As per your question in the beginning about why Europa is such a common sci-fi setting, the reason is that it's one of the more feasible locations in our solar system to create a habitable environment via terraforming or some other sci-fi method. There are a handful of reasons for this, such as it being similar in composition to a terrestrial planet and the presence of water in the form of an underground ice ocean.

Is it just me or is the acting, like, really good? The dialogue between pilots at the very beginning especially, so believable

For whatever it's worth I'd like to see ya continue this. I don't have anyone else I like who's playin' it but I really want to watch through it. The combat does look a little weird but, from the descriptions at least, it seems like maybe it'd build some nice tension once you're used to it, trying to weave back and forth in really tense moments against multiple enemies and find a break to counter.

Damn that’s a new level of cinematography in games!

I remember the Dead Space video, and as I said once, you've come a long way from the time you got jump scared by the opening title of Until Dawn.

24:46 They did show you, they just put a text tutorial afterwards too

I think the Dead Space compilation was one of the first videos I watched on this channel. Haha you've come along way controlling your fears when playing scary games Welonz! :D I've somewhat enjoyed this game myself: the awesome graphics, creepy setting and intruiging premise, the familiar holographic menus (for Dead Space fans), these were all pros for me personally. The plot, characters and horror elements (mostly gore) were not as compelling as I hoped. The potential was there but alas. Single combat gameplay worked well for me, fighting multiple enemies didn't. As well as some issues with awkward camera angles I experienced during and out of combat (sudden extreme close ups obstructing the players 3rd person view mostly). And then there were the performances drops. This was like a B-scifi horror movie: it can be a fun ride if you can overlook certain shortcomings and not compare it with a franchise that did this type of game better imo.

Welonz and scary games, sound like a good combination.

I didn't have a great time with it but I hope Welonz does. She prefers games that give a more cinematic experience and well that's something Callisto does well. Well, at least she has one point of relief. She doesn't have to worry much about the horror since this game isn't scary. I know you hate it, sorry but you getting scared is easily some of your best moments.

"A cyberpunk city... with dead people" so... a cyberpunk city!

50:46 "Wait, what about the guy to my left or something" - guy immediately comes from the right lol

You still take damage even if you block. Dodging is the way to go.

I don't know if you've been playing off camera since posting this, but when you find boxes that look like they might be something, try stomping on them if they don't give you an open option. Also, don't forget to stomp EVERYBODY you kill. The combat can be a bit hard to get used to, but you generally want to dodge a swing then try to hit them back. A or D are dodge while S is block. You WILL take some damage when blocking though so dodging is generally a better idea. Congrats on finding the shower area. I missed that in my playthrough. The reason you didn't really get anything is because you forgot to loot the enemies (till you went back) and didn't know to stomp the blue box. You do get guns a bit later in the game, but ammo isn't all that plentiful so you'll still be doing some melee to save ammo. If you liked DeadSpace, the remake is out at the time of me posting this and it's very cool. I found it to be both easier and harder than Callisto Protocol in some ways. Like you, I thought CP was an ok game. Not spectacular, but playable if you like the sci fi horror type thing.

This game looks pretty interesting, looking forward for more!

I have not heard great stuff about this game unfortunately, aside from the bugginess, so let's see how Welonz goes with it!

The internet has decided that this game does not make us whole. I'm still looking forward to the Dead Space remake though.

I didn’t know If welonz would look at this! I lover her dead space short and I’m super glad to see this

This is Braskus enjoying another first look. You'll see me in another place and another thyme. BAI!

To be honest, I would much rather you continued with Signalis. I'm also a little sad that you didn't get a chance to play Sam Barlow's Immortality which was my favourite game from last year. Time constraints are an issue, and I don't want you to burn yourself out, but I hope you decide to give it a go one day.

Hopefully u will play more of it

Hi Welonz, do you intend to play rest of Signalis sometime soon? I actually feel like I did ask about this already, hopefully not I got some weird deja vu lol This Callisto Protocol seemed kinda mid tier to me, hope you like it

welonz, if you read this keep in mind that youtube is currently setting age restrictions to some videos of dead space 1 or 2, so even reviewers who have recently talked about the original games are finding their videos can be demonetized. apparently brad had censored several scenes in his callisto let's play, which is very disappointing because i want to see everything the game has to offer, and i really don't like jump cuts in the middle of action sequences. being an adult, i believe i'm old enough to be able to responsibly handle the content of a video game, without it inspiring me to act out in real life the entertainment that i consume. i imagine most sane people feel the same. it also seems random which videos get age restricted. there doesn't appear to be any clear rules defining which type of content not to show to the general audience, so it's a luck of the draw for youtubers. my point is if you play the new dead space game, you might have to censor it, if you intend to earn money from ad revenue. if you do, i recommend informing your audience at the time that you're being forced to do this by youtube, rather than censoring because you're making moral judgements about the content of video games aimed at mature audiences.

It's kind of interesting how the OG Dead Space shifted the genre paradigm from the classical "survival horror" to more "action-oriented horror with few survival elements", and now Callisto Protocol went fully into the realm of "story-hard action-slasher horror". ...On that point, continuation of *Signalis* when.

regarding the subtitles, the ps5 ones don't have a black background from what i've seen, so maybe it's a menu option or a glitch?

I think its because Jupiter was the destination of the ship in 2001: A Space Odyssey.

Your closing thoughts were exactly what I thought when I played it. The general presentation is really excellent, a great looking and sounding game but the gameplay and general tone/scares don't seem to quite come together. It does get a bit better later although I did wish they'd got into the plot a lot quicker. At the outset though the scares just feel very unearned. Full disclosure - I haven't finished it yet, got distracted by the much more fun than expected High on Life. I mean to go back to it. The combat/melee is very clunky though I agree.

