Recent reviews by cwook

game is too addicting

The best game THE BROTHERHOOD's made so far.
The pinging feature is genius and prevents pixel-hunting.
Multiple playable characters is clever and reduces the amount of running between puzzles. I especially liked how each character has unique descriptions of inventory items.

I wanted to like Callisto, but the game's length and (lack of) enemy diversity prevents me from recommending it.
I experienced a bit of stuttering, but not enough to prevent a recommendation or make the game unplayable by any measure.

The game has 5 enemy types, and 2 boss enemies, but none of the enemies feel different enough to give the combat any sense of depth or strategy.

For example, both Dead Space and Callisto have an exploding enemy type. In Dead Space, you can sever the limb holding the exploding bit and use kinesis to through it at other enemies. In Callisto, shooting the exploding enemy anywhere blows them up immediately. You could use the GRIP to throw them at other enemies directly, but until you upgrade the GRIP's velocity, doing so will probably cause you to blow yourself up.

This lack of choice in gameplay encounters is pretty consistent across the whole game. You find new weapons throughout the game, but expect for the very highest upgrade of the weapons, they are all pretty much bog-standard firearms with different damages and magazine sizes. Nothing cool like a spear gun or silly like a flamethrower. I felt overpowered by the mid-game and that feeling never ended.

I wish they had either leaned more into the melee combat or cut the melee combat and made the weapons more interesting. Once you figure out how to dodge attacks its pretty much impossible to be hit unless you're dealing with multiple enemies surrounding you.

Horror-wise there aren't a ton of spooky moments since I never felt vulnerable.

Gloomwood without guns

go home gi

fast

Great fun, and really great puzzles