I've completed the main game and have no nerves to buy and play the DLC. So I just wanted to watch someone to play it. And I'm glad I found your particular footage. I really like your style of gameplay. No rush, you're collecting the story items, sometimes slow down and enjoy the level design. Very comforting to watch. That's just the way I would play the game. Thanks :)
so. spoiler. let me get this straight. this whole DLC is a hallucination and you(jacobs conscious, soul, transmission etc.) is fighting to stay alive in jacobs mind because at the end of the base game jacob got torn apart by the biophages and the doctor found you, dragged your body to some underground lab, and strapped you to a machine on life support. and your fighting to stay alive as long as possible so the doctor can transmit and broadcast whatever was in jacobs mind to expose cole, hence why doctor kaitlen said at the beginning "keep fighting" and at the end after she finally uploaded whatever she said "your fight is over" then jacob can finally die Edit: Yes. i know that what i said is not 100% accurate to what's actually happening in 'last transmission'. im just theorizing and setting the baseline for the story incase people are confused and need help piecing stuff together
He didn't get attacked by the mutants, he got blown up, he has burns across his body and wasn't infected in the end. He also wasn't fighting to survive, Dr. Mahler was keeping him alive just to get and transfer the data.
I honestly feel bad they had to end the game this way😭 I wished we could’ve seen more from Jacob because honestly I think he’s pretty underrated and he could’ve had more to give
He deserved a better death this is just plan torture even Isaac would have capped the doctor for this and I would help end Jacob's torture he didn't deserve this
something tells me that this wasnt always the plan, i mean, jacob dying in the DLC etc. i think they decided to kill jacob because the game didnt sold well and was purely received, so they decided to end it this way.
@@gringobronx7670apparently 120 million isn’t enough to make a second game. Which perhaps maybe it’s a little bit bs but what do I know I’m just a gamer.
I just completed the dlc, and I was blown away by the ending. I've always wondered why Jacob kept hallucinating and why Mahler was saying 'keep fighting'. Despite the reviews this game gets, I genuinely loved The Callisto Protocol and I hope that we get a sequel or at least another game from Striking Distance
They at least left the story open to a sequel, with Dani trying to stop whatever organisation was behind the experiments. There's hope, but I'm not sure the game did well enough to warrant a sequel.
@@The_CoomSlayerWow you clearly couldn’t have said it any better. Yea there definitely could be a sequel to this because how Dani left with the evidence. This game is pretty kool
Same I feel like there won’t be a sequel because it wasn’t a massive global success but overall they really should make another one. I feel like too many people were expecting a new exact copy of dead space, I do understand some peoples pov but I overall loved the game once I got used to the gameplay I liked this new sci fi horror world they built n wish to see more. Their podcast series of the game is also amazing
@@The_CoomSlayerWith all the mixed reviews I don’t see a sequel happening. I’m still happy we got this dlc, the ending to the main story was an annoying cliffhanger and this at least wraps things up somewhat
All of this time, We, The Player who has died countless times, and failed the mission during the gameplay were nothing but compared to this ending, It's the worst dead than our game over...
@@mr.sinjin-smythI wanted him to be so bad 😭 he's a pilot and I love those, and just seeing him die like that made me cry, I hope the new character is also a pilot
Very mixed feelings about this ending. I don’t mind the direction of him not making it out, but the fact they went with the “it’s all in your head” approach kind of made it feel a bit like it didn’t matter. Bold decision, and I respect that, but the execution could have been a lot better. Which I feel is a pretty adequate summation of the game as a whole.
But it did matter? If he died in his mind he would've lost and died in real life, basically the transmission would stop and both his and mihler sacrifice would be useless
@@readytopay6969meh, if that’s the way you want to interpret it then sure, that works as an explanation. Personally it just sort of made me feel like dying didn’t matter. Like, I’m already dead so what’s the point? As far as I know Jacob was just mentally respawning every time he died in his head. A bit more clarity would’ve made a big difference in my opinion. It’s not an awful ending by any means, but it could’ve been better 🤷♂️
@@SerbianMeerkat he wasn’t mentally respawning in his head, dying in gameplay/his head meant he died in real life. The respawns weren’t canon, he fought through until the end and his resistance ensured he stayed alive until the data transmission was complete. That’s why Mahler continuously tells him to keep fighting.
@@SalvageETand you can prove that’s the case 100%? Because otherwise as far as I can see I can just interpret it exactly as him being able to just respawn over and over. Even the audio message you get of him “falling over and over again” would play into that theory. Either way, more clarity on the actual situation would’ve been beneficial.
I love this game, maybe I'm biased cause I've been incarcerated but they perfectly captured the claustrophobic and dread feeling of being in prison. I can't wait to play this dlc myself
I knew a twist was coming when the hallucinations started, that was the CORE acting up big time. I was not expecting anything like this though, poor Jacob. :( This leaves room for a sequel, so let's see what will happen.
@@lumberlucHe’s still hooked up to that machine, either his body is barely alive or his mind is in the network. I could see the Warden’s friends needing more test data or some bs reason, they retrieve Jacob, fix him with cybernetics, put him through the ringer to test the “Survivor.”
I still dont quite get what Mahler's deal was, she was instrumental and complicit in the experiment and was damn near giddy with searing a rig into the back of Jacob's neck. But now she drags his armless/legless body to scan his body for some reason to send his infection results off into space (or to Dani) hoping someone will find them, then just dies with him? Help me out here if I missed something plz.
Probs didnt survive the fight with Ferris. But the fact he was still alive when Mahler found him mustve meant he still kicked Ferris' ass despite sustaining such grievous injuries.
