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- Dec 2, 202290% CONFIDENCEfrom the source
The Callisto Protocol Review - IGN
A proper remake might be rising from the grave next year, but the festering corpse of Dead Space has come lurching back to life early in the form of The Callisto Protocol. This spiritual successor to the sci-fi survival horror series recreates the haunting blood-streaked hallways and space zombie-slaying hallmarks first established on the USG Ishimura back in 2008, and injects the gore with more awe than ever before thanks to some strikingly detailed splashes of blood and guts. Unfortunately, while the mutant dismemberment has never been more vivid, The Callisto Protocol’s shortcomings appear just as clearly. Occasional control annoyances, imbalanced combat, and a general absence of innovation result in a roughly eight-hour massacre that’s gratifyingly gruesome, but never quite as great as the series that inspired it.
- Striking Distance Studios' The Callisto Protocol, a Dead Space spiritual successor led by co-creator Glen Schofield and published by Krafton, released 2 December 2022 on PS5, PS4, PC, Xbox Series X and Xbox One[1][3][4]
- IGN's review (Tristan Ogilvie) scores it 7 (good), calling it "a striking modern mimic than a scary new mutation" over a roughly eight-hour linear campaign[1]
- Praise centres on art direction, audio design and detailed gore; the GRP telekinesis glove works like Dead Space's kinesis[1][4]
- Criticism: unforgiving combat against multiple enemies, slow movement and unskippable death animations[3]; a predictable plot[4]; a GRP glove that makes the player too powerful[1]
- GamesRadar recommends playing on easy but would like a sequel[3]
Notable features
- The Callisto Protocol is a single-player, third-person survival horror game built on Unreal Engine 4 and directed by Dead Space creator Glen Schofield[2]
- Convicts at Black Iron Prison on Jupiter's moon Callisto are mutated by a virus; cargo pilot Jacob Lee (Josh Duhamel) and Dani Nakamura try to escape[1][3]
- Jacob's health shows on a "C.O.R.E." implant on the back of his neck, and combat mixes weapons with a melee system of dodging attacks and striking openings; audio logs can be collected[2]
- A headshot does not guarantee a kill: limbs and head must be damaged and an enemy's tentacles destroyed before it mutates[2]
- Designed for PS5 and Xbox Series X/S, it uses new lighting techniques, 3D audio and the DualSense controller's haptic feedback[2]
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- [1]90%ign.com/articles/the-callisto-protocol-reviewign.com· Posted Apr 30, 2023· Starts Dec 2, 2022 ✓· 1% of score
Happened as dated, per ign.com: "…is on melee combat, at least during the opening hours. With weapons and ammunition initially scarce,…"
- [2]78%The Callisto Protocol - Wikipediaen.wikipedia.org· Added Sep 22, 2026· 98% of score
Wikipedia's The Callisto Protocol article gives the survival-horror/Unreal Engine 4 infobox and describes the C.O.R.E. health implant, melee dodging, dismemberment and the DualSense haptics and 3D audio.
- [3]76%The Callisto Protocol guidegamesradar.com· Published Dec 2, 2022· 0% of score
GamesRadar+'s own page, titled 'The Callisto Protocol guide,' carries a December 2, 2022 publish date matching the pin's stored release date, though the article content itself could not be retrieved to quote directly.
- [4]78%The Callisto Protocol reviewpcgamesn.com· Published Dec 2, 2022· 0% of score
PCGamesN's review, published December 2, 2022, gives the game 9/10 and calls it 'A spiritual successor to Dead Space,' exactly matching the pin's stored release/review date.
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