The Callisto Protocol review: Horror fans won’t want to miss this

The Callisto Protocol takes place in the far-off year of 2320, with cargo pilot Jacob Lee crashlanding on Jupiter’s second-largest moon, which has been turned into a prison colony. Upon being processed, the prison is quickly overrun by an unknown disease that has mutated the inmates and guards alike, and Jacob must find a way to escape the prison and the cold, desolate moon on which it’s located. Along with a baton and the GRP, Jacob is also able to make use of the prison guard’s inmate countering arsenal, ranging from pistols and shotguns to assault rifles and other heavy weaponry, all of which can be upgraded in exchange for credits mostly found by selling contraband back to vendor posts. Throughout Jacob’s journey on Callisto, through the gates of its prison to the eternal tundra outside, and deep below the moon’s surface, the history of its inhabitants are slowly picked apart through personal accounts of the recently deceased, as well as the long-dead that make the futuristic setting so compelling and more worthy of exploration.