@@9f81rsd00nah he survived the fight with Ferris, he didn’t survive the fight against the horde that rushed him after he let Dani fly off into the shuttle. In his mind he did, but truly he didn’t, hence why he was ripped apart
Jacob actually asks her that in the DLC - why she wants to help him now after wanting to give up and die in her lab. Apparently she had a total change of heart after Jacob sacrificed his only chance of escape to Dani.
Actually no. Lots of bugs with the game. The story was boring as well. The combat wasnt doing it either. Its a horror game. Yet you beat your opponents with blunt objects to death. Lots of issues game wise that didnt make sense. Game should of waited for at least 2 more years
@@lofivibes3640 Yup pretty hard to scared of something you can beat the crap out of with a rod in your in your hands. The game has a massive flaw of the combat being one at a time and locking your targeting on one enemy when the game throws multiple of them at you. Seriously how did they not see the massive flaw in that?
The ending reminds me of all the Dead Space movies, comics, games that focused on other characters, in all of them, most people had awful fates, especially the two movies. Pretty much Isaac is the only one that for a while had a happier situation than most, and even he almost died for DS4, before the OG continuity got cancelled.
@@Soraviel That's why I said "almost". DS4 was in the plans, being an Ellie solo game, but it was cancelled in favor of the multiplayer stuff EA was doing.
@@readytopay6969 Ben Wanat said he liked the idea of Ellie stepping into a protagonist role for Dead Space 4, and that was one of the ideas for the series' future. The "completely new protagonist" stuff was just given as a possibility that people shouldn't rule out, no one ever said it would 100% be with new protagonists.
@@Carnage7209 Like most games made nowadays, this is utter crap in terms of plot and is mediocre in terms of graphics, after all, this all people care about nowadays: looking good in those 4K, 8K TVs. The gaming industry has literally died after 2013...
They definitely want the main character of the next one to be the girl. We can't have two games have a White guy as the lead in 2024, we were lucky to even get this one.
I don't get it, I can't say much for spoilers however... But frankly, I'm not surprised that's what we got if no sequels will ever be made due to lower sales than what they expected.
Deeper Context for the Ending (an interpretation): Intially Jacob's story was about escape, surviving his way through the hordes of the prison to get off planet. Then v late into the story it became about him making it right and doing the right thing (due to his past actions, and helping to enable to progression of the spread of the virus). Essentially, in this DLC, his last act was fighting off his injuries -- and through dissociative amnesia, which was needed to avoid the shock of the extent of his biological injuries, we see this violent internal struggle visualized in his mind as a fight to survive in order to get the transmission out into the public. What appears to be an ending 'that sucks because they both died', is really about two people very damaged upon the realizations and magnitude of their past actions, they sacrifice themselves or last moments in order to do the right thing for others.
Damn this game had aaalll the potential in the world to be a classic. Not just a horror one, and yet for some reason it fell flat on its face... I dont believe schofield will just lie to us. I think hes either hit his head hard or the studio interferred again, like ea did in dead space 3
To be fair, the game was originally tied to the PUBG universe, so they had to anchor the story in that battle royale IP. Once they removed all attachment to PUBG and TCP became an independent story, I would imagine that the game was too far along to be changed (all the motion capture footage was shot, all dialogue recorded, all levels designed, etc). Thus, we received a sub-par story/game and mediocre combat (the latter of which I personally liked tbh). If it had been left to its own devices, who knows what we could've received. It is a shame because I really had faith in this game and I'm ngl it left a sour taste in my mouth.
How do you get the suit to light up like that? I bought the digital deluxe edition on Xbox Series X, but it doesn't show an option where I can put it on. Is this just a PS5 exclusive thing or what?
I burnt out once I finished the main game. I'm glad someone finished "The Last Transmission" and now see this full DLC, I'm glad I didn't play it. Thanks!
The reason I feel like this ending kind of sucks is because threw out the entirety of the game, you’re just trying to escape. But one after another things keep getting in your way. And no matter how close you got to finally escaping, you ultimately die in the end. And the only reason you were there in the first place was for deliveries…
Well intially it was about escape. Then it became about making it right and doing the right thing. Essentially, his last act was fighting off his injuries -- and through dissociative amnesia, which was needed to avoid the shock of the extent of his biological injuries, we see that struggle visualized in his mind as a fight to survive in order to get the transmission out into the public. It seems to be an ending that sucks because they both died, but its really about two people very damaged by the realizations of their actions, they sacrifice themselves or last moments in order to do the right thing for others.
I think people coundn't appreciate the game nor the DLC because it was so overhyped, expecting it to be sort of a Dead Space 4 or something. Not saying the game is a masterpiece, but it is not as bad as people say it is. It may not have been a great success in sales, but it is still a decent game, I personally like it as much as I love Dead Space, Resident Evil 4 and classic Doom.
They literally kept hyping it up as the next Dead Space sort of game because it had the original Dead Space devs. I think it anything it kind of proved that Dead Space 3 wasn't entirely EA's fault, the devs weren't really able to make that good of a game either by that point.
@@Ghost-jj6ud I get your point. I can agree that Dead Space 3 was a mediocre game compared to Dead Space 1 and 2, but The Callisto Protocol should be seen as a franchise of its own, not a Dead Space spin off or anything quite like that. That's the problem with overhype, the expectations get quite unrealistic, to the point a game is ruined not because it is bad, but because people expected too much from it.
