Detroit: Become Human Reviews

Connor and Markus are peak characters, while Kara... she's just there, most of her story is boring.

Absolute cinema! It really is an amazing game. I'm so glad this game is available on PC. The graphics and sound design are great. The story was so exciting that I felt doubtful after completing the story once, all the choices in the game really matter and there are multiple endings. You can kill some characters at first hour of game, you can complete story pacifist or violent way. There is much to explore if you're really want to take your time to see all the possible outcomes. That being said, running it on PC with hardware on recommended specs can sometimes be a little sloppy, with occasional frame drops and stuttering. The game is locked at 30fps by default and only have 2 options capped at 30/60fps, however there is a workaround out there. I can recommend this game to people who enjoy interactive story driven game.

Cannot express how much this game truly moves you. It's exciting, interesting and emotional. A masterpiece of sorts.

One of the best if not the best tell-tale game, the demo got me hooked, decided to buy and finished the game twice (first got the worst ending, which scarred me for life, but impacted me the most, then one of the best endings on my second playthrough) atm and its been one of the most memorable video game experiences and stories of all time. I still want to explore alternative endings and choices as choosing differently feels like a completely different story.

Freedom is fought, not begged. Revolution ending is the true ending imo. $10 for an interactive movie, worth the price!

Detroit is a game released in 2018 for PlayStation 4. A year later it came to PC. Most of the negative reviews for it only cover technical difficulties with modern hardware. I'll try giving a spoiler free review for it as I do believe this game deserves much more criticism than it gets here. [h3]Story[/h3] This is a story based game where you take control of three characters and choose their fate. This is a rare game where your choices actually do matter and game producers tried covering every possible scenario. Sadly this gets turned on it's head because the amount of choices and possible endings is too big for each choice to be properly addressed in today's age of game development. While all choices have consequences, the results are often biased towards a particular world view that producers require from a player. It's like playing with a stubborn Dungeon Master that refuses to entertain players' ideas. This results in a disappointment especially if you don't buy into the world view that it tries to promote. There are also forced and superficial relationships, forced drama that doesn't get resolved because characters can't resolve simple conflicts, unnecessary shouting where deep dialogues should be etc. The game doesn't challenge your views at all. The dialogue in the game, except from some parts at the beginning mostly consists either of emotional shouting between characters or very shallow monologues and thoughts that don't really make good points and are never challenged. This is critical for sci-fi genre and especially so since the game is story driven. On many occasions the game's story has terrible logic, many conflicts have very dumb resolutions, it's narrative has very narrow perspective on things and very little thought put into it. For a game about the choices, the short description for each choice, like in every game of this genre, doesn't signal clearly to the player what it really represents. There's no nuance in the responses nor an option for explanation of your opinions. If you choose an option, the characters often completely misrepresent the point that you as a player wanted to make. This makes Detroit mostly a one-sided dialogue where the game simply dumps all of it's morals on you and expects no challenge in return, be it it's premise, world view, parallels etc. And only some of it works if you follow the producer's world view. The characters you play as mostly have already predetermined role with only input from the player is the approach the player will take to successfully perform in the role. Out of 3 characters, Connor gives the most freedom to player at how the player is going to approach ideological conflict of this game. The actors for Connor (Bryan Dechart) and Connor's partner detective Hank (Clancy Brown) carry this game's enjoyment with their chemistry and improvisation which infamously the director of the game David Cage didn't like. Their performance deserves every praise. Rest of the cast is mostly there for players to experience the events through them. The story also plays too many emotional cards, sacrifices good buildup for plot twists that actually destroy emotional payoffs for cheap shock value. Story basically spawns romantic relationship between characters that have no business being together (no chemistry, opposite views, player influence). Characters sometimes spin their motivations unexpectedly, hold multiple conflicting opinions at once, buy into ideas too quick... [h3]Gameplay[/h3] The game is accessible and very easily playable by people with no experience in video games. Basically anyone can pick it up and finish it. Quick-time events are present from time to time, sometimes, with convoluted controls. The character movement is very stiff and unnatural and context menus are sometimes sensitive to your characters position and your camera angle, making the interactions very clunky at times and prompts easy to miss. On the other hand, this game contains investigation segments that are awesome and really do deserve to be utilised and put in front more, albeit with more input from player regarding the conclusions The game can be amusing at times but it does fall apart in it's crucial parts. Detroit offers high value and replayability as no two runs are the same. Most of beginning sections are fixed, boring and tedious. The most fun part about the game is to f- around and find out, where finding out usually doesn't have favourable conclusions.

The game is beautiful, but ruined by keyboard controls. you spend a lot of time going in circles trying to walk straight. It's very annoying.

I love this game. The visuals, the characters, the story were all great. So often, the story had me overthinking and stressing about my choices. So much so I used a guide for the majority of my playthrough. Although my personal choices would've differed minimally from the guide, I regret using the guide. So much so, it got me to try to stop using them going forward unless I've been stuck for a while in a game (it's a work in progress, old habits die hard). Backlog Games Beaten 2025 1/50

There are only few studios out there who give you something more than a game and Quantic Dreams is definitely one of the finest. If you've ever saw a film or TV series where you would come up with hypothetical scenarios wondering how the story would play out if the protagonist/antagonist did this or that, then Detroit Become Human offers you precisely that. It's a game by all means but I'd call it an interactive animated film. You have 3 main characters with their story and distinctive personalities and the mocap animation is just brilliant in this game. Every decision matters and has a impact on the story. The game does a good job of making you feel for the main characters and keeps you invested in the story while also encouraging you to explore the game further by making alternate choices. The music in this game is also one of the finest music compositions you'll hear. Kara's Theme is definitely one of my favourites. If you have had your fill of playing big RPG's or other such open world games and are looking for something that you can play with a relaxed mind while also having an enriching gaming/cinematic experience, Detroit Become Human is definitely recommended for you. And for anyone who has never tried out such expansive movie style games with multiple choice and endings, please give this game a chance. Play it with an open mind and don't try to lump it with other games like RDR2 or Witcher 3, because DBH aims to provide you with a vastly different experience.

The only thing I can possibly say about this game is, Jesus sainted mother Christ... I mean HOLY SHIT I can't imagine how a game and be this touching, diverse and beautiful, This game fascinates you in every aspect and by the time you realize, I really want this to happen, please don't make me do this,,, in this game all of your emotions will get involved and it would be so unkind to just call it a Game, it's Cinema... for you guys out there, all of you, doesn't matter if you know how to play games, just buy Detroit and play it, I'll guarantee it would be a life time experience y'all, I envy those who haven't played yet. 😭