The Callisto Protocol: Final Transmission - Explained

[@GamingHarryYT]

Okay, so in hindsight, and from reading the comments, it seems that there were 3 possible reasons for Jacob getting gravely injured: 1) Jacob got torn apart by a devolved Ferris 2) Jacob got torn apart by the group of Biophages 3) Jacob was wounded and burned by the self destruct explosion I like the thought of Ferris somehow being able to devolve again, but in hindsight, option 3 actually makes the most sense. What do you guys think?

[@Discombobulate453]

Yeah, 3 makes most sense tbf

[@sportsmaster8729]

I'm also more inclined to 3

[@ganjahousetv3743]

I’m going with 2 and a mixture of 3

[@David-nd4to]

ferris was a dropped plot point, lets not kid ourselves. they didnt know how to write themselves out of the corner theyd put themselves in, so went with the cliche, 'youre playing your last moments as your dying from what mahler did as she found your body'

[@XenoJehuty84]

I agree with many that three makes the most sense as if option 1 or 2 happened, their probably wouldn't have been ANYTHING left of Jacob to keep alive.

[@Icyishere]

I honestly feel bad for Jacob. That’s the most gruesome end to a character I’ve ever seen. Believing a lie all the way to the end in that dying state was almost chilling.

[@steveharrington5378]

Almost chilling? It was extremely chilling

[@jman7481]

I agree I felt sad for him

[@Icyishere]

@@steveharrington5378 I will admit that final shot where you see Jacob is literally not even half of himself does send shivers.

[@joshuagraham2843]

the actor is expensive so they killed him off

[@user-ig3oq7ty7m]

I think he died peacefully believing that he escaped with his ship

[@salado1944]

I dont think that Ferris was the one that left Jacob on that state since 1) he is already dead 2) That mutation of Ferris does no longer exist For me it was either the gigant horde of biophages that Dani saw coming at him (I also really doubt this is the reason Maulher found him in that state, Jacob has killed way many enemies during the game and Biophages dont just tear you apart and leave you barely breathing, they straight up kill you. For me Jacob got those wounds because of the explosions and falling rocks, the whole part was going down after all so it makes sense he was crushed.

[@krklee77]

THANK YOU omg! Like, he CLEARLY has burns on the side of his face with no skin. His freakin EAR is milted for crying out loud. And again. Since when do Biophanges leave you half-alive after ripping you to pieces? They only leave after you are dead. Just one of them will stomp your head in. A horde of them ain't leaving you alive in any shape or form. And Farris was a hallucination

[@jman7481]

And injuries could have caused the hallucinations

[@alexcolin949]

Exactly

[@malikholmes5045]

Your wrong, once the biophages dismembered you. They leave you alone, they almost never make sure you're dead unless it's head injury

[@ghostwhencodghosts9114]

But his torso is intact and half of his face is torned

[@CallForGrandPappy]

What a depressing ending for Jacob, I still hope we get more from this universe but I honestly doubt it.

[@xndr9731]

they’re planning on continuing Dani’s story

[@avelonzx]

@@xndr9731source?

[@cycomiko73]

The source is common sense👍

[@cycomiko73]

​@@xndr9731that's what I thought, gotta have a wahman as the lead or risk being attacked verbally by nut jobs and then canceled 😂 just ask Indiana Jones

[@WadeWilson234]

@@cycomiko73 bloam

[@thepuertoricandream1376]

Its just so wild to do a fakeout ending for the main game where you believed he died only to survive only for the dlc to be another fakeout where you thought he lived but nah you were right the first time he died😂

[@Yun_denn]

Yeah, pulling a double fake-out like that is crazy. lol

[@TheBlackKakashi]

They really didn’t care about this game and wanted to make sure we knew 😂

[@commitdubs]

I like how there are a lot of depictions of "two face", symbolised by Jacob's colleague Max dying with half his face burned off. Jacob's face also is half burned off at the end. The boss monsters also often have two heads. A nice little touch that underscores the theme of the game, the duality of good and evil and many of the characters inner conflict with guilt. Or maybe I'm reading into it too much. 😅

[@Dollar_Store_Cacodemon]

No I think you're definitely on to something there. It recurs enough for it to be a theme throughout I'd say. 👍

[@onepunchman4444]

I like your thinking but I think you're also reading into it too much. I don't think they thought it through that far but who knows...

[@REricLieb]

Great catch! That was the intent, to layer in that duality wherever possible

[@PiMaC1985]

After knowing Jacob's fate and replaying the DLC, everytime you hear Mahler you figure out that she's just trying to keep your body "alive". "Sorry I lost you" (talking about the signal) but in fact you probably flatlined etc

[@Scrumpo]

Though I'm okay with protagonists dying, I really wish they explored more of Jacob's character and what he'd be like after going home and experiencing PTSD. I liked the idea they did with Dead Space with how Isaac survived but always ended up alone, even in the second game when he escapes with another person he ends up alone at the beginning of the third game.

[@NoFlyZone31]

The fact he was still wanting to save Dr Mahlen, even as he sat broken and burned, showed his redemption was true. Jacob was at the end of his character ark, really, having him die a hero is a fitting end.

