The Callisto Protocol - Review After 100%

Checking out The Callisto Protocol in tandem with it's launch day. An interesting take on the survival horror genre with a lot of clear inspiration from Dead Space
Timestamps
00:00 Intro
01:14 Overview
01:46 Difficulty & Accessibility
02:44 Story Set Up & Thoughts
04:54 Progression Systems
06:26 Combat
10:37 Worldbuilding/Atmosphere
13:22 Technical Issues
14:47 Steam Deck
15:16 DLC Plans
16:00 Positives/Negatives
17:29 Conclusion
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[@MortismalGaming]

On the technical issues for PC, a patch has been put out which seems to have resolved most people's performance problems. Technically it went live last night but I wanted to wait a bit and make sure it was actually fixing it for most people before pinning this. Also seems to have mostly resolved the steam deck issues at the same time.

[@smidlee7747]

Does this means it can run on the Deck now? :)

[@MortismalGaming]

Probably I've seen some people saying theyve got it working now

[@DatCheeseCake]

Yeah it worked near flawlessly for me. Genuinely enjoyed the game

[@rasmasyean]

I got this game free with a Radeon RX 6650 XT purchase. It runs fine on max settings. I think in the beginning I noticed some studder but I didn't really play much until after this patch I guess. The game did crash until I removed my (old) PC case panel, though. It was like 99% GPU! lol

[@Erbsengeneral]

holy guacamoly, first time watching you. but your style of 100% reviews are really good and the coverage of things like framedrops, used hardware just insane quality wise. thank you, for your work!

[@nexotope]

Mortim, you are a machine! I can't believe you 100% this before the embargo ended, truly impressive 👏

[@RR-od8hu]

Shows how short it is. I beat it in 9hrs

[@alexsp7086]

Pfff the gaming industry is just having an ADHD pandemic. People rushing through games today then either putting down after 20 mins and wanting something new or running through it with out any emotion. :))

[@thegamewin100]

@@alexsp7086 right do people even enjoy games nowadays elden ring took me 32 hours but I played new game plus like 6 times and got everything done god of war ragnarok I could not put it down I’ve already beaten it twice and got 100% this game looks fun too but I might finish it too fast im on the hardest difficulty and it isn’t too bad

[@Legenkilla]

@@thegamewin100 elden ring has a crazy amount of content, cant compare a open world mmo game with thousands of weapons ,builds and armor to collect and hundred bosses to a 9-12 hour single player game. With no real replay value at all. To 100% elden ring its a bunchh of hours

[@JC-cb8oi]

Resident Evil 2 Remake is a masterpiece. Can be beaten in less than 3 hours. Quality not quantity.

[@billcrabtree8700]

With review scores for this one all over the place, I turn to the man I trust.

[@Kyrkby]

I've seen several reviews from people who has similar tastes to mine... and every one says something different. I'm going to let it simmer for a while until they crank out a patch or two first.

[@Trepie]

@@NotCharAznable Gamespot gave it a 5/10, and I've seen just at many 6's as I have 7's and 8's

[@billcrabtree8700]

@@Kyrkby honestly, I was all set to buy it at $60, knowing it was less than perfect. I haven’t bought a full price game in a while and I just finished a work deadline so I thought I’d treat myself. Then I saw that it was $60 for the PS4 version and $70 for the PS5 and it stopped me dead in my tracks. I know it’s only another ten bucks, but I just couldn’t bring myself to do it. Screw that, I’ll wait for a sale.

[@TheHardWay71]

@@billcrabtree8700 Listen, I am 100% with you in how its frustrating to see game prices go from 60$ to 70$, but at the end of the day, games have been 60$ for a looonnnggg time. When I started playing games in 2007, I remember them being 60$ back then too. In today's money, 60$ in 2007 would be 86.24$. Even with games at 70 right now, considering inflation, games are still cheaper than they were years ago...additionally, with the increase cost to develop games, keeping games at the same price especially with all the inflation is really hurting game developers and their chances to make more/better games if it's harder to make a profit. So, as much as I obviously don't want to pay any more money than I have to, games are going to adopt this 70$ price tag more and more until it's the standard. It's just the way it is, it's been due to happen for a long time honestly. I am saying all of this because you really shouldn't let this increase sway you from playing games you like. It looks like it is going to be the standard from here on. And also...it is really just 10$. If you're dropping 60$ already, 10 more isn't gonna break the bank, it's just breaking your pride knowing you're paying more for something you used to pay less for, which everyone experiences. But times are changing unfortunately, and it will become the norm.

