This is a transhumanism story for the android set. I devoured every chapter of these artificial intelligences shedding their artifice. And I learned that being human is filled with daily acts of self-sacrifice.

Quantic Dream's latest effort tells a great story and touches on some themes that we deal with in everyday life.

Buy Detroit: Become Human Detroit: Become Human starts with Chloe. She's an extremely attractive, realistic and completely synthetic android that serves as the "face" of the game, greeting you and talking you through the features.

Peace or violence Understanding or anger These are the types of dilemmas you will encounter as you wade through a choice-based narrative that deals with some difficult topics. From drug use and mental illness to murder and civil unrest, your decisions could shape the future of both the human and...

Stunning graphics; Captivating characters; Decision branches are thoughtful and diverse; All the feels

A few tiny details overlooked; Some mature themes handled clumsily; A tad unrealistic

is a poignantly pulpy interactive sci-fi drama where your choices can impact events to a greater and more satisfying degree than in most games of this type. Though I wish its story had been handled with a softer touch, especially considering the subtlety that can be conveyed through its tech and...

As a society, we're constantly turning to technology to relieve our burdens, and we become increasingly dependent on it. With the creation of self-driving cars and robots to attend to our needs, we have to wonder how these advancements will shape our society going forward – for better and worse.

Excellent gameplay! Very immersive. Yes, every action, every move, every choice matters! Several friends have played this game and everyone has a different experience. It has very high replay value. Don't hesitate- but this game now!

Baz, who may or may not be an AI, checks out the latest from Heavy Rain developer Quantic Dream.

Interesting world-building; Deep branching story lines; Impactful choices

Clunky and cliche dialogue; Thematically tactless

Quantic Dream's Detroit: Become Human is a collection of contrasts. A compelling and timely story is balanced by anvil-over-the-head lack of subtlety and reliance on cliche. Amazing visuals and masterful performance capture bring the characters and future Detroit to life but are contrasted by...

There's no question that Detroit is Quantic Dream's strongest release so far, as Omikron and Fahrenheit have aged terribly, and it soars past both...

Choices really do matter; Astonishing visuals and soundtrack; Strong performances all round

Writing still poor in places; Some questionable scenes and themes; Minor control annoyances