The Callisto Protocol

 Xbox Series X
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6.8

Mixed or average reviews- based on 288 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 174 out of 288
  2. Mixed: 42 out of 288
  3. Negative: 72 out of 288
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  1. Kc01713
    Dec 3, 2022
    4
    XBox cant be so powerful yet perform so weak,this is buyer's remorse. As for the gameplay,is was repetitive and became boring after an hour of playing.
  2. Buel
    Dec 6, 2022
    0
    Waste of money and faith, I played every Dead Space game back during their release even enjoyed Dead Space 3 even though others didn't, this games doesn't even come close to Dead Space, its actually infuriating that this is what they give back after all these years, still gonna buy Dead Space remake, but Callisto Protocol will get zero praise from me.
  3. Kitnin1981
    Dec 5, 2022
    4
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. The game is the order 1866 + mortal kombat beat an up, too much cinematics to load game, quick time events, the characters principal is very boried, lineal game play, no puzzles, it's a game about 8 hours to final game. Xbox series S not run 60 fps, xbox series x not raytracing, xbox series S is the same version xbox one fat, it's a joke. They Sai that callisto run 60 fps with gotham knights 30 fps. The camera is too much near, the Jacob cover all TV, I don't see anything. There is the same enemies fighting style mortal kombat fight round 1, it's awful, I want a game similar dead space and not this game similar even rise son of Rome. Graphics cinematics, but where is the game play dinámica, Jacob looks a tank is very slow. It's a walking simulator beat aan up mortal kombat + quick time events rhe order 1866 or rise son of Rome, and Sony is the cause of this problems, it's a game made by sony, cinematics walking and loading too much ohhhh and game play very bad, and slow. Dead space is the winner.… Expand
  4. Frank313
    Dec 8, 2022
    0
    La Series X aunque tiene buena GPU no da para verse el juego como lo hace en pc o PS5. No da la talla en esta plataforma.
  5. ultrasakont
    Dec 7, 2022
    0
    I think the combat is extremely brilliant, gory and violent
    require you to pay attention and always on your toes, the combination between melee and critical gun / shutgun is awesome and just adds to the level of intensity
    this game unlike any other suvival horror games, it forces you to face monsters head on, no hiding no nothing kill or be killed. this is the thing that his game    I think the combat is extremely brilliant, gory and violent
    require you to pay attention and always on your toes, the combination between melee and critical gun / shutgun is awesome and just adds to the level of intensity
    this game unlike any other suvival horror games, it forces you to face monsters head on, no hiding no nothing kill or be killed. this is the thing that his game absolutely nails down that immense feeling of anxiety and fear of death in the next corner, i recommend playing this game on maximum security after you mastered the melee / dodge combat mechanics    … Expand
  6. MxoldqEvdyr
    Dec 13, 2022
    4
    Bastante aburridor, es muy bien hecho visualmente pero es en lo único que destaca.
  7. benjamin666
    Dec 6, 2022
    0
    this game is very boring and bad . very bad . i am disappoinment . it is aweful game . very bad
  8. marcinek74
    Dec 3, 2022
    2
    Very poor mechanics and boring gameplay. Limited graphics on the most powerful console.
  9. RoverDiscover
    Dec 10, 2022
    0
    Dead Space, Wish edition.
    Huge disappointment. AAAA game? More like glorified garbage
  10. Lover92
    Dec 4, 2022
    0
    This not deserve any Xbox and pc players money..
    Devs disrespecting and released a game half baked on Xbox and pc.
    150 devs from sony just to work on ps5 ..when better HW like Series X released unfinished game on it..and pc version is unplayable even with 3080 .. Devs should respect other players and release the game fully optimized on every platform.. .. sony help the development of ps5    This not deserve any Xbox and pc players money..
    Devs disrespecting and released a game half baked on Xbox and pc.
    150 devs from sony just to work on ps5 ..when better HW like Series X released unfinished game on it..and pc version is unplayable even with 3080 ..
    Devs should respect other players and release the game fully optimized on every platform..
    ..
    sony help the development of ps5 version..
    And devs released the game when ps5 version finished and they ignore the optimization of Xbox and pc and release it broken with many problems..
    They care only for ps5 version because of sony involvement..
    Just made it exclusive then ..

