The Callisto Protocol PC, PS5, PS4, XB One, XB SX/SS

Mr Crispy · 03-06-2022 10:36am #1

The guy who created Dead Space has made a brand new game that sounds and looks a lot like Dead Space. But I'm okay with that!

Debut (cinematic) trailer;

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nAbTpXiHVI8

First gameplay trailer;

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ysFqUiXBAd0

From the website;

Survive to Escape the horrors of Callisto.

In this narrative-driven, third-person survival horror game set 300 years in the future, the player will take on the role of Jacob Lee – a victim of fate thrown into Black Iron Prison, a maximum-security penitentiary located on Jupiter's moon, Callisto. When inmates begin to transform into monstrous creatures, the prison is thrown into chaos. To survive, Jacob must battle his way to safety to escape Black Iron Prison, while uncovering the dark and disturbing secrets buried beneath the surface of Callisto. Using a unique blend of shooting and close-quarters combat, Jacob will need to adapt his tactics to combat the rapidly evolving creatures while scavenging to unlock new weapons, gear, and abilities to outrun the growing threat and escape the horrors of Jupiter's Dead Moon.

The release date is 2/12/22, and the game is in a pretty polished state according to Game Informer (although keep in mind they had exclusive access for this preview).

https://youtu.be/wu1Pg8Y_sb8?t=141

TLDW; gory as fuck, solid combat, scary... at least in their completely unbiased opinion 😉

Mr Crispy · 03-06-2022 10:47am

Some 4K screenshots courtesy of our gaming saviour, GK.

https://twitter.com/geoffkeighley/status/1532511640456863745?s=20&t=dsb43QMtlU6nzxrQUoXtug

Sephiroth_dude · 03-06-2022 2:32pm

Did not expect a release date at the end of the year if I'm honest.

Mr Crispy · 03-06-2022 2:46pm

Think it was ERG89 who said the same in the other thread - would be unsurprising if it slips to 2023.

Vicxas · 03-06-2022 3:18pm

That looks brilliant, but reckon it'll be 2023

Mr Crispy · 03-06-2022 4:10pm

Should know more next week!

https://twitter.com/summergamefest/status/1532754011580796928?s=20&t=GmWU84xkp86ABxnwfeGaFA

Sephiroth_dude · 03-06-2022 4:20pm

Hmmm, surprised its coming to last gen consoles.

Vicxas · 10-06-2022 1:08pm

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qZSIJtQ5U50

Very Dead Space, but thats a very good thing

Mr Crispy · 29-09-2022 6:24pm

Latest trailer

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8yf_mXDPAKw

Vicxas · 30-09-2022 9:34am

Its looking really good.

Mr Crispy · 27-10-2022 4:58pm

Striking Distance refuse to make the necessary changes needed for certification by CERO in Japan, effectively cancelling it.

https://www.pcgamer.com/callisto-protocol-cancelled-in-japan-after-devs-refuse-to-make-ratings-board-changes/

KilOit · 27-10-2022 11:35pm

Looks incredible. Massive Dead Space fan, In the top 5 favorite games ever

Mr Crispy · 29-10-2022 5:09pm

I won't be watching this - at 15 minutes for Episode 1 alone it may give away too much. But it might be interesting given they're talking to the likes of Savini and Kirkman as well as some of the developers.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=34WdxGpiw9M

Hyperbollix · 01-11-2022 7:06pm

Love the idea of a new Dead Space but it seems very melee heavy to me. Would prefer to see more ranged combat where you need to stay calm and use your weapon set to it's fullest potential to reduce taking damage.

KilOit · 17-11-2022 8:29pm

Launch trailer

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NsYdSNtsHkY&ab_channel=IGN

Vicxas · 18-11-2022 8:21pm

Completely forgot this is out so soon

22-11-2022 11:20pm

Yeah forgot too and not really a lot out in terms of AAA games between now and Christmas that are on my radar so looking forward to this.

