Detroit: Become Human

I have played hundreds, maybe even thousands of games, over the last 30+ years, and this is easily in my top ten. It is so easily in my top ten that outside of Doom Eternal and Ninja Gaiden Black I cannot even tell you what else is in my top ten off the top of my head. The controls and camera are beyond aggravating at times, and the QTEs often suck, but I find the game's strengths outweigh the faults. The narrative is what makes the game, but the voice actors did an amazing job as well, and the music serves its intended purpose very well. (Edit: Playing Beyond: Two Souls, which I bought as a result of enjoying Become Human, makes me appreciate the QTEs in this game, since you at least get clear button prompts in this) I almost never 100% a game. While I did get all the achievements, that is not what I refer to. I played through numerous times, changing countless decisions along the way, in an attempt to see everything the game has to offer. If you play the game, I HIGHLY recommend playing the game without guides. I also recommend letting the game unfold naturally; just play the game the way you think it should be played and let consequences happen.

---{ Graphics }--- ☑ You forget what reality is ☐ Beautiful ☐ Good ☐ Decent ☐ Bad ☐ Don‘t look too long at it ☐ MS-DOS ---{ Gameplay }--- ☐ Very good ☐ Good ☑ It's just gameplay ☐ Mehh ☐ Watch paint dry instead ☐ Just don't ---{ Audio }--- ☑ Eargasm ☐ Very good ☐ Good ☐ Not too bad ☐ Bad ☐ I'm now deaf ---{ Audience }--- ☐ Kids ☐ Teens ☑ Adults ☐ Grandma ---{ PC Requirements }--- ☐ Check if you can run paint ☐ Potato ☐ Decent ☑ Fast ☐ Rich boi ☐ Ask NASA if they have a spare computer ---{ Game Size }--- ☐ Floppy Disk ☐ Old Fashioned ☐ Workable ☑ Big ☐ Will eat 15% of your 1TB hard drive ☐ You will want an entire hard drive to hold it ☐ You will need to invest in a black hole to hold all the data ---{ Difficulty }--- ☑ Just press 'W' ☐ Easy ☐ Easy to learn / Hard to master ☐ Significant brain usage ☐ Difficult ☐ Dark Souls ---{ Grind }--- ☑ Nothing to grind ☐ Only if u care about leaderboards/ranks ☐ Isn't necessary to progress ☐ Average grind level ☐ Too much grind ☐ You'll need a second life for grinding ---{ Story }--- ☐ No Story ☐ Some lore ☐ Average ☐ Good ☐ Lovely ☑ It'll replace your life ---{ Game Time }--- ☐ Long enough for a cup of coffee ☐ Short ☑ Average ☐ Long ☐ To infinity and beyond ---{ Price }--- ☐ It's free! ☑ Worth the price ☐ If it's on sale ☐ If u have some spare money left ☐ Not recommended ☐ You could also just burn your money ---{ Bugs }--- ☐ Never heard of ☑ Minor bugs ☐ Can get annoying ☐ ARK: Survival Evolved ☐ The game itself is a big terrarium for bugs ---{ ? / 10 }--- ☐ 1 ☐ 2 ☐ 3 ☐ 4 ☐ 5 ☐ 6 ☐ 7 ☐ 8 ☑ 9 ☐ 10

Even in 2026, it's still a delight for the eyes and the ears. Immersive graphics with perfect voice acting. This would be one of the easiest game to adapt in a movie. It's an interactive story shared between 3 main characters, each remaining independent for most of the game. It allows to show different perspectives. An antagonist point of view with Connor as investigator. A more intimate point of view with Kara as a mother. And a broader point of view, with Marcus, as the rebel leader. The game is divided in scenes, presenting various and detailed locations. Each scene alternates between the story of the three main characters. There are various types of scenes, such as: investigations (my favorite), pursuits, dialogs, fights, ... Even if, individually, a scene may seem slow, the alternation of sequences and characters gives the game a good pacing. Although it's an interactive story, it's still a game. Therefore it's possible to fail to reach a desired outcome for, a dialog, a pursuit, a fight, ... Some choices are really well made. However some choices are unintuitive. So yes, sometimes I left and reloaded to do better. And sometimes I realized that where I thought I had failed, it was actually a forced outcome... Sometimes even the wording of the choices was too ambiguous or misleading. The story is very interesting because nowadays AI is used in all fields, even more so than when the game was released. The beginning of the game shows with great details the impact that the AI, and more specifically the androids, can have on the society. It's well made, and credible enough to be scared about the future development of the AI. The strength of the story is its three independent main characters. I really liked Connor and Kara and their stories. And their voice acting was perfect (I played in French). Marcus was also interesting in the beginning, but in my opinion, he changed far too quickly and unnaturally. The more the story progressed, the more I found Marcus to be a caricature, and it's a shame because it was the character with the biggest impact in the world of Detroit: Become Human. Consequently, I didn't find that the ending shaped through my choices was realistic. I nitpick a bit here, but sometimes I found the story development lacked some nuances, the choices obeying a dichotomous logic. Ex: When Connor is with Hank, every choices and dialogs must be emotional to please him, and with his counterpart, Amanda, every choices must be logical. Even the main menu is interesting. It is hosted by a female android. She is speaking with us and sometimes more: after playing for a few hours, she proposed to answer a survey. It was funny and unsettling to see what the other players have answered ^^ Overall, it's a perfectible yet very immersive adventure and I can easily imagine myself playing an hypothetical sequel.