Detroit: Become Human

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8.8

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  1. vincesz
    May 28, 2018
    4
    This game is very disappointing. I would strongly encourage players to RENT instead of buy this game. Get it off Redbox or something it is NOT WORTH $60. It's roughly 6 hours at best of gameplay.

    The game itself is reasonably engaging and explores some interesting ideas regarding AI. While certainly unrealistic and overdone in the melodrama sphere, the game is fun to play through.    This game is very disappointing. I would strongly encourage players to RENT instead of buy this game. Get it off Redbox or something it is NOT WORTH $60. It's roughly 6 hours at best of gameplay.

    The game itself is reasonably engaging and explores some interesting ideas regarding AI. While certainly unrealistic and overdone in the melodrama sphere, the game is fun to play through. There's no real replay value here, though, once its done I had no patience to redo everything or even parts of the story (which they give you options to do)

    One thing I do need to mention is that this game has more political biases of the devs being snuck into the game, which as many can guess, leans decidedly left. There's also no nudity of any kind in this game. Even when you visit the in-game android strip club, all the androids are fully clothed.    … Expand
  2. xeis
    Jan 20, 2020
    4
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I have come back to edit this because I was so angry writing the last review that I nearly destroyed the Blue Ray this game was on. It is a bug free, pretty execution of an Interesting story. If you take it (as I did) as an analogy for the African American journey, then you sure as hell better not play the way Malcolm X would, this will destroy all the story lines and you will be punished by EVERYONE you care about being killed. The ending I got I believe to be racist, it is telling people that violent revolution will be harshly punished and is ultimately pointless as we will murder your children with machine guns (this literally happened at the end of my play-through). I maintain a 4/10 is warranted with the play through I had.
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    You better behave or this game will punish you, choose to fight the humans they will kill your child, your Connor and everyone else. Horrible horrible playthrough left me so upset I deleted the game! They kill the child you spend the game protecting on a 5 second timer FFS! Terrible terrible writing.    … Expand
  3. RaptorX3
    Jun 10, 2021
    4
    Extremely boring, terrible controller mechanics, weird camera angles, typical Hollywood movie type stories with lots of random crashes.
  4. mrjackthereaper
    Jun 6, 2018
    4
    wow, such a surprise, and also not surprise at all. quantic dream want to make a master peice after heavy rain, but,... they are fail. in this game, look like quantic dream try to build a back ground and emotional feeling for every character in the game, but they just keep make it unclear and fading by time. Even the name of the game is a huge problem and mistake: be come human. Thewow, such a surprise, and also not surprise at all. quantic dream want to make a master peice after heavy rain, but,... they are fail. in this game, look like quantic dream try to build a back ground and emotional feeling for every character in the game, but they just keep make it unclear and fading by time. Even the name of the game is a huge problem and mistake: be come human. The android dont even want to be human, they want to live like independent species(if u play the game, u will understand this). another example is: Connor, an "android robocop" simply a copy of Norman Jayden from heavy rain, they both assertive, weak voice, both detective and have a kindda vulnerable body type, but the way they build Jayden is much better. music also nearly not exist, although the sound effect is very good and quite fit the scence. talk about control, is not feel so good, u can understand this when u touch the PS4 controller, this is not a big problem but is a one of the problem will make u dont even want to keep play the game, so dont even ask about should you replay the game. The game some time have bug and models fragment even you play the game in a PS4 Pro, but maybe some time they will "help" you laugh. this game is the product made from about 6 years ago, so dont expect some thing that extra ordinary or epic in this game, cause all the time, this game tell you what to do with forced dialogs, and some moment you will feels like that should have dialogs choices, but it dont have. Just like heavy rain or beyond 2 soul, this game is drama-interactive, so dont expect any open play style element in this game, the game fill with Quick Time Event system and it's very esily get bored. Im a big fan of heavy rain, and this game is such a dissappointment, it do have style, but soon faded with bug, bored story telling, clunky control and plus some funny models fragment moment, this is the game that you just should play 1 time and go another game. If you looking for something mystery or emotional, i think Heavy rain and beyond 2 soul is much good choices for you. not this one.… Expand
  5. PepeRorr
    May 25, 2018
    4
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Una pelicula interactiva. Pero una muy aburrida vaya decepcion le tenia altas expectativas a este juego.… Expand
  6. thoughts
    Mar 28, 2021
    4
    Genuinely surprised by how mediocre this game is. I got it for free recently and decided to give it a shot. There's barely any gameplay. Except for the crime reconstructions there's really nothing to it other than some QTEs and button prompts. The controls themselves are an issue as well. Walking feels sluggish and even though it's not much of the gameplay I was genuinely shocked at how aGenuinely surprised by how mediocre this game is. I got it for free recently and decided to give it a shot. There's barely any gameplay. Except for the crime reconstructions there's really nothing to it other than some QTEs and button prompts. The controls themselves are an issue as well. Walking feels sluggish and even though it's not much of the gameplay I was genuinely shocked at how a game of this caliber could have controls as awful as whatever happens when you have to push that wheelchair. The choices mostly feel hollow and inconsequential, and the story is heavy handed.… Expand
  7. NukeTv
    Jun 25, 2021
    4
    nul, ultra cliché et prétentieux. Malgré de belles ambitions au niveau des graphismes et du nombre d'arcs narratifs, j'ai trouvé l'histoire très mauvaise avec des personnages caricaturaux et des thèmes abordés de façon beaucoup trop manichéenne pour être pris au sérieux.