@@leonardomafrareina7634 😑 the gameplay was the same throughout the DS franchise. This was actually a great game. You see all the similarities to dead space. How was it over hyped? It had a good story line. People now and days want soap operas in there storytelling. Yes the combat was a bit buggy but it looks as though they've worked through it somewhat. You're right people couldn't appreciate it. 😂 I think it was because it was pushed out as a cash grab playing with people heart strings in regards to dead space. When this game goes on the subscription playlist watch the ratings go up.
@@smackledorfmcsween "People now and days want soap operas in there storytelling." This phrase proves my point, they expect something that was not bound to be delivered. Even worse is that The Callisto Protocol was published very close to Dead Space Remake, that's also why I think it may have been overhyped.
Idk what they were thinking, but a "the whole DLC is a halucination" story just wasnt it. Jacob was one of the only things people liked about the game's story
Yeah, he really is the only thing I really liked. If they do make a part 2, this alone will be a blow in getting people to buy part 2. Its a very bad idea to get people invested in a character and then kill him off if you plan more games in that universe. Just think if in ME 2 and 3 you did not play as Shappard and he would've died at the ending of 1.
@@xxan84 the worst part is, now we're stuck with Dani 😫 I've never heard anyone say theybliked her, so unless we get a brand-new protagonist I cant see the next game (if there is one) going well
So by my guess, in the main game. When Jacob got rushed by all the monsters, he thought he beat them all and had ran into Ferris again but in reality the monsters tore him apart and was already hallucinating. Bleh not a fan of this DLC.
What Jacob was thinking during the ENTIRE game: "I should have listened to my momma, taken that nice navagator post on the Ishimura. I'd still have to deal with undead angry bois, but at least I'd have a plasma cutter to tear them a new one."
Maybe if he had a little bit more body coordination so he didn't fall into a pit of 100 yo zombies on every possible occasion he could have run away. It's a story of a clumsy hero.
Despite its flaws and critics hating the game I thought it was ok and liked it. I hope they do make a sequel and fix allot of the flaws of the game because this game has so much potential.
There is nothing to fix. The proof was sent to Danny. All that remains is pure political scandal. You can piece together an ending were these secret organization is revealed and arrested.
@@coffeeelk6364 Hopefully you are right, let some new blood try and improve on a Dead Space style game. These guys did NOT evolve the game, big step back in my opinion.
There are a lot of you in the comments that are just plain ignorant, that part in the ending where Jacob in talking is just a 4th wall break (feels like a insult rather by the devs) because he says "This is Josh" as in Josh Duhamel the actor playing as Jacob. Jacob is definitely dead and I hope there are no more games after this because there is no way this game is gonna finically recover from the shit show of the main game, idk why they didn't even include all of this BS in the main game instead of being DLC
This is an underrated game its suspenceful, has a unique fighting system and the gore is top notch i would recommend getting the platnium in it its very easy
What the heck was that ending? Of all the things that could have been done, they go for that? Not saying much because of spoilers but I really expected more from this. Jacob deserved something better.
Just beat it myself and I'll say this... I did really enjoy the hallucinations and the psychological shit...but I was really hoping for more of a beginning of whats to come I guess? I just felt like they wanted to go down multiple avenues and they all ended up in the same place, if that makes sense.
Great video and it was helpful to me :) The game divided players into those who love it and those who hate it. I have mixed feelings myself. I'm disappointed that a really interesting project was abandoned. I read that, according to the creators' promises, the game was to be supported for 4 years. Yesterday I played it on NG+ (exactly a year after the premiere) and I remember the errors by heart (Xbox/X). Nothing has been improved for a year. The creators did not expect such poor reception and criticism. They could also add Dani's story path (like Ada in RE4) Thank you and best regards 🤚
I don't think so. The DLC is a separate story after the ending. It's all happening in Jacob's mind. Shock baton is story based too. There is a cutscene for it.
Ah, the classic ''The rescue ship is around the corner, we just have to-'' and then randomly, somehow, a monster is suddenly there. And then the final boss is a bullet sponge. I'm so glad I didn't pay for this DLC and watched it here instead. I enjoyed the main game, even though it's lacking in originality.
The story sucks and so does the gameplay. How are people defending this? Would really like to know what other games you play. Only superficial stuff is great, but the story is overused, characters written not badly, but just blandly. But the worst: How this actually plays. I could see a second try working out just fine, but number one was a big number two imho.
so at the end of the first game he is already dead...torn apart by the monsters...but the doctor play with his brain for this squeal...that's messed up!
Yeah, we actually see him get jumped right as Dani's pod launches and the data transfer completes. The part after with the Alpha/Leon jumpscare likely was Jacob already hallucinating or just feeling like he's still alive in an out-of-body situation.
@Just_A_Typical_Person ...LOL. .did I wrong you in some way my friend? It's just an opinion..I think the ending kinda lends itself to him being turned into some kinda cyborg or android..
Isaac suffer from Delusion while Jacob dying being rip apart. Like Father Like Son (Isaac & Jacob named after the same persons from the Bible, which quite a fiting)
Alright, so.... The DLC brings a new way cooler look, new terrifying enemies, new glove support, new melee weapon, makes the vents an absolute nightmare, improves the melee fights with the baton, a new harder boss and overall it makes a better fighting experience and more terrifying game and it's all.... a halucination? The "it was all a dream" is the worst kind of twist and everybody knows that. This was a middle finger to the people who loved the game lol. P.S. I wanted to see Jacob escape or become an Alpha. They say that Jacob isn't interesting but come on, he defeated the biophage by himself, he is a buff guy in a space suit and voiced by Josh Duhamel. What's not to like?