CastorTroy · 23-11-2022 1:18pm

Was just looking at prices. Not on Smyths site yet but amazon has it for £44.99 for PS4/5 and XBox One. £49.99 for Series X for some reason.

Mr Crispy · 23-11-2022 4:11pm

So without the season pass you miss out on their permadeath and horde modes... and 25 of the death animations they were so gleefully using as a selling point. 😑

https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/the-callisto-protocols-season-pass-includes-new-player-death-animations/

Tubbs4 · 23-11-2022 6:03pm

https://www.smythstoys.com/ie/en-ie/video-games-and-tablets/playstation-gaming/playstation-games/playstation-5-pre-order-games/the-callisto-protocol-ps5/p/213879

On smyths for 55

wayne040576 · 23-11-2022 6:38pm

In case you've missed it, they've published a podcast\Audio book prequel starring Gwendoline Christie, Kevin Durand and Michael Ironside.

It's okay, nothing amazing although the production is very good.

There are four episodes up already.

https://the-callisto-protocol-helix-station.simplecast.com/

And on youtube

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hE2IGzBJp1E

J. Marston · 24-11-2022 1:07am

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119911910#Comment_119911910

Putting death animations as DLC? G'way to fúck.

I was probably gonna get this day 1 but I'll wait for a sale because I find that type of shíte DLC annoying.

Kiith · 24-11-2022 7:53am

Yeah, its such a load of bullshit locking animations behind a season pass. Especially for something that was a "selling point" of the game (for whatever reason).

Vicxas · 29-11-2022 10:26pm

Any reviews on this yet. Game is out soon

CastorTroy · 29-11-2022 10:39pm

Embargo is morning of launch day. Dec 2nd @ 4am GMT from what I see.

Vicxas · 30-11-2022 10:24am

You're right, christ.

Not sure how i feel about that

wayne040576 · 01-12-2022 5:09pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119938679#Comment_119938679

It's usually not a good sign. I was planning to make this my game for December. But I think I'll wait another 24 hours at least before making the decision to buy.

Kiith · 02-12-2022 7:51am

Hovering around the 75% mark on most reviews. Its basically a prettier version of Dead Space. Not much new, but that's fine.

https://www.pcgamer.com/the-callisto-protocol-review/

Retr0gamer · 02-12-2022 9:50am

Yep looks like it's sticking close to dead space by being the 7/10 game that dead space always was.

johnny_ultimate · 02-12-2022 9:57am

Yeah I like Dead Space 1 (and 2 to an extent) but it is strange to see them elevated in recent years. Perfectly enjoyable games, but I recall at the time how overtly and shamelessly it ripped off better games 😂

Solid b-tier fare is what the series has always been (well, maybe not Dead Space 3), and this seems to fit that. Although it does sound much more combat heavy than even the Dead Space games were, and they weren't exactly combat light!

Vicxas · 02-12-2022 9:58am

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0_XZKVmzv40

Review embargo has been broken

Grumpypants · 02-12-2022 10:18am

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119947697#Comment_119947697

It happens a lot, as time goes by my brain seems to almost invent a new game. In my head, I thought a large portion of the opening of Dead Space was tense building with little action. Replayed it recently and the first scene is full of action. 😀

Still liked it though. I have this in the post and tracking says it arriving today, so fingers crossed the postman doesn't let me down.

Mr Crispy · 02-12-2022 10:25am

The game is getting slated on Steam for being a stuttery mess. Hugely disappointing, but at this stage it's sadly par for the course.

gimli2112 · 02-12-2022 10:39am

The Dead Spaces were awesome, even thought 3 was a blast. Playing this earlier and it's off to a good start. Unskippable cut scenes however is a major blow to my wanting to get on with it.

Retr0gamer · 02-12-2022 10:42am

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119947814#Comment_119947814

Another Unreal 5 disaster. It's absolutely insane that devs think this is acceptable. Sony have been adding pre compilation to their games and it works fine.