[@Scrumpo]

@@NoFlyZone31 That's exactly why I didn't want to see him go. I know a part of it is because I really like Jacob's character, but the other part of it is definitely remembering what we could've had in Dead Space 3 with Isaac's PTSD instead of the Dead Space 3 we got. It just feels like a mistake to kill him off so early.

[@zointisarenazi]

jacob didnt die btw from what i see doc mahlen used to work on bio machines so she can still save him also at the ending of the game before dlc u can see some mutants have machines in them same with some pictures of mutant test subjects

[@Scrumpo]

@@zointisarenazi I watched this quite a bit ago, but from what I recall Doc Mahlen and Jacob were both in the base while it was exploding. Even if Jacob has a chance with Mahlen after he was absolutely brutalized, the blast will kill both of them or at least wound Doc Mahlen and leave her with no supplies to remotely save Jacob.

[@kasperwozowicz]

It sucks hard to absolutely demolish all those monster's and beat the Alpha multiple times just to be destroyed in a cutscene off screen and the tile of "sole survivor" go to a side characters who sleeped through half a story and didn't nothing to survive (got totally carried by Jacob) Disappointing.

[@kirkshanghai]

Well said

[@bresevic7418]

To be fair, that's exactly how battle royales play out, so at least its lore accurate

[@Toku-k1c]

@@bresevic7418 what a wild connection lol why put a dead space like game in pubGs universe

[@drxpyknuckles1103]

Ok but if ferris was defeated by Jacob at the end of the game is it possible he started hallucinating and seeing him when it might’ve been the horde of biophages that tore him apart?

[@AstronautDude64]

Maybe

[@zachbrown9267]

My guess is that horde is what ripped jacob apart maybe an explosion or something stunned him long enough for them to get to him and thats what happened to him

[@Discombobulate453]

If that’s the case, then sucks that Jacob went through all that only to get ripped apart by some random biophages 🥴

[@Rekseri]

It was the explosion that blew him apart imo

[@drxpyknuckles1103]

@@Rekseri the explosion after Dani left?

[@joenash4802]

Your voice is strangely perfect for story telling I don’t know why your content is just awesome in general

[@gsofficial]

british, but soothing

[@at1_a]

​@@gsofficialbut soothing 💀

[@Karpedk]

Ferris is absolutely mutated and dead. I think he was done by explosion and falling debris as you can see the burn on his wound face and body.

[@YetAnotherWittyUserName]

Y'know, while I understand how "it was a dream" endings feel kinda cheap, the fact that Jacob spent his final moments as a human antenna in a desperate gamble to expose the UJC - a gamble that both the characters and us, the viewers, aren't sure will work - was chilling and bleak in a way that the best horror stories are. And at the risk of reading too much into it, it's fitting in a way that the core implants, devices meant to track the prisoners and keep them in line, ended up potentially becoming the instruments of their liberation. Never played this game but I'm invested in the lore now. Great video.

[@Childishxmarkeeloo]

I think Ferris is dead dead the Ferris we see at the end was a hallucination. Jacob never survived the ending of the base game and was killed by that horde of biophages

[@REricLieb]

This is exactly what happened

[@Rekseri]

Doubt it was the biophages since Jacob survived way stronger hordes, imo it was the self-destruct explosions that blew him apart

[@aless7125]

​@@RekseriHe does have burn marks on the side of his body, so makes sense he died by the explosions

[@112523]

​@@Rekserijust cuz he did survive stronger hordes doesn't instantly mean he wouldn't have died at the end of the base game

[@soupgirl1871]

​@@112523however biophages in the game never left a body like Jacob was, he has burn marks too, likely from the place coming apart than the horde

[@AndJusticeForMe]

They may have axed Jacob due to the negative press, but I still liked the DLC and the ending. Personally, I prefer endings that are on the shocking and disturbing side. Sometimes, the protagonist doesn’t prevail. Seeing him strung up like Robocop hit a nerve and it hit hard; his redemption was complete.

[@DarkAttackYT]

Nobody cared about his redemption because Jacob is a terrible character. No one cried when he died. His whole dream didn't even do anything to advance the story. it was all for nothing. This DLC was a cash grab.

[@AndJusticeForMe]

@@DarkAttackYT Someone else’s opinion is equally valid as yours, but I appreciate your disdain nonetheless.

[@DarkAttackYT]

@@AndJusticeForMe It's okay that you loved the game. There is nothing wrong with that. But the risk that they took wasn't earned due to how underdeveloped Jacob was. That's my issue with the DLC.

[@KharaChmiel]

@@AndJusticeForMe There's a difference between an opinion and an objective fact. There's an objective fact that this game lacked anything in the character development department. It's characters were as one-note and stale as the combat.Another objective fact is that they criminally underused the setting they had. The opinion that follows correctly from these objective facts is that Jacob is a terrible character and the prison was an interesting location that they did shit-all to promote. Similar games with corridor halls do things to make those corridors feel not like corridors - dead space is a great example of this concept. Callisto Protocol did NOTHING to enhance the prison; nothing to make it feel lived in, nothing to make the prison a character in its own story.