I've completed the main game and have no nerves to buy and play the DLC. So I just wanted to watch someone to play it. And I'm glad I found your particular footage. I really like your style of gameplay. No rush, you're collecting the story items, sometimes slow down and enjoy the level design. Very comforting to watch. That's just the way I would play the game. Thanks :)
same here
so. spoiler. let me get this straight. this whole DLC is a hallucination and you(jacobs conscious, soul, transmission etc.) is fighting to stay alive in jacobs mind because at the end of the base game jacob got torn apart by the biophages and the doctor found you, dragged your body to some underground lab, and strapped you to a machine on life support. and your fighting to stay alive as long as possible so the doctor can transmit and broadcast whatever was in jacobs mind to expose cole, hence why doctor kaitlen said at the beginning "keep fighting" and at the end after she finally uploaded whatever she said "your fight is over" then jacob can finally die
Edit: Yes. i know that what i said is not 100% accurate to what's actually happening in 'last transmission'. im just theorizing and setting the baseline for the story incase people are confused and need help piecing stuff together
thanks for this... I cba watch the full thing
@@m33manthere is a final video in which he is still alive 😂
@@michelechiodo3396 If he's still alive that's stupid
@@michelechiodo3396 pretty sure at the end the guy said jacob was dead but josh wasnt so the fuck you talking about
He didn't get attacked by the mutants, he got blown up, he has burns across his body and wasn't infected in the end. He also wasn't fighting to survive, Dr. Mahler was keeping him alive just to get and transfer the data.
Josh way to make a joke in the end was his way to say don't be sad.
I honestly feel bad they had to end the game this way😭
I wished we could’ve seen more from Jacob because honestly I think he’s pretty underrated and he could’ve had more to give
I 100% agree
Still could
They could give him the Darth maul treatment lol
He deserved a better death this is just plan torture even Isaac would have capped the doctor for this and I would help end Jacob's torture he didn't deserve this
yeah, i liked Josh Duhammel in this and i thought they left the ending open for a potential sequel... too bad.
They were so inspired by dead space that they copied the crap ending of the Dead Space franchise
That 4th Wall break at the end was random and unexpected, though also quite funny
Even the developers know this game is a joke and the epilogue proves it.
It completely undermines any attempt of the devs in making an serious game.
Likely added it because they knew the game may not get a sequel :c
I guess the reason why the developers used this ending is because they know they won't be able to afford a budget for a sequel!
Let alone hire Josh again
Unfortunate
something tells me that this wasnt always the plan, i mean, jacob dying in the DLC etc. i think they decided to kill jacob because the game didnt sold well and was purely received, so they decided to end it this way.
Yupp. Just 2 million sold copies and guess what? Less then 70.000 sold of the DLC
they cutting off this game, because it failed and then gave the protagonist a dark ending
2 millon copys at $60 is a load of money
@@gringobronx7670apparently 120 million isn’t enough to make a second game.
Which perhaps maybe it’s a little bit bs but what do I know I’m just a gamer.
@@whysoserious4274 are u troll ? 120 million not bad
I just completed the dlc, and I was blown away by the ending. I've always wondered why Jacob kept hallucinating and why Mahler was saying 'keep fighting'. Despite the reviews this game gets, I genuinely loved The Callisto Protocol and I hope that we get a sequel or at least another game from Striking Distance
They at least left the story open to a sequel, with Dani trying to stop whatever organisation was behind the experiments. There's hope, but I'm not sure the game did well enough to warrant a sequel.
@@The_CoomSlayerWow you clearly couldn’t have said it any better. Yea there definitely could be a sequel to this because how Dani left with the evidence. This game is pretty kool
Same I feel like there won’t be a sequel because it wasn’t a massive global success but overall they really should make another one. I feel like too many people were expecting a new exact copy of dead space, I do understand some peoples pov but I overall loved the game once I got used to the gameplay I liked this new sci fi horror world they built n wish to see more. Their podcast series of the game is also amazing
@@The_CoomSlayerWith all the mixed reviews I don’t see a sequel happening. I’m still happy we got this dlc, the ending to the main story was an annoying cliffhanger and this at least wraps things up somewhat
Well, the dev team's CEO, CFO, and COO all left the studio, I think it's fair to say this game won't get a sequel
Poor Jacob. He don't deserve this ending 😢
Was crying for about 16 minutes
Lost his arms and lower body...
I also looked more deeper into it.
He died the way Max died
Why would this be clipped, massive spoilers!
@@cozmoos Exactly. I would rather play the game than just watch it, but I'm just that one type of person
It is pretty tragic
Still can't believe they went the route of Dead Space 3 by selling us the final act as DLC
@@VilifiedOne I would've loved a 3rd Dead Space that was given full creative freedom
There is still " " "posibility" " " for dead space 4
Yes, and doing the same thing of hallucinating seeing monsters and when you shoot them they disappear, how original
All of this time, We, The Player who has died countless times, and failed the mission during the gameplay were nothing but compared to this ending, It's the worst dead than our game over...
That ending was like source code where you learn hes just a body hooked up to a machine very cool
I love that movie!
Probably worst ending to any game
@@rinraiden JACOB IS A MACHINE?
I’m pretty sure Jacob is superhuman at this point but honestly they wasted this man
I’m shedding tears just thinking about it and I know he’s not like Leon or Isaac but his potential was squandered which is just stupid
Well, time for a new protagonist and it will be a woman next time. Jacob Lee is no Issac Clarke or Leon S. Kennedy that's for sure.