[@ehrlichezeilen83]

Having watched the making of content, I know how much love and work they put into this. 70 bucks is ok to support them 👌🏼

[@peterjohnston775]

The review machine! Thank you for all your hard work. Your labor of love for gaming is engrossing and you're now the reviewer I turn to for final decisions. Love seeing your sub count continue to go up! You deserve it bro.

[@cerrinhendricks241]

I really like that they separated the accessibility options apart from the difficulty, makes the game a lot easier to introduce to less experienced gamers.

[@Tamnier]

Love how much content you're putting out! Keep up the good work!

[@Chibeagle]

and manages to 100pct, wtf, lol

[@silverhuber2396]

Thanks for including your Steam Deck experience in your new reviews!

[@ferrievanvliet8043]

Kind of surprised of the lack of enemy types. DS immediately had a wide variety of types.

[@TheCreepyArchives]

@@chrisbfreelance wat. Enemies are way more destructible in this game, bone sticking out and all that. Way more in depth then Dead Space for PS3

[@jefftc14]

@@chrisbfreelance LOL wut?

[@jefftc14]

Seems about the same honestly

[@AceAviations2]

@Jacques De Molay honestly for a first major game of a still new studio this game looks incredibly impressive. I suspect that it's sequel (which it will probably get) will be bigger, but as a first step this game is impressive even if it's not a game that I'm personally interested in playing as it's not in a genre that I play. That doesn't mean I can't appreciate the effort put into it.

[@HookahOtaku]

I think it was more of a budget/time limitation, Deadspace had way more budget (DS 2 having one of the highest in history), im sure in the dlc they will add new enemy content.

[@djukafox]

I don't see how they didn't include puzzles and exploration? It's crazy to me how they didn't work on this. Especially that Glen is a veteran at this, he knows resident evil and he also knows his older games. EDIT : People in the comments writing how not every game needs to have puzzles, sure, they don't. But do something else, anything, besides just the bashing everyones skull in with a bat.

[@-Monad-]

Personally, I'm thrilled that puzzles and exploration aren't included. My time is limited these days and I want to purely focus on combat and story progression. Puzzles and exploration tend to be rote, uninteresting, and break up the flow of a game. They're often used as a crutch to pad out a short play time.

[@danielgeronimo5538]

@@-Monad- I've never seen someone say something as self-contradictory than in these four sentences. You want story progression when it's technically what pads out playtime alongside forced combat. And puzzles is what actually allows you to speedrun an entire game without being hounded with scripted fights and encounters. This is where survival horror even started with.

[@77jamess]

Resident evil village doesn’t really have any puzzles, yet that game was so widely loved. Sure it has puzzles in the sense that you have to move one object to another place, and then pull a lever, but that’s it? This game is far more interesting to me than RE8 ever was.

[@djukafox]

@@-Monad- sure, if you want to have some mindless fun. You would also love that new one, Evil West. Unfortunately that's not what the majority of fans want nor expected and this really underdelievers. Especially when it's a triple A title from the developers of Dead Space.

[@akkibajaj705]

Maybe they ran out budget?

[@connorsimpson9423]

Really glad you got a review copy. Was gonna wait on your review as I find your reviews really informative especially with the 100% aspect. Was happy to see it day 1. Thanks for the video! :)

[@silentphotographer117]

I gotta say I respect your style of review. And it makes it twice as understanding when someone puts this much effort for a review. It comes off as incredibly unbiased and more informed then most other reviewers out there. Great job man, I'm happy I was recommended this page!

[@kevinhardisty6465]

Mortim. Thanks for including the difficulty adjustments in the beginning of the video. I have always suffered from shaky hands which put many FPS games in the impossible category for me. With all the adjustments this games offers, I believe I can play and enjoy it. Thanks for including difficulty information.

[@themauiwaui]

This man deserves all the subs, thanks for your work as always Mortim

[@kirin7945]

Only just discovered your channel but love the way you make your videos, straight to the point and clear category separation, quickest sub of my life haha

[@themott6184]

Glad to see you're doing well. I remember when you have a few thousand followers - now you get review codes for top-tier games! Excellent as always!

[@chubbsreviews]

Gratz on the review code, you’re the first review in my sub box and a good video aswell

[@bibawen5476]

Great job as always, keep doing what you do.

