The Callisto Protocol Shipped Too Early At Publisher's Insistence, Director Says

A pointless comment by someone calling it trash who’s never even heard of OR even played the game. Smh.

Im curious… how do you know it’s bad without even trying it? And you can’t say “I read online” because there are countless publications and articles from journos/companies (even like gamespot) who give out scores as low as 4/10 but that’s only cause theyre pushing some narrative. Many times, journos give bad review scores when a game/movie is average or even better than average, and ppl just parrot “it’s a bad game” but they never try it… so again… I’m curious… how did you figure it’s a bad game when you didn’t even bother to play it? And no, you didn’t cause you don’t even know the game’s name.

We can’t possibly know that. Sure, the combat, UI/UX, assets, animations and many other core features/content like that which take time to develop were already set, but last minute features, such as finished enemies, bosses, dialogue and even level design could’ve been completely cut/scaled back just enough so that we lost substantial content in that time frame. I’m not completely agreeing with Glen S here because I think it’s a bit of both the publisher and the developer being at fault in this instance, but just like dead space 1 had even more boss fights and content that was cut at the last minute, I’m sure the same happened with Callisto protocol. Unfortunately it’s more obvious & painful with CP because it’s a dumbed down version of dead space to begin with, with less fun stuff to experience overall, so removing entire boss encounters would’ve really made us feel it.

On the technical side of things… Unreal Engine 4 (with modified elements from UE5) is very capable of building, compiling and implementing massive amounts of content (in this instance, entire sections or levels, enemies & their behaviors) in short amounts of time, so really, I’m quite sure nearly completed sequences, bosses and other elements (that could’ve been included given enough time) were cut to rush the game out the door. Obviously this is a moot point since we all know how the game launched (and how it contains lingering bugs to this day) and this is the final product we received… but I also know that 3.5 months (with that game engine) could’ve been the deciding factor between what we got and extra features that would’ve made parts of the game better. Again that is irrelevant, but saying that extra time wouldn’t have done anything is wrong to say.

To be fair, I didn't think Callisto Protocol was nearly as bad as some people were saying, but it definitely was a disappointment. I had zero interest in the characters and story and the whole time I was hoping that aspect would get good.