    Other players should treated it equally..
    People paid 70$ for unfinished product.
    Why ps5 has special treatment and they release the game after finishing ps version..
    When Xbox and pc needs more work and unfinished
    Its just sony involvement..
    People don't buy this ..
    Xbox and pc players shouldn't support this behaviour    … Expand
  11. Gutold
    Dec 4, 2022
    2
    The game is just boring. For the first 1,5 hour it might be exciting, but in long run you do the same all the game. Places look similar to each other. You are just walking and fighting with same enemies all the game. I don't like it. If you have some question don't hesitate to write.
  12. Akk3d1s
    Dec 4, 2022
    3
    inferior frame rate to other systems. Also inferior graphics to other systems.
    Dodge mechanic is weird and too easy; story is thin. Jump scares suffer from stuttering...list goes on. Not sure if its even worth playing through to the end...
  13. Alkpote
    Dec 3, 2022
    0
    Game is wack, I am returning back to dead space. Never buy again a game with review umbargo and will cancel pre-order !!!
  14. stopierwszy
    Feb 19, 2023
    0
    Undodgeable scripted sequences along with broken inventory system and a broken checkpoint system which makes you waste 30 minutes on fetching items, upgrades an SLOW 'running' to catch up to your last cheap death makes it almost unplayable.
    Broken close combat system animations makes you think you roll a dice each time you try to block or dodge an attack.
    I would ignore checkpoint issues    Undodgeable scripted sequences along with broken inventory system and a broken checkpoint system which makes you waste 30 minutes on fetching items, upgrades an SLOW 'running' to catch up to your last cheap death makes it almost unplayable.
    Broken close combat system animations makes you think you roll a dice each time you try to block or dodge an attack.
    I would ignore checkpoint issues if I only could save, after doing all upgrades in the store, for example. But nope, you need to suffer and be scared of bad design with each step. I guess that's why it's called a horror game.
    Confusing level layouts full of blind turns and cheap jumpscare filled backtracking.
    Game looks pretty, I guess. But for me it's unplayable in this state. Fix your **** devs and I consider giving it another try.    … Expand
  15. Steyraus
    Apr 11, 2023
    0
    Just a terible game could only stomach 6 hours of the mundane melee crap and shooting 1 gun. In 6 hours you have 1 gun. Then there's the stuttering and bugs. Game goes from boringly easy to 1 hit kills. Just a sad expensive attempt at horror.
  16. meecrobhead
    Jan 5, 2023
    3
    Horrific controls. Bad mechanics. Not really scary. Guns without any real effect. Characters are dull. Gameplay just no fun. The game lost me after 3 hours.

    Just not a good game. Dead space is compeletely on another level.
  17. Borgoros
    Jan 10, 2023
    2
    The best part is the graphics.
    But it stops being scary pretty fast, the story drags, the gameplay is also way to slow and mundane, terrible (cloned?) bosses, awful final boss and stealing way to much from DS....
  18. Marlowe34
    Dec 9, 2022
    4
    Could have been so great but woeful combat, appalling checkpointing and lacklustre levels make it an absolute struggle. So, so disappointed.
  19. clammy
    Dec 8, 2022
    4
    Boring, predictable, clunky, unoriginal and unspired. Pretty to look at. Overhyped.
  20. Majestikflow
    Jan 10, 2023
    0
    When i downloaded this on the xbox store, it had over 4 stars. I watched the intro, I was sold. I am almost 2 hours in. Very disappointed. If I knew it was a zombie game I would have saved my money. First game on xbox series x. It's just another zombie horror game. Very slow paced and the only action is a zombie pops up every now and then. Now I am stuck walking in circles, no map, no hud,When i downloaded this on the xbox store, it had over 4 stars. I watched the intro, I was sold. I am almost 2 hours in. Very disappointed. If I knew it was a zombie game I would have saved my money. First game on xbox series x. It's just another zombie horror game. Very slow paced and the only action is a zombie pops up every now and then. Now I am stuck walking in circles, no map, no hud, half the buttons are for NOTHING. There are no hints if you are stuck. When you hit select, NOTHING. It's like playing a game from 20 years ago with better graphics. Save your money, there was obviously some early fake ranking going on. Not sure how it scored about 85% on xbox and 63% on metacritic. (never pay any attention to anyone but user reviews and ignore all 10, and 1 ratings. Most are fake. Take a pass unless you want to spend $70 to be bored.… Expand
  21. davygravy93
    Jan 1, 2023
    0
    The melee combat just sucks. Anyone claiming otherwise is a shill or didn't finish the game because frankly it's one the most poorly executed combat systems Iv ever seen in a 3rd person action game. It essentially plays like punch out where you dodge left or right and counterattack but unlike punch out there no depth to any of it, that's right an NES game is more complex than this triple AThe melee combat just sucks. Anyone claiming otherwise is a shill or didn't finish the game because frankly it's one the most poorly executed combat systems Iv ever seen in a 3rd person action game. It essentially plays like punch out where you dodge left or right and counterattack but unlike punch out there no depth to any of it, that's right an NES game is more complex than this triple A game that costs 70 usd new.