[@BrokenM4ge]

Been watching for a while now, at least 5 months. With how regular your videos pop up on my feed, I thought I was subbed! Fixed that. Thank you for all that you do brother. For all of us.

[@voodooopaque6357]

This is actually a pretty great review, feels professional, even more than the official game reviewer companies i see out there

[@kodahshakurks4742]

Only thing it's straight forward not to open. I been kinda stop playing these🤒

[@SpookySims]

Ikr? I’ve watched probably 30 reviews for this game and this has been the best one so far

[@marcoolivier4836]

It feel like just yesterday I was watching your content and you had like 20k subs, now you're at 100k. You totally deserve the success, great review and I can't wait for the weekend to play this bad boi

[@-Monad-]

I remember finding him at around 15k subs and thinking "this dude is going places"

[@derekofbaltimore]

@@-Monad- Ive been here since 10k and thought hmm this guy is interesting

[@sevendaysin8374]

Thanks for the insight and the proper contrast I needed to hear vs. SkillUp's review - your acknowledgment of certain points of failure vs his definitely reminds me that more often than not, personality can overtake objective consideration of how "good" something actually is to you in the moment. I was originally leaning against getting CP at all, but now I'm just waiting for a few patches to come out for it (and maybe a pre-xmas sale) to pick it up on Steam. Also: 100% reviews are beast!

[@jacobvriesema6633]

Skillup also plainly said at the beginning of his review that opinions on it are kind of all over the place, and said that this was his opinion. I appreciate he said that, as many people may really like this game. He just wasn’t feeling it.

[@ThomasPaine01]

Excellent job, Mortym, 100% before the end of the embargo! It's very gratifying to witness your success. Let's go to 150K subs! Keep grinding, brother!

[@victormedina4559]

This is the first time I've come across one of your videos but a definite subscribe from me. Very in depth and descriptive. Will most definitely be checking out some of your previous videos. You've swayed me to get the game myself as I love survival horror. Other reviewers have not been so nice about the game, which made me a bit worried. After watching your video I am a lot more confident on picking this one up. Thank you.

[@James_Messier]

Great video. First time I came across your channel and watched the review. You were clear and to the point. Well done! Subscribed.

[@egadzitsme]

Love this format, deserves to be the new gold standard.

[@Lunesta_XCIII]

YES! Great Review. If I could put my thoughts into words like this Man did, it'd come out the same. Glad you enjoyed this game as much as I did. I cannot wait for the DLC ( more lore ) and hopefully the 2nd game comes sooner !!! Subscribed.

[@marvin8559]

I've just started watching your videos recently and it's great that you 100% things, for certain games though given the quality of your vids it would be cool to hear impressions on certain games as well prior to the 100% completion mark especially if the game is super large.

[@Shad0wchasers1]

It's always nice to wake up with one of your videos! I really love your completionist approach to reviewing games, and you've helped me make several buying decisions in the past. Some possibly helpful feedback: I don't know if you've had this feedback before, but to future-proof your videos a bit, you might want to consider mentioning which model/year SteamDeck you're using. It's such a successful-seeming gaming device, that I wouldn't be surprised if we see a hardware refresh/update in the coming years, and five years down the line it might be helpful to know which version of it you were testing a game on.

[@kaidorade1317]

I was just thinking about how the game comes out tomorrow and hoping it’s good. And here you are with the review!

[@chitowngiant9238]

Im playing it now and yes it’s good. I also took a break watching youtube reviews. I’m honestly shocked that it’s getting low scores.

[@lewispooper3138]

@@ML-yn9yu you sucking at games isn’t the game fault

[@brooklynbornn9488]

@@ML-yn9yu the combat is amazing and the story is superb 🤷🏾‍♂️ soooooooo yeah

[@MrRBX]

Wow, you got a review copy. Happy for you, you make very wonderful reviews

[@CrystallineLore]

I think you might actually be the first full review I've seen, and I've been looking out of curiosity but all I've found is discussion around a leak of one reviewer that said it was too hard.

[@dominickgibbs6503]

It is too hard. And it's not because of the AI or even the dodge mechanic. The enemy's can literally attack you from all sides and its hard to get your controls right to deal with multiple AI.

[@grey_wulf]

Hi Mortym! As a huge fan of Dead Space 1 and 2, I'm really looking forward to playing this one. Thanks for the in-depth review!

[@John_II]

Very good review: methodical, fair and it gives me a great idea of whether I want to buy this game.