    Ce jeu prends le spectateur pour un imbécile et lui impose un point de vue malgré l'illusion de choix multiples.
  8. Raelag
    Jun 25, 2020
    4
    After an experience with Heavy Rain and Beyond: Two Souls i expected a new Quantic Dream's game to be a next step of cinematic games' evolving. But the first fruistraton i faced was on the first minutes of a game. The lead mechanichs turned out to be a step back from Beyond: Two Souls bringing us back to the Heavy Rain's gameplay. It would be not so disappointing if the same could be saidAfter an experience with Heavy Rain and Beyond: Two Souls i expected a new Quantic Dream's game to be a next step of cinematic games' evolving. But the first fruistraton i faced was on the first minutes of a game. The lead mechanichs turned out to be a step back from Beyond: Two Souls bringing us back to the Heavy Rain's gameplay. It would be not so disappointing if the same could be said about the story. But the story is the leading frustration of the game. Starting from the whole setting which is an ocean for the story arcs, philosopfical implications and many other thigs. But here we have a casual story about infrigement of rights and rebellion. The whole adroids' self awareness subject has no any disclosure. Storytellers has a lot of material to start with - from "Do androids dream of electric sheeps" and "Bladerunner" to a lot of modern interpetation of this topic. But it seems the main goal was not to open the question on the other hand. And in the end we have a story in which you can switch androids of 2038 to opposite civilians in any dictatorial country nowadays and nothing will change in general. Twists as well leave much to be desired - especially the one with Alice that force you to lose most of emotional connection with her and Kara's story.

    The decision mechanichs this time seems like cat in a bag. Most of times you make an important descisions but a few moments later you realize that the way you've chosen is not what you really thought it would be. In previous QD's games a hard descisions were as well a big part of gameplay and immersion and when i had to chose something the game provided exactly what it promised. In Detroit i always made a descisions that may be interpreted in many ways. And they always turned out to be not what they seemed.

