"Detroit" is a game about artificial intelligence and humanity's future. Guess where it's set?
The game is set in a near-future version of real-world city Detroit, Michigan. Things haven't improved much from current day, it looks like.
The debut trailer starts with a drive toward the city, passing dilapidated houses and infrastructure:
This PlayStation 4 game looks incredibly realistic - you have to see it for yourself
next slide will load in 15 secondsSkip AdSkip AdThis is the rebirth of manufacturing in the city of Detroit, once renowned for its automobile manufacturing.
Signs of the rebirth can be seen as the camera pans through the city's downtown:
This PlayStation 4 game looks incredibly realistic - you have to see it for yourself
This PlayStation 4 game looks incredibly realistic - you have to see it for yourself
But this time, instead of cars, Detroit is building humanoid androids.
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This is the construction of "Kara," the game's protagonist:
Though the androids look real, they're all robotics and programming below the surface:
This PlayStation 4 game looks incredibly realistic - you have to see it for yourself
This PlayStation 4 game looks incredibly realistic - you have to see it for yourself
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This PlayStation 4 game looks incredibly realistic - you have to see it for yourself
This PlayStation 4 game looks incredibly realistic - you have to see it for yourself
The final product, wrapped in plastic:
What makes Kara different is her ability to feel.
next slide will load in 15 secondsSkip AdSkip AdShe experiences fear, confusion, wonderment — feelings that androids don't have in near-future Detroit, apparently.
This PlayStation 4 game looks incredibly realistic - you have to see it for yourself
But Kara is entering a world full of politics.
This PlayStation 4 game looks incredibly realistic - you have to see it for yourself
Some folks in near-future Detroit don't appreciate that androids are replacing them as workers:
next slide will load in 15 secondsSkip AdSkip AdAnd this seems to be the central conflict of "Detroit" (the game). Androids are treated like slaves, because they're thought of as computers.
They even have a separate place to stand on the train:
And there's "Android parking" out in public, which looks just as crazy as you might imagine:
Despite feeling differently, Kara looks just like hundreds of other female androids.
Androids are easily identified by the glowing circle in their head:
next slide will load in 15 secondsSkip AdSkip AdWhich means, even with her normal clothing, she still stands out as an android:
But the folks who notice her most frequently are actually other androids:
This PlayStation 4 game looks incredibly realistic - you have to see it for yourself
This PlayStation 4 game looks incredibly realistic - you have to see it for yourself
This PlayStation 4 game looks incredibly realistic - you have to see it for yourself
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What will become of Kara and near-future Detroit? We'll hopefully find out sooner than later, as "Detroit: Become Human" heads to the PlayStation 4 at some point in the future.
Watch the full debut trailer right here: