguro que también se ha afectado el rendimiento por el uso de Denuvo Anticheat. No obstante, es un gran juego.
    Algo que me hubiera gustado que pusieses es mayor disponibilidad de interacción del personaje con el entorno. Quizás, incluso, algo retador hubiera sido esconder objetos o coleccionables (los "collares de los muertos" en alguna zona innacesible que solo se pueda alcanzar con tus guantes de gravedad, para que así el jugador se vea en cierta forma forzado a buscar por toda la habitación en busca de estas cosas para que así también la aprecie.
    La cámara la sentí muy pegada al personaje, pero no ha sido una molestia en los encuentros contra los monstruos.
    Algo también, un tanto irrealista me pareció que al salir de una habitación y volver a entrar vieras como respawneaban ciertos materiales infectados (como unos huevos) cuando ya los habías destruido.
    También debo acotar que existe cierta falta en cuanto a variedad de enemigos refiere, pero con los que hay sí que causa un gran susto en el corazón, sobretodo cuando te quedas sin munición.
    Pese a todo esto, y por la trama, por la jugabilidad, por todos esos momentos de sorpresa, por lo que es hasta el momento le doy un 10, sé que no es perfecto pero cumple con ser un gran juego. Que los pequeños fallos no apañen el gran valor de este diamante de juego.

    Edit 1. Después del parche de hoy 4.12.2022 el juego se ha vuelto muy estable usando un ryzen 5 1600 y una gtx 1660s en steam. Todo va muy fluido en gráficos bajos y medios (aún no lo he probado en alto).
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  2. Dec 4, 2022
    9
    ̶G̶a̶m̶e̶ ̶s̶t̶u̶t̶t̶e̶r̶s̶ ̶l̶i̶k̶e̶ ̶c̶r̶a̶z̶y̶ ̶o̶n̶ ̶m̶y̶ ̶3̶0̶8̶0̶ ̶T̶i̶ ̶/̶ ̶R̶y̶z̶e̶n̶ ̶9̶.̶ ̶J̶u̶s̶t̶ ̶g̶o̶ ̶p̶l̶a̶y̶ ̶D̶e̶a̶d̶̶G̶a̶m̶e̶ ̶s̶t̶u̶t̶t̶e̶r̶s̶ ̶l̶i̶k̶e̶ ̶c̶r̶a̶z̶y̶ ̶o̶n̶ ̶m̶y̶ ̶3̶0̶8̶0̶ ̶T̶i̶ ̶/̶ ̶R̶y̶z̶e̶n̶ ̶9̶.̶ ̶J̶u̶s̶t̶ ̶g̶o̶ ̶p̶l̶a̶y̶ ̶D̶e̶a̶d̶ ̶S̶p̶a̶c̶e̶.̶

    As of patch 1.06, I can now run on max settings with pretty much zero stutter. I still get some stutters during action heavy scenes but it's nowhere as noticeable or annoying as before. You kinda got to give them props for putting out a patch this quick but also, why not just wait one day lol.

    In terms of the game - it looks amazing and the atmosphere perfect. As some who is big on action horror games like Dead Space and Resident Evil, I can easily recommend this. The game settings gives me real Event Horizon/Pandorum vibes so if you have issues and enjoy those movies like me then you'll like this.

    It's not exactly Dead Space, but that's what we have the Dead Space remake for. The gameplay trailers showed exactly what this game is like and I pretty happy with what I got.
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  3. Dec 24, 2022
    8
    Лучший космисческий хоррор года! Это хардкорная, до жути мурашек топовый проект. Очень понравилось анимаци, графика и кастсцены. НевероятноЛучший космисческий хоррор года! Это хардкорная, до жути мурашек топовый проект. Очень понравилось анимаци, графика и кастсцены. Невероятно сложно убивать монстров. Начальные локации были очень страшные! остальные так себе. Конец не очень понравилось, думал будет счастливее. Но хвалить могу за графику, на такие детали я смторел часами за всю игру, это полная эйфория глаз. Минусы: игра жрет видяху просто изумительно! Ну и процесс игры немного короткая. Большая похвала разрабов, это хороший прорыв на графику и анимации, сдалели на ура. Сюжет очень интересный кроме конца. Спасибо за игру Expand
  4. Dec 31, 2022
    4
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. A total of 15O ppl from PLAYSTATl0N MALAYSIA & PLAYSTATl0N VlSUAL ARTS worked on the development of THE CALLlST0 PR0T0C0L, which is actually very telling of why this game only runs properly on a PLAYSTATl0N 5.

    So, here are my personal takes, after being gaslighted by this—
    PUNCH-0UT SlMULAT0R Space Zombies Edition:
    Usually the combat in this game is like THE LAST 0F US 2, but worse, because of the camera & its heavy controls.
    Blocking during melee is pointless in it, since u always take damage when doing so, even with all defense upgrades purchased, while dodging causes u to take no damage at all & is extremely easy to exploit ragardles of the level of difficulty, which means buying defense upgrades is simply a waste of credits; like in TL0U 2 u can't dodge grab attacks, but u can't block them either, so blocking is still pointless in comparison with the dodging. However, it's kinda hilarious that the guy always moves like a snail, due to how slow he's & the fact that even he lacks an sprint animation, but then, when dodging— suddenly he's like a boxer with SUPER agile reflexes, armed with an electified cricket bat!

    This game has a bug which 1 shot enemies when u use the GRAVlTY GL0VE & u drop them over objects in the level, such as tables, blocks of concrete, cars, boxes & so on. This obviously makes the GRAVlTY GL0VE fvcking over-powered & very easy to exploit, regardless the difficulty in which u're playing it! The only exception is that u can't use it directly on its B0SSES, but this obviously also means that u can use it indirectly against its B0SSES anyway.

    During its combat tutorial section, the main protagonist with his bare hands 'll gonna grabb a metallic tool, which was recently nailed into a fuse box. Now, ¿how the hell he'll not gonna be electrocuted to death— while doing so—? is beyond me.

    Basically from the beginning its devs already establish a rule of this world/universe redarging an item that l'll simply call MEDl-GEL, which revives the main protagonist of a condition which is literally called CLlNlCALLY DEAD, after they insert a device into his nape; ¿0k? Well then— ¿¿why later, along the way from a certain point A to point B, u can't use a spare MEDl-GEL (if still u've a spare one in ur inventory) to save the life of another survivor who is about to die, when this one even has the same device on his nape?? This is the 1st title that the devs released after becoming independent from EA, but even so they're already presenting us with W0RLD BREAKlNG RULES narratively speaking, regarding this lP; & they obviously 've plans to make a sequel to this title; so get ready for a very sh¡tty ride with it!

    Regarding its W0RLD BUlLDlNG, well, u have a prison in it in which there's every 2 out of 3 of its respective parts— some— walls with deadly spikes or giant meat grinders. So, yup, ¡is nonsensical AF regarding W0RLD BUlLDlNG!

    Also, BLACK WESKER strikes again in it with his “C0MPLETE GL0BAL SATURATI0N!” So, yup, the main villain of this game is cartoonishly evil.

    EXCELLENT ST0RY TELLING! lt'll really hook u up!! ¯_(ツ)_/¯

    lt has a grand total of 2 B0SSES:
    (B0SS 1) ls a C0NJ0lNED TYRANT, which is more B0RlNG than RE 2's TYRANT, & the same even relies on enemy waves.
    (B0SS 2) ls WlLLlAM BlRKlN "G3", & surprise, surprise; ¡HE ALS0 RELlES 0N ENEMY WAVES! & it ain't just of the normal enemy type, nope, no sir; ¡but the literally explosive enemy type!!
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  5. Dec 4, 2022
    2
    Deposité mi confianza en este juego reservándolo por 60 euros y tres días después de salir es injugable, tengo componentes en mi pc de sobraDeposité mi confianza en este juego reservándolo por 60 euros y tres días después de salir es injugable, tengo componentes en mi pc de sobra para jugarlo a 60 fps estables y los fps caen todo el rato. Expand
  6. Dec 8, 2022
    1
    Callisto Protocol looks great. And that is the only good thing to be said about the game.
    On PC it runs terribly. What good are marvelous
    Callisto Protocol looks great. And that is the only good thing to be said about the game.
    On PC it runs terribly. What good are marvelous graphics when it plays like a slide show?
    The combat is terrible and made for one on one combat only - as soon as you are swarmed you cannot win.
    Yet another eagerly awaited game that completely fails (Cyberpunk vibes all over again).
    Do yourself a favor and waait (do NOT pre-order!) for Dead Space Remake. It'll probably be much better than this.
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  7. Jan 28, 2023
    0
    After being able to test the work done on the Dead Space remake, I have to say that this game now seems even worse to me as a PC port.After being able to test the work done on the Dead Space remake, I have to say that this game now seems even worse to me as a PC port. Callisto Protocol director appears to glorify crunch culture, that its a shame. Terrible optimization launch and final game content divided into dlc's. On top of that, they wanted to sell it as a super production. I cannot recommend this and even less for the price it has. Expand

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