However there's an easier solution. Hire a proper engineer to code a shader compilation routine instead of relying on the fallback one in unreal 5.

johnny_ultimate · 02-12-2022 10:45am

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119947883#Comment_119947883

Unreal 4, to be clear :) '#stutterstruggle' is very much a UE4 problem.

CastorTroy · 02-12-2022 10:49am

Was thinking some reviews might be high with the money that has been going to sites to promote this game.

Vicxas · 02-12-2022 10:50am

7/10 seems to be the consensus.

wes · 02-12-2022 10:55am

So mid 70s on metacritic. That is not too bad, similar to dead space 3, which was the worst of the lot.

I think the review embargo has done more damage imo.

BKtje · 02-12-2022 4:38pm

I'd love to say whether I like this or not but even with a 3090 I can barely run this.

If I run the game on Ultra the game reboot crashes during the opening cut scene. If I bring it down to medium and 2k it still stutters a lot before eventually crashing :(

Not playable currently unfortunately for me.

wayne040576 · 02-12-2022 5:21pm

First thing I noticed this evening when I logged into steam is that the game isn't showing on the 'Now Available' banner and carousel. I thought it was just me but apparently people on steam seem to think it was removed.

BKtje · 02-12-2022 6:05pm

Well got it working, had to drop it down from 4k and switch to dx11 but at least it's running now even though it still stutters. Enjoyable enough so far considering.

Funny thing is that the gpu rarely hits 50% load, really is just badly coded. A real pity.

I don't see it on steam anymore neither. Was there a still there a couple of hours ago. I guess because I have it now?

Mr Crispy · 02-12-2022 6:58pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119950065#Comment_119950065

Still available on Steam, but it's disappeared from the front page alright.

Patch on the way apparently...

https://twitter.com/CallistoTheGame/status/1598732338133110784?s=20&t=m71TYyBHH59-937jH8s6Vw

johnny_ultimate · 02-12-2022 7:04pm

Been a while since a PC port has gotten such backlash. Even the fairly basic Elden Ring port was more general grumbling than the full on anger this one’s getting!

BKtje · 02-12-2022 9:09pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119950196#Comment_119950196

Can't say that I'm overly confident but fingers crossed.

Just read as well that you can preload the shaders by changing the config. Much longer load time but probably worth it! Will give it a try anyway.

wayne040576 · 03-12-2022 9:11am

So I bought the game in the end and started downloading yesterday evening. I got about 35 - 40 GB out of 63 and shut the machine down. This morning, steam was telling me I had to download 63GB again. So either the patch is quite big or steam is having a moment.

Retr0gamer · 03-12-2022 10:13am

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119950065#Comment_119950065

Texture caching usually hits the CPU hard which is why the GPU load is so low.

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119950218#Comment_119950218

Elden Ring was a slight annoyance every so often. This looks like it's pretty much unplayable from the DF video.

BKtje · 03-12-2022 10:54pm

Ah didn't know that. My CPU is getting old (8700k) but haven't noticed any spikes. I'll keep an eye on it tomorrow out of curiosity.

The patch has made a difference for the stuttering which is a bit less now thankfully. I also found the cause of my crashes, anisotropic filtering. As soon as I turned it off everything worked fine except the game is a lot uglier and non ray traced. I haven't tested it since the patch though.

03-12-2022 11:59pm

I didn't get this as it was 10er more for current gen version on Series X vs last gen. I know that is a thing PS are used to but I can wait for a sale I think.

B.A._Baracus · 04-12-2022 4:56am

If I were to buy the ps4 version then buy ps5 console down the line would I be able to play the ps5 version for free?

Am totally unsure how these enhanced next gen versions work as I've yet to make the leap to ps5 or xbox series x.

Grumpypants · 04-12-2022 12:57pm

Postman unexpectedly turned up today with this. Played the opening hour, bar the low frame rate it's pretty enjoyable.

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