    With all the proven experience and the story ending i was deeply frustrated. I expected a new masterpiece but only got a casual interactive movie to play at once. Only a girl from main menu really was something fresh and special.    … Expand
  9. loldawdaw
    Sep 21, 2020
    4
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Detroid: Become human, well, honestly, I expected more from Quantic Dream: ( a story about robots, but we are not given a decision-are robots good or bad? the developers of the whole game say that androids are good, I think the opposite. *possible spoilers* arrange meetings due to the fact that they are slaves and want freedom? don't you find it funny? they can't feel, but the developers say you should feel for the androids . * spoilers are over* the plot is 5/10 (3 points for Conor), the gameplay is not bad (6/10), but the game is good because after your action, the whole story can change, it's mildly surprising for this (8/10). I think that I wasted my money, I didn't like the story, but if you are a huge fan of this genre, I advise you to buy (just like a techno reviewer))), well, the overall rating is 4/10(3 points for Conor and 1 for the variety of action choices)))… Expand
  10. strangebrew123
    Dec 12, 2020
    4
    Great graphics, though utterly intolerable gameplay, so boring, I couldn't engage with it at all! I tend to persist with all games and this is one of the few that I wished I'd never bought. I just kept thinking 'who cares'. Spending time trying to work out which ways that the computer would accept to jump up to a window or onto a building etc was too dull for me.
  11. Allex212
    Jan 13, 2022
    4
    the camera is bothering me. but the rest is ok.it has no maximum action but the graphics complete
  12. Ky_Tree_No
    Oct 21, 2022
    4
    Ladies and Gentlemen, the CEO of Racism has officially been defeated.
  13. Thomoen
    Feb 15, 2022
    4
    Graphically stunning, but suffers from bad writing and stif performances. The pathetic way it sometimes tries to pull your heartstrings are laughably bad, but for a lot of the time the story is pretty interesting. The sad thing that it comes down to is that the narritive just doesn't diverge enough for it to justify it's existence as a interactive story, and would this be released as a tvGraphically stunning, but suffers from bad writing and stif performances. The pathetic way it sometimes tries to pull your heartstrings are laughably bad, but for a lot of the time the story is pretty interesting. The sad thing that it comes down to is that the narritive just doesn't diverge enough for it to justify it's existence as a interactive story, and would this be released as a tv show on netflix I would definitely consider it to be below average. This is in part because of the bland characters and the kind of formulaic plot this story will follow given the fact that you make the choices that are the game is wanting you to. If you make a "bad" choice the outcome is so obviously awful that you really don't feel like the path you are taking is a whole different story in of itself. This is illustrated by the fact that if you make a "bad" decision the flowchart you follow just becomes less complete. Still, the animation and environments are a technical marvel. I would recommend this to people who like high concept sci-fi movies like the matrix with a descent hero's journey, but this is definitely not the game for me.… Expand
  14. Markovny
    Aug 2, 2021
    4
    poor primitive gameplay - u choice doesn't matter if u press buttons with errors
  15. QuiteQuixotic
    May 16, 2022
    4
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I’m very late to playing this game. I’ve only heard good things about it so I gave in and decided to give it a try and I was genuinely impressed with it! The story was interesting, the choices fun, and the acting great. Then suddenly that just changes. The story becomes immensely generic, the choices make no sense to what you chose, and the characters become... well... androids. They have no emotion and you don’t care about any of them. One mission on particular is incredibly embarrassing and hard to play. That is the broadcast mission where out “hero’s” get to go be generic spy’s to get into a broadcast station to state why they should be free. Except the mission makes no sense. Why was there an Android outfit in the bathroom? Who stashed it there? How come nobody saw two androids against the windows of the building full of people? How did they get up the work elevator? How did they get all this spy crap when they have nothing at Jericho? So many things make zero sense and none of your choices matter. There’s also very little direction so you’ll spend most the mission ignoring the controls to figure out where to go. I literally let Simon die because I figured it would let me get out of the mission faster. And because I didn’t even know his name and had zero attachment to him. This mission just to lazy for me. They went for something generic and “cool” and pulled it off so embarrassingly bad. And that’s how the whole end of the game feels. I couldn’t recommend this game to anyone. It just ends up heartless and lazy after the first few hours.… Expand
  16. black_abobus
    Mar 30, 2022
    4
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Вот знаете , обертка игры хорошая , но сам сюжет дно . Я не буду говорить о вещах что это самый обычный сюжет про бедных роботов которые являются рабами , я другое хочу сказать . Для меня странно что в сюжете много дыр Роботы почему-то чувствую боль когда их бьют , Конор может стать девиантном за 1 шаг , Алиса является роботом ( это единственный ребёнок робот в игре ) Само первое прохождение игры интересное , я проходил , чтобы детроиты победили . Но тут я получил концовку , что детроиты захватили город и готовы направляться дальше , что завтра будет настоящая битва иииии …. Это конец игры , да , битвы не будет . После этого меня конкретно бомбануло и я такой : « а нах это все » . И в самой игре много дыр из за разных концовок . Мне повезло , ведь я сделал такую историю без дыр , но посмотрев истории других я понял , что мне просто повезло . Хотите купить игру , покупайте , но если вам не повезёт с концовкой , то вы больше не захотите в неё играть… Expand
  17. joglow
    May 16, 2022
    4
    Generally OK. Even though I searched from Google for other endings and was really impressed by the plot, I am still not happy about the producers not allowing me to choose a story line to "dislike" robots.
  18. Crimson9
    Dec 20, 2022
    4
    My quest to find a choices matter game where choices actually matter brought me to Detroit, a game adored by gamers precisely for that reason, and for its so-called excellent story.

