Callisto Protocol Captures both extreme horror and exhilarating fun

– Callisto Protocol Korean dubbed trailer

For influencers, ‘horror games’ are special. Influencers make money by performing roulettes with multiple contents or performing missions designated by viewers. At this time, the horror game play is included in the lowest probability of roulette.

Horror games have high play hurdles, so not many users enjoy them. However, the sense of immersion that rapidly rises with the unique tension emanating from horror games creates a strong fanatics.

This is because it is an emotion that is not often experienced in real life. In everyday life, we usually don’t find ourselves in situations where we have to hide from urgency or run away from danger. The emotion of fear that cannot be easily faced naturally leads to immersion. When you overcome your fear, you feel a sense of accomplishment and relief. This is a unique fun factor that can only be felt in horror games.

Internet personal broadcasting is characterized by providing an experience of enjoying with the influencer rather than simply watching it. The characteristics of personal broadcasting and horror games synergize with each other, making it easy to immerse yourself in indirect play.

When influencers’ reactions are added to this, the fun is doubled. You may be surprised with influencers, but seeing them scream and startled in fear causes laughter, so you can feel a variety of emotions.

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Influencers who are not good at horror games are more popular. Representatively, ‘Knee’ and ‘Medal of Honor’ were selected as horror game restaurants because of their dynamic reaction while playing horror games as penalties. The middle-aged gamer, Director Kim, broadcast PD was also caught in a sense of fear when playing Red Candle Games’ representative work ‘Welcome’, and he gave pleasure with bizarre moving and screaming, so requests for encore poured in.

While horror gameplay has taken a place in the personal broadcasting trend, Krafton’s new horror game ‘Calisto Protocol’ recently caught the attention of viewers. Callisto Protocol, which is being developed by Striking Distance Studios, an independent studio of Krafton, will be released globally simultaneously on consoles and PCs such as PlayStation, XBOX, PC Steam, and Epic Games Store on December 2nd.

The overall atmosphere is very similar to the spiritual successor ‘Dead Space’. The unique solder view point of view, the part where the UI naturally melts into the game, and the brutal directing will come as familiar to fans who enjoyed Dead Space.

The universe revolves around the protagonist, Jacob Lee, escaping the Black Iron Prison on Jupiter’s moon Callisto. In a mining colony set up in Callisto 100 years ago, the protagonist, Jacob Lee, wanders through a blood-stained space with prisoner ‘Dani’.

Callisto Protocol

If you look at the trailer, the phrase ‘shoot the tentacles’ written in blood written on the wall creates an eerie atmosphere. As a game that is rated for use by teenagers, gore monsters that spew blood also appeared in the video, maximizing the sense of fear.

In particular, it is worth paying attention to the fact that the shapes of the monsters that threaten the protagonist are similar to those of humans. CEO Glenn Scofield, who oversaw game development, is a person with a philosophy of ‘a human in a bizarre form’ that evokes the most fearful emotions in people. If you look at the monsters in the Callisto Protocol, you can see that according to his philosophy, they have a human appearance but have higher intelligence than other monsters.

In this regard, CEO Scofield explained, “It is difficult to create a definite horror with monsters such as giant spiders and gnomes that seem to come out of a fantasy world. Human-like monsters seem to have intelligence and provide the feeling that they are likely to intentionally harm.” did.

Gamers who watched the trailer also commented, “I think it’s really scary,” “I can’t”, “I was surprised just looking at the video”, “It feels like a death space, so it’s going to be fun”, “I’m looking forward to how the story will go”, “Graphics Because it’s good, the horror comes alive”, “Do you make games like this in Korea?”, “You can’t not buy a horror, third-person, Korean dubbing game.”

Callisto Protocol

Callisto Protocol

Thanks to this, fans of influencers poured out requests to treat the Callisto Protocol as horror game content when it was released on December 2nd. There were even a number of influencers who declared that they would voluntarily enjoy the release of AAA-level console games that cannot be easily seen in Korea.

Accordingly, it is expected that not only general game streamers such as Pungwolryang, Seo Saebom, Sony Show, Woowak Good, and Daelibang, but also famous game influencers such as Romaner, Seorim Park, Medal of Honor, and Dongsuk Han will enjoy the Callisto Protocol.

Regarding this, CEO Scofield said, “Thank you very much for your interest in Callisto Protocol. I am also grateful that I was able to make such a game with Krafton. I tried to make a game that is really immersive. You can find it. I put it in as a homage to Krafton, but I hope Korean fans will think of it as a little fun.”

Wonbin Moon, Reporter at Hankyung.com Game Talk

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