Detroit: Become Human Review (DanishScorpio)
I have played many Quantic Dream games in the past and have always been impressed with the narratives they create and what they can do in gaming with these branching storylines. I do think my expectations of this being a good game were definitely satisfied in many ways.
The main idea that the narrative puts forward is that these self aware androids are pretty much the same as humans and by putting them down, you are essentially killing them. The game makes it clear quite quickly that the androids fear death just as much as anyone else and their position in society where they can be dismantled at any time creates a lot of fear in their community.
As a story Detroit: Become Human makes a great effort to explore quite a few themes in between each of the character journeys. Like many previous Quantic Dream games, characters in Detroit: Become Human have quite a bit of depth to each of them. Each character has their own issues to deal with and as the story goes on, it is easy to become attached to all three.
The voice acting in the game is exceptional. I very much enjoyed the voice performance from Valorie Curry who was the voice of Kara. She brought out all the right emotions for the character. I also thought that Bryan Dechart who voiced Connor was good at creating a persona for what was the most robotic character in the game. Other voice actors I enjoyed were Clancy Brown who voiced Hank and Lance Henriksen who voiced Carl.
Overall Detroit: Become Human offers gamers an interesting branching narrative experience, with the opportunity to experience different plot paths with each playthrough. There are three characters you will play as and each of them is well developed and has an interesting character journey to experience. The game is filled with strong themes of domestic abuse, freedom, slavery, human rights and quite a few relatable historical allusions.
It's a beautiful game, one rendered with a level of visual care and detail that’s rare even in the lavish world of blockbuster video games.
Detroit: Become Human is game to get, particularly if you are a fan of these types of narrative based video games.
THE GOOD
- Well written and acted
- Ideologically challenging
- Excellent replay value
- Impressive motion capture
THE BAD
- Flowcharts constantly remind you of the game you're playing and lessen your involvement
9/10
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Reviewed on: Win10 Home 64-bit, Intel i5-11600K, GeForce RTX 3060 Ti 8GB TUF, 32GB DDR4-3600 RAM, 2 x Kingston NV1 1TB M.2 NVMe SSD