[@XiLock_Alotx]

Nice coverage. Earned yourself a new sub. Really enjoyed this. I’m currently playing through on PS5. And the experience is faaaaar better from what I understand.

[@coconutologist]

Thanks for the footage and review. Onward to 200k. All glory to the algorithm.

[@Nekradamus]

the fact that you can put a foregrip on your hand cannon but the character never bothers to use it is giving me conniptions

[@ipathvvv]

Great video, thanks for all you do!

[@uhhhpersoniguess]

So pumped you got this out so early. You're the only reviewer I watch anymore, so this was a real treat. Awesome work as always

[@a.bridges]

Looking forward, thank you as always 👌

[@ktstubble]

keeping it real 💯 yours is usually the first review I check out for the in-depth review and your format containing straightforward opinions covering different aspects within any game. not just the new games but all the ones you have covered. thank you.

[@ssgcheddar5785]

Great review 👏 I'm new to this channel but was pleasantly surprised! This review is the tipping point for me buying! Thanks 😊

[@Legchopper]

This channel i great, stumbled upon it yesterday, so pumped for callisto Protocol

[@seanrty4372]

Thanks for the great review. Youve helped me make up my mind. I think im a big enough fan of the genre to be able to look past the flaws you mentioned.

[@branberrycakes]

You won’t great IMO. I absolutely love the survival horror genre. Idk why people think these mid scores from strangers are a bad thing. The genre is filled with it but many are still hit classics to this day.

[@reysan5251]

100% reviews?!? Subscribed. Very cool my dude!

[@blake1378]

Glad to hear your thoughts! Appreciate you man

[@DSzaks]

"Combat feels very Visceral" ... I see what you did there :D

[@akoskolok]

Great review man!

[@jameswebster6741]

Best review I’ve seen and completely relate to everything you’ve said

[@DemonKingCozar]

This review seems a lot more genuine than a lot of others

[@drodes]

Seems like the gamer hive mind is taking a collective dump on it just cause it’s not exactly dead space.

[@jem9692]

@@rileymachelle4088 I think skill up missed the mark on that one... Especially that bit about "set pieces"

[@MarinoRacing]

@@bimblor7945 it is when there is literally 0 opportunity to explore on your own. Hand holding at its finest. Game is a solid 6.

[@djtoxicdhg]

@@MarinoRacing lingerie is not bad it's judt a tad bit too short and has sum short cumings in the game

[@djtoxicdhg]

@@KaneDeath4 sub par definitely not but a bit too short yes it's probably more of a 7/10to maby 8/10 game but it obviously dus not light a candle to the og ded space games

[@JesseAnderson]

This is much closer to my thoughts after finishing it. I thought the combat had some really glaring issues, but you're usually able to game your way through the encounters with strategic grip or gunplay. As a first pass at a melee system, I think they need to do a lot more with it, but it's really solid in 1v1 fights once you get the hang of it

[@rob5541]

The biggest issue is how terrible block is combated to dodge. Why take damage ever?

[@pronoydutta614]

Really good review! Thanks

[@psilontech]

Love your content, Mortim! Interaction for the interaction gods!

[@CaptainKaz44]

Good review, detailed and fair.

[@ThatOneGuy-gd6zr]

So excited to get off work today and play it for the weekend !!!

[@Pedone_Rosso]

Cool! I'm sure by the time I'll get around to play this game, my PC will be up to par with the (hopeful) subsequent optimization. That is by the end of next year, or possibly the beginning of 2024. (Still have to play the original Dead Space series, btw: I've only seen a playthrough of the 1st game, back then, and that's it) Thanks for your videos!

[@bsrhoad]

this game looks amazing, thanks for the review!

[@vdlzts.]

what? Crazy you did Callisto and so quickly. RESPECT !!

[@tomt7986]

Good lord how did you 100% this so quickly?!?! That's awesome dude 👍🏼

[@anasshahid224]

Solid review my man, going to pick up Callisto Protocol early next year once I get done with the Dead Space Remake 🙌

[@Dermetsu]

You work fast, and I'm stoked for this one.

[@1fighisimo]

glad to hear a good review!!!

[@Tvv1SteR]

Great review indeed. I played it today for less than an hour (I’ll continue tomorrow, btw can’t wait) on my PS5, and the game runs and looks amazing on it, without any stuttering.

[@josemartins7766]

Came for the CRPG reviews/insights stayed for the high quality of the channel! Keep it up

[@wietsbotes2468]

Brilliant review my brother.

