Although it is a linear game, the team says that there are secrets and optional routes that will give this ‘survival horror’ more replayability.
The Callisto Protocol , spiritual successor to Dead Space – game that receives a remake in January -, will have an average duration of 12-14 hours , as revealed by Glen Schofield, CEO and founder of Striking Distance Studios, to the EDGE publication. That doesn’t mean that the player will see the whole game, as there are some forks that will add replay value and start conversations in the community about how they finished the game.
These alternative routes “appear later in the game, but some of them are very interesting. We won’t tell you where they are or how many there are. But if you really stop to explore [the duration] will be longer,” says Schofield. He had already signed up for this before, because although it is a fairly linear game, it hides a lot of hidden and optional content that , in addition to some kind of reward, could reveal more of the game’s history.
The Callisto Protocol launches on December 2 on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series, PC, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One. Like Dead Space, it’s a survival horror that mixes horror, action, and sci-fi, with twisted creatures and lots of gore.