[@AndJusticeForMe]

@@KharaChmiel Thank you for sharing. I disagree with your “objective facts”. Happy gaming!

[@notrealnamenotatall2476]

It looks like they're really setting up for Dani to be the next protagonist- even going so far as to make her the chosen one in another name- which I find rather disappointing. She was very, uh, insufferable during the initial game. When she wasn't a giant hypocrite, she was a useless damsel-in-distress having to get carried around. There was virtually nothing interesting or redeemable about her. Even her tragic backstory was weak compared to some others we've seen. I feel like killing off Jacob was a mistake. A shocking ending is a shocking ending and all, but now they cut off the actually interesting character for someone who they obviously think is really cool, but who is likely going to be equally insufferable and useless in the next game.

[@rturner9]

Probably an unpopular opinion, but I wholeheartedly agree with you. She was so annoying.

[@NoFlyZone31]

Perhaps they’ll do her character justice, make her actually likable… well, they’ll have to.

[@GAMINGBLAZE]

@@NoFlyZone31 nope, she is the reason Jacob's ship crashed, poor max died, then Jacob died saving her. I want her to die like that female doctor and finish her, never want to play as her

[@БеняХандзо]

Counterpoint - her VA is much cheaper than Jacob's, and strong female protagonist is how they might try and distance themselves from Dead Space and score some points with Twitter crowd.

[@spookieboogi6161]

I’m not buying the second as a result she’s basically a chosen one which means she can’t die or suffer any real hardship Jacob just delivered sketch supplies he isn’t a freaking biologist I have a moral compass and I would have just closed the box and been like I’m a fking freighter captain who the hell would believe me? I found a purple vial with a weird thing in it can you arrest my unknown employer?

[@SerbianMeerkat]

I don’t mind the avenue of killing Jacob off, I just think they could’ve done it slightly better. Like, he actually is still alive and kicking and there really is a shuttle, but he gets the option to stay behind and help Mahler expose the truth instead of escaping? Something along those lines. I don’t know why but the whole “it’s all a dream” kind of took away from the ending a bit.

[@thepuertoricandream1376]

Technically that's kinda how the main game ends with him letting Dani escape and him staying behind, the dlc really did nothing to further the story imo😭

[@mrpanda7871]

God i love this game. I was so immersed. A sequel would be cool even if we never see one. I like the idea of Dani having to survive in europa in order to get the information out, while also running from the UJC and Warden Cole’s cult. Could give her a psychological trauma feature because of her link to Jacob while he’s dying, fighting hallucinations and regular threats at the same time

[@GamingHarryYT]

Thought I’d publish this early. As I’m off on holiday tomorrow! Enjoy! ❤

[@YovanyTthatsMe]

Much appreciated

[@Kagrynac]

Ayy, appreciate it my man! Be sure to take care of yourself and enjoy your Holiday!

[@ResidentNotEvil5]

The Callisto Protocol huge potential but the gameplay big let down hopefully the sequel will be better or never happen

[@MultiKwolf]

U rock

[@rofflesvanwagon]

Have a good one man. Great videos 👍

[@Xav120]

Ah yes the classic "it was all a dream" ending. That's exactly what this game needed after all the bad press.

[@Cec451]

jacob isnt issac clarke

[@SL1CK_K7LLA]

Think of it as silent hill, it's actually a masterpiece

[@DarkAttackYT]

@@SL1CK_K7LLA No. It's an insult to compare this piece of shite game to any Silent Hill games, especially the good ones like the first four. There is NOTHING in the DLC that advanced the story in any way shape of form. Why did we need to see what Jacob was hallucinating? None of it means anything since he dies anyway. The Callisto Protocol was a soulless experience as a whole. Dead Space Remake is better, no questions.

[@wfbiohazard-bill3309]

@@DarkAttackYT fucking hell it’s a horror game not all of them should be a happy ending I like Jacob as a character am I gutted he’s dead yes will it make me not want a Callisto 2? Nope I think this can be a brilliant universe especially if each game is connected in little ways but not directly

[@SL1CK_K7LLA]

@@DarkAttackYT it wasn't a comparison I meant inspiration for this dlc

[@michaelgonzales3978]

Jacob killed ferris. There's no way ferris is responsible for Jacob's condition. Biophage or self destruct sequence are the only viable options

[@TheVeiledMonarch]

The Biophage would’ve absolutely ripped Jacob apart. The Burn marks are what you would see with a survivor of an explosion, like a self destruct.

[@mongooseunleashed]

So they just decided to kill the game themselves. Jacob was one of the few good things about the game.

[@KoroushRP]

Cause of all the hate the game got. People hated this game cause it was cool for the most part.

[@TerranPersoid725]

It’s a lot more complicated than that, I imagine. It’s probably for the best that they do something a bit new afterwards, they do have a kinda interesting world right now.

[@Evilshtt353]

Well, keep in mind that the person behind Jacob is probably very very expensive as hes a notable actor which most likely played a part in killing him off. If this game does get a sequel, I doubt we'll see Dani at all because, like Jacob, her likeness was used for the game.

