The Callisto Protocol (2022)

The combat is what kills it for me so far. Just for comparison, Dead Space’s combat was simple, had serious weight behind it and was super effective and satisfying. This feels like they added needless and annoying ducking and dodging that feels mandatory at times, just because….maybe to try to differentiate it from Dead Space a bit. I don’t know, but it doesn’t work for me.

It looks insanely good, but game play > graphics….
 
KAC said:
Yes this looks like it will make it to gamepass. Gonna play then.
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Now that I think about it, Sony has the marketing rights to this game. Not sure for how long. That means no Game Pass until at least the end of that contract since they forbid its release on competing subscription services.
 
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Lazy8s said:
I’m about an hour in. It runs and looks great on the PS5, but just based on gameplay alone I recommend passing on this one. So far it’s just annoying and tedious.
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O jeez. I was thinking of pulling the trigger 2 days ago and buying it. Will wait for discount.
 
Sundance Kid V2 said:
O jeez. I was thinking of pulling the trigger 2 days ago and buying it. Will wait for discount.
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Good move. It’s not scary, the combat is just tedious and the story is….kind of nothing at all. Looks great, otherwise, after about 3 hours now, it’s still just a 5 or 6/10. Not even in the same league as Dead Space.
 
Lazy8s said:
Good move. It’s not scary, the combat is just tedious and the story is….kind of nothing at all. Looks great, otherwise, after about 3 hours now, it’s still just a 5 or 6/10. Not even in the same league as Dead Space.
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Ughh. I thought this game was going to rock our world. Dang!!! I will wait for discount. Thank goodness I didn't pull the trigger...
 
New patch on steam removes 95% of the stutter for me. I still get a tiny bit of slowdown in some new areas, but it's not really too bad or frequent. Definitely quite playable now.

I'm not far into it but the handcannon is pretty decent. The melee combat is weird but I'll probably get use to it.
 
Heard the game has a shit save system, anyone able to comment on it?
 
|MaguS| said:
Heard the game has a **** save system, anyone able to comment on it?
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Saves are pretty regular for me. It seems to save just before big encounters. Maybe they get worse but they're fine atm.

There might be some places where it doesn't save after cutscenes though
 
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Ok the atmosphere is amazing
The cutscenes look so good i actually enjoy watching them
The graphics are insanely good

The story, not sure yet not that far in.

But i have one gripe so far and it's annoying me:
The game is not really using any resources while fps is not that great.

In the game MENU, it eats more than 300 watts from my GPU
But when PLAYING the game, it barely touches 200 watts (and frames are struggling)

That's with a 4090 and a 13900k

What gives man. If resources were used properly i could even maybe supersample the resolution and have all the eye candy on. That would be epic but utilization seems super bad :(
 
Took me 10 hours to beat and I'm pretty sure I explored every side area. Overall I give it about 7/10. Decent enough but a shadow of Dead Space. Biggest disappointments for me are the story, or lack-thereof, and the dull weapons.
 
Which dead space is this a spiritual successor to, dead space 1 or the more bombastic/set piece based sequels?
 
Nutcrackr is more forgiving than I am lol. I played about 60-70% of the game and called it quits, but based on that:

Graphics are gorgeous, good looking game for sure, but the environment is almost 95% static. Very little moves or can be interacted with.

The combat - props for trying something different, but movement is so clunky, the combat is nearly identical in each encounter because you fight the developers way, not necessarily your way and it gets tedious fast, very fast.

Weapons are lacking and the enemy encounters - you could predict exactly where you will be attacked 90% of the time, and they all play out in a nearly identical fashion.

Story….the story is just lazy and poorly written. Nothing redeeming about it.

I also make the mistake of buying from Sony, so Massive buyers remorse. From what I played and watched on youtube, I didn’t miss anything new by not completing the game….HUGE buyers remorse. Should have saved that money for the Dead Space remake.

I know not everyone will agree with me and that’s fine, but even after trying hard to find something to keep me going…..nope.
 
Mangler said:
Which dead space is this a spiritual successor to, dead space 1 or the more bombastic/set piece based sequels?
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All three maybe? It's got the basic template of the OG but also other elements from the sequels. It's just a general dead space template.

I don't really regret buying it but I also don't think I'd ever want to replay it and, aside from visuals, it doesn't do much to make me recommend it.
 
I watched Dr Disrespect’s stream of this game. It was so boring and even the dude himself was bored out of his mind. If his sponsors weren’t paying him he would have waltz out of playing the game. I also didn’t like that you had to smash bodies to get more ammo etc out of them. Like wtf, that has got to get old after 1-2 times.

Anyways, not feeling this game and will get it for 10 dolla.
 
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