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Detroit: Become Human takes on complex themes about humanity and technology and is visually stunning, but it's too heavy-handed in its storytelling and has lackluster acting.
-- As reviewed by Tom's Guide
Product details
- Detroit: Become Human from Quantic Dream for the Sony PS4 is the latest title in development by Quantic Dream and expands on the studio’s legacy of gripping narrative driven experiences (Fahrenheit/Heavy Rain/ Beyond: Two Souls).
- Discover what it really means to be human in a powerfully emotional journey made of choice and consequences.
- Create your own story: Observe, think, decide, feel, and follow your intuition to tell the unique story for each of three playable characters.
- Choice / Consequences : Confront moral dilemmas, make your decisions and face the consequences as all your choices will affect the story outcome.
- Become Human through the eyes of Androids: Evolve and experience the emerging sense of true emotions and discover what it really means to be human through the eyes of a machine wanting to be free.
PROS
+ Beautiful graphics
+ Has a message
+ Replayable
CONS
- Bites off more than it can chew
- Some mediocre acting
- Extra branches don't change much but require repetitive play
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Expert reviews and ratings
By Tom's Guide on May 24, 2018
Detroit: Become Human takes on complex themes about humanity and technology and is visually stunning, but it's too heavy-handed in its storytelling and has lackluster acting.
60
By The Verge on May 24, 2018
The new PS4 game Detroit: Become Human from Quantic Dream is a sci-fi thriller that tries too hard to say something important.
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By IGN on May 24, 2018
Detroit: Become Human is a poignantly pulpy interactive sci-fi drama where your choices can impact events to a greater and more satisfying degree than in most games of this type. Though I wish its story had been handled with a softer touch, especially considering the subtlety that can be conveyed through its tech and performances, its well-written and acted central trio were vital enough to me that I found myself feeling genuine distress when they were in danger and a sense of victory when they triumphed. Most importantly, Detroit offers a multitude of transparent branching paths that entice further playthroughs, and choices have a permanence that raise the stakes throughout.
80
By TechAdvisor on May 30, 2018
David Cage’s games have a reputation for being ambitious failures, outsized vision let down by time, technology, or videogame conventions. Detroit: Become Human is more of the same – but by that very nature feels less ambitious than before, while simultaneously bringing Cage’s failings as a writer even further into the spotlight. This is clunky, awkward, and only fleetingly interesting once you look past the shiny surface. Androids may be alive, but Detroit: Become Human certainly isn’t.
60