[@Subject_Keter]

​@@KoroushRPI heard the game was aggerssively mid and actively shit. Do you blame people?

[@zackhicks5320]

@@Subject_Keteryou “heard” the game was shit? From who…? And a couple loud angry people on Twitter don’t count😂

[@goblingamez9921]

If it gets a sequel it would be interesting to see who the protagonist would be. I like the idea that even protagonists can die.

[@tourbean790]

The most popular opinion that Dani'll be protagonist

[@KaotikKnight]

It'll probably be Dani in the next game

[@blumiu2426]

Protagonists dying in stories is not a new concept. They just die when the story is over...like this, so it's moot.

[@doomguydemonkiller]

@@tourbean790”popular” opinion? Nah bring Jacob back

[@AndJusticeForMe]

Wouldn’t mind seeing Dani. After all, she got away and the Crown will spare no expense to hunt her down.

[@whitespace4419]

Does anyone find it strange that Mahler managed to get to the wardens tower and bring Jacob back without dying to either the explosions, rubble, or biophages? I haven’t seen anyone talk about this

[@GamingHarryYT]

That’s exactly why I was more inclined to say that he got mauled by Ferris.

[@whitespace4419]

@@GamingHarryYT I guess it’s not confirmed and I think that’s on purpose. However it still begs the questions, how would she have got to the wardens tour untouched, avoiding biophages? If ferris was alive, would he ignore her? Attack her? I have so many questions. I’m super interested in this world, and I hope to see more

[@ricardorosa6456]

It is the power of the script haha

[@BrandoD20]

Plot amor

[@NaK-R]

​@@whitespace4419well, probably Feller never mutated and barehanded teared Jacobs apart. Warden probably left the place as it was overunned by infecteds and activated the self destruction system. Thats the only logical explanation i can think of, because a horde of byophages came out of nowhere whe Dani leaves?.

[@Milliondollarcup]

IMO the biggest let down of the game was the biophage and its reveal on where it came from, they could have made its origin vague or unkown until it gets sequals, not to mention the wasted potential of the secret society

[@jesserushing1377]

I hear you on that, but in its defense I think that explaining what the group is makes the world it’s in more realistic. It wasn’t some freak accident, which is nice, because we’ve seen those a lot. Even though it was an outbreak, it was orchestrated which is rare. The reason for why it was orchestrated tho, to find the sole survivor, is intriguing because it makes you wonder why they need one? Do they just wanna rope Dani into kallipolis? What could a secret evil cult with plans to find the next step in human evolution do with that next step? It also kinda opens up the world a bit more because now we now how far reaching this cult is. So they could go anywhere with this story if they wanted. Start a new outbreak? Collect more sole survivors? Send em all out into space to some distant planet that had ancient relatives of that same biophage already dormant on the planet? (Little dead space 3 action) or it could focus around Dani’s outer way or whatever the group was called, and what they do with they info that Dani gets to them( if she even gets it to them) you know?

[@anthonyyoung38]

So many unanswered questions. What happened to mutated Ferris? Could Jacob be partially restored as a biobot? Could they transfer Jacob’s likeness into a robot? Callisto Protocol’s story can’t be done man. Not like this 😢

[@ArkayeCh]

I think it's interesting how this short DLC has a lot more pubching power in the writing department compared to the original. Maybe it was because they had the chance to walk away from all the Dead Space baggage hooked to the marketing. Sure, it's not original to see a character realize it was all a dream. But here it looks like they were leaning a lot harder and doing better on horror instead of jumpscares.

[@REricLieb]

Great video. One correction is that Jacob is dying at the end of the base game. Ferris never returns, that was just a hallucination.

[@yournextdoorgamerwithgames2945]

Yep, not sure how he failed to realize this

[@WadeWilson234]

@@yournextdoorgamerwithgames2945 Because if that's true, then the whole dlc was a waste of resources, time, and money, because it means nothing. Just the synaptic arcs in a dying man's brain. no universe or story progression to speak of.

[@kingrook45]

But maybe he doesn’t die, i mean the doctor had him and she was into all kind of shit, maybe be she injects him and he is patient alpha, and he regenerates

[@strikeforce1500]

One thing Mahler may had been truthful about,its his mind making everything to protect itself. Maybe some subconscious parts of his brain still react somewhat while being sedate/life support: The constant phrase of 'We gotta keep fighting', may be his subconscious not wanting to die, the hallucinations/messages wrotten in blood could be his guilty about everything, and the bio-bot saying 'No escape' is his memories of Ferries constantly repeating that phrase. Lastly,the whole cargo ship is his brain hugging to the slim hope of surviving this hell. Just for eventually die off at Mahler's table. My question is: To who and where Mahler send the info?, did she truly uploaded to the 'internet', or did she send it to Duncan's cult/iluminati type of thing. I mean,come on, the lady is capable of doing horrible things,I doubt she would care to lie to someone at their death bed.

[@chucklebutt4470]

Jacob and Dani had their cores linked. She was uploading it to Dani's core because she escaped.

