Detroit Become Human

Detroit: Become Human is an interactive movie built on the graphics core of the Quantic Dream. studio. The picture and animations immediately catch the eye: faces, gestures and small movements are conveyed in such detail that the actors do not have to be ashamed of having digital doubles. Each chapter begins with short statistics about how many people have made this or that decision, and this encourages them to try again. The action takes place in Detroit in the near future, where androids have become commonplace and do work for people. Three stories run in parallel: a servant girl, a companion who has escaped from his master, and a hunter of renegades, and the player decides who they will become. Androids are no longer servants here: some endure, others break, others begin to demand rights, and it depends on the player what comes of it. The forks here change everything: failing a quest doesn't end the chapter, it rewrites it, and characters actually die if you don't fight for them. Dialogues, searching for evidence and reconstructing events from records require attention, and haste leads to irreversible consequences. Evidence and interviews with witnesses make it possible to reconstruct the crime scene, and mistakes later emerge in dialogues. Part of the fun is replaying scenes again to see dozens of development options. The project raises questions about the rights of machines and where humans end, but it does so through personal destinies rather than lectures. The interface suggests possible options, but does not show the consequences, so decisions must be made blindly. For those who love stories where every click leaves a mark, this game provides an experience of rare density.