{"id":842,"date":"2022-12-02T13:30:00","date_gmt":"2022-12-02T13:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2022\/12\/02\/the-callisto-protocol-is-terrifying-sci-fi-horror-with-terrifying-difficulty-spikes\/"},"modified":"2022-12-02T13:30:00","modified_gmt":"2022-12-02T13:30:00","slug":"the-callisto-protocol-is-terrifying-sci-fi-horror-with-terrifying-difficulty-spikes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2022\/12\/02\/the-callisto-protocol-is-terrifying-sci-fi-horror-with-terrifying-difficulty-spikes\/","title":{"rendered":"The Callisto Protocol is terrifying sci-fi horror with terrifying difficulty spikes"},"content":{"rendered":"


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The first few hours of The Callisto Protocol<\/em> are some of the best horror I\u2019ve played in recent memory. It merges classic Resident Evil<\/em>-style survival horror with the production values of a next-gen game to create something truly terrifying \u2014 I sincerely dreaded having to slowly make my way through the crumbling space prison where the game is set, knowing that some new horror awaited me. It\u2019s not very original, but the game is brutal and violent and genuinely scary. Unfortunately, that sense of terror was eventually replaced by frustration, as the game became plagued with jarring difficulty spikes that completely destroyed the tension.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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First, a disclaimer: I haven\u2019t actually finished The Callisto Protocol<\/em>. But it\u2019s not for a lack of trying. After around 10 hours, I made it to what I believe is the final boss (that might be wishful thinking, but it sure felt like it), only to spend another few hours fruitlessly trying to defeat it. I\u2019ve given up for now. There are only so many times you can watch the main character get ripped in half before you need a nice, long break.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Early on, though, I was very much enjoying my time with the game. The Callisto Protocol<\/em> is developed by Striking Distance Studios, a new team from PUBG<\/em> company Krafton that\u2019s helmed by Dead Space<\/em> creator Glen Schofield<\/a>. (At one point, the game was actually set in the PUBG<\/em> universe in an ill-fated attempt at brand synergy.) It takes place in a maximum security prison on Callisto, a supposedly dead moon of Jupiter, and you play as Jacob, a freelance delivery man who takes a bad job and ends up locked inside. Almost immediately, things go wrong when a virus starts turning the inmates into zombie-like creatures. Before he can even get acquainted with his cell, Jacob is forced to find his way out of the prison and off the moon.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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