    I will give it this, choices actually do matter. The flowcharts in this game are wonderful, and the amount of different ways the story can play out is very impressive. Good job! Gaming as a medium has so    My quest to find a choices matter game where choices actually matter brought me to Detroit, a game adored by gamers precisely for that reason, and for its so-called excellent story.

    I will give it this, choices actually do matter. The flowcharts in this game are wonderful, and the amount of different ways the story can play out is very impressive. Good job!

    Gaming as a medium has so far been absolutely pathetic in telling engaging stories that also maturely deal with themes. The themes here should be deeply scientific or philosophical. The game does not touch on either of them. Robots just become human in the most naive and straight forward way possible. Its not a deep game by any stretch of the imagination. And even outside of that, the plot kind of breaks down in the second half.

    The gameplay is very mediocre. So yes, its a choices matter game where choices actually matter, but thats all it really has to offer.    … Expand
  19. SuperNaiv
    May 27, 2018
    3
    If you love to mastubrate over QTE action and press "X" to take out trash or wash dishes, then this game is for you. To the rest I wouldn't recommended. It's boring and uninspiring. I am sure there is some good story in there, but to get there you got to do a lot meaningsless tasks and a lot of meaningless busy work. Is this a game or interactive movie? I really don't know anymore. IIf you love to mastubrate over QTE action and press "X" to take out trash or wash dishes, then this game is for you. To the rest I wouldn't recommended. It's boring and uninspiring. I am sure there is some good story in there, but to get there you got to do a lot meaningsless tasks and a lot of meaningless busy work. Is this a game or interactive movie? I really don't know anymore. I rather play real games, like "God of War" or "Bloodborne", then this crap. The only good thing I can say about it is that graphics look great and the actors in this game did a good job with a material they got to work with. That's it. I am checking out!… Expand
  20. ScienceAdvisor
    Jun 7, 2018
    3
    Ignore the people that do not realize that a game must have gameplay or it is just an interactive movie. This thing is the latter, not a game. Invisible walls, interactive actions that make no sense (lifting a food covering), and other pretend interactions. I am surprised there was not a quick time game for moving your feet when walking. So all you are getting is a CG movie with theIgnore the people that do not realize that a game must have gameplay or it is just an interactive movie. This thing is the latter, not a game. Invisible walls, interactive actions that make no sense (lifting a food covering), and other pretend interactions. I am surprised there was not a quick time game for moving your feet when walking. So all you are getting is a CG movie with the pretense of interaction, as it is just tacked on. As a movie it is a solid 8/10, but as a fake game it is only a 3/10.… Expand
  21. halftk
    May 25, 2018
    3
    It's impossible that this game gets more than a 6. Visually is all you want, but the gameplay it's just ridiculous. Seriously, this is not a videogame anymore, is a interactive movie
  22. Hellskull
    Jun 5, 2018
    3
    Lots of people, just giving a 10 without playing is just mad, I had several bugs, and this "game" is more like an Interactive movie.
  23. jabobs
    May 25, 2018
    3
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. In my opinion, nothing special about this game, the three good things in this game are Connor (aka.: really good Blade Runner material), overwall aesthetics and one chapter in abounded amusement park with creepy glitching androids, nothing more
    If you want to play this game you must prepare for typical Cage ****
    SJW stuff (robot lesbians, lesbians, white people treatens bad a good black robot)
    Religious stuff and spiritism
    Robots have a soul
    "This is not a malfunction this unit have a soul"
    Whole game is one big cutscene with QTE's
