Forget Dead Space Remake: Callisto Protocol is the game you are looking for

Forget Dead Space Remake: Callisto Protocol is the game you are looking for

I’ve already broken quite a few lances for remakes elsewhere – and I’ve also been criticized for it. Maybe this sorts out my point of view a little more clearly now: Of course I prefer new experiences to the second use of what I’ve already played. But remakes aren’t primarily about me, they’re about preserving older titles for a new generation.

However, if I have to choose between a remake and a fantastic new title, the remake has to be of a very old and very, very good game for it to be the other way around. The Dead Space Remake and the new horror game by Dead Space co-inventor Glen Schofield have provided a good comparison since tonight. The latter got both its date – The Callisto Protocol is out on December 2, 2022 – and a fresh gameplay trailer yesterday, and promptly climbed to the top of my Christmas wish list.

It’s best to see for yourself:


The proximity to Dead Space can be clearly seen: health indicators as LEDs on the back of the character, mutated humans as the primary opponents, with a cutscene also pointing to military robots that stand in the way of the main character Jacob Lee. And a working class man instead of a soldier hero, because Lee is a cargo ship pilot, albeit a cargo ship pilot with the good looks of the actor Josh Duhamel who impersonates him. Also on board in another role: Karen Fukuhara, who left a lasting impression as “The Female” in The Boys.

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Josh Duhamel is easy to recognize. If you knew him.

Body horror is once again capitalized, the dismemberment of the monsters seems to play a major role again and the camera always moves uncomfortably close to the grimacing, distorted visages. This time they have retained a bit more humanity and the fact that not every beast seems to consist only of bone blades and teeth makes it even more disturbing. Claustrophobia and a lack of overview are obviously constant companions in the space prison on the fourth, “dead” Jupiter moon Callisto.

In a masterfully edited scene, a seemingly dead enemy awakens from a slumber as Lee peels past him just inches away. Real nightmare stuff and obviously brilliant in terms of technology and design.

The trailer consisted of in-game scenes and cutscenes, only with partially changed camera angles, so showed the game in the engine, which looked amazingly savvy. The faces in particular were world class, not least because of the impressive subsurface scattering, which allows light to shine through skin and tissue.


Familiar helplessness. From people who know how to do it.

In another sequence, some kind of revolver was used, but it was short on ammo and couldn’t stop the monsters’ onslaught. This looked like the familiar crowd management from Dead Space. All in all, the game certainly doesn’t win an award for innovation in terms of concept. But if EA doesn’t continue Dead Space, people who are personally more interested in it have to do it. With nothing left to prove himself, Schofield can finally return to his best work yet, albeit under a different title.

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I think I speak for a large majority of players that we could still use a title of this caliber in 2022. Too many games have tumbled out of the year – a survival shocker like this one can only benefit from it.


Literal ‘foreshadowing’. A little bit on the nose. No less effective, however, as it gives the horror a chance to take root in your mind before the actual confrontation.

Of course, I continue to look forward to what a new version of Dead Space will look like in 2023. The arrival of The Callisto Protocol later this year could hardly be better timed, while despite the familiar elements the game looks relatively fresh and surprisingly up to date. I’m really looking forward to this!

The Callisto Protocol will be released on December 2, 2022 for PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S and PC. Publishers are the PUBG makers of Krafton. The title was originally set in the same universe as the Battle Royale. The studio has since moved away from that



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