[@silenthero2795]

The whole DLC is basically a symbolism to get those data across Dani since Jacob's core got linked to her. Mahler uploaded the data, Jacob did his best to send it in any way his dying brain could do, and it did get across since you "left" with Jacob's original ship, now containing valuable data instead of a virus thus giving him redemption to what he did.

[@REricLieb]

You're exactly right about the subconscious elements. Also Mahler is uploading the info to Dani to give her the 'full' story of what happened

[@Sanc7tus]

Why is no one talking about how Dani must be feeling getting this final transmission? JACOB SAVED HER!!! They say that its very vivid when the two linked so she is experiencing EVERYTHING!!!!

[@REricLieb]

Almost like they were setting up for the sequel! ;)

[@MultiverseSonic]

​@@REricLiebthe head and employees left the studio sooooo no sequel sorry

[@REricLieb]

@@MultiverseSonic 😂

[@ebookjapan8054]

The DLC seems like a poor way of nostalgiabaiting Dead Space fans. The hallucinations and weird messages you see are basically the "Nicole is dead" twist from DS1. Except they jammed it all into a roughly 2 hour DLC. They either panicked when they saw the bad reception the game was getting, or they were greedy and hid this ending behind a paywall the entire time.

[@malikholmes5045]

Exactly!!! The realist comment on any callisto video I've SEEN!!! 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾 BRAVO

[@Gogmatic]

The graphics in this game are insane. I haven't seen anything better than this.

[@Riccolino.]

Alan wake 2

[@bragsaint7824]

I know I'm late but me personally art direction is important than graphics The the new dog graphics mean nothing in a tasteless world

[@E_Sunbro]

Damn, what a bummer. I really liked Jacob as a character.

[@eldenbleach]

Please play and cover the sinking city next. You’re gonna love it

[@XxW4RB0RNxX]

I just played through that game not long ago amazingly underrated game

[@becca0668]

It is amazing!

[@patrickblanchette4337]

14:17 I actually think that he’s already hallucinating when he sees Mahler’s hologram; it would explain why Ferris has somewhat reverse mutated when Jacob “see’s” him.

[@postedactive]

Oh Gaming Harry, what would KZbin be without you.

[@yagsipcc287]

I loved the game as a whole and the ending was really cool IMO, he was in a messed up state (as we see by the end) his mind was broken and damaged (brain damage as we see from the end his head) as well as trauma from the story we saw, the info being uploaded to him and he was acting like a router for Dani to get the info and even more proof of everything. It was a sad but great ending imo.

[@garretwoeller7669]

Tbh the fact they killed Jacob is shitting like they could've done something intresting but nope dead

[@exalted_space9224]

Jacob is gone? That sucks he was one of the only parts I really liked. Didn't care much for the whole Marker Cult v2 sure the whole desire for human evolution thing was somewhat interesting but it falls rather flat. The combat was alright at best and agonizing at worst. With a clunky close quarter combat system and a abundance of annoying enemies the game ended up feeling like a hellish cross of doom and darksouls with you having to adapt to the enemies flow not to mention how punished you are if you get garaged up on and circled; Combined with the broken auto saves sending back several combat encounters (Not to mention drops being random leading you to being worse off than the pervious go) it just became a slog. I really didn't like Dani either and I don't think I could play a game with her as a protag. While I enjoyed my first go around I don't think I could go through it multiple times.

[@iSTEFIXi]

litteraly all my thoughts on the game i really dont like dani

[@Shadow-sword]

I can’t help but feel like she managed to gaslight him into thinking he’s the bad guy when she is just irredeemable. Would have left her to die with a choice present

[@trontosaurusrex9532]

​@@Shadow-swordwould have been better if Jacob and Elias got out together.

[@johnhenry15]

14:18 I would have thought that Jason lost to the hoard and Maller's message and the Alpha popping up were both hallucinations. I doesn't make sense that the Alpha could "devolve" and even gain its CO uniform back.

[@kingrook45]

What if she injects jacob with the parasite or some form of it and it helps him regenerate

[@kate62]

22:40 i love the subtle detail of The Thing's iconic bass playing once you start talking about the mutation . It's the subtle details that make this channel so good

[@cdgbrown307]

Well I would like to think they'll bring Jacob back as some type of bio-tech infected boss that would be cool.

[@erinrf6627]

I like the one comment Doc made in the biobot factory about it being one of her sins yet ironically could be their salvation. Bit of foreshadowing that it's him who's stuck on the rack as a torso.

[@SalamanderSander]

Good video man! Really enjoyed this one and the one on the base game. I had a very good time with Callisto Protocol. Will certainly be picking up the sequel, if they decide to make one :)

[@Arctic921]

Bruh they did jacob dirty at the end

[@jesustyronechrist2330]

Yo the baton broke because it was used for what it was designed to be used for. Amazing

[@TheRealRusDaddy]

To be fair he had beaten how many thousands of people to death with it kinda makes sense that eventually even an advanced space baton would break eventually

[@malikholmes5045]

​@TheRealRusDaddy facts not only that, You never used the baton on the huge metal robots in the entire game!!! So makes sense it broke hitting a "biobot"

[@PatrickVRegan]

Extremely well done. I had already played through both the main game and DLC expansion. However, watching this still added to the story elements I didn't know were even there.

