The Callisto Protocol is simply a victim of daring -- yet, somehow deceptive -- marketing... and also, having the ending locked behind a DLC.

Such practices have diminished its reputation, and also Dead Space creator's. We've been promised with a spiritual successor to Dead Space, after all.

And it is. Kinda. The issue here is that this game relies too much in melee mechanics, there are also few weapons and the gameplay might even feel clunky at times. Besides, Castilian Spanish voice acting is not lipsync'd.

However, the game looks really good, horror ambience is there and it does remind me of Dead Space sometimes.
I'd rather say is not that bad as many people say.