Striking Distance Studios‘ debut horror game The Callisto Protocol launched today (December 2), however it’s been met with a poor reception from fans who are struggling with a range of performance issues.
The Callisto Protocol‘s Steam page has tagged the user reviews as ‘Mostly Negative’, with 71 per cent of the game’s 2,840 reviews being negative at time of writing.
Most of these negative reviews highlight stuttering and performance issues in The Callisto Protocol, with players experiencing frequent FPS drops despite claiming to run the game on high-end hardware.
“Currently I can’t even walk through the opening area and turn a corner without stuttering on a 3080 with ray tracing off,” reads one review. “Performance is not good at all right now.”
“I am running a 3080, and this game constantly drops frames all the way into [20 FPS]. The very first cutscene I…