Review: The Callisto Protocol delivers the violence and horror that lives up to its Dead Space predecessor, but a lack of original ideas means it has one tentacle stuck in the past. ⭐⭐⭐
But it’s a spiritual successor in every sense of the word. A pastiche, even, albeit it’s a pastiche made by some of the people who created Dead Space in the first place.
Mastering all the forms of combat is essential for survival in The Callisto Protocol, because this is a hard game. You will die, a lot, even if you play on the easiest settings with all the accessibility features turned on. You never have enough ammo for your guns, the battery life on your GRP is pathetic, and although you can always dodge and hit things, that only really works when you’re not having to fend off multiple Biophages all coming at you from different angles.
All of this makes for a very strategic combat experience. Players will often venture into an area just to see where the enemies are, who they’re facing, and whether there are any environmental elements they can use to their advantage, before dying and starting over. , the DualSense and 3D audio really add to the experience. In fact, if you don’t have a 3D audio headset, we’d recommend getting one for The Callisto Protocol.
Not that the entire game is set within Black Iron. After a while you do break from the confines of the prison to explore the surface of Callisto, before descending deep below the prison in the latter stages. I say explore, because although there are secret areas to uncover and a few open spaces to play around in, this is still a linear game. There’s rarely more than one option for you to head off in.
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