Just cause I'm giving it a positive review, doesn't mean much. I honestly see this as mixed. Not the best, not the worst. Just....Eh.
Weapon swapping is unbearable, when I ran out of ammo, I was stuck trying to switch weapons the entire time. to the point I went, screw it. I barely shot a bullet for like 4 chapters and just pull out the shock baton.
Grip was supposed to auto use batteries you had, but not once I've seen it do it and at one point I had 7 batteries. I had to do it manual.
Don't get me talking about the healing. If you wanna heal. 1st get on your knees and pray, read the healing manual booklet, make sure it goes in the right vein, the injected it, squeeze the trigger, pull it out, throw it down on the ground, and stand back up. But ain't no enemy got time for all that, so.....Smack smack smack. Me: Screw it, I'll heal afterwards if I win. dodge, dodge, smack smack smack. Might as well just removed injectors. They we're extremely useless.
As for collecting items. I don't know if dead space had this problem. I'm only 74% certain dead space did not have this problem. But after collecting two stacks of ammo for the pistol. All items just stopped spawning. It's either heal injectors, batteries, or nothing. It got annoying.
I know what your saying about the item collecting. Just sell and more will spawn. There's like 5 or 8 stores during the entire game. You couldn't even back track to one to sell items. You usually just had to drop or waste items. It really made me mad, cause I could have sold my items for credits. But that was never an option. Now I will say, they did a better job during the underground section, when you got three traders side by side. But that was the only good point of the game.
In my honest view point, I thought the enemy executions were terrible. Something gruesome would happen and then your head pops for no reason. It felt brutal, yet merciful? In dead space, all the executions of the necromorphs just felt brutal and never felt bad. Issac head didn't just pop after each execution, making it feel more impactful. Like watching a video of someone getting kicked in the nuts. It doesn't hurt you, but you can feel the pain. But callisto you can feel the pain, but then Jacob head is missing and you go: oh, it's fine. I will say the bosses executions we're super brutal, but again why does Jacob head need to pop? is it really necessary ?
Weapons. When I first played this game back on xbox, I hated the guns. Easy mode was very very hard to play if you go down the guns path. But doing melee and grip? You're a god this entire time. Even when you get to the underground section. Sealth was the next major thing. Not once you had to rely on guns to do anything at all. Don't get me wrong, you can use a gun for an extra melee combo. But even then it was rare. You couldn't do it, cause you we're either up close to the monster or possible kissing them. Either way, close range was never an option, even with shotguns. It'll just clip through.
Now, I haven't played any of the dlc and I will change this section of review when I do. So undetermined.
Core game was amazing. Yes it's generic, yes it's a recycle of most horror genre. But it was still an amazing game. I love the theme, atmosphere, designs, levels, and characters. I will say this, the fear factor was there, if melee wasn't an option. Melee made you feel safe and no matter what enemy it was, melee defeated all. Brute: melee wouldn't win, Regular enemies: melee wins every time, Ranged Enemy: What range enemy? it's gonna be close range and feel my suffer, tiny enemies: grip wins. if melee wasn't an option, i could see this game being more scarier then it is. But the best way i can example this is. Dead Space: Scary and Callisto: Sca. Basically it's half scary. I am looking forward to the next callisto, but there's a lot that needs to be improved. Weapons, melee, grip, swapping, healing, auto using batteries, items, I guess hazards, and story telling. Story telling wasn't bad, but it was pretty obvious at the very start. It had the same problem that stellar blade had when you got to the grand canyon for the first time and realized you had humans, monster, and robots. it was pulling a final fantasy 15 story. There definitely should had been a twist here or something to keep it interesting.
Now after replaying the game on pc, I will say this. I still do not like guns. They are underwhelming and most of the bullets did not feel impactful. Even the exploding round for the first gun. It felt, hollow? Like it just did not pact a punch. Melee and grip still being overpower. In all honesty, you could literally sell your ammo and just heavily rely on melee and grip. You really do not need the guns which is very sad. And in my run through, I had a lot of visual bugs, nothing game breaking. But this game still having issues since release day. So it's gets me worried if callisto 2 might end up with same problems.
Overall I wouldn't rate this game high, it's still a fun game overall, mostly if you turn your brain off and drool. But it's still a really amazing experience. I really liked the idea of black irons. It was a very interesting theme and atmosphere for a horror game. Especially for a sci-fi genre. I would give it atleast a 6. Not the best, nor the worst. just.....flat. Eh. Meh.
