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#DETROIT BECOME HUMAN THE HOSTAGE FAIL TO BUILD TRUST SERIES#
“Trauma results from an event, series of events, or set of circumstances that is experienced by an individual as physically or emotionally harmful or threatening and that has lasting adverse effects on the individual’s functioning and physical, social, emotional, or spiritual well-being” ( Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, Trauma and Justice Strategic Initiative, 2012, p.
quote, in a ham-fisted attempt at a race metaphor – but for the most part, Detroit offers realistic characters and a thoughtful contemplation on society.In this text, “trauma” refers to experiences that cause intense physical and psychological stress reactions. The game's worst sin there is some extremely trite dialogue options – Markus can at one point respond with a Martin Luther King Jr. The overall quality of the writing is better than much of the studio's past output, too. However, investigative sections as Connor, where crime scenes can be reconstructed, add a welcome uptick in engagement – a far cry from an early scene where you literally wash the dishes as Kara – while cannily navigating free-choice conversations, affecting the trust of human characters, make you feel like a real impact is being made. These prompts are occasionally joined by Quick Time Events, which remain a contentious design choice years after the term was coined by Shenmue's Yu Suzuki – fail to press a button at the right time, and the outcome of a scene can totally change. Like most of Quantic Dreams' output, you'll mainly be making your way through scenes, using items with flicks of thumbsticks, tilts of the controller, or swipes of the touchpad when prompted, all actions designed to mimic actually using objects. The trade-off is interactivity and, for want of a better term, gameplay. Even the androids' scanning mode, used to highlight key objects or to display objectives, is neatly incorporated as an almost filmic overlay, aiding immersion in the world.
That results in a highly cinematic experience with practically no on-screen HUD. It's a story ultimately pinned on the not-exactly-original exploration of what it means to be human, but that now-familiar question is given gravitas thanks to solid performances from the likes of Valerie Curry, Jesse Williams, Clancy Brown and Lance Henriksen.Ĭage and his team attempt to once again blur the lines between game and film.Īnyone familiar with Cage's body of work – chiefly Heavy Rain and Beyond: Two Souls – will find similar territory being trod here, as Cage and his team attempt to once again blur the lines between game and film.
#DETROIT BECOME HUMAN THE HOSTAGE FAIL TO BUILD TRUST ANDROID#
The world faces greater changes though, as these alarmingly detailed synthetics replace human labour, fostering resentment in wide swathes of the meatbag population – and that's before some start breaking the bonds of their programming, becoming "deviant" and occasionally murdering us.ĭetroit chiefly follows three android characters – Kara, a housemaid and carry-over from the startling 2012 tech demo that ultimately birthed the game Markus, carer for an ageing artist and Connor, a police model – shifting focus between them to build a complex and wildly branching story. This is the fulcrum on which writer/director David Cage posits his vision: a near-future where the former Motor City has been revitalised by the development of androids.
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