DO NOT BUY The Callisto Protocol

Hello, welcome back to a new video. So

recently I've been playing the brand new

Callisto Protocol, and as an avid fan of

horror games and sci-fi games in general,

I knew I just had to play this one.

Unfortunately, so far it's been rather

bland, boring, uninspired, and also kind

of lacking in luster. So Callisto Protocol

is brought to you by the same development

team that created the games Dead Space.

It's kind of like a spiritual successor of

Dead Space, but not a direct sequel, not

really related to Dead Space in any kind

of way. But because it was made by the

same team and it also has the same kind of

gameplay and game style features, it can

be considered to be a successor of the

Dead Space series. It just doesn't quite

have the same charm or soul or personality

that the older Dead Space games had. But

unfortunately, if you are a fan of the

Dead Space games, I would have to say that

I would not be able to recommend this

game. It's just not as good as the

original Dead Space games, and it

definitely feels like it's lacking

something. Although the atmosphere and the

looks are there, there's something missing

in this game. I'm going to begin with the

storytelling as one of the things I had a

problem with this game. I won't be rating

the story as a whole because I didn't

actually finish the game because it was

just so boring and I couldn't get through

most of it. So this point might change a

little bit later when I do finish it

eventually. Well, if I finish it. But so

far it just feels kind of lacking in

lustre. So far the elements of the story

are just kind of cliché and just kind of

uninspiring. I do not feel the drive to

know what's going to happen next or what

truly went wrong at the Black Iron Prison.

Or who is responsible for this mess? The

storytelling is just not great. Neither is

the writing. Another point related to

storytelling are the audio logs. My God,

these are a joke. Honestly, prepare

yourself for some 5 or 10-second audio

cues with the most generic dialogues

around things like logs related to

security personnel sounds like, "Oh no,

they are coming! Seal the doors!" And logs

recorded by scientists are more like after

X hours. After the outbreak, things went

not as expected. Damn you. In comparison,

the logs in Dead Space were far more

extensive and insightful, more interesting

about the outbreak that happened on

Ishimura. You really felt like these

people were in fear of their lives, and

you could really sense the fear they were

feeling and the danger and the ideas and

the grasp of hope they were feeling or

having in their last moments of

desperation. But, in this game, here in

Callisto, you don't really feel this as

much. I just didn't feel as immersed in

the audio logs in this game as much as I

did in the Dead Space games. Moving on to

the checkpoint system, it is absolutely

atrocious and glitchy. I don't know what

was the idea behind it, but checkpoints

are frustrating. For example, let's say

that there is an autosave in a location

with a workbench. You upgrade your stuff,

save the game, go forward, and die at some

point. You're going back to the save that

you've made, right? Nope, you start from

the checkpoint. Even if you purposefully

load the save that you have made, you'll

be teleported back to the beginning of the

last checkpoint. It just doesn't work

properly. The same goes for looting.

Everything that you looted after the

checkpoint and before your manual save

won't be in your inventory. The entire

autosave and checkpoint system is really

glitchy and just makes it really

frustrating when you're kind of relying on

this checkpoint that you've made or this

save that you've made to have your back

and be like a safety net in case things do

go tits up and you manage to mess up

something, but that's just kind of

annoying because you can't really rely on

this system at all. Now for the melee

system. The melee system is fine under

certain conditions. Number 1, when it's

only 1v1. Number 2, when enemies are not

mutating or are not bosses. And number 3,

in the first half of the game. Outside of

these 3 conditions, the melee system is

completely broken. Any other situation is

pointless for using your melee weapon

because you'll be overwhelmed when it's

1v2 or 1v3 due to being locked in this

stupid dodging animation with one enemy

and you cannot cancel them and retreat

while a second one is swinging at you and

hitting you and you can't move because

you're stuck in this stupid animation that

you can't actually cancel when it begins.

Also, you cannot stop enemies from

mutating with melee. I cannot comprehend

why there isn't a possibility to do that

with your baton. You have to have ammo,

otherwise you're pretty much screwed when

there is more than one. Third point

somewhat correlates to the first because

in the later chapters there's always more

than one enemy and you have to shoot.

Simple as that. Completely useless

mechanic in the current state of the game.

I highly doubt that it will ever be

changed. I think it's mostly like a visual

thing. They want to show off the

animations, and they do have great

animations in the game. It's just kind of

annoying when the animations get in the

way of the gameplay mechanics. Okay, so

for the ammo and health, oh Jesus baby,

there is no storage system at all. If you

have more than needed at the moment, you

have to sell it, and then the game's

unbalanced looting system will screw you

because you won't find enough ammo and

injectors. It's either I am completely

stacked on ammo and health or I am totally

empty. There is hardly any middle ground

here. That's a horrible game design. And

as for the weapon swapping, well, that is

even worse. You have to press 2, scroll

through weapons, highlight the one you

want to equip, press LPM, and watch the

swapping animation, which takes way too

long, especially if you're fighting an

enemy. During a firefight, it will just

destroy you over and over again because

you're trying to wait for this animation

to play out just to change your weapon.

It would be nice if if he just quickly

changed it so you're ready to go with your

new weapon equipped. But no, he's like a

grandpa changing his underwear. And the

last point, the last condition is probably

the most subjective, but one of the most

important points to me: monsters and the

overall atmosphere. While the game is

beautiful, locations are definitely on the

plus side. Definitely a lot of passion

went into the level design. You could

really tell that they really poured a lot

of love and efforts into this game for

visual reasons. It's done really great and

I love to admire the scenery, but I cannot

get immersed enough. It's simply not

scary. Maybe that's just me, but compared

to games like Resident Evil 2, the game

just doesn't really feel or look or sound

as scary as they were intending it to be.

There's just too many jump scares that get

old real quick and enemies' design is too

generic. They're just like Left 4 Dead

zombies, even their screams and sounds are

very similar. This isn't really scary.

The Necromorphs were horrific. The

inhumanity, screams, and sprints are still

terrifying. But these monsters in this

game are just some infected humans that

mutate sometimes, and that's all there

really is to it. Overall, I am

disappointed. For me, it's a big flop. I

really wanted it to be the best game of

the year, but this cannot compete,

especially against games like Elden Ring.

This game is just maybe a 5 out of 10 at

most. It's probably just ranting at this

point due to just coming off the needless

frustration of playing this game, but I

did want to enjoy it. I wanted to enjoy it

so much, but halfway through I was simply

playing it just to beat it, and then it

just ends. A cliffhanger. Obvious reason

for the season pass to exist, so they can

just get more money out of DLCs and stuff

like that. But the game isn't even that

long. So for these reasons,

unfortunately, I just can't really

recommend the game. I would have to give

it maybe a 4 or 5 out of 10. It's an okay

game, but it's definitely not gonna win

any awards for this year or next year.

Also, it's way too expensive. I mean, £50

for this game? I wouldn't even buy this

game if it was £20. Maybe if it came down

to £12 or £15 after a year and it had a

flash sale, then it might be worth the

money. But I don't really feel like at

this point in time it's really worth the

£50 price tag.