Sony’s impressive 2018 lineup of exclusives is starting to take shape, with the anticipated Detroit: Become Human set to make difficult decisions from 25th May on the PlayStation 4. French developer Quantic Dream had reiterated multiple times that the title would be ready to release in Spring 2018, and it’s kept that promise with this confirmation.
“Detroit: Become Human is the story of three androids, three machines designed to obey, who start to feel emotions,” wrote director David Cage on the PlayStation Blog. “Confronted with persecution and the violence of society, they will all have to decide who they want to be.” The studio claims that this is its most ambitious tale to date.
The three characters are Connor, a kind of android detective; Kara, the rogue maid who starred in the Parisian studio’s PlayStation 3 short story several years ago, and; Markus, the leader of what will become the android revolution. Much like in Heavy Rain, you’ll take control of each, and there’ll be deep consequences to the decisions that you make.
“Each story is almost as unique as your DNA: it is the result of the choices you made, the minor ones and the important ones, because in Detroit, all choices matter,” Cage continued. “You will need to observe, think, decide, feel, follow your intuition or your heart, to tell the unique stories of each character, and their stories will become your personal story.”
Quantic Dream is also eager to stress that Detroit’s sci-fi story has many themes that are relatable in today’s world. “Of course, it is about AI and the role of technology, but it is also more than anything about us, about our society, our dreams, our mistakes, our hopes. It is about what it means to be human: is it just about having flesh and bones, or does it mean more than that?”
You can read much more from Cage over on the PlayStation Blog, where he discusses the title’s controversy and the way in which it pushes the PlayStation 4 to its very limits. Games like this are rare, so we’re really looking forward to giving it a go. And with God of War coming a month before it, this is a shaping up to be a helluva start to 2018 for the PS4.
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Yes! I can't wait for this!
Ooh my birthday!
Really looking forward to this one. I loved heavy rain. Beyond was good, and looked incredible - although the time hopping was super frustrating (i know they fixed that on the ps4 release). Cant wait to see what they come up with this time. As for the controversy, I'm glad that companies are trying to push the medium into new territory. Other media doesnt shy away from mature themes, so why should video games - provided these issues are handled in the right way
No difficult decision for me. Day one.
Man After Seeing Sony's Statement today they are going all out on 1st party focus and support.
http://www.sie.com/en/corporate/release/2018/180301.html
Im super hyped for this game i just wish it was in June instead. Its so close to GoW
I hate the box art. I hope that's just US.
Will wait for reviews but I am sufficiently excitied to have this on my want list.
Can’t wait!
@mookysam I’m the 27th. I know what I’ll be getting .
Hopefully the game's better than the box art. That is woeful.
Supremely excited. I just want the game to take me on a rollercoaster ride the same way Heavy Rain did in 2010, that's all I ask.
Well
Between this and Vampyre I have a feeling I am going to be a nervous wreck. All these digital lives hanging in the balance.
Yes yes yes yes yes!
Day one, and the haters can moderated.
@YummyHappyPills
Im grabbing both DK and Dark Souls for the switch. and Detroit Become human for Ps4. Hopefully i have time for become human if not i'll just play it during the summer low months.
@Hapuc They certainly seem to be putting things in place to head into the remainder of this generation and the next with purpose.
So that Knack 2, Gran Turismo Sport, God of War and now Detroit that have had release dates three months out from release. Clearly this is the new norm with Sony now.
@Turismo4GT They Did.
And they did something right this gen that I really like hope they will continue next gen too.
So with Ni No Kuni2: Revenant Kingdom in March Yakuza 6 & God War in April. Detroit: Become Human in May. So that mean we will See Spider-Man come June i hope?
@get2sammyb I would prefer Kara on the cover and more than just a third of a face. There's a fan cover out there which isn't bad. No need to crowd the cover, just one character and enough space that you don't have to put the title on their face.
Looking forward to the game too, should be good!
@Gravity_Bear I'm hoping the European cover is different to be honest.
@get2sammyb I don't think it's that bad, quite prefer it to the generic guy with gun trope that's on most these days.
So excited , Sony is going to make another killing this year . Every exclusive im hyped for 🙂
Beerus-sama has been waiting patiently for this one.
Since I buy mostly digital I stopped caring about box art.
@Rob_230
I recently finished Heavy Rain and just started Beyond 2 souls in original order. Would you suggest to play in remixed (chronological order)? Please somebody advise me.
@Splat All my library in digital except one PES 2018. True for digital the cover is not important. Still I prefer Kara to appear on the homepage. lol.
David Cage must be a witch. Only way it can explain how he can release dreadful games, get absolutely slated for said dreadful games by reviewers and people who play it, make an absolute state of himself in interviews for his new dreadful looking game and then people STILL want more games from him. Fully expect the cycle to continue here.