[@petersjbeatz]

I love this game, I play survival-horrors from PS1 Resident Evil, Silent Hill era. The Callisto Protocol is intense like heavy sci-fi horror movie, independent studio, not a remake, fresh idea... masterpiece..

[@bragsaint7824]

Dead Space remake was fire thou ngl

[@malikholmes5045]

Dead space remake and callisto were both great, I gotta play dead space 2 and three now, but only after they remake those too

[@idkm8930]

Bro I knew dude was hallucinating and making up all that shit but the way I found out was horrifying. Dude was strung up connected to life support reliving a lie

[@morzik12345]

Damn the success of the dead space remake really did a number on their optimism for the series

[@TheRealRusDaddy]

Shoulda been making this game like right after dead space was cancelled

[@bragsaint7824]

Shit was baller even with EA tryna fuck it up

[@ehrenloudermilk1053]

I find your videos on this and the full game much more enjoyable than the games. A significantly more palpable way to ingest the story, for sure. Thanks

[@HeisenbergFam]

Callisto makes me appreciate Dead Space even more

[@122josh]

Yer it makes dead space look even better than it already was this game was poor tbh

[@phantomlumina8686]

Psychological horror is always amazing, and somehow Callisto DLC managed to fk it up.

[@aflack1003]

Thank you my friend ❤️ loved your post for a year now can’t stop watching

[@Heisen2420]

I was very disappointed to see Jacob's death. Sure, he wasn't a great protagonist, but he could have become one in the sequel, but no, they just threw him away like trash, and I hated it.

[@piyoweb]

And that end credit voice actor gag was implemented poorly. No one would immediately know who those two first names were....I thought they were side characters I forgotten at first. They could've added it as an extras in the main menu. Maybe throw in some outtakes as well? Sounded they had fun recording this game.

[@artist_error.-xr4zl]

Great work, I love seeing your videos and I can't wait to see more😊

[@jamesmango4478]

Really disappointed that they just killed off Jacob like that. Probably just as a way to kill off the IP. Was hoping he survived in this DLC since it would be cool if it was revealed that Jacob was also an Alpha as well (explains why he's able to survive through everything.) Maybe if there's ever a sequel, there's a slim chance they'll bring him back.

[@marcussterdy1702]

Na he dead

[@Just_Some_Guy733]

Second, love your videos Harry please keep making them so I can listen to and watch them while playing minecraft and terraria.

[@NicoLobozzo]

I was not prepared for the PUBG connection😂😂😂

[@versebuchanan512]

Diet Dead Space was pretty neat, never knew it got a DLC

[@Asuma24601]

That line at 9:42 absolutely killed me. You say it so casually 😂

[@NKenny__o_o_o_o]

One of my favourite KZbin channels Would love for you to cover the bioshock series

[@chickenpowder9273]

Thanks for the explanation and lore.

[@347Spartan]

Kallipolis when translated from greek means beautiful city from Kallos (beauty) and Polis (city) but here is the kicker in Plato's works there is there is one specific "dialogue" between Plato and Socrates if I recall called Republic which In the dialogue, Socrates discusses the meaning of justice and whether the just man is happier than the unjust man with various Athenians and foreigners. He considers the natures of existing regimes and then proposes a series of hypothetical cities in comparison, culminating in Kallipolis (Καλλίπολις), a utopian city-state ruled by a class of philosopher-kings. They also discuss ageing, love, theory of forms, the immortality of the soul, and the role of the philosopher and of poetry in society. The dialogue's set give or take during the time of the Peloponnesian War.

[@fulcrum7455]

I feel like the developers really hate Jacob, he got put through so much literal shit

[@xthefinalbulletx43]

Issac clark: first time?

[@CallForGrandPappy]

@@xthefinalbulletx43you better be joking lol, Jacob was pretty much an innocent space delivery guy who got thrown in prison, arms and legs ripped off, such a shitty ending.

[@Deppie_____]

@@CallForGrandPappy hmmm not really innocent. He knew that what he was transporting wasn't only medical supplies, but still, there is no chance he expected this to happen and he sure as hell tried to redeem his sins

[@avelonzx]

Is this the first time you guys play horror games? It’s not all flowers and rainbows.

[@Dctctx]

@@CallForGrandPappy”innocent”

[@lohipuikko9043]

I actually think that it was either the horde tearing Jacob apart or the explosion. I am personally leaning more to the horde because if it was exploded how did Mahler find Jacobs body? Yet alone barely even a live. But I ques both can be true.

[@chromtastic2092]

Most likely the explosion the horde would have eaten him whole and when we see his body he has burn marks on the right side of his body

[@SatenSheets]

I'm a huge deadspace fan, and this game was excellent. I hope they have more, and I'm very sad it didn't perform insanely well. I sure hope we can get a sequel.

[@mywifesboyfriend5558]

Excellent? Ugh

[@thomasfredrickson6298]

Yeah... no. Don't tell me you thought Callisto Protocol was better than Dead Space Remake... if that's the case, then you're not a Dead Space fan.

