Just finished the game, and WOW!

[Brick]

The game in my opinion was phenomenal! I enjoyed pretty much every single section of the game's environments, explored each and every secret area in the game, and overall had a great experience. The ending sets the perfect return for a DLC too, which I hope Glen and the Striking Distance team decide to work on.

I really enjoyed the combat in the game, both melee and firearms. The characters were pretty neat too.

It confuses me as to why people judged this game so quickly, as I had little to no issues even on the first day of launch. Also, people kept on saying the game was unfinished, which is completely false as well. I don't think I'll be taking reviews seriously anymore haha.

But yeah, probably one of the best AAA games I've played since Mass Effect Legendary Edition released. Great job striking distance. Hoping to see more of this game in the future!

[Yellowdragon]

cool. slow clap*

[LivingPiranha]

The ending was a complete let down and has completely ruined my hopes for the story DLC. The game didn't get interesting until almost 3/4's of the way through the story and then they leave it off with an awful cliff hanger. The story DLC should be a completely separate story all together, now I have to pay more money to finish a game I already spent $60 on. I was really hoping we would follow an actual inmate or maybe a prison guard in the DLC, but nope, it's just gonna be content that should have been in the game at launch. Very disappointing.

[flexplodin]

I accidentally commented this in the wrong thread, but I'm dorky enough to try again:
I'm not reading in case this game magically becomes great after a few patches, but there probably is more understanding in the ending if you look up Phillip K. D(i)ck's Black Iron Prison. It was a real life vision he had that was proven true to him by revealing a birth defect in his son that required surgery but would not have been able to be observed. I'm really into this stuff. Most people aren't as into as I am, but there are dorks like me :)

[Disgruntled Democracy Officer]

Game was great, but it was more of an interactive story than anything else. Gunplay and melee just seemed to get in the way of progression since it was so generic and simple.

[Legion]

Funny how a few players are saying its the best game ever when the general consensus online is that its mediocre at best...

I was really looking forward to this but after reading a good few reviews that are more than 'hurr durr performance bad or bestest game eveor'..I'm not too sure now

[Francis_Mallman]

I’m still playing, but so far I’ve loved every minute.

Honestly, one of the better games I’ve played in a long time. Really surprised by some of the reviews.

[wi_flip_ff]

Originally posted by Clarke:

The game in my opinion was phenomenal! I enjoyed pretty much every single section of the game's environments, explored each and every secret area in the game, and overall had a great experience. The ending sets the perfect return for a DLC too, which I hope Glen and the Striking Distance team decide to work on.

I really enjoyed the combat in the game, both melee and firearms. The characters were pretty neat too.

It confuses me as to why people judged this game so quickly, as I had little to no issues even on the first day of launch. Also, people kept on saying the game was unfinished, which is completely false as well. I don't think I'll be taking reviews seriously anymore haha.

But yeah, probably one of the best AAA games I've played since Mass Effect Legendary Edition released. Great job striking distance. Hoping to see more of this game in the future!

What a dildo!

[Vomit]

If you think holding W, crawling through vents and shimmying through cracks is good gameplay I think you just don't like video games. That's basically what 30% of the game is.

[Shade]

Ey man other peoples trash is another mans treasure. Glad you enjoyed it.

[AILAD]

Glad you enjoyed it, Glen! I mean Clarke.

[alt]

I enjoyed the game as well. I would only play it again on PS5 unless the PC versions obvious performance issues are resolved. Sadly, I won't hold my breath on that one. I think if the games performance was good the game would of been received a lot better by the masses. Rough first impression and first impressions are everything in games, only a few make strong comebacks (No Mans Sky)

[Jegedillo]

Originally posted by Legion:

Funny how a few players are saying its the best game ever when the general consensus online is that its mediocre at best...

I was really looking forward to this but after reading a good few reviews that are more than 'hurr durr performance bad or bestest game eveor'..I'm not too sure now

At the end of the day a game being good or not comes down to personal preference and perspective. If it looks like something you'd like you can put just under 2 hrs into it to try it then refund it if you don't like it after all.

[charming clown]

I also just finished CALLISTO. End boss was very Resident Evil.
7/10. Gameplay and combat was a lot of fun but the story and character were very lacking, borderline felt as if they just recorded the blueprint of a first draft. Story isn't really the point I suppose, as the gameplay loop tends to be a stronger draw for these types of Action Horror games. When it came to the gamepaly the only thing that I found frustrating were the reoccurring Mini Boss fights. As they got rather tedious (dodge once, shoot once, dodge once, shoot once, repeat till sponge dies). But the rest of the time I highly enjoyed the combat encounters on MaxSec.

Would've liked to start a second run but think I'll wait for that New Game + update in Feb (mainly to try and max every upgrade). As by that point I do hope they maybe add a way to skip cutscenes. As thosoe unskippable cutscenes and linear "walking/shimming the cliff to the next section" moments, where there is no exploration does not make a second run all that enticing (since I mostly just want to do the fights again). Especially compared to how fun it was to redo REmake 2 over and over again to try and get faster timers and higher ranks.

Steam says the game took me about 15 hours to beat. Had fun with it.

[mark1971]

I also just finished it.

I'm satisfied, normally I take a break (from the title) but in that case I wanna replay it soon.

All in all I'm very impressed by the game art, immersion and story. Technically, I'm one of those who had no stuttering.

I can't wait to continue with the story.

[АРТЕМ ШЕВЧЕНКО]

Originally posted by Sykout:

Game was great, but it was more of an interactive story than anything else. Gunplay and melee just seemed to get in the way of progression since it was so generic and simple.

I am actually jealous of you... I wish i liked this game as much as you do. But i cant see what ma i supposed to love it for. Weak combat system that instead of being complex and challenging is straight up ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥, no horror, terrible storytelling and my personal pain - no environmental storytelling