This game is great. The story is great. What failed is everyone's expectations. It suffered heavy undeserved comparisons to Dead Space. Both games communities shouldn't put them on rivalry mode, they should have liked them individually for what they are. The Callisto Protocol is a story of redemption. Jacob was never meant to escape, despite being the main playable character. It was never about him, more about the protocol. Jacob is a vessel to tell the story of what happenned on Callisto. But through him, the audiance can feel his fear, concerns, internal struggle with sin and change of heart to redeem himself. If Jacob took the escape pod and left dani there, all of this would have been pointless. Dani's escape is important so that she can escape with the sample of the biophage to uncover to everyone who's responsible for the outbreak on europa and callisto, and expose the circle (the organization that used the biophage). The Callisto Protocol is about life. It makes you learn you can never run away from what you've done. But Jacob redeem himself thru sacrifice. For that i love The Callisto Protocol more than i did love Dead Space back in 2008.

Alien Isolation & Dead Space 1 & 2 were the best sci-fi horror games I’ve ever played. I have never had the feeling of being afraid/anxiety since. 🔥

Difficulty doesn't translate into horror. Reviews need to acknowledge becoming desensitized to the genre. If you're someone who has been gaming since at least the 90's, it's doubtful that any game is going to be genuinely scary. Rate a game for its atmosphere and immersion. I immediately discard criticisms that complain about enemies dropping items upon death. I've not played this game and I probably never will, but even with the Dead Space games, I didn't play them to be scared. I wanted to play them because they looked fun. I will criticize DS3 for being way too over the top as a horde shooter over atmosphere and immersion (and frankly I don't find repetitive horde blasting to be fun) but I don't play these games expecting to literally be scared on the first playthrough.

I loved this game.

whatever you do don't play the 1.0 version of this game unless you want pain and anger.

This game could have been so much more. The chance of getting a sequel is practically zero since Glen Schofield was ousted at Striking Distance. Overall, a mediocre experience. They have no excuses.

Oh man this game was so infuriating to play. In every real horror game, you want to get away from the monsters and shoot them from afar. In this game however, you're always glued to them, literally. The stupid magnetism of the enemies that make them glide across the room towards you must be one of the dumbest ideas i've ever seen. What's more, you cant even get away from them with a roll or something. When you dodge them the game literally locks you in range with the enemy. The melee is trash, it's less functional than the optional melee in rdr 2 or maybe last of us.

Crap game no doubt.