Well I’m pretty sure most protagonists are… nothing new
@@mr.sinjin-smythI wanted him to be so bad 😭 he's a pilot and I love those, and just seeing him die like that made me cry, I hope the new character is also a pilot
You mean super Nugget
What a sad ending they didn't have to do Jacob like that 😢
Very mixed feelings about this ending. I don’t mind the direction of him not making it out, but the fact they went with the “it’s all in your head” approach kind of made it feel a bit like it didn’t matter. Bold decision, and I respect that, but the execution could have been a lot better. Which I feel is a pretty adequate summation of the game as a whole.
But it did matter? If he died in his mind he would've lost and died in real life, basically the transmission would stop and both his and mihler sacrifice would be useless
@@readytopay6969meh, if that’s the way you want to interpret it then sure, that works as an explanation. Personally it just sort of made me feel like dying didn’t matter. Like, I’m already dead so what’s the point? As far as I know Jacob was just mentally respawning every time he died in his head. A bit more clarity would’ve made a big difference in my opinion. It’s not an awful ending by any means, but it could’ve been better 🤷♂️
I liked your comment bc you sounded so damn smart and suffocated.😂
@@SerbianMeerkat he wasn’t mentally respawning in his head, dying in gameplay/his head meant he died in real life. The respawns weren’t canon, he fought through until the end and his resistance ensured he stayed alive until the data transmission was complete. That’s why Mahler continuously tells him to keep fighting.
@@SalvageETand you can prove that’s the case 100%? Because otherwise as far as I can see I can just interpret it exactly as him being able to just respawn over and over. Even the audio message you get of him “falling over and over again” would play into that theory. Either way, more clarity on the actual situation would’ve been beneficial.
I love this game, maybe I'm biased cause I've been incarcerated but they perfectly captured the claustrophobic and dread feeling of being in prison. I can't wait to play this dlc myself
I knew a twist was coming when the hallucinations started, that was the CORE acting up big time. I was not expecting anything like this though, poor Jacob. :(
This leaves room for a sequel, so let's see what will happen.
Let’s see if they announced it at the same time as the dead space 2 remake thou in 3-5 years
Yeah, hopefully we’ll get to see the outer way expose the company
Nothing to work with here.
Unlike Issac from Dead Space, Jakob here isn't a popsicle
@@lumberlucHe’s still hooked up to that machine, either his body is barely alive or his mind is in the network. I could see the Warden’s friends needing more test data or some bs reason, they retrieve Jacob, fix him with cybernetics, put him through the ringer to test the “Survivor.”
@@Crossbones6732 The Digital Ghost route?
Could work. Uploading a human conciousness into a robot is another method
Was so confused at that part about halfway through where you appear to be going in circles with the warden's message. Thanks for helping me out!
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I still dont quite get what Mahler's deal was, she was instrumental and complicit in the experiment and was damn near giddy with searing a rig into the back of Jacob's neck. But now she drags his armless/legless body to scan his body for some reason to send his infection results off into space (or to Dani) hoping someone will find them, then just dies with him? Help me out here if I missed something plz.
Probs didnt survive the fight with Ferris. But the fact he was still alive when Mahler found him mustve meant he still kicked Ferris' ass despite sustaining such grievous injuries.
@@9f81rsd00nah he survived the fight with Ferris, he didn’t survive the fight against the horde that rushed him after he let Dani fly off into the shuttle. In his mind he did, but truly he didn’t, hence why he was ripped apart
Yeah, that makes sense. A horde of these freaks would probably kill anyone unlucky enough to meet them.
Jacob actually asks her that in the DLC - why she wants to help him now after wanting to give up and die in her lab. Apparently she had a total change of heart after Jacob sacrificed his only chance of escape to Dani.
Ah, thanks for the explanations, and what did Mahler send exactly, it didn’t seem like it was clear, if it was just the virus data from Jacob?
If they aren't gonna make a sequel due to poor game sales then this was a good way to end the story - not everyone gets a happy ending
The poor sales were bullshit. They call this game a flop for all the wrong reasons. Why? Because it's not Dead Space?
Actually no. Lots of bugs with the game. The story was boring as well. The combat wasnt doing it either. Its a horror game. Yet you beat your opponents with blunt objects to death. Lots of issues game wise that didnt make sense. Game should of waited for at least 2 more years
@@lofivibes3640 You just described Dead Space 1, you know that right? Boring story, repetitive combat, yada yada yada!
@@deathbykonami5487 Good luck thinking like that.
@@lofivibes3640 Yup pretty hard to scared of something you can beat the crap out of with a rod in your in your hands. The game has a massive flaw of the combat being one at a time and locking your targeting on one enemy when the game throws multiple of them at you. Seriously how did they not see the massive flaw in that?
The ending reminds me of all the Dead Space movies, comics, games that focused on other characters, in all of them, most people had awful fates, especially the two movies. Pretty much Isaac is the only one that for a while had a happier situation than most, and even he almost died for DS4, before the OG continuity got cancelled.
There's no dead space 4 🤨
@@Soraviel That's why I said "almost". DS4 was in the plans, being an Ellie solo game, but it was cancelled in favor of the multiplayer stuff EA was doing.
@@bggsz4pardon? Ellie wasn't the protagonist the plan was to start with new characters and not isaac nor ellie
@@readytopay6969 Ben Wanat said he liked the idea of Ellie stepping into a protagonist role for Dead Space 4, and that was one of the ideas for the series' future. The "completely new protagonist" stuff was just given as a possibility that people shouldn't rule out, no one ever said it would 100% be with new protagonists.
Well, the creator of Dead Space is this game's creative director, Glen Schofield. So yeah, there are plenty of similarities.
I mean I guess that is one way to end a game that didn't do well.
