I can't believe someone set out to make Dead Space Again, because Dead Space Was Good and Dead Space Three (that is, EA) Ruined It For Everyone, and they made a game that looks like Dead Space, but fails at just about everything that made Dead Space good aside from visuals. Everything. From the narrative support and complexity beyond 'monsters in space', to the gameplay function and focus on a skilled character mostly out of his element but using ingenuity to create tight amounts of survival power in a bad situation.
Callisto Protocol, regardless of whether it's a 'good' game or not, completely missed the mark on hitting any vibe that made Dead Space good. It even copied the UI's aesthetic, while leaving behind all the things that made the UI actually good to use, including improvements made in later games. Like, you can't even walk around and listen to an audio tape, because the game's so fucking linear if you did, you'd ABSOLUTELY walk into the next scripted dialogue or cheap health reduction jumpscare before the audio log finished.
I would kill to see the analysis done of Dead Space that lead to this game, because I can only wonder A: if any analysis was done or if it was all pulled from nostalgic memory, and B: if the problems with the core designs of the game reach far enough back in development to be present in the original analysis, or if it crept in over time.
Because I feel like you could just google Dead Space analysis, find something like MandaloreGaming's vid, or many of the other excellent video essays on why the game is GOOD, and, from the get-go, see all the things Callisto Protocol tries to do or tries to 'improve upon', and falls flat.