Some spoilers below. Read on your own risk. In short this game is boring, repeatable, not scary and with bad writing.
Calisto Protocol is basically a walk & smack simulator. Most of the time you'd walk from point A point B, with forced detours through points C, D, E, FML... Everytime the NPC is with you, they somehow end up either busy or split up with you, so you always have to fight alone... And there wouldn't be anything wrong with that, if not that it's because this game is just not built to have anybody helping you. It just has no mechanics that supports that. Same with fighting. Rinse and repeat the same thing, all the time for 10+ hours. You get new weapons, but they change almost anything. Meelee is superior for most of the times (exception is when you can't use it at all... for one type of enemy and end boss) and still it's junky and boring as ♥♥♥♥. Basically dodge, then attack, repeat 2-5 times. Sometimes shoot before they mutate, but it baerly works, because the game doesn't support leaving meelee (yes, you can't run away in a horror game). It's not really scary, and when you realise that most of the game is just scripted ilusion of tension, it becames not scary at all. The only moment I was under any stress was the last fight (because of the insta kill mechanics), and I'm not even a big horror fan, so I'm not hard to scare. The writing is basically a rip off of Dead Space mixed with Alien. The twist is not a twist. I was curious to see if there is any mystery behind what is happening, but it was so basic, I was dissapointed with the whole thing. Oh and a bonus thing: the game thinks you are an idiot. There are arrows left everywhere, to lead you. Not only that, there are messages on the walls, warning you of what's ahead, like "caution stairs" or "this way". If you are wondering who must have left them and if there is some mystrious explanation to them... there isn't. 5/10, not worth the time
