Just thought that your post was hilariously contradictory, that is all.
You start off by saying
"Just because Steven Spielberg directed both of them doesn't mean you can or should A/B them.", only to directly A/B them.
Sometimes a direct 1:1 comparison doesn't work, as you explained and then demonstrated previously.
Two vastly different experiences with a focus on different gameplay elements. That you enjoy one more than the other is totally fine. Nobody is upset.
I agree, 'cause in many points, it ends up being apples/oranges
BUT, the combat is similar enough that we can compare them, imo
The bread and butter is the same, tho execution is different. You aim, you shoot, you use teleknesis and you have melee.
Callisto does a lot of things better than DS, imo. I love DS, replayed DS 2 recently and it still holds up, but the combat is as simple as it gets.
It's the same "2 shots on the leg, one on the head" the whole way through. You can use multiple weapons, but the the 2-1 combo is so effective, that I finished DS 2 using the Plasma Cutter for 90% of the time.
In Callisto the combat is also simple, because the tools are basically the same. But the scenarios arent. There are rooms where if you dont use everything at your disposal, you're dead.
You have to throw a monster using telekinesis, then shoot the one spewing acid on the back, then fight the last one using melee.
If you try to melee them all, you're fucked. So it adds some strategy to the combat and makes it more exciting than DS, imo.
