thatJohann
Member
This. The game is a shimmy simulator wtf.
The Callisto Protocol |OT| Galaxy of Terror
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thatJohann
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Devs if you're reading this,
Please FIX the broken HDR black levels / gamma curve on PS5!
Please FIX the broken HDR black levels / gamma curve on PS5!
rofif
Can’t Git Gud
Turn on limited black level on your tv when playing with hdr. Helps for me.Other then the day one patch this is the first update.
But its for PS5 so what's to fix? other then the HDR.
Also I just noticed the PS button has its own sound effect in the game complete with vibration.
Nice
Btw 2 more things I've noticed that are a bit crap.
You can see headlight reflection everywhere but it's not on your character.
And spoopy random lame noises around. Like cmon I know these are random horror noises from these shitty movies. Let atmosphere build realistically.
Northeastmonk
Gold Member
It sorta reminds me of Batman Blackgate. Metroid style Batman with a ton of vents. Go here, rip vent, another vent, clear the room, go in vent.
I don't know how long or how far I am. I'm
in the sewers going to the dome. All this talk about Evil Within 2, that had a cool small sewer area with those tall creepy ass monsters.
I feel like I can't customize anything. He's on a set path, no real backtracking, no real armor to try on/swap out. There's something really good here. Maybe it's the lack of character development. It sorta reminds me of Manhunt.
I'm anxious to see how the game plays out. It doesn't have the O2 tank floating in zero G while you're maneuvering through some rooms in space like Dead Space 1/2. It's a lot more grounded in its setting. I get Escape from Butcher Bay vibes too.
Nautilus
Banned
Ok, It's official:
The inventory system is shit.There is no other word for it.
I think I have left behind more than 20 items behind because I couldn't carry them, and I'm still in the third chapter. I guess their intention was to not let the players horde and become too powerful(since you can save a shiton of bullets because of the mellee) but it is still shit. There is no worse feeling in a SURVIVAL horror game to miss an item, more so because the game won't let you carry it.
Outside of that, this game has been great.
The inventory system is shit.There is no other word for it.
I think I have left behind more than 20 items behind because I couldn't carry them, and I'm still in the third chapter. I guess their intention was to not let the players horde and become too powerful(since you can save a shiton of bullets because of the mellee) but it is still shit. There is no worse feeling in a SURVIVAL horror game to miss an item, more so because the game won't let you carry it.
Outside of that, this game has been great.
Neff
Member
Same way you avoid melee attacks, just hold left or right and you'll automatically go into a dodge.
Umbral
Member
What's nice is things don't disappear if you drop them, so I'll drop items and grab what I wanted then come back if I can to pick up what I dropped.
No NG+ until February. No details either.
Nautilus
Banned
If you move on to other areas, you are locked out from the previous, so that strategy only works so much. Discovered that the hard way.
FeastYoEyes
Member
Gotta admit, the game is getting long in the tooth about halfway through. The arsenal changes aren't making a big enough difference and the variety is not good enough.
Umbral
Member
There are some areas you can manage it, but only because I'm on my second time through, so I know the flow somewhat.
I felt this a little too. I would get new weapons but none of them ended up replacing the hand cannon.
It also doesn't help you
only get one suit the whole game but at like the halfway point.
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R6Rider
Gold Member
Just got the Tactical Pistol and went through the big room with tons of the blind enemies. That section is broken as you can stab them right next to each other and nothing happens.
I have tons of ammo right now it seems. Game still going strong and now has even more variety with the weapons.
As for the inventory there was a few times I left some ammo or health behind, but most stuff you can make a trip back and grab.
I have tons of ammo right now it seems. Game still going strong and now has even more variety with the weapons.
As for the inventory there was a few times I left some ammo or health behind, but most stuff you can make a trip back and grab.
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Justin9mm
Member
This combat system is ridiculous, I never know how many times to dodge before hitting an enemy as it is different with the same kind of enemy sometimes it's one hit and then sometimes you need to keep dodging before you can melee. You have no idea where they're coming from sometimes and you just get grabbed from behind with no indicator, its unnecessarily difficult in the respect. That and the endless crawling through vents and shimmying and I've basically just started the game, it's so slow. These few bad design choices weigh the game down so much.
ZehDon
Member
For me, the trick was to always assume there's one more attack. When the enemy does stop attacking, it will be well telegraphed and there will be a sizeable window to start your own combo. It's a back and forth - borderline turned based - with very clear "now is your time to attack" and "now is their time to attack" windows built in to it. Good or bad, that's how it works.