    Where the combat really flounders is how enemies magnetize to you regardless of where they are positioned, they can be 3 feet away and just magically be up on you leading to annoying quick time events that get old very quickly. The combat could work if the controls weren't so clunky, the game uses too many complex animations that slow everything down while your enemies have split second reaction time. Any time you face more than one enemy it all falls apart because the combat was designed around fighting one enemy at a time, there are parts where ranged enemies will kill you offscreen because you're focused on another enemy, it's not difficult just annoying.

    The story is nonexistent. Big tough girl boss causes your ship to crash into prison planet where you go through a disneyland theme park of death that you must go through to survive. The only story development is in audio logs which is beyond overused at this point. Characters are paper thin with no backstories or personality to them, no one changes over the course of the story whatsoever. Oh and it ends on a cliffhanger to sell DLC, lovely.

    Easily my most disappointing game of 2022. I was looking forward to this but it's pretty obvious the devs at the helm did not understand what made Dead Space great and were trying their hardest to imitate it while adding in mechanics from Last of Us for "muh realism". Boring linear corridor game that lives in the shadow of older brother.    … Expand
  22. Jonjon1239
    Dec 7, 2022
    4
    Bang average at best, and disappointing at it's worst. The graphics are sometimes astounding but the gameplay is dry, with two sections in particular being really frustrating. Wait till this comes to Gamepass.
  23. aderfly
    Jan 2, 2023
    0
    a piece of **** with a bunch of bugs, terrible optimization and quality. It's just a shame that this game was made by the developers of the original dead space game.
  24. way69
    Dec 6, 2022
    4
    Man, I wanted to like this game but as it progressed it became more frustrating. The boss fights are so screwed up and it’s made worse by the janky controls. Half the time running doesn’t engage or the character just stops running randomly. The frame rate is appalling on Xbox series x and the game crashes after every quick resume. Then there’s the missing ray tracing functionality that theMan, I wanted to like this game but as it progressed it became more frustrating. The boss fights are so screwed up and it’s made worse by the janky controls. Half the time running doesn’t engage or the character just stops running randomly. The frame rate is appalling on Xbox series x and the game crashes after every quick resume. Then there’s the missing ray tracing functionality that the PlayStation has that Xbox doesn’t. Microsoft should allow users to refund this piece of garbage because the game has clearly been gimped because Sony threw a bit of extra cash the developers way.… Expand
  25. Belton
    Mar 15, 2023
    0
    Poor short story, everything becomes a damage sponge at the end. Lack of guns. Generic enemies. It tries so hard to be dead space bur falls flat on it's face. I would rather have my teeth pulled than play this game again.
  26. Alex42Q
    Dec 9, 2022
    2
    this game is very boring and bad . very bad . i am disappoinment .With ray tracing, the game will definitely not pass, and without it, the question becomes, what did I pay money for?
  27. Wivazedski1
    Dec 7, 2022
    3
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Well what can I say about this game. I was very hyped for this game, being a massive Dead Space fan, except DS3 but let’s not get into that car crash. However I am very disappointed with this. Visually the game is stunning let’s just clear that up first 10/10 there. The combat, while I appreciate the fact they try to encourage you use a combo of melee and shooting this fell flat and feels sluggish. I found myself using kinetic and slamming enemies into fans and spikes which made the game feel easy, to start. The story was repetitive, predictable and unoriginal. The game crashed several times and the spike in difficulty towards the end was a joke. I enjoy hard games but this felt cheap with bosses that insta kill and respawns directly in front, no breathing space to heal reload. Changing weapons is a chore and dodging was clunky, especially when trying to escape but the game decides to make you dodge instead of run. Then the last boss was stupid and overpowered, again no breathing space to escape, reload and heal, then they throw adds in as a cheap shot of making it more difficult. It was a game with so much potential, but sadly although beautiful the game was uninteresting, repetitive and try’s to be hard by using cheap tactics that just become annoying rather than make you learn patterns. They should have spent more time on fine tuning the combat mechanics and finding ways to make fights hard and more interesting without cheap tactics rather than making it stunning, boring and cheap. I’d settle for game play over visuals any day.… Expand
  28. adbbyury
    Dec 16, 2022
    1
    The Callisto Protocol has faced criticism claiming it is a "Dead Space clone". Well, after playing it, I wish it was. Truth is, this is some of the worst combat I've ever seen in a modern game. Not to mention, the game feels uninspired, isn't scary in the least, and is full of Uncharted-esque moments that are incredibly dated. The game sucks.
  29. Zaboon26
    Feb 22, 2023
    4
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Pas vraiment un mauvais jeu, mais certainement un très mauvais jeu d'horreur.
    Pêle-mêle: En positif, les graphismes, épatants même sur Xbox one fat, le système de combat original et nerveux..
    En négatif, ... Mais devient frustrant et brouillon dès lors qu'on doit faire face à plusieurs ennemis, une synchronisation des doublages éclatée au sol, une difficulté pas toujours bien calibrée, animations de morts pas subtiles pour un sou, NE FAIT MÊME PAS PEUR...

