The team that taught us how to press ‘x’ to Jason in Heavy Rain are returning with another gritty cinematic thriller, this time of the neo-noir variety and set in a dystopian vision of Detroit not too far from now, where humans and androids coexist and everyone gets along just fine. That last bit was a fib — even Robocop wouldn’t like this Detroit, where it’s totally alright to be a dick to Connor, an android detective who specializes in hunting down his own kind. The neat thing about this reveal trailer is in the great many ways outcomes it presents — some good, some bad, others straddling the grey area in-between — depending on each decision Connor makes.
Detroit: Become Human is another PlayStation 4 exclusive, developed by Quantic Dream. This means you can look forward to making impossible decisions under considerable pressure, with serious narrative consequences, such as the inevitable death of a main cast member that will likely be followed by a lengthy internal struggle as you wrestle with your own personal demons before finally choosing to load from a previous save. But, like, in a fun way.
Quantic Dream’s David Cage recently told IGN the game will take between 8-10 hours to complete, with obvious replay value thanks to the numerous possibilities that entail every decision you make. The above scenario has six possible outcomes, and you can bet there will be many more choices of varying sizes all throughout the story. There also won’t be a “Game Over” screen, because the shame of seeing your failure blossom before you like a glistening corpse flower should provide the proper motivation for you to do better. But again, I mean that in a fun way.