[@-TOH-]

I very much liked this game.

[@ryanedwards7487]

This game is basically Dead Space meets SEELE from Neon Genesis Evangelion. That's not a bad thing...I thought it was great!

[@oliverjoukowsky4451]

Learning that PUBG and The Callisto protocol exist in the same world was. Absurd

[@StabVariation]

They don't. But the publishers wanted that. They changed it before the release. Still a meh game.

[@VeryWellSirSome]

@@StabVariation They didn't retcon everything, Paramo, Vir solitarus, etc. To me, it still feels like it's in the same universe.

[@TheKaffeekatze]

The story is incomplete without the references to PUBG. It's as if they scrubbed all the story aspects but not any of the lore. I wonder if this was done in the last few months of development, since a lot of the story loses its deeper meaning otherwise.

[@StabVariation]

@@VeryWellSirSome They removed it being in the same universe around 2 months prior to launch. It was the publisher that wanted the game set in the PUBG universe to further promote their crappy game. And while Callisto is mid. It's worth at least 10€ if you can get it for that price. Graphics, gore and voice acting is great. It doesn't come close to Dead Space. But they wanted something different and delivered it. Even tho it wasn't as great.

[@VeryWellSirSome]

​@@StabVariation I do agree that it's worth 10, sadly i was a day 1 buyer who paid full price, i completed the game twice and it's not awful, but not good either. As you put it, it's mid. 30-40 bucks would have been a more reasonable price, especially considering it's lenght.

[@seedofmemory3094]

Great video Harry ❤ 👏 I'm glad they really listened to feedback from fans wanting to know more about Kallipolis and Coles involvement, Im not sure if it was always their intention to add the logs to the DLC, but it is cool nonetheless 😁

[@gamergirl209]

I literally just watched your breakdown of the main game this morning! Thought I'd have to wait a while for the conclusion

[@justinfrehs3053]

This has to be my new favorite gaming story channel. Would love to see you do some old games like mass effect (trilogy) and dead space. You tell the stories so good, and include great gameplay/footage.

[@NetoJ0N]

This game is underrated, and its the closest to 4A we have

[@glizzyking8070]

I always thought that jacob was gonna die anyway and we were gonna play as Dani in the sequel, but it looks like we arent gonna get that sequel anymore

[@jayraygonzales7]

Great job! I personally enjoy the game and the lore it has brought with itself. Thank you for helping me better understand it all.

[@dsaints2344]

All of this lore dump feels like what the sequel was going to be, if it wasn't for the low sales and bad reviews...

[@itachiswish4705]

Amazing review brother

[@stitchfan93]

Excellent work as usual ❤😊

[@mateosimon4237]

This is what happens when The worldbuilding and The story arc are better than the execution. But there's another chance in a possible sequel. The Story is too good to leave it unfinished

[@gilesguest4]

This was a great explaining video and I could tell you put a lot of research into it. Personally I'd love a Callisto Protocol 2 and it would make sense for you to be playing as Dani as she is still alive and it would lead to exploring her backstory more. Jacob was a great character for this game though and exploring his characters mental health and him hallucinating things was very interesting because in reality he was in a very bad state and he obviously could have sustained brain damage as well as having all his arms and legs ripped off. I thought The Callisto Protocol was both intriguing and very dark subject matter which is exactly what I like to see in a sci-fi horror video game. Great work mate

[@stereokuuji]

I genuinely didn't know there was a DLC Completely flew off my radar Also could you elaborate more on what you said at 20:55 because I didn't understand

[@4ntchovies]

Basically the creator wanted to make the game take place in the pubg universe many years later because of the popularity of pubg so that more people would be interested in the game

[@stereokuuji]

@@4ntchovies Oh, my brain was all over the place trying to understand what he said Thanks

[@jordangarcia465]

@@stereokuuji the studio that made this game was published by Krafton, the makers of PUBG. This game was intended to be part of PUBG - paramo was mentioned in the base game which was part of pubg I think. But, as the game progressed it steered away from PUBG ties

[@thebunnybun]

I was blown away by the enemies. I like how that made me feel.

[@thenukedgamer65]

So to the people who write it off as its just a dream, really dont understand the ending. Jacob fighting in his feverish state is his personification of his body fighting to stay alive.the fact that you get a new weapon that is much more direct imo is the fight switching gears from being a survival to a transmission of information.you also face a new type of enemy at the same point which would be the bodys new fight due to its current state. The doctor in his dream would likely be his subconscious keeping him in the fight. The "dream" is our brains fighting its last stand for a bit,not just a cop out like many which leads to no where,because in theroy him keeping the fight going in his dream,gave the doctor enough time to send the info. Its a good way to show a interal battle,and we see it often even in big titles like shepards dreams in me3.

[@dramgon]

The ending feels rather depressing and falls flat - I feel like if you want a game to continue as a franchise, you shouldn't kill off the main protaginist in the first game. I mean, look at Dead Space, Isaac is in all 3 of the games. I never really cared much about Danni, and I never really fully understood her involvement in her rebel-group either (Or whatever it was). Even though the game has some interesting aspects and ideas, I feel like generally it all feels quite mediocre - not bad, but just meh. Much love to the video btw!

