• The gameplay is “very usual” in a way, but the player interacts with the environment and can make choices. The story is told through his decisions and his gameplay.
• The ambition of the development team is to make Detroit: Become Human the most “bending” game they ever made, influenced by the decisions of the player.
• The player is gonna play different characters and see the story from different points of view. It’s not just about having different endings, but also different journeys that will generate different endings and different outcomes.
• The stories of the various characters start in parallel and create a bigger scenario.
• The playable scene introduced at E3, which is the first scene of the game, has six different endings, and has consequences through the rest of the game.
• You influence the outcomes in several ways, simply by playing or by talking to people and taking decisions.
• The game is a “neo noir thriller.” It’s set in the near future where androids replace humans in many jobs. There are million across the country. Some androids start to find themselves overwhelmed by feelings, even if they’re not supposed to feel any. The new character introduced today, Connor, is a “deviant hunter,” that hunts those androids that have been deviating from their protocols.

Spring Drive said:

• The gameplay is “very usual” in a way, but the player interacts with the environment and can make choices. The story is told through his decisions and his gameplay.
• The ambition of the development team is to make Detroit: Become Human the most “bending” game they ever made, influenced by the decisions of the player.
• The player is gonna play different characters and see the story from different points of view. It’s not just about having different endings, but also different journeys that will generate different endings and different outcomes.[/i]
• The stories of the various characters start in parallel and create a bigger scenario.
• The playable scene introduced at E3, which is the first scene of the game, has six different endings, and has consequences through the rest of the game.
• You influence the out

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  I just finished beyond the other day, the ultimate game of no player agency regardless of advertising.
  ("theres a noise outside! Do I check it out or go back to my room?" I choose to go back to my room, game stops me at the door and says I should really check the noise out, because screw decisions!)
  
  fool me once, shame on you, fool me twice...
  
  
  I remember David Cage saying a game over is a bad thing because it's telling the player they aren't playing the game just like the dev wanted them too.
  No. A game over means you failed at overcoming the challenge of the game. What you did was the opposite and just...failed at a higher level.

Soulflarz said:

highlighting instead of italicizing because it's hard to see bolding in this list, apologies for the no bold text



I just finished beyond the other day, the ultimate game of no player agency regardless of advertising.
("theres a noise outside! Do I check it out or go back to my room?" I choose to go back to my room, game stops me at the door and says I should really check the noise out, because screw decisions!)

fool me once, shame on you, fool me twice...


I remember David Cage saying a game over is a bad thing because it's telling the player they aren't playing the game just like the dev wanted them too.
No. A game over means you failed at overcoming the challenge of the game. What you did was the opposite and just...failed at a higher level.

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Callibretto said:

you should play Heavy Rain, it has more similarities to Detroit than Beyond. multiple characters, lots of branching paths and possible ending.

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Soulflarz said:

Oh thank God

FWIW I loved Heavy Rain, it's just Beyond taught me that Cage is not honest in his PR talks.

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Soulflarz said:

Oh thank God

FWIW I loved Heavy Rain, it's just Beyond taught me that Cage is not honest in his PR talks.

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Future said:

Beyond actually had a lot of choice making if I remember right. Just they made it really obtuse whether or not you actually were making a choice or not and what affect it might have caused

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Alpha Phoenix said:

So Kara is hopefully still in the game...

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Alpha Phoenix said:

So Kara is hopefully still in the game...

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Transistor said:

So glad it looks like they're going back to the Heavy Rain style instead of Beyond. I didn't mind Beyond, but my choices made so little difference in it.

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HStallion said:

I know its cool to hate on David Cage but I've enjoyed most of his games despite having big issues with them. I can see what they are trying to build but they haven't gotten there yet but maybe this will be a game that can realize a lot of the more grandiose ideas they've been pushing for years. I know I'd love to see Cage and crew knock it out of the park, not many other studios attempting to make games like this at such a scale.

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Spring Drive said:

There were meaningful choices, only at the very end, Mass Effect 3-style ¯\_(&#12484_/¯

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Transistor said:

Yeah, that's what I meant. Nothing you did had any effect on the ending.

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Big ways? None.

Small ways:
There's a whole list of people that can die or be saved.

Spoiler

-Paul
-Norah
-Jimmy
-Walter
-Cole
-Ryan

If you don't get attacked in the bar,

Spoiler

you can sleep with Ryan

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if you get attacked,

Spoiler

you can't

.

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You can fail the ritual in the Navajo chapter.

Ryan can

Spoiler

lose an eye

if you

Spoiler

don't talk during the interrogation

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you can also

Spoiler

talk and his eye will be saved

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rockman zx said:

Link to the video not working for me on pc or mobile, is the link right OP?.

If any mod is reading this, can we merge all the detroit threads in one?, we have 3 active and is annoying as hell.

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Bishop89 said:

honestly this sounds amazing. I cannot wait

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Alpha Phoenix said:

So Kara is hopefully still in the game...

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AudioEppa said:

David Cage Is the man, I wish QD was a two team development group, would love to get more of their games sooner.

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Spring Drive said:

The studio is completely devoted to serving Cage's vision so I don't know how it'd work without a big cultural shift in the company.

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Darryl M R said:

So with these types of games is it purely dialogue options? I never played Heavy Rain? There is no combat or exploration?

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rockman zx said:

He is already saying is "hard" to handle 200 employees, I can't imagine the studio having more people and on top of that 2 project running simultaneously. I think it would be could if they let someone from the studio handle small projects while Cage does the AAA.

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Darryl M R said:

So with these types of games is it purely dialogue options? I never played Heavy Rain? There is no combat or exploration?

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Spring Drive said:

Doesn't Platinum Games have about 200 employees? They seem to make a lot of games simultaneously. Telltale Games, too. How do they do it?

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Onemic said:

You lied to me Connor.....You lied to me....

....This....Is OUR story

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Callibretto said:

in Heavy Rain combat are purely qte, no idea about Detroit. exploration are limited to the scene at the time, but there are a lot of interactive items in the area that give you intel and better understanding of the situation which will give you more dialog option as you try to move the story forward based on your choices etc.

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Spring Drive said:

"The gameplay is “very usual” in a way, but the player interacts with the environment and can make choices. The story is told through his decisions and his gameplay."

There's more than just dialogue options

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Spring Drive said:

Doesn't Platinum Games have about 200 employees? They seem to make a lot of games simultaneously. Telltale Games, too. How do they do it?

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Darryl M R said:

Thanks for breaking this down for me. Sounds extremely fun. I'm excited for this game. Are people expecting a 2017 release?

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ItIsOkBro said:

I think the height of choice in Heavy Rain came from Norman Jayden and Madison Paige, two characters that can die multiple times and be written out of the story. However, if they remain alive, their contributions to the story don't seem meaningless/negligible, unlike most choice-based games where a character can live or die. I personally was surprised to find out Norman can die. So I'm excited that we can play as multiple characters in Detroit.

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Callibretto said:

the production value in QD games are far above those of Platinum and Telltale



eh, I don't see problem with the "you lied to me "line and the "this is our story" line is most likely only for trailer purposes, not actually in the game.

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Callibretto said:

eh, I don't see problem with the "you lied to me "line and the "this is our story" line is most likely only for trailer purposes, not actually in the game.

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