[@humorinpolitics56]

I'm so glad I found your channel. Thanks for the insane amount of effort you put into 100%'ing so many RPG's.

[@welcome_to_the_own_zone]

Nice job sir. This is the most hyped I've been for a game in years. Hope it runs well on my system.

[@blindender9979]

Nice work!

[@talahar123]

I'm not into playing survival horror games, but I like watching them on youtube. Hopefully one of my go-tos will play this one on their channel. :D

[@shapirodeadking5012]

may i ask why?

[@SafetyRecall]

Great review! Thanks! Just a heads up, there was a PC patch just before the review embargo was lifted and as the game was launching that seems to have fixed most of the performance issues. Shooting themselves in the foot if you ask me, since all of the reviewers are going to experience (and mention) them.

[@GMaster7]

Not planning on picking this up, but tremendous respect for having a 100% review ready to go on short notice. Hope you can get some sleep this weekend (but somehow I doubt it).

[@gakkieNL]

You convinced me. Now on my wishlist!

[@trevorbishere]

U got a subscribe from me! Thank you for a good review on this!

[@michaelalbertsen6396]

Good review. I loved the game as well. Thank you for your efforts.

[@Exxy6965]

To the new guys on this channel (since this is a major release): subscribe to Mortim, he's one of the most genuine guys on KZbin focusing on gaming content.

[@Gus.Gonzalez.]

$70 for a 10-15 hour game is a little too steep for me. I'll definitely pick it up when it goes on sale though. Thanks for the review.

[@yohaneschristianp]

Bad reviews might help 😃😃

[@ReginaldSkulls]

NGL this is the first review of the game I actually agree with. I think too many people were wanting a straight Dead Space 4 which they made clear this wasn't that. However, it gives enough Dead Space and is good enough for me to consider it actually good and fulfilled it's purpose.

[@pcgameshardware867]

Gotta love that Denuvo

[@deo192]

I absolutely loved the game and later checked everyone's review....subscribed

[@teky]

appreciate the review ^^

[@nicholasbalaich5536]

Thank you for the review. Just downloaded the game on PS5. Posting a review only after 100% completion is pretty baller. Just subscribed. Don’t kill yourself though, brother. I can wait a few days for your reviews. Get some sleep.

[@DDraganita]

thanks for review mate

[@kinkypinky2021]

As someone who has MS, I find these assessability options really useful and helps me play and complete the game.

[@88Renji88]

Great review.

[@zynterlinked]

interesting that Callisto is an actual real place. A lot of people don't realize that. You can see at 2:45 Europa cafe, Europa is another large moon next to callisto, so the outbreak its contained to just a prison on Callisto.

[@MrGrimmmy]

Glad I waited for your take to review it! Thank you and great take on it! I unfortunately was worried about day one embargo... It seems I won't be getting this until it's on sale and deluxe edition with season pass... I feel it's a rushed release and using the unfinished content as a reason to sell dlcs, triggers me... Plus game is like 9 to 12h I'm shocked lol. Anyways thank you so much and great job morty

[@aVerySillyBilly]

Solid review, pointing out the cons which the most important for me especially these days as so many youtube influencers `forget`. I can`t justify shelling out that much, especially as I wanted to get it for my brother for Christmas on his deck. . if a 3080ti is having issues, hmm. with no ng+ and a one shot 12 or so hours I can`t justify it. Combat looks pretty cool reminds me of bulletstorm with the death walls. on the positive it looks clean and fresh, ironically for the gore.

[@trunks10k]

damn again Mort is so damn fast at finishing games 100%. Seriously are you a machine dude?

[@aaronhumphrey3514]

This one seems like it might be a quick 100%.

[@mafikdew78]

@@kpridezzang 😂

[@grogu411]

I mean the game is like 8 hours according to ign. Which means for hardcore gamers it’s like a 6 hour game.

[@trunks10k]

@@aaronhumphrey3514 yeah but he just put out another review not too long ago but I guess being short does make it seem possible for 1-2 days to complete 100%

[@TheGrumbliestPuppy]

@@kpridezzang You need someone else to tell you if you should buy a game? If you've got lots of spare cash, sounds like it'll be a fun day of gaming. If you don't, it sounds like the game is good but not amazing so save your money.

