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Detroit: Become Human review
Exceptional
by oliverxparker

Detroit is a game I have wanted to play since it's release. I absolutely love Quantic Dream and their previous outputs, especially 2010s Heavy Rain. When it was announced it was becoming free with ps+ I was very excited to finally get to play this. All of my expectations were matched and exceeded by a long stretch.

First of all the game looks gorgeous. The detail in the character models, facial expressions and environments are above and beyond almost all games I've seen this gen. People will argue they're only this good because of the lack of real action, which whilst probably true, you have to appreciate the work done on their engine to build this. 

The gameplay is classic QD, very limited amounts of gameplay with an emphasis on exploration, decision making and QTEs. Some of the scenes with action where you have to perform QTEs can be insanely intense as you know at any minute any character can die for good. Detroit absolutely nails the decision trees and the knock on effects of your actions. Even early on some of the things you do can affect extremely late game outcomes. This makes the game feel very in depth and also adds a great replay value. The narrative itself is amazing and the world built around androids and discrimination is detailed and very thoughtful.

Overall, this is easily in my top 3 PS exclusives and one of my favourite games this generation. The story is powerful, the game looks great and the amount of different paths offers something that many games fail to deliver. 100% worth playing at least once.
«Blew my mind»
«Just one more turn»
«Can’t stop playing»

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I would say that the best story game I have ever played. Amazing soundtrack, Amazing Visuals. An awesome gameplay.
10
«Blew my mind»
amazing game
«Blew my mind»
«Liked before it became a hit»
no but... this game is just really good everything about it, like the characters and the casting is PERFECT, the storyline fits and the ost makes me cry all the time; its my comfort game for. a reason LMFAOOO i love dbh
«Blew my mind»
«Just one more turn»
As far as gameplay, this is absolutely perfect.  The story is a little convoluted.  Following 3 characters is fine, but when you have to setup 3 characters separate from each other, it makes for a long stretch of setup.  Almost abandoned after cleaning up for people for a few hours...
great voice acting. very relevant
Easily one of the best story focused games. There are a couple of bad direction choices, but the overall story is interesting and doesn't fall apart in the end.

If you have played other Quantic Dream games, you know what to expect. Quick time events and dialogue choices that have an impact on the story. There is enough variation in the gameplay and events to keep it from being too dialogue or action oriented.
exceptional. incredible. the fbi agent has a potential big cock