A shame really. He has good ideas, he’s just an absurdly bad at everything except ideas. Take him away from having any input in a game besides the story and he may be responsible for something good at last.
Can't wait for this. The cover art is bad though, I hope there's steelcase version that has better cover art.
@get2sammyb I'm glad I'm not the only one that hate the box art lol
@mrbone I'd play it in remixed order, that's how it was intended.
@LafayetteBlues This is a terrible comment. Did it ever occur to you that people might like these games? They sure sell well enough, after all.
I liked the initial ideas but it quickly began to change into something I was less interested in.
The Beyond story is kinda of a mess no matter the order. I thought HR was way better.
HR was slow out of the gate but once it got going it had me hooked.
@get2sammyb By terrible you mean what repeatedly happens, yes? Nothing against them myself, Heavy Rain was fun in parts. But each game is slagged off rotten after the hype dies down and Cage (yet again) makes himself look a tool in pre-game press. Correct me if I’m wrong but that is what I said. That isn’t “a terrible comemnt” it’s what happens. Or is it your opinion is the defining one seeing as you seem to have a problem me expressing my opinion as it’s different to yours...?
@DashingGold1 Sony confirmed Days Gone release in first half of 2018. i think Spider-Man release in August.. Days Gone release in June is possibly
March : Ni No Kuni 2, MLB 18 the show
April : Yazuka 6 and God of War
May : Detroit Become Human
June : Days Gone
July : ???
August : Spider-Man ???
September : ???
October : ???
November : Dream ???
December : Shenmue 3
@LafayetteBlues Just because a handful of vocal people have a hate boner doesn't mean they reflect the market at large. A lot of people like Quantic Dream's games, hence they sell in the millions.
And while they're not above criticism by any stretch of the imagination, I'd argue that Heavy Rain in particular was massively influential — I'm not sure stuff like Life Is Strange and Telltale's entire body of work would exist without it.
By that measure, I'm not sure I'd call their games "dreadful" or "absurdly bad" but each to their own. Carry on as you were.
@get2sammyb @mrbone Its a tough one. Sammy makes sense that the way the game was intended to be played was out of order. But it had an impact on the flow for me. If i were to play again it would be chronologically , but ive already enjoyed the original experience
I want but (random backlog complaint)
I wasn't a fan of Heavy Rain, but I'm intrigued by this one. I might wait for reviews first though.
Never been a fan of Quantic Dream's games and it's always because the gameplay style that's there doesn't click with me and the big part of these games, the story, is always too pretentious for its good. Cage is not as good a storyteller as he seems to believe he is. Of course, the games sell well, obviously or else QD wouldn't keep making them, so I'm sure this will find an audience, I just never got into them. Wanted to like Beyond: Two Souls, interesting premise much like this game, but the story let it down.
@Fight_Teza_Fight @mookysam 24th!
@get2sammyb Each region gets its own face, and you need to import them if you want to collect them all
I don't think it's awful, it's not amazing either. It's just... different..?
@Octane It could and should be way cooler IMO, but it's just the boxart so not a big deal. It actually wouldn't be so bad if they did the different faces, I wouldn't mind that.
@LafayetteBlues dude heavy rain reviewed and sold extremely well and beyond didn't review or sell as well as heavy rain but still did nice for itself
This game is a maybe for me. I'll have to check reviews and see what other games I wanna play before getting this.
Day one! Can't wait.
Ill buy it day one!........... Digitally........ So i dont have to look at that box lol
@LafayetteBlues So weird, it's exactly how I feel about Miyomoto except the opposite.
i really want this but i can't afford it on release date plus i have far too many games in my backlog so i think i'll wait for a bit before i pick it up
@Splat I went all digital late last year and I love it !
I'm interested, not hyped. I've only played two of their games and one was a hit and the other was a miss with me
That box art... They should change it, looks awful.
@get2sammyb Yeah, at the end of the day the cover doesn't really matter, but if they do end up going with the above image, hopefully they make it reversible.
And for the icon on the PlayStation, hopefully they don't go with that image. It would actually be nice if in the options for each game on the live area, you could change the icon. Could come bundled with different images.
I'm hoping the box art is not final, otherwise super excited the game finally has been dated!
So now we know Detroit’s release date. I think Sony better avoid releasing Spider-Man and Days Gone in June-July, because the whole world will be glued to the screen for the World Cup. Dont you think? I know they’re different things, but I think Sony will take this major event into consideration. Especially that Spider-Man is an international icon. So I still predict that Spider-Man is coming for late Summer/early Fall (August-September). And I think Days Gone will come out in December Or early 2019.
@get2sammyb It should be Kara should be on the cover. 😀
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