R6Rider
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Performance mode easily. Still looks amazing and far smoother gameplay.
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The Callisto Protocol |OT| Galaxy of Terror
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TrebleShot
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Hmmm not missing the RT effects? I thought 30fps was one of the best I’ve used?
tommib
Member
Fidelity because the trade off is too big. The visuals are the best thing about Callisto and help tremendously with immersion. It’s a slow heavy game. 30 fps is a-ok.
ClanOfNone
Member
Finished it up last night, game was fun. My biggest complaint by far is that it cribbed TOO much from Dead Space, but didn't do any of it better.
It's a stunner though, hope they fix the pc version. It looks pretty freakin amazing on ps5, I can only imagine what it looks like on a loaded out pc.
It's a stunner though, hope they fix the pc version. It looks pretty freakin amazing on ps5, I can only imagine what it looks like on a loaded out pc.
Umbral
Member
I don’t know what goes into these sorts of modes. I was also thinking there are some mandatory weapons given to you by the story, so maybe that’s part of it too. It would look weird to get the gun in a cutscene but you already have it.
I don’t care about that, but maybe that’s the thinking.
TacoSavage
Member
my first run was 60fps and now im doin fidelity, and boy i feel like im playing it on pc with ultra everything this time around, some scenes look entirely different thanks to the shadows, higher resolution and ray tracing
30fps doesnt feel choppy at all, very doable here
GymWolf
Member
If they fixed it, perf mode.
It is still 4kinda and you only miss some rtx reflections, some shadows and some AO.
I guess in an horror games those are pretty important, but the combat feels better at 60.
tommib
Member
It’s probably the first RT game that impresses me with its RT technology. It’s a major difference in mood and atmosphere. I mean:Fidelity, all the way.
Also recomended by John from Digital Foundry
Astommib mentioned, the tradeoff is worth it this time.
Some scenes are massively different with RT. And the motion blur is so good in this game, that 30 FPS still looks quite fluid
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Neff
Member
There will be times where you can make a choice of two or three directions to take (I even remember four mystery paths to explore at one point), but optional detours are short and will usually shortcut back to the main path. It's always worth exploring though because you're bound to run into something good.
R6Rider
Gold Member
No. Go watch a comparison video and outside of a few moments where you can see reflections it's barely worth half the frame rate. Simply not worth that tradeoff for a few neat reflection moments and shadows that are largely the same.
Not the best comparison due to the difference in gameplay, but it gets the point across I think.
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J3nga
Member
Well just finished the game. So first of all:
Second of all:
The game improved on me as I progressed since later on I barely had to use melee as I had so much bullets also ended up having 4k spare credits pistol and shotgun maxed out. I thought stealth sections OP as phuck but also unnecessarily stretched out. I would say it's a good game and could recommend to any sci-fi fans. No map, no question marks, no go here go there and this do that, in the world where every other game is an open-world or semi-open world that's not a bad thing, right?
Fuck it
Second of all:
Why so many were complaining about the last boss fight? It's not great in terms of boss fight but it's ultra easy on a maximum difficulty level, whooped his sorry ass on my 2nd try. Really not getting why getting mad from skill-up alikes.
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Badlucktroll
Member
Why would anyone want to terraform or live on callisto that place looks fucked
R6Rider
Gold Member
It's completely covered with impact craters, but it's actually one of the best options for humans to colonize in our solar system.Why would anyone want to terraform or live on callisto that place looks fucked
Feb 7th is when NG+ arrives. It needs it now though.
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Grildon Tundy
Gold Member
The last boss is a motherfucker. Those fucking walking grenades. Anyway, where’s my New Game+? Game’s severely lacking on replay modes.
That this launched without NG+ is a bummer. Just beat that last boss and would love to go back through it immediately with all my power ups and to use and level up the other guns. I never even used the assault rifle, for instance. Would've been fun
tommib
Member
I hear you. I missed a few logs for the Platinum but will wait until new game +. I could easily replay this immediately with a new game +. Already finished it on maximum security.
TonyK
Member
Not in my opinion. When I switched to performance it looked totally PS4 to me. Not because reflections (I give a fuck about RT reflections when SSR doea a good job with no severe impact in framerate), but because lighting/shadows. I played all game in 30fps mode because that. Sometimes I switched again to performance mode to compare, because I would have preferred to play at 60fps, but it became so past gen that I immediately switched to quality.
Maybe if I do a second playthrough for NewGame+ in the future I will try performace. But for a first playthrough I prefer next gen visuals.
TacoSavage
Member
Yea its a huge difference. I did 60fps first run and now fidelity and the difference at times is huge in terms of atmosphere and additional effects & lighting
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Dusktildawn48
Member
You know those threads/polls that ask "what game do most people dislike that you love?" Well yeah, this is that game for me.