    Quand on vient de Dead Space, qu'on l'a apprécié, forcément on sera déçu. Quand on s'en fiche, ma foi c'est pas trop mal, mais en aucun cas The Callisto Protocol ne marquera le jeu vidéo de ses lettres de noblesse. Dommage    … Expand
  30. UBCS
    Apr 14, 2023
    0
    We bought the series s version of the game believing that the Xbox one version came along with it but it did not that's some anti consumer crap

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Metascore
70

Mixed or average reviews - based on 31 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 13 out of 31
  2. Mixed: 17 out of 31
  3. Negative: 1 out of 31
  1. Gamers' Temple
    Jan 6, 2023
    80
    Overall, Callisto is a really good survival horror experience. If you like Dead Space, you need to try this game. The main campaign has a lot of passion put into it and I had a bunch of fun with it. The game definitely has some problems here and there, but I think true horror fans will admire it for its fantastic campaign. I really feel that this series will have just as interesting of a world as Dead Space if the series continues beyond this first installment. The story is overall good and the ending begs for DLC or a sequel. Be sure to try this game if you’re in the mood for a cinematic horror experience with a lot of intensity.
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  2. Movies Games and Tech
    Dec 21, 2022
    80
    The Callisto Protocol is an exceptional horror adventure title. It will be hard for Dead Space fans to ignore the similarities, but it should be enjoyed on its merits. With slick combat, amazing aesthetics, and an incredible plot, this needs to be played.
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  3. ZTGD
    Dec 19, 2022
    70
    This game wants to be Dead Space really, REALLY, bad, but what’s interesting about that is I haven’t even finished the first Dead Space game and I can see it. Is this a bad thing? No, it’s really not as Callisto Protocol isn’t a trash game at all, they tried some new things with the controls and stuff some of it worked but for me a lot more of it didn’t. The game’s depiction of excessive violence is fun but even it wears on to the point of feeling overboard, especially when you think why they have giant grinding machines in the open like this in the middle of a prison. The story, while predictable, was an enjoyable adventure, but as far as graphics this game looks incredible. But as most of us know by now, looks aren’t everything and so it is with Callisto Protocol.
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