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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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  1. Positive: 38 out of 123
  2. Negative: 66 out of 123
  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 5, 2022
    10
    Seems like a lot of people with potato PCs are hating on this game. It did have a stuttering issue at launch which was resolved in less thanSeems like a lot of people with potato PCs are hating on this game. It did have a stuttering issue at launch which was resolved in less than 24 hours with a patch. The game itself is fantastic and a solid spiritual successor to Dead Space. I have a high-end gaming PC and experienced no issues whatsoever from start to finish twice (second playthrough to finish it on Maximum Security difficulty). This is a 2022 AAA release with some of the best graphics ever in a video game and your computer needs to be up to par. Don't expect it to run well on a budget machine. Expand
  3. Mar 30, 2023
    8
    Эта игра недооценённая, в неё интересно играть.
  4. Dec 11, 2022
    4
    unfun and uninspiring with a few good elements that still are not enough to carry the game.
  5. Dec 4, 2022
    2
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Este juego es una de las decepciones más grandes vista por mí. Primero empecemos con su optimización, lo que es la cúspide de lo desastroso. Yo ni siquiera con el parche que liberaron he podido jugarlo a más de 30 fps teniendo una jodida 3070. Este juego provoca que el mal humor se libere no por su dificultad (que no la tiene) sino por su esperpéntica optimización. Vayamos a lo segundo, la jugabilidad; tan repetitiva como un juego hecho a la mitad. Su historia es un hueco de personajes rotos y sosos. El personaje principal no converge ninguna vez con el usuario, no hay impacto en ninguna escena, parece hasta gracioso ver como reacciona a lo terrorífico que sucede en su alrededor. No hablemos de los personajes secundarios, un desastre tras otro, mueren sin ningún fundamente, son vacíos como el personaje principal, y no suplantan ese vacío constante en la historia. La historia que gira entorno el personaje es más de lo mismo, aburrida, sin sentido y su corta duración lo hace aun más peor. Lo único rescatable sería sus escenarios y su ambientación que peca demasiado en querer reflejar el Dead space. No recomiendo consumir este producto, a menos que lo hayan rebajado o en una oferta. Suerte a todos y espero que mi mal pasar sea de ayuda para quien busque alguna conjetura de lo que es este juego. Expand
  6. Dec 5, 2022
    1
    The game suffers from massive shader compilation issue even after the supposed update.
    The checkpoint and save systems are far from great.
    The game suffers from massive shader compilation issue even after the supposed update.
    The checkpoint and save systems are far from great. They spend no time getting me to care about Jacob (the protagonist) in the first chapter which would greatly elevate my engagement in the story. It does pick up shortly after you get to "SHU". Art team did an amazing job.

    The "9/2 Patch Update" that was supposed to adress the shader compilation stutter has only fixed a very small portion of the shader compilation issues. The game pauses for 0,5s when a brand new thing is first introduced. It doesnt happen on subsequent playthroughs which means its shaders compiling. It seems like the patch has only fixed the some of the shader compilation stutter, mostly just cutscene ones, but close to none of the gameplay ones.

    They sneaked in denuvo after the game was already available for pre-order. The system requirements are incorrect because Its unplayable on my rtx 3080 and 12600k which meets them according to their chart even with fsr (PS5 which is way weaker can run it with close to no stutter, there is no excuse for pc version to stutter on a more powerful hardware). The only way to play this game is to let someone else suffer and do a 100% walkthrough on your pc in order to compile all the shaders and then playing it yourself.

    What a shame because i seriously like the rest of the game, even the combat which is fairly simple.

    I will change the review score to positive, but only if they fix the stuttering issues.
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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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