Danjin44
The nicest person on this forum
I finally beat the game on hardest difficulty, I enjoyed its despite its flaws but it has major flaws that needs to be fix on sequel (if there is going to be one).
I actually liked the combat, there is not many survival horror games with melee focus combat so enjoyed that part.
But the level design I didn’t liked, I was already getting annoyed the amount of sliding and squeezing through cracks in God of War but this game takes it whole new level, other devs please don’t do this.
Also just like God of War 2018 this game loves to throw at same boss at you, those two headed monsters are not hard but it kind tedious fight with but keep throwing at you and was getting sick of it.
I actually liked the combat, there is not many survival horror games with melee focus combat so enjoyed that part.
But the level design I didn’t liked, I was already getting annoyed the amount of sliding and squeezing through cracks in God of War but this game takes it whole new level, other devs please don’t do this.
Also just like God of War 2018 this game loves to throw at same boss at you, those two headed monsters are not hard but it kind tedious fight with but keep throwing at you and was getting sick of it.
TGO
Hype Train conductor. Works harder than it steams.
I hope this game sells like gangbusters so we can get a sequel regardless of critics.
So far this game is a solid 8.0/10 for me and
It has a good foundation for a new series.
And in a sequel I'd like them to add.
- More weapons both Projectile & Melee weapons
- More Enemy types, I know it's kinda hard when all the enemies are/were human.
- Resident Evil like level structure, locked doors which you can return back to to unlock another area so you can spend more time exploring the area instead of just pushing forward.
- More secret areas
- A Map
- A Dodge Button Option
Left to dodge left & Right to dodge right is clearly too hard for some people
So far this game is a solid 8.0/10 for me and
It has a good foundation for a new series.
And in a sequel I'd like them to add.
- More weapons both Projectile & Melee weapons
- More Enemy types, I know it's kinda hard when all the enemies are/were human.
- Resident Evil like level structure, locked doors which you can return back to to unlock another area so you can spend more time exploring the area instead of just pushing forward.
- More secret areas
- A Map
- A Dodge Button Option
Left to dodge left & Right to dodge right is clearly too hard for some people
thatJohann
Member
The last patch 1.07 never came out for PS5 did it?
Umbral
Member
I’m just not seeing it. The shadows are better in some ways, but not world-splitting. The reflections are nice, but I’m can deal with SSR and don’t want to sacrifice half the frames. Can you point to specific scenes or sections? I just played half the game on the 30fps mode to see and it was not worth it in my eyes.
OmegaSupreme
advanced basic bitch
PC version got patched again. The initial patch did a lot so I'm curious as to what this will do. I'm at the habitat so I'm guessing I'm about halfway through?
MidGenRefresh
*Refreshes biennially
TacoSavage
Member
ive read many people report the same thoughts when switching between the two modes, the perf mode just feels flat which probably has to do with the shadows and lighting. i had the exact same feeling with ratchet and clank when switching from fidelity to performance, when switching to fidelity the game just looks more cgi, like a film while perf felt more "gamey", with all the extra effects missing
the best thing about all this stuff is that we have options this time around, im doing a run on each mode and everyone's happy. i do wish we get pro versions of these consoles so i can run all these games at 60fps in fidelity mode, thats the dream
Hugare
Member
I believe that there are examples on the Digital Foundry analysis (it's long and I'm working right now, otherwise I would point where during the video you can check)
Gamer_By_Proxy
Member
I'm going quality mode after watching that, but I'm not an fps snob.
TGO
Hype Train conductor. Works harder than it steams.
Funny I have to point it out... but this is GAF after all.
I was being sarcastic
GymWolf
Member
Was thatJacob during fight against Ferris toward the end:
ferris?
I thought he was handsome squidward for the first part of the fight tbh.
Agent_4Seven
Tears of Nintendo
Finished the game. It for sure strats very strong and there's something to like about it, but in the end and ultimately it's very disappointing. Zero story (what is there is nothing more but a teaser of a teaser for paywalled story DLC - if it'll even be released), almost zero and proper world building, interesting, well-writen and relatable characters, almost non-existent memorable gameplay situations like in even the first Dead Space (not to mention Dead Space 2) with Zero-G stuff, absolutely terrible, terrible and repetitive boss fights with 1 hit kills boss which you'll be fighting 4 times and abysmal design of each encounter including the final boss.
