![]() The story centers around Jacob Lee, a space freighter pilot tasked with transporting mysterious cargo between planets. I’m easily placed in Jacob’s shoes as I helplessly try to search for a way out of an oppressive space designed to keep people in. When it comes to crafting the kind of uncomfortable atmosphere you can’t look away from, no box is left unchecked here. It’s a succinct sci-fi horror game cut from the same cloth as late 2000s linear action-adventure hits full of claustrophobic corridors, grotesque space monsters, and gnarly death animations. On a surface level, The Callisto Protocol has just about everything a fan could want from a Dead Space revival (minus the plasma cutter). ![]() ![]() It’s not without its fleshy weak spots though, as overworked combat and performance instability leave room for the new IP to mutate into something more powerful down the line. It’s familiar without feeling like a rehash, putting its own creative stamp on the horror genre. The Callisto Protocol does more than enough to scratch the Dead Space itch that’s been lingering for a decade. After all, what made the most beloved late 2000s games so special was their willingness to try something new, even if they didn’t always stick the landing on the first try. What’s important, though, is that developer Striking Distance Studios isn’t so precious about the past that it forgets to innovate on top of an established framework. That nostalgia is unavoidable given that The Callisto Protocol immediately looks and feels like a spiritual successor to 2008’s Dead Space (no coincidence considering that both are the brain-child of Dead Space co-creator Glen Schofield).
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