    Typical villain copied from generic cartoon - the main villain in this game is Kamski (the creator of androids, He uploads a virus into their codes so they became conscious and this type of ****
    Robots migrate to Canada because this county is so tolerant these days
    Typical Cage game nothing diffrent from Heavy Rain or Beyond experience    … Expand
  24. Sek
    May 25, 2018
    3
    Shame about how overtly political it is, outside of the ham-fisted political views, the movie was rather well made. Unfortunately, the writers did a poor job with representing both sides of the conflict which left the story rather flat. Blatant propaganda.
  25. klse
    Jun 15, 2018
    3
    Ridiculous soap opera. Sobbing, screaming, hysterical androids - is this the future we deserve?
  26. dannymira
    Dec 1, 2018
    3
    This game clearly lacks of good writing and decent significance to excuse a wonderful technical achievement and great cinematic direction. The characters as well as the themes are awful and the only good thing is a decent political background surrounding the game that can be read and seen through the journals and televisions. Actually I ended up loving more the narrative background to beThis game clearly lacks of good writing and decent significance to excuse a wonderful technical achievement and great cinematic direction. The characters as well as the themes are awful and the only good thing is a decent political background surrounding the game that can be read and seen through the journals and televisions. Actually I ended up loving more the narrative background to be found in the game than the real characters of the story. The QTEs are incredibly boring and anti-fun, they literally make you realize you're holding a gamepad in front of a TV when instead a videogame should give you the illusion to live an experience that makes you forget of everything else. Another very sad game from Quantic Dream and David Cage...his writing skills are bad, very bad.… Expand
  27. Titin_vr
    Aug 27, 2019
    3
    Le pongo un 3 por la buena grafica que tiene , pero la verdad se me hizo muy aburrido el juego, realizar cosas cotidianas, tratar de ir a un lado pero no poder ir porque hay una pared imaginaria, el juego se basa en realizar acciones y tomar decisiones, por lo que me parecio aburrido en ese caso voy a ver una pelicula, pero bueno los gustos son diferentes...
    Ahora me doy cuenta q prefiero    Le pongo un 3 por la buena grafica que tiene , pero la verdad se me hizo muy aburrido el juego, realizar cosas cotidianas, tratar de ir a un lado pero no poder ir porque hay una pared imaginaria, el juego se basa en realizar acciones y tomar decisiones, por lo que me parecio aburrido en ese caso voy a ver una pelicula, pero bueno los gustos son diferentes...
    Ahora me doy cuenta q prefiero la jugabilidad antes que la grafica    … Expand
  28. ChickenBurgers
    Dec 13, 2019
    3
    8.7 is a joke. Bought the PC version, had to refund it, the game is that bad. The controls are absurd (at least with keyboard+mouse). The graphics is mediocre. The story is unoriginal and plain silly, full of in your face social commentary. The game deserves 5/10 tops.
  29. BeoXS
    Aug 23, 2020
    3
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Non-Spoiler:

    Firstly, this is a QTE driven game-movie. The game-movie part I have no problem with, but the QTE I do. In one instance, I was reaching to grab a drink of water in what I thought was a cut-scene, but it changed into a QTE. I failed the QTE. Since this entire game was built on not having a "Game Over" screen to allow you to repeat a section, it basically screwed up my entire game.

    Secondly, the controls aren't much and what you do get is can be frustrating. Forced camera angles at times. Having to hold R2 to reposition gets old fast. The buttons you push for QTEs are different for everyone, event though the character is doing the same action on the screen.

    Thirdly, games like this are marketed in way that leads you to believe that you are in control of the story. In this case that's not entirely true. I made a decision that got a character killed and that decision affected the rest of the game very negatively (see spoiler section below).