This ending is about as massive of a "fuck you" to the protagonist as it is to your players.
A crappy ending to a mediocre game.
@@Carnage7209 not all good guys win
@@Carnage7209 Like most games made nowadays, this is utter crap in terms of plot and is mediocre in terms of graphics, after all, this all people care about nowadays: looking good in those 4K, 8K TVs. The gaming industry has literally died after 2013...
@@TheSoCalledZoner1 no, but you can't overcome mediocrity.
@@deloreandmc88 Said person typing it on their 1080p screen...
Ok that final scene is funny, great tension relief!
yea I definately see em putting this DLC out as a way of saying: yea if we did do another one, hes not coming back.
They definitely want the main character of the next one to be the girl. We can't have two games have a White guy as the lead in 2024, we were lucky to even get this one.
I don't get it, I can't say much for spoilers however... But frankly, I'm not surprised that's what we got if no sequels will ever be made due to lower sales than what they expected.
So they introduced mechanized monsters to give protagonist mechanized limbs in the sequel, Cyborg Protocol.
I think so since it might the only possible way to human next evolution?
I LOVE that they had josh as comic relief at the end
Deeper Context for the Ending (an interpretation): Intially Jacob's story was about escape, surviving his way through the hordes of the prison to get off planet. Then v late into the story it became about him making it right and doing the right thing (due to his past actions, and helping to enable to progression of the spread of the virus). Essentially, in this DLC, his last act was fighting off his injuries -- and through dissociative amnesia, which was needed to avoid the shock of the extent of his biological injuries, we see this violent internal struggle visualized in his mind as a fight to survive in order to get the transmission out into the public. What appears to be an ending 'that sucks because they both died', is really about two people very damaged upon the realizations and magnitude of their past actions, they sacrifice themselves or last moments in order to do the right thing for others.
Damn this game had aaalll the potential in the world to be a classic. Not just a horror one, and yet for some reason it fell flat on its face... I dont believe schofield will just lie to us. I think hes either hit his head hard or the studio interferred again, like ea did in dead space 3
To be fair, the game was originally tied to the PUBG universe, so they had to anchor the story in that battle royale IP. Once they removed all attachment to PUBG and TCP became an independent story, I would imagine that the game was too far along to be changed (all the motion capture footage was shot, all dialogue recorded, all levels designed, etc). Thus, we received a sub-par story/game and mediocre combat (the latter of which I personally liked tbh). If it had been left to its own devices, who knows what we could've received. It is a shame because I really had faith in this game and I'm ngl it left a sour taste in my mouth.
they cutting off this game, because it failed and then gave the protagonist a dark ending
Going with the latter
Yanno... I think at this point Jacob and Isaac Clarke need to start a support group. Or at least get together for a quiet undead freak free drink.
Oh. OH. Uh, first... guess Jacob needs some cybernetic limbs, otherwise that drink (and all his intake) will be via straws.
@@crystaljones1935 he needs some legs for sure
An EA STAY OUT OF THE DEVELOPING SUPPORT GROUP EA has messed so many promising games because of interference deadlines and pushing
this felt like "Awakening" from Dead Space 3 and its likely never to be continued too xd
How do you get the suit to light up like that? I bought the digital deluxe edition on Xbox Series X, but it doesn't show an option where I can put it on. Is this just a PS5 exclusive thing or what?
I burnt out once I finished the main game. I'm glad someone finished "The Last Transmission" and now see this full DLC, I'm glad I didn't play it. Thanks!
The reason I feel like this ending kind of sucks is because threw out the entirety of the game, you’re just trying to escape. But one after another things keep getting in your way. And no matter how close you got to finally escaping, you ultimately die in the end. And the only reason you were there in the first place was for deliveries…
Well intially it was about escape. Then it became about making it right and doing the right thing. Essentially, his last act was fighting off his injuries -- and through dissociative amnesia, which was needed to avoid the shock of the extent of his biological injuries, we see that struggle visualized in his mind as a fight to survive in order to get the transmission out into the public. It seems to be an ending that sucks because they both died, but its really about two people very damaged by the realizations of their actions, they sacrifice themselves or last moments in order to do the right thing for others.
This is basically a mandatory watch. Thank you
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When he said it’s Josh not Jacob I lowkey laughed but I think this game definitely deserved a sequel.
I think people coundn't appreciate the game nor the DLC because it was so overhyped, expecting it to be sort of a Dead Space 4 or something. Not saying the game is a masterpiece, but it is not as bad as people say it is. It may not have been a great success in sales, but it is still a decent game, I personally like it as much as I love Dead Space, Resident Evil 4 and classic Doom.
They literally kept hyping it up as the next Dead Space sort of game because it had the original Dead Space devs. I think it anything it kind of proved that Dead Space 3 wasn't entirely EA's fault, the devs weren't really able to make that good of a game either by that point.
@@Ghost-jj6ud I get your point. I can agree that Dead Space 3 was a mediocre game compared to Dead Space 1 and 2, but The Callisto Protocol should be seen as a franchise of its own, not a Dead Space spin off or anything quite like that.
That's the problem with overhype, the expectations get quite unrealistic, to the point a game is ruined not because it is bad, but because people expected too much from it.
@@leonardomafrareina7634 😑 the gameplay was the same throughout the DS franchise. This was actually a great game. You see all the similarities to dead space. How was it over hyped? It had a good story line. People now and days want soap operas in there storytelling. Yes the combat was a bit buggy but it looks as though they've worked through it somewhat. You're right people couldn't appreciate it. 😂 I think it was because it was pushed out as a cash grab playing with people heart strings in regards to dead space. When this game goes on the subscription playlist watch the ratings go up.