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SCB3
Member
This game is starting to lose my interest and hard, I played for maybe an hour more on the Chapter "Lost" and man its tedious sometimes, the enemies are far too easy and braindead for it to be much of a challenge, it looks great and the atmosphere is done well but this is a very mediocre game, I'll finish it and I have finally got a new weapon at least today
You should teach all those clowns reviewing the game how to do combat right.
fatmarco
Member
I love how that one fight with the two head boss (second fight, in the colony) the checkpoint gives you less than a second to do anything. Also awesome how heavy attacks do nothing to hurt him but light attacks trigger a devastating damage move which I only figured out late into that second fight. It just seems like a boss designed to burn through your ammo.
There's just a lot of this game that feels like it lacked play testing. Bad or idiotic checkpoints, a poor introduction into the combat system, no clear explanations on some of the systems (as in how much an upgrade improves whatever it is, namely things like GRP recharging etc.) bizarre difficulty spikes and extremely poor signalling of the main path versus the side paths.
Like I know John from Digital Foundry praised how the game doesn't guide you, allows you to explore, and how well they tell you which places you can go etc., which would be all well and good if they made clear which path was the main path and which was the side paths, but they don't.
I literally thought I was taking a side path, ended up it was the main path, so I turned around to track back to the area I hadn't explored, and then a fucking pile of boxes had appeared out of nowhere blocking me returning to that area. I had to reload multiple saves back to retry it. That's garbage game design.
There's just a lot of this game that feels like it lacked play testing. Bad or idiotic checkpoints, a poor introduction into the combat system, no clear explanations on some of the systems (as in how much an upgrade improves whatever it is, namely things like GRP recharging etc.) bizarre difficulty spikes and extremely poor signalling of the main path versus the side paths.
Like I know John from Digital Foundry praised how the game doesn't guide you, allows you to explore, and how well they tell you which places you can go etc., which would be all well and good if they made clear which path was the main path and which was the side paths, but they don't.
I literally thought I was taking a side path, ended up it was the main path, so I turned around to track back to the area I hadn't explored, and then a fucking pile of boxes had appeared out of nowhere blocking me returning to that area. I had to reload multiple saves back to retry it. That's garbage game design.
I've been sitting in front of two doors for 10 minutes not knowing which path is optional. Sometimes backtracking and changing my mind three times lol.
Played several hours definitely understand critics but it's still pretty fun so far. This game is lucky it's coming out now and not in 6 months (although it probably should have released in 6 months).
Played several hours definitely understand critics but it's still pretty fun so far. This game is lucky it's coming out now and not in 6 months (although it probably should have released in 6 months).
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Elder Legend
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As a Russian I really appreciate this. This is one of the most famous and best comedic actors from Russia who I grew up on. What an amazing meme lol.Finished the game. It for sure strats very strong and there's something to like about it, but in the end and ultimately it's very disappointing. Zero story (what is there is nothing more but a teaser of a teaser for paywalled story DLC - if it'll even be released), almost zero and proper world building, interesting, well-writen and relatable characters, almost non-existent memorable gameplay situations like in even the first Dead Space (not to mention Dead Space 2) with Zero-G stuff, absolutely terrible, terrible and repetitive boss fights with 1 hit kills boss which you'll be fighting 4 times and abysmal design of each encounter including the final boss.
LaughingStock
Member
I just finished it. The story was so generic and unimaginative. The antagonist was trash. The ending was garbage. I believe anyone in this thread could write a better story.
Some of the encounters are awful. The repeating boss is just stupid.
It's as if new dev made a game inspired by dead space.
The GRP ability is something you use to avoid combat. Just yeet enemies on spike walls, fans, ledges they can't climb back on. As long as you have batteries you don't need to fight.
Some of the encounters are awful. The repeating boss is just stupid.
It's as if new dev made a game inspired by dead space.
The GRP ability is something you use to avoid combat. Just yeet enemies on spike walls, fans, ledges they can't climb back on. As long as you have batteries you don't need to fight.
cripterion
Member
I watched a YouTube playthrough, and can echo all of the above.
Aside from the graphics and ambience it's just a crap game.
Northeastmonk
Gold Member
I’m nearing the final parts of the game. I’m half way through the final mission. I could sum up what I’m about to say: Some things are good, but some things also stink. The combat feels like dancing because it’s always performing the same rhythm. There’s something there that I like and there’s something there that just irritates me. The combat feels so…out of my hands, like I can’t actually control what happens unless I stick to a rhythm.
I look back at the journey I took with Isaac Clarke and this is like the Prison Break episode of Dead Space.
If you told me I couldn’t finish this game I’d probably be ok with it. The story isn’t there either. I’m not taking any lore to heart when I finish this game.
I look back at the journey I took with Isaac Clarke and this is like the Prison Break episode of Dead Space.
If you told me I couldn’t finish this game I’d probably be ok with it. The story isn’t there either. I’m not taking any lore to heart when I finish this game.
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