Sci-Fi Horror Game The Callisto Protocol (opens in new tab) Marketed as a spiritual successor to Dead Space, (opens in new tab) It becomes more ferocious and nasty than the series it inspired.we know very well (opens in new tab) As for The Callisto Protocol, today we learned more about some post-launch expansion content.
One of them is that the game’s DLC pack will include a number of additional gross-out death animations for both protagonist Jacob and the nasty monsters he fights. They are like armor skins, actually armor bundled with his skins, there are 25 of him in all. In the Contagion bundle he has 13 new Jacob deaths, and in the Riot bundle he has 12 enemy deaths. Both bundles are included in the Season Pass, which is part of the Digital Deluxe Edition and costs just $20 more than the regular edition.
The Contagion bundle also includes a super hard permadeath game mode and some skins. The Riot Bundle, on the other hand, includes the Wave Survival Mode and several skins. And a very vague story DLC for now.
Of course, there are plenty of perfectly reasonable explanations for selling death animations as bonus content besides outright cash grabs. Animators and artists and the entire pipeline of developers need to do something. This kind of cyclical hiring and firing has been terrible for the gaming industry in the past. These animations have probably been worked on since the game content was completed to polish and find bugs.
In fact, Striking Distance Studios CEO Glen Schofield has another reason. They think this is what the fans want, so they’re doing more, but they haven’t started yet.
Just to be clear: nothing is withheld from the Season Pass main game. Work on this content has not started yet. It’s all new to tackle in the new year. Fans have been asking for more deaths, so we’re making that a priority next year.November 23, 2022
It’s actually kind of nice that the developers think a gruesome murder is so cool that they’re willing to pay more. However, some will complain that these animations were created and perhaps even completed before the base game was released. I think this is really a legacy of Dead Space, which already had a lot of microtransaction skins for premium single-player games.
The Callisto Protocol is scheduled to launch on December 2nd.