[@iiropeltonen]

I like that you go in depth as to how your systems work. 🎉 Subbed!

[@caliscarvings1937]

The end of the dlc had me crying

[@malikholmes5045]

Yeah when I saw he died horrifically, I had to tell my wife!!! Like "can you believe they killed Jacob???"

[@kylematlock7889]

I'm almost positive jacob dies in the explosion, the ferris jump-scare is already part of the dream. If you think about it ferris has devolved even more than the face we see, and he's dead so no reason that he would be alive for that jumpscare. also jacob's body has some burns around the edges to support it being the explosion that takes him out As another note TCP doesn't actually take place in the PUBG universe, it was planned to be initially but SDS made it clear they were not connected

[@ChrisDanceMusic]

After waiting all that time for a dlc, you would've expected it to be a lot longer

[@yotengo9109]

To be fair it took them about 7 month which is not a lot for a game look really good

[@ChrisDanceMusic]

@yotengo9109 they had all the things in place(characters, physics, engine etc) they just needed a story to put together. Cost a lot for a season pass for not much in my eyes

[@yotengo9109]

@@ChrisDanceMusic true but they still need to make the new enemie, the hammer, the map, the small story, and maybe making the riot mode during making of the dlc

[@ChrisDanceMusic]

@yotengo9109 with the money they made. I would expect a big team. Unsure if there are bugs as cant remember any so hopefully that isnt a problem as most companies put out disasters these days and its properly patched a year later. I did like the game but less than 2hrs wasnt worth it for me

[@yotengo9109]

@@ChrisDanceMusic my guy it took them about 161.5 millions dollars to made the game, and the game only sold two of the five million copies( I hope that make sense) so maybe that could be another reason why the dlc was short, also you could search information by yourself

[@drakenelkaris3136]

It's impressive how much, under a simple looking surface, there is SO MUCH to The Callisto Protocol, this kind of deep dives in the game are making me love it even more, thanks for your work

[@tshell3947]

at one point The Callisto Protocol and PUBG were connected. However, as more time was spent on the project, the developer Striking Distance Studios decided to separate the two IPs.

[@GamingHarryYT]

Yeah I know that. Which is why I thought it odd that they left the Paramo City connection there. That’s something that only exists within the PUBG universe.

[@tshell3947]

@@GamingHarryYT it definitely is odd. And they left quite a few little Easter eggs that imply they’re still connected. I remember it being a selling point for the game. Really I just wonder why they decided to go a different route.

[@Hi-zx9sl]

@@GamingHarryYT You should have also brought up the fact that Kallipolis was behind in organizing the "Battlegrounds" games in pubg universe, which is the same concept as this battle royale in black iron prison

[@reecechapman7286]

I don't know how but they have to keep Jacob in the game still he's the isacs of calisto

[@zombieslaya3456]

What a dissapointing ending. Jacob was one of the most enjoyable things about this game. You could argue his arc was over but honestly I think we could have explored his PTSD of the outbreak in a future title. He gets to truly redeem himself not with some vague sacrifice he didnt even sign up for, but by fighting Kallipolis and the crown members. This game is just so unfinished and it boggles the mind that they thought locking the ending of the game behind DLC to an already rocky start of the story was a good idea.

[@trontosaurusrex9532]

Locking the ending,and extra animations behind DLC is a really bold and bizarre choice.

[@gabby3036]

11:29 I love the subtextual grumpiness here, "After sinking *thousands* of credits in his shock baton..."

[@The_Stoned_Sage]

I gotta disagree man, this had something going for it. This ending is such a cop out. So many games use the “its all a in their head” approach that at this point you can call it before it happens. (As many people predicted. They ruined their own story

[@5000Seabass]

After the lukewarm reception they took the easy way out and killed the story

[@VernulaUtUmbra]

@@5000Seabass Unfortunately no; it's not like they could crank out the DLC in 4-6 months since the game came out in December, so this was all planned from the beginning

[@mmmthatguy]

I’d like to dive into this game to see what is the deal. I need to make my own mind. Videos like this make me want to experience it through my own eyes.

[@adilepicfailzsxcore]

Ferris looked like Thanos 😃

[@apocryphaemiya9331]

I actually enjoy playing this game a lot. My heart can't stop pounding. I guess thank god I can't afford the DLC knowing the ending. I'd rather know that there is some tiny chance that Jacob survived by following Mahler's guidance

[@kingrook45]

Man my heart was racing as well I checked my apple watch and my shit was way up. Also what if the doctor injects him with some form of the virus and he becomes the alpha and regenerates, like his body metabolizes the parasite and gives him super human abilities to an extent.

[@apocryphaemiya9331]

@@kingrook45 well If it's true I hope Jacob wouldn't be as ugly as that crazy prison guard

[@snakekingblues3017]

this really should be free seeing as how bare bones the main game was

[@1206overlord]

She literally says in the game that he got that way from an explosion, not ferris

[@matics898]

Yeah, for a channel dedicated to lore videos, a ton of stuff seems to go over this guy's head.

[@1206overlord]

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