Glad that you did a first look on it, and yeah you can see the (huge) progress you've made in playing horror games since your original Dead Space video :D The game looks cool but also a bit average in some areas. That stealth part with the security droid where it talks out loud basically only for the player's sake as it makes no sense that it would say all this stuff to itself, that was pretty silly lol The main critic I've seen about this game is that the gameplay feels a bit irresponsive and random, which seems to match your experience. From the first look it also seems like the kind of horror game that relies on jumpscares instead of managing to create a constant dread. I'd watch it if you keep going but also more interested in your take on SIGNALIS (or one of these days Alien Isolation).

First.- Hats out for that development. I remember seeing your dead space video and man, you've gone so far, it's night and day! TTwTT Second.- A shame you're not into this game all that much. I got really curious after that intro and I was hoping for a full lets play, but o well Third.- The reason europe is often reference in sci-fi genre it's twofold. On one side, it's rather similar to earth in diameter and composition. On the other side, it's a major plot point in "2001 a space odisie" which influence on the sci-fi genre cannot be overstated

Things people would never say normally but Gamers say and have no problem with. Ex “This guy should squish too!”

This isn't something I could get into considering the difference between this and actual Dead Space is night and day, but I'm glad you're enjoying it.

welonz, i know you weren't impressed with the 1st hour of callisto, but if you intend to play dead space, it would be sensible in my opinion to practice the various ranged mechanics in callisto, since several of them are almost identical to the original dead space versions. this isn't a genre of game where you just run past or walk around shooting enemies in the head, it's much more tactical than that. sure you can try to go for head shots in both dead space and callisto, but the devs anticipated some players would rely on that, and often the enemies morph into more aggressive forms if players shoot or knock their heads off. anyway, it's your channel so of course play what you think you and your audience will enjoy the most. personally, i'm loving watching other youtubers mastering the mechanics in callisto. for example, theradbrad said once he finished his youtube recordings, he was going to play it again off camera because he found it so satisfying overall, despite him too not liking the melee weapons, until he leveled them up several times, and he doesn't use the dodge unless he has to. he agrees the callisto devs tried a few new things and they weren't all successful, but that didn't detract from the nostalgia he feels with this game. if you weren't aware brad's been on youtube for over 12 years and his avatar is still the main character from dead space, so he's a huge fan of this genre. yes dead space was the first but it doesn't have to be the only game to use these mechanics and creepy atmospheric maps.

They seem to have fixed the shader compilation stutters at least

I like how you do Let’s Plays especially Blind Ones. Your style of play is like mine, unrushed and trying to get the entire story. Plus seeing you get scared is fun. Sorry.

welonz, please don't give up on callisto until you've at least tried the gun play. if this is the only part of the game you've seen then you're missing out. it gets a lot more exciting. some players try to mainly use the melee when they could be shooting limbs and heads off of enemies. also the ranged attacks can work very effectively when the enemies are thrown or blasted into environmental hazards. some of those can kill or remove enemies in a single hit, which is very useful when there are areas full of enemies. yes the game isn't as polished as the 1st two dead space games, although in my opinion it's one of the better horror games released in the last year, at least comparable to scorn.

Man, I'm elated how far you've come to playing horror because you've adjusted so well. Makes me excited for RE4 and Dead Space :D Completely agreed that it's mid by the end of the day; it doesn't stick out of Dead Space's shadow, sadly. I gave up playing this because the dodging became so tedious over time and it's *so* much worse when you're dealing more than one enemy at a time; it doesn't feel right whenever that happens. Which is a shame, because I was really rooting for this, but now I'm looking forward to the Dead Space remake more.

Ooooo will you play more of this?

this is a pleasant surprise. if you enjoy the callisto protocol then you'll love dead space, at least the 1st two games.

Much as I like the original trilogy, especially the second game, this one is… well… let's just say FPS drops were not its main issues

Story makes no sense so far.

Fire video! 😁🔥

I don't want to be negative, but yeah, it's just kind of middling/mediocre. If the action elements click with you then it could be a bit of fun anyway, but otherwise it really isn't offering anything that isn't done better by a lot of other games.

First impression, judging by this video at least, its more Punch Out than Dead Space. I'm not sure if I like that. I expected survival horror.

Glass that is so easily broken in sci-fi settings like this really annoys me.

lol

30:35 haha, welonz has become a badass by self-applied exposure therapy, character growth indeed 50:50 "but what about that guy to the left???" yes... whoever conceived this melee system did a crap job. They must've had that same issue during play-testing because they put a big ugly "how we want you to use our unintuitive combat system" banner right after the interactive tutorial. And as is the case with welonz these tell-dont-show thingies don't work all that well with people

Glad I didn't watch anyone else play this.

She misses a lot of loot boxes and chests

Graphics is good, but writing leaves much to be desired. I'm not a fan of "straight into action" games with zero backstory. Mystery is ok if you get some answers along the way. This is not the case though. No time to explain, just grab a pickaxe and smash some zombies. Nah, I have a limit of unanswered questions after which I don't care anymore.

I dont think this one is "success"

Yup, game, just cut the ribbon cable, will open every security door... riiiiiiiight. Took me out of the game every time

Cool Playthrough! Love this channel. Think it would be great if you could show some love to Marvel Midnight Suns by firaxis It got overshadowed, but is totally a game worth the time

Thanks for the first look but I'd prefer more Signalis personally, Suzi "the sphere hunter" is head over heals for that one 🫠