Justin9mm
Member
Yeah it's really annoying for me, the game is so slow already, its made me impatient.
Con_Z_ǝdʇ
Live from NeoGAF, it's Friday Night!
Yet you are here, hoarding items and complaining about inventory space. Just use what the game gives you. Resources are plentiful.
ZehDon
Member
Reminds me a little of Alan Wake in that regard. In that game, they'd reset your inventory every chapter or so, incentivising using the resources like the flare gun because they'd be gone anyway. Here, it feels less about long term resource conservation and more about short / medium term.
lh032
I cry about Xbox and hate PlayStation.
actually, you can keep dodging until the enemy "combo" is finished , you still have enough time to attack them. It takes some practice. The moment they stop hitting you, its the time to melee them.
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Umbral
Member
These checkpoints are going to ruin my life. You mean to tell me not one tester threw a controller through the TV? Nobody picked up the PS5 and smashed it on the ground, stomping it repeatedly, scattering shards of plastic and transistors across the floor? Nobody? I don't believe it. This shit has me livid.
Stop wasting my time. I just quit for the evening because I spent time looting and selling items only to get killed shortly after resetting my progress to before I did all of that. Give me save stations. I don't trust you with checkpoints anymore.
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Con_Z_ǝdʇ
Live from NeoGAF, it's Friday Night!
I always dropped ammo, batteries and health items in favor of resources that would give me credits at the printer and i never ran out of anything. It's a complaint i just can't understand.
semiconscious
Member
how can it be that evil west released with new game+?...
Umbral
Member
They're on that next-gen development.
Truly, I think it's because of the suit. The story dictates when you get it and how it looks, so they'll have to account for that if you can carry everything over. No suit > Full suit > Suit minus helmet. They've got celebrities whose faces you need to see anyway.
I want to mute all the main characters speaking and I want to cover up Duhamel's face with an opaque visor. Let me live, Glen.
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semiconscious
Member
what? it'll take them months because they have to account for 'the suit'? you realize that that's basically worse than no excuse?...
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Spaceman292
Banned
Can you really edit all those options? None of the reviews I read mentioned that, even thought several of them ranted about the dodge being bad.
Umbral
Member
I'm not happy about it either.
Yes, there are enough accessibility features that the game can almost play itself. I couldn't get auto-dodge to work when I tested it, but I have heard of others using it just fine. I think a lot of the reviewers came in with an ax to grind with this game, so I'm not surprised.
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shubik
Member
Overall I´m having fun. But some of the design choices are simply stupid and create unnecessary and totally avoidable frustration. I can´t believe the game is not saving bought upgrades for example. I kept dying in the same place yesterday. And each fucking time I had to redo the whole 3D-printer thing. You can´t even skip the cool but always the same upgrade animations.
The combat mechanics are ok but could also use some quality-of-life implementations. Healing is basically broken. Due to the overly long animation, healing during a fight is impossible. The same goes for switching weapons. Even the fast switch between two weapons is taking forever. Encounters with more than 2 enemies are especially frustrating as the combat mechanics were clearly designed for one on one fights in mind.
So yeah... it´s a cool game with next-gen level visuals, fantastic audio and great enemie design. But a forgettable story and needed quality-of-life improvements drag it down to mediocracy.
The combat mechanics are ok but could also use some quality-of-life implementations. Healing is basically broken. Due to the overly long animation, healing during a fight is impossible. The same goes for switching weapons. Even the fast switch between two weapons is taking forever. Encounters with more than 2 enemies are especially frustrating as the combat mechanics were clearly designed for one on one fights in mind.
So yeah... it´s a cool game with next-gen level visuals, fantastic audio and great enemie design. But a forgettable story and needed quality-of-life improvements drag it down to mediocracy.
Spaceman292
Banned
Reviewers are so fucking awful when it comes to horror games. I just watched some joker on youtube spend several minutes complaining about how the automatic dodge was too easy.
J3nga
Member
They should've made Resident Evil 2 on a space station instead of Order 1886 on space-prison station. I doubt there'll ever be a sequel.
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ClanOfNone
Member
Yes you can! I noticed this from most of the "big outlet" reviews too, it's some bullshit for sure.
tommib
Banned
I partially blame marketing. You see all the recent big games focusing on accessibility options on their pre-launch marketing videos. They should've done the same for Callisto, even with the potential backlash from "hardcore" gamers.
thatJohann
Member
All this shimmying thru crevices and crawling is testing my patience with this game. Such a terrible game design trend.
Agent_4Seven
Tears of Nintendo
Patc 1.07 will be released later today:
Update: Out on Xbox
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thatJohann
Member
Hope they fix the broken HDR on PS5...