@@smackledorfmcsween "People now and days want soap operas in there storytelling." This phrase proves my point, they expect something that was not bound to be delivered.
Even worse is that The Callisto Protocol was published very close to Dead Space Remake, that's also why I think it may have been overhyped.
It wasn't overhyped, it was correctly hyped and it failed to deliver.
that funny bit at the end
Was not expecting my boy to get horrifically grotesquely mutilated like that
That is a brutal way to go, bloody hell
my favorite part was when jacob said “ it’s hammering time” and went hammer mode
maybe hammer mode are the friends we made along the way
@@ZvicerianiMason44actually, fun fact, the working title for the dlc was blue harvest
One of the first lines that we hear: "It doesnt matter". Just like the game of the DLC themselves lol
Idk what they were thinking, but a "the whole DLC is a halucination" story just wasnt it.
Jacob was one of the only things people liked about the game's story
Yeah it is pretty dumb. I’m glad I didn’t get the dlc
jacob is a generic white dude with no backstory and personality what is there to like about him
Yeah, he really is the only thing I really liked. If they do make a part 2, this alone will be a blow in getting people to buy part 2. Its a very bad idea to get people invested in a character and then kill him off if you plan more games in that universe. Just think if in ME 2 and 3 you did not play as Shappard and he would've died at the ending of 1.
Too bad. Time for a new protagonist I guess, and it will be a woman next time. Jacob Lee is no Isaac Clarke or Leon S. Kennedy that's for sure.
@@xxan84 the worst part is, now we're stuck with Dani 😫
I've never heard anyone say theybliked her, so unless we get a brand-new protagonist I cant see the next game (if there is one) going well
I am happy i can play some more…
I absolutely love this game .
Hope they make a sequel.
Thanx 😊
The hammer looks pretty fun, though I would've introduced it far earlier.
What sad ending
1:46:20
What the grimace shake does to a mf:
😭
So by my guess, in the main game. When Jacob got rushed by all the monsters, he thought he beat them all and had ran into Ferris again but in reality the monsters tore him apart and was already hallucinating.
Bleh not a fan of this DLC.
The explosion got to him.
@RuthsDev71 Try again.
Looks like they improved the fighting mechanism, looks cool 👌🏼
They actually made it as slow as day 1.
@@chooky1413so its better?
@@samuelesquivel6202still cheese able with GRP gloves
Amazing gameplay, thanks for this upload
Anyone else see the brain on the door dripping down after he shot that guys head off? Talk about attention to detail sheesh 28:56
What Jacob was thinking during the ENTIRE game:
"I should have listened to my momma, taken that nice navagator post on the Ishimura. I'd still have to deal with undead angry bois, but at least I'd have a plasma cutter to tear them a new one."
Maybe if he had a little bit more body coordination so he didn't fall into a pit of 100 yo zombies on every possible occasion he could have run away. It's a story of a clumsy hero.
Bro got turned into two-face
Despite its flaws and critics hating the game I thought it was ok and liked it. I hope they do make a sequel and fix allot of the flaws of the game because this game has so much potential.
There is nothing to fix. The proof was sent to Danny. All that remains is pure political scandal. You can piece together an ending were these secret organization is revealed and arrested.
I can't wait to play the DLC tonight. Are they still planning on making another story-based DLC after this?
Yeah I think there is atleast 1 more to come
Nope, this is it. They're still planning on updating for bugs and such but the game is essentially complete.
The season pass mentioned two story based dlcs
@@cameronscott7304only one mate
@@ivangarduno1363 rip off at 29 bucks- but i got the pass for 14 bucks worth that
It would be pretty interesting if his subconscious was transferred into one of the robots but I’m not so sure?
I was just thinking that
Nope, he's dead... end of story. Time for a new protagonist and it will be a woman for sure next time.
@@mr.sinjin-smyth I sadly don’t think there will be a next time considering the sales numbers haha.
@@coffeeelk6364
Hopefully you are right, let some new blood try and improve on a Dead Space style game.
These guys did NOT evolve the game, big step back in my opinion.
37:03
Let's guess who is the real ultimate survivor
The one who can get away from every situation , any means necessary
His oh my god towards the end was 😂😂😂
Lol ya that was funny..."hey guys where's my legs"😂
why was this DLC actually good tho, are we never gonna get a sequel?
There are a lot of you in the comments that are just plain ignorant, that part in the ending where Jacob in talking is just a 4th wall break (feels like a insult rather by the devs) because he says "This is Josh" as in Josh Duhamel the actor playing as Jacob. Jacob is definitely dead and I hope there are no more games after this because there is no way this game is gonna finically recover from the shit show of the main game, idk why they didn't even include all of this BS in the main game instead of being DLC
Jacob both looks and sounds like the dude that played Lennox in the Transformers movies.
he is that’s why. his VA is the same guy
Intro:
Announcer voice:
"Previously on The Callisto Protocol..."
This is an underrated game its suspenceful, has a unique fighting system and the gore is top notch i would recommend getting the platnium in it its very easy
Who’s playing the amazing Calisto Protocol amazing dlc out now exclusive early access for PlayStation .
Huh. Mahler wasnt lying about getting more info to expose the truth at least.
Also WTF was the last scene…did the developers think that would be funny? In this game?
Lmao I started this game yesterday with zero clue a dlc dropped today, good timing I guess 😆
What the heck was that ending? Of all the things that could have been done, they go for that? Not saying much because of spoilers but I really expected more from this. Jacob deserved something better.