    Spoilers:
    First things first, I played Detroit: Become Human after playing The Last of US Part 2, so I was in a conflicted mindset to begin with. The first half of the game I was fine, I like David Cage's story and where it was going. The Kara & Alice / Connor chase sequence had me on the edge of my seat with my heart racing. Alice nearly got run over and Kara was nearly hit. I found myself say, "No, no, no, no...." throughout the entire event. You had me. Overall I was about 95% positive with Kara, about 75% positive Markus, and about 50% positive with Connor. Then things went downhill fast.

    I made a series of decisions that went bad for Markus, Connor improved over all, and Kara was nearing 100% positive. Markus died at the march, martyring himself. I made one bad decision in the Archive Room with Connor and I was not able to figure out the Jericho location. He was deactivated. So all that was left was Kara. Since the story was still progressing, North became the defacto leader in place of Markus and she starts a revolution in the streets. And I have no control over them. I cannot control the flow of the game now. Even though I had a nearly flawless Kara storyline, Everyone died. Luther, Kara, and even Alice. I was so pissed when that happened. I don't advocate for walkthroughs or cheats very often, but had I known that would have happened - an NPC's decision was going to totally wreck a nearly perfect storyline - I would have just looked for a "good ending" walkthrough.

    Next time, just give me a "walking sim" without the annoying and distracting QTEs. I would have enjoyed it more than what I played. Having to repeat a small portion of gameplay would have been more welcome that having to play for 12-15 hours and fail the entire game - have to hear a little girl cry right before she gets shot.

    Update: I decided to try a walkthrough to get a "happy" ending. I got a little ahead of myself and made a wrong choice.... not replaying 6-7 hours. I'm done with this game.    … Expand
  30. herosuki
    Oct 30, 2020
    3
    While I found the story of the game very enjoyable despite a few misteps, the whole experience was ruined by the inability to alter or turn of QTE.

    Quick Time Events are a large part of the game and necessary for it's play style but forcing players to swing their controls around in the air really destroys any tension created in the story. On top of this I would frequently not get to    While I found the story of the game very enjoyable despite a few misteps, the whole experience was ruined by the inability to alter or turn of QTE.

    Quick Time Events are a large part of the game and necessary for it's play style but forcing players to swing their controls around in the air really destroys any tension created in the story.

    On top of this I would frequently not get to make a decision because my reaction time was not quick enough or I was unable to decipher what the symbol on the screen wanted me to do with the controller. On occasion missing QTEs due to dropping my controller from attempting to swing it around to hit the previous prompt. This lead to me feeling cheated out of getting to play the game, and I had no interest in going through plot points again because I messed something up. The punishment for a split second mistake is just far far to high.

    All of this would have been a moot-point if the game provided any accessibility options in the controls whatsoever.

    Ultimately I do not recommend you buy or play this game.    … Expand
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#74 Best PS4 Game of 2018
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#12 Most Shared PS4 Game of 2018

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Generally favorable reviews - based on 104 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 77 out of 104
  2. Mixed: 25 out of 104
  3. Negative: 2 out of 104
  1. PLAY! Zine
    Aug 18, 2019
    85
    Detroit: Become Human delivers a story with a ton of possible choices, and a lot of questions for a player to bear afterward. If you like it when games make you think about them after you play them, this is the game for you. Stunning visuals and music score, make you forget about some weaker points of the game. But all in all, it is an enjoyable experience you should not miss.
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  2. Adventure Gamers
    Dec 21, 2018
    70
    Detroit: Become Human looks and sounds great, and includes key player choices throughout, though it could have benefited greatly from a tighter script. While it’s commendable that Quantic Dream tried to cover hot-button issues in a big-budget video game, it works better when focused on the personal character moments than the bigger themes that don’t dig deep enough to make a meaningful impact.
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  3. Game World Navigator Magazine
    Sep 26, 2018
    85
    Although the narrative is fairly linear, there are enough branching paths over the course of the game to make it feel like your actions matter. That allows Detroit to still be fun even on multiple playthroughs – and for an interactive movie, that’s a rare praise. [Issue#231, p.68]
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