SpearHea.:D
Member
The below level is fuckin amazing. Tight tense gameplay and very claustrophobic places. Such a fantastic atmosphere there, the background score just oomphs the tension more.
How the fuckin fuck this game got 3 or 5 ?
How the fuckin fuck this game got 3 or 5 ?
Lucifers Beard
Member
Gutted that it turned out to be a disappointing game. Preordered digital on PS5 but got a refund today as I hadn't booted it up (have been busy wrapping up god of war).
Got £50 sitting in my PSN account now and no idea what to buy with it! Going to skip Dead Space and have it be a great memory.
Got £50 sitting in my PSN account now and no idea what to buy with it! Going to skip Dead Space and have it be a great memory.
hinch7
Member
Inventory system is a bit annoying seeing how little slots you have. But not that too bad. You can sell bullets if you have an abundance of them. Personally I like to keep at least two stacks for the first weapon with me and one health pack (only one, and sell the rest at vendor) and I seem to do fine with item management. Leave spaces for scrap, maybe one battery. Sometimes I don't even bother with battery packs and drop them if I want something else in its place. The checkpoint/save system also sucks.
But yeah. Outside of those little annoyances the main qualm I have is the difficulty spikes at certain points which is not helped by Jacobs slow AF movements. Its almost playing like an old RE game with with how tanky it feels. Still really enjoying the game.. But I do feel though that some QoL stuff could've helped bring this game much higher. Like they should have made health packs MUCH faster to use which can actually be used in combat. Have a 180 turn and maybe damage markers or queues if they are going to spawn enemies behind you, about to attack. Like I would like the one or the other. Its bad enough trying to dodge and enemy in front of you and have a plan of action against multiple mobs, other than relying on sound.. some luck and have Jacob do a dodgy slow turn to see wtf is behind you.
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R6Rider
Gold Member
Before starting the game I saw lots of complaints about fighting larger groups of enemies. I'm now more than half way through the game and so far this has been an issues ZERO times.
Any time there are multiple enemies you can either dispatch of most (if not all) of them by throwing them into environments or by fighting a few and throwing the others further away.
Any time there are multiple enemies you can either dispatch of most (if not all) of them by throwing them into environments or by fighting a few and throwing the others further away.
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After switching to easy mode because I hated the combat on my first walkthrough, I gave it another opportunity and enjoyed it way more. I still think that a combat system should not take a considerable amount of practice to stop being frustrating. But, if you take your time with dodges and swings, they can't touch you (I sold 10-15 health injectors on my hard playthrough).
Con_Z_ǝdʇ
Live from NeoGAF, it's Friday Night!
I also never really struggled with groups. The further a came the more motivated i felt to ran straight into them and figure out what to do with the mob.
The GRP is completely OP. When you upgrade it to full force some enemies will die just by throwing them into a regular wall. And then you find a lot of explosives or saw blades that you can throw. You can also lure them away and line them up nicely in a straight line to make melee against groups easier. With the amount of ammo the game drops, and provided you upgraded a weapon a bit, you can play this as a shooter in parts of the game.
SafeOrAlone
Banned
Midnight Suns is a lot of fun. If one look at it turns you off, then stay away, but if you are on the fence, I'd definitely recommend it.
Btw, does anyone like this game more than Dead Space? Just curious.
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GymWolf
Member
I really never used the grab in dead space saga but i had to use it here because fighting more than 2 enemies is a big nono, but i haven't upgraded to the max, only level 2.
Yeah ammo were super generous even on hard, by 3/4 of the game i just approached the whole thing as a shooter
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Con_Z_ǝdʇ
Live from NeoGAF, it's Friday Night!
Stasis in Dead Space was also really powerful and a necessity on higher difficulties. You really have to play with the enemies here. If to many aproach you, you can easily throw them further back.I really never used the grab in dead space saga but i had to use it here because fighting more than 2 enemies is a big nono, but i haven't upgraded to the max, only level 2.
Yeah ammo were super generous even on hard, by 3/4 of the game i just approached the whole thing as a shooter
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GymWolf
Member
In dead space i just used to throw the spikes you detach from enemies to impale them because i liked the physics
When i played ds saga i was way less skilled so probably never played on more than normal, things are gonna change with the remake.
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Con_Z_ǝdʇ
Live from NeoGAF, it's Friday Night!
Then you did it right!In dead space i just used to throw the spikes you detach from enemies to impale them because i liked the physics
GymWolf
Member
I feel like as a member of the male species, impaling stuff just comes as a second nature.
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