But there is also plenty to enjoy in its schlocky, tentacled embrace. It’s a blunter object, certainly, and has a slew of frustrations. But while it’s safe to say you know where you are with The Callisto Protocol, it isn’t a direct tribute.
The new game from Striking Distance Studios invites Dead Space comparisons with –among other things– its ghoul-infected space station, holographic HUDS and the fact that director Glen Schofield was co-creator of the former game. Within the first half-hour I’ve smashed off several zombie arms with a crowbar, crept through the bloody entrails of unfortunate souls and had the top half of my head graphically ripped from the bottom via the mouth. Pretender to the crown The Callisto Protocol, meanwhile, immediately wants to bludgeon it to a pulp. I’m not saying that sci-fi survival horror supremo Dead Space was subtle, but its creeping, claustrophobic atmosphere took its time to terrify and dig its hooks into your brain.
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