“A God from the machine” — Sentience and/or sapience within a man-made creation is not a... well — novel concept. I'd liken the idea was popularized back in 1951 due to the book “Foundation” by Isaac Asimov, but I'd also wager the idea goes back even further.

What makes Detroit: Become Human stand out are the characters and their connection. Much like any story that stems from an idea that may or not be overused, it's the details that really grab you.

Quantic Dream is what I'd consider the third developer of modern adventure games, the other two being TellTale and DONTNOD. “Modern adventure games” generally referring to linear narratives with branching paths due to dialogue choices and quick-time events.
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3264823301

What differs about Detroit is that it shows you a flowchart of possibles decisions and outcomes after each scene, as opposed to a percentage of what other players chose. It doesn't spoil what the other choices you didn't make were, but it does show potential places you could have made a different choice. This is largely useful for completionists, however if you're a person that only plays these types of games once, and accepts that version of events as their “true” run, the flowchart is not that interesting.

While the game is technically verified for Steam Deck, I personally felt it did not perform that well at its default settings at 800p. I ended up lowering the resolution to 576p and using the built it FSR scaling feature, this mitigated the amount of extreme frame drops. The game runs at 30FPS, which I think is fine, especially for a game like this, but it did drop under 20 at times during loading. That said, it never affected my ability to answer/ask/interact with dialogue, explore or succeed at quick-time events. Depending on the environment, the game would use about 12W-18W, so about middle-ground on battery drain.
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3264823805

Even with the lower resolution, I felt the game still looked great on the Deck due to the pixel density.

Good story, good characters — not the most original, but it's well told and effective at pulling your heartstrings.

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Nachdem ich Detroit: Become Human bereits auf der PlayStation und Epic Games gespielt habe, habe ich es nun auch auf Steam gekauft.

Dieses Spiel hat mich mehrmals zu Tränen gerührt. Die Geschichten von Connor, Markus und Kara sind so fesselnd und emotional aufgeladen, dass ich oft innehalten musste, um das Erlebte zu verarbeiten. Die Welt, in der Androiden um ihre Freiheit kämpfen, hat mich tief berührt. Jede Entscheidung, die man trifft, hat echte Konsequenzen, und ich fühlte das Gewicht jeder einzelnen davon.

Ich würde Detroit: Become Human eher als "spielbaren Film" statt als "Spiel" bezeichnen. Die narrative Tiefe, die exzellenten schauspielerischen Leistungen und die filmische Inszenierung machen es zu einem einzigartigen Erlebnis. Es geht weit über das hinaus, was man von einem traditionellen Spiel erwartet, und bietet eine interaktive Geschichte, die unter die Haut geht.

Für diejenigen, die sich auf tiefgehende Geschichten und intensive emotionale Momente einlassen möchten, ist Detroit: Become Human ein absolutes Muss. Es ist ein Spiel, das man nicht nur spielt, sondern tief erlebt. Ich bin froh, dass ich es zum dritten Mal gekauft habe und kann es jedem wärmstens empfehlen, der auf der Suche nach einer eindringlichen, emotionalen Erfahrung ist.

YES!!!!!!