The Callisto Protocol

"It&s;s a shame that The Callisto Protocol is so uninteresting at its core. Though it looks gorgeous on the surface, a dozen hours of nothing special can have a clarifying effect."

"It&s;s a shame that, despite looking great and having a good concept at its core, some poorly-executed ideas lead to a frustrating experience overall. For a new studio to produce a brand new IP is obviously a mammoth task and …"

"The Callisto Protocol is stylish and entertaining space action that doesn&s;t reinvent the wheel. Rather, the entire foundation of the game is built on tried and tested concepts and we hadn&s;t objected to a bit of innovation."

"Slightly above average or simply inoffensive. Fans of the genre should enjoy them a bit, but a fair few will be left unfulfilled."

"The Callisto Protocol delivers the violence, intensity and horror that lives up to its Dead Space predecessor, but with deeper strategic combat. However, a clichéd story and lack of original ideas means that it has one tentacle stuck in the …"

"The Callisto Protocol is violent and brutal, with stunning visuals, but it&s;s intimacy causes a few problems that are hard to be overlooked."

"The Callisto Protocol is an excellent game while it lasts, but it&s;s missing important features that would have propelled it to the next level."

"A horror that does not bring new elements to the genre and suffers from several conceptual problems, although not so serious as to reject the experience as a whole."

"The Callisto Protocol is the game fans of space "survival horror" have been waiting for years. It´s not a revolution in the genre, but a solid addition, full of scary moments and with a deep (and brutal) combat system."

"This isn’t to say there isn’t a good game oozing within the sticky flesh of this Frankenstein, though; it just feels like it’s not what Striking Distance wanted it to be. It’s not the next step in horror gaming, the …"

"The Callisto Protocol is a deeply immersive sci-fi horror experience that firmly grabs you at the start and doesn’t let go. While this immersion shows its cracks during the transition into new areas, it’s not enough to ruin the overall …"

"A bland sad protagonist with all the charisma of a rock with a frowny face, a mystery box-style narrative that only ends with more mystery boxes, a combat system that wants to be multiple entirely different games. The Callisto Protocol …"

"Despite some cumbersome combat systems and performance issues, The Callisto Protocol successfully builds on Dead Space&s;s legacy"

"The Callisto Protocol isn’t scary. It isn’t fun. It isn’t entertaining, fascinating, or mildly enriching. It lays a self-entitled claim to Dead Space’s stylistic and mechanical elements yet wields not a single one with grace, instead performing a crude pantomime."

"As a spiritual successor, the game adopts many traits that are similar to Dead Space. The HUD is implemented within the design, the limbs of your opponent can be blown away and the tight camera obscures your view. While comparisons …"

"Confused, contradictory and all too reliant on what came before, fantastic visuals that may stand as one of the current-gen&s;s best can&s;t save what&s;s a terribly underwhelming release with The Callisto Protocol. A game that tries so desperately to be …"

"Though it starts off on a strong note, The Callisto Protocol&s;s focus on action-heavy spectacles fails to adequately explore its horror and overcrowds its weak combat mechanics."

"The Callisto Protocol succeeds as a desolate and brutal survival horror experience in its opening hours. But the second half is hindered by massive difficulty spikes and clunky melee combat."

"A fantastic looking game that builds a great sci-fi world only to trash it with an unenjoyable combat challenge."

"Beneath the blemishes, The Callisto Protocol is a satisfying survival horror game with gorgeous atmosphere and brutal combat."

"Dead Space 4 in all but name, except with no puzzles and surprisingly little suspense. The Callisto Protocol has plenty of gritty action but that&s;s not quite enough to sustain interest for its entire duration."

"I hope there’s a horror game or Dead Space fan out there who gets more out of this game than I did. As it stands, I can’t really recommend it. I feel it would probably disappoint both the horror game …"

"The Callisto Protocol is a game that loves fear from tradition; From strictly following the expression: "If something is not broken, do not fix it". The future of the space horror genre is more than assured with the first forceful …"

"This intense, gory horror game is steadfastly old-fashioned and lacking in internal logic – but it&s;s fun anyway"

"Striking Distance Studios&s; debut title is a horror game that delivers a high-quality experience all the way through. It won&s;t sway anyone new to scares and frights, but fans of the genre should make this a priority."

"Gory and moody, The Callisto Protocol doesn&s;t mess with the survival horror formula, instead embracing all its beats and clichés to tell a grim sci-fi tale that drips with menace."

"This game wants to be Dead Space really, REALLY, bad, but what’s interesting about that is I haven’t even finished the first Dead Space game and I can see it. Is this a bad thing? No, it’s really not as …"

"Overrun by mutants, Jupiter&s;s moon is the setting for this spiritual Dead Space successor"

"The Callisto Protocol has intriguing ideas but its unsatisfying combat and linear level design prevent it from being the Dead Space spiritual successor we hoped for."

"The Callisto Protocol is a satisfyingly gory spiritual successor to the Dead Space series, but it’s ultimately more of a striking modern mimic than a scary new mutation."

"Dead Space comparisons are impossible to avoid - but while The Callisto Protocol&s;s missing some of the depth and tension, it makes up for it with production value and bloody-minded fun."

"If you wanted anything more out of this second crack at making a new sci-fi IP in survival horror, or something markedly different that acknowledges just how far gaming has come since 2008, The Callisto Protocol is not your answer."