I think they went for the "heroic sacrifice" trope and tried to get creative about it, but it sucked.
I hated it so much that I am not even going to play it. Good thing I had a look here before I went trough it.
Same here
@@yutro213 It looked like a bad comedy show lmao wtfff
Basically the developers gave a silent middle finger to all players who bought and played Callisto Protocol. Wonderful ingrates.
Just beat it myself and I'll say this... I did really enjoy the hallucinations and the psychological shit...but I was really hoping for more of a beginning of whats to come I guess? I just felt like they wanted to go down multiple avenues and they all ended up in the same place, if that makes sense.
Great video and it was helpful to me :) The game divided players into those who love it and those who hate it. I have mixed feelings myself. I'm disappointed that a really interesting project was abandoned. I read that, according to the creators' promises, the game was to be supported for 4 years. Yesterday I played it on NG+ (exactly a year after the premiere) and I remember the errors by heart (Xbox/X). Nothing has been improved for a year. The creators did not expect such poor reception and criticism. They could also add Dani's story path (like Ada in RE4) Thank you and best regards 🤚
If they make a sequel id love to see where they take the story
Jacob is dead but they could continue with the girl that escaped in the main game if they do make another game
So this is how Quake starts
Can you use the hammer in the main game after finishing the DLC???
I don't think so. The DLC is a separate story after the ending. It's all happening in Jacob's mind.
Shock baton is story based too. There is a cutscene for it.
@@alexanderbobylev4811 OK thanks！
So whole DLC is Jacob's (LOL) Ladder ;) I really recommend the movie.
Dude sprints around corners without a single thought about it
Ah, the classic ''The rescue ship is around the corner, we just have to-'' and then randomly, somehow, a monster is suddenly there. And then the final boss is a bullet sponge.
I'm so glad I didn't pay for this DLC and watched it here instead. I enjoyed the main game, even though it's lacking in originality.
Bro this ending is horrible lol what the hell were they thinking 😂😂😂
Nice to see that they've made a sequel to the critically acclaimed film, TRON (1982).
1:40:32 that catch was smooth
I can't see how people could dislike this game? People can have opinion, which is fine, but people were calling this game a flop on release day.
I would say that terrible DLC ending was reason enough…
This game pushes PS5 limits
I mean they had their reason, 1st day game was really buggy, not a good way to start your game as those first reviews and play through matter
@@spinozilla2421 it was really buggy on PC only.
The story sucks and so does the gameplay. How are people defending this? Would really like to know what other games you play. Only superficial stuff is great, but the story is overused, characters written not badly, but just blandly. But the worst: How this actually plays.
I could see a second try working out just fine, but number one was a big number two imho.
is this dlc pack available on ps5?
amazing the end
so at the end of the first game he is already dead...torn apart by the monsters...but the doctor play with his brain for this squeal...that's messed up!
Yeah, we actually see him get jumped right as Dani's pod launches and the data transfer completes. The part after with the Alpha/Leon jumpscare likely was Jacob already hallucinating or just feeling like he's still alive in an out-of-body situation.
He wasn't torn apart by them, it was the explosions that blew him apart
I think ,given the ending they're setting this up so in part 2 Jacob will become an android ..type..thing.
@giorgianhenrique1162 I don't buy that..sooner or later they'll make s part 2.
That's how we got the The Chronicles of Riddick. 👍
@@giorgianhenrique1162take in mind there were many games that sucked as part one but we're given another chanse and made it to the top
For the next game, he'll be dead......
@Just_A_Typical_Person ...LOL. .did I wrong you in some way my friend? It's just an opinion..I think the ending kinda lends itself to him being turned into some kinda cyborg or android..
@@davidhamm1196 And what about the doctor?
7:47 How rude to interrupt his nap. Edit: ...And then a bunch of others'? Let sleeping zombies lie.
How do you get this transmission dlc? Bought it? Or youll just have to finish the story?
58:12 door won’t open for me
They need to do that a DLC for the audiobook show they did pre game. Shit was good and it'd be cool to see a new environment and character
I can’t believe they made a sequel
Dang, these enemies are fast and aggressive..
This game honestly is amazing. All this discussion proves it.
53:28 Why the fire looks so goofy?
Robocop: "first time, Jacob??"
Do I need to complete my current playthrouh to play this? hope not
Ah right ps5 early access
This IP's opened its eyes after bein born and immediately committed suicide to escape the pain of life.
Isaac suffer from Delusion while Jacob dying being rip apart. Like Father Like Son (Isaac & Jacob named after the same persons from the Bible, which quite a fiting)
Isaac was named after a science fiction write not out of the bible
@@susanw1863 yes but if you look closely of their Names origin from the Bible it kinda make sense the Tragedy that they got inflicted into.
@@matthewshiba3997 fair point
So they made this sad ending... and then threw a joke right after it? If they're not going to take their own story seriously, why should we?
They realize this product failed and their publisher isn't likely to green lit a sequel.
This is an after credits scene but the guy cut it out
@@milesinwyatteandcora^
Alright, so.... The DLC brings a new way cooler look, new terrifying enemies, new glove support, new melee weapon, makes the vents an absolute nightmare, improves the melee fights with the baton, a new harder boss and overall it makes a better fighting experience and more terrifying game and it's all.... a halucination? The "it was all a dream" is the worst kind of twist and everybody knows that. This was a middle finger to the people who loved the game lol.
P.S. I wanted to see Jacob escape or become an Alpha. They say that Jacob isn't interesting but come on, he defeated the biophage by himself, he is a buff guy in a space suit and voiced by Josh Duhamel. What's not to like?