[@damienkrawczuk1435]

Finished it! And loved every second of it! Actually I've completed a few times now games so awesome, the atmosphere is bang on top notch, yeah recently the last gen consoles got updates and I'm actually quite surprised how well it performs on the ps4, I cannot wait for more content to drop with the season pass and so very much hope a sequel definitely happens, I would so love to hear Simon Templeman play a character in some capacity as I Iove his voice over work, he played one of the characters in Deadspace 3 and yeah we all definitively know he did Kain in Legacy of Kain, but that would absolutely rock if such a thing happened, I very much love the acting and voice acting in this game it's very compelling to watch and really draws you into its world

[@Hawntbawt]

Ngl I’m surprised to see a review for this on this channel xD great review though. I’m downloading the game right now… is it available to play or just a pre-download? >_>

[@davidbarrette2824]

Wow how do you 100% games so fast Best reviewer period.

[@filnisius2153]

Thank you for this review. Once I saw the review bombing on Steam I immediately came here to see if you had something and you did! Thank you for this review because this is one of the games I really wanted to play, Dead Space is one of my favortie games and have always been a fan of survival horror in general. I'm glad to see it's a fantastic title and I will simply wait for this performance stuff to get fixed before I buy it.

[@NeViKble]

It is just as Mort feared, the game seems to not run well on mid price systems. Wouldn't call it review bombing if there are legit flaws which spoil the experience.

[@derrickfarbes1805]

@@NeViKble it wasn't supposed to be on old Gen so of course it's bad lol , new Gen runs perfectly and people's crappy pc set ups well you guessed it are crappy so hard time running that as well

[@NeViKble]

​@@derrickfarbes1805 If the game has already lags on a pretty high range pc I think it's actually the games fault. Wouldn't say Xbox and PS5 are comparable to a high end pc, maybe inbetween mid-high. And as said in the video he could not find a spot where the game still looked good enough and had the wanted performance, which is sad especially considering the system setup.

[@derrickfarbes1805]

@@NeViKble you say they don't compare but they running better than a high end pc lol your words kind of contradict themselves

[@NeViKble]

@@derrickfarbes1805 idk if consoles have less lags than high end pcs. I guess it is easier to optimize for a specific system. BUT the current gen in general is not as strong as a high end pc. I don't contradict myself. The developers just could've done a better job ^^

[@ci11antr0]

Holy jesus way to go bro

[@Dr.Venkman-Ecto1]

Yes you nailed it when you said that it builds tension ! Really throws you off when nothing happens.

[@alexmichaelfriedman]

I must say dude I never 100% a game ( feels like a waste of time to me personally ). However I have come to really trust your reviews! I feel like you have a very down to earth and honest perspective which I greatly appreciate! And although I don’t personally want to 100% the fact that you do allows you too notice and highlight things that would stop me from enjoying a game

[@pomps8085]

Great review, although with the performance problems and new stuff they're releasing in Feb, I think I'll wait for sale

[@bryank427]

great review. shame to hear about the stuttering, i had seen it in the early footage and was really hoping by release that at least would be ironed out. guess we will have to wait for future patches to do that.

[@mistahslugg]

another great review from you, as expected lol. I held off on watching or reading any reviews and played 10+hrs straight and im currently in late game. I think its very fun especially combat, also fills that scifi survival horror we have all been craving. also looks and played amazing for me on ps5. as far as negatives imo: enemy variety is limited as you mentioned; wish there was a bit more exploration and area accessibility because you can basically get locked out of an area if you go the scripted path 1st; the save file system is terrible and doesn't save exactly where you are but rather just makes your autosave a new manual one; one of the biggest problems I had is how much your slowly going through small passage ways, I mean there has to be at least a full hour of just slowly crouching or sliding through cracks. I put more crits than positives just because I actually love it and wish a few things were better. if your skeptical about getting it maybe wait for a price drop but if you liked dead space you will like this as well. I think its a great game but nothing too groundbreaking. thanks again Mort for your review as per usual you always do a great job!

[@romanemp1985]

You're the only gamer who has given this game a positive review. All the negative reviews put me on the fence, although I was looking forward to this game since I saw the first trailer.

[@FoxyCAMTV]

Plenty of others who liked it,you have to look deeper.

[@Dulto27]

I want to say thank you for being real with this review, I just finished the game and I agree, I had a blast with this game, thought the story was good, everything felt great. yes it had the performance issues but I looked past it and enjoyed it all the way through. Don't understand the clickbait those hate reviews, there is a lot to enjoy here :) cheers!

[@solidrobb5522]

Good review! I love the game too. I'm about half way in, playing on highest difficulty. 8.5/10 Game runs really well on PS5.