The Callisto Protocol Isn't Afraid to Brutalize Its Protagonist

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Today’s Summer Game Fest kickoff shared an extended look at The Callisto Protocol’s cinematic, in-engine trailer from last week’s State of Play. In the original Callisto Protocol trailer, gory bouts of head-to-head combat with sickly biophages were demonstrated with terrifying jump-scares and a dense science-fiction atmosphere.

The extended look offered only a few new shots, but was fortunately followed up by a couple of minutes of raw gameplay debuted by Striking Distance Studios’ Glen Schofield. The gameplay demo highlighted two different sections from the first half of the game: one in a med bay, and the other in a power station. The Callisto Protocol’s comparisons to Dead Space have already been rampant, but The Callisto Protocol looks unapologetic in these comparisons as protagonist Jacob Lee can also be seen stomping corpses and being gruesomely brutalized in death animations.

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Dead Space is known for how visceral and grisly its enemies and combat are. Encounters against necromorphs of any kind are not for the faint of heart; dismemberment, decapitation, and impalement are all strategies that players consider when they see a particular enemy, and result in gory animations that can befall both the player and necromorphs.

In The Callisto Protocol, it does not seem as if dismemberment is a critical technique that players must apply to each enemy. However, combat does appear similar, and appendages can be cleaved and blown to a pulp with armaments that perform similarly to Dead Space’s Plasma Cutter.

The Callisto Protocol does not shy away from these inspirations, and it may be to its benefit since it comes from Dead Space’s co-creator. The Callisto Protocol on