Detroit: Become Human, the latest effort from French developer Quantic Dream, asks players a question. Could you care about an android?
It’s a question that’s been posed to audiences throughout sci-fi movie history in various ways - think Westworld and Spielberg’s A.I. especially - and the influences of these films are felt keenly in the demo I saw today.
Much of this is to do with Detroit’s central premise. Qantic has created a world where androids are ubiquitous in the service industry but malfunctioning in inexplicable ways. Some have disappeared for no reason, explains writer/director David Cage. Some are committing suicide, and some are “behaving violently around humans”.
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It’s a question that’s been posed to audiences throughout sci-fi movie history in various ways - think Westworld and Spielberg’s A.I. especially - and the influences of these films are felt keenly in the demo I saw today.
Much of this is to do with Detroit’s central premise. Qantic has created a world where androids are ubiquitous in the service industry but malfunctioning in inexplicable ways. Some have disappeared for no reason, explains writer/director David Cage. Some are committing suicide, and some are “behaving violently around humans”.
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