Quantic Dream shows intense hostage scene from Detroit: Become Human

Sony showed off an intense scene from its Detroit: Become Human video game at its press event tonight ahead of the Electronic Entertainment Expo.

This latest creation from Quantic Dream’s David Cage, who previously created ambitious narrative-heavy games such as Heavy Rain and Beyond: Two Souls (which some consider as falling short of ambitions). It’s an exclusive that Sony Interactive Entertainment is publishing for the PlayStation 4.

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The story is about an android named Kara who escapes the factory she was made in to explore her newfound awareness. But this scene involved an android named Conor in a hostage rescue.

The demo starts with a man in a suit, clearly an android, who is sent to rescue a girl, the hostage. Another android has taken the girl and is threatening to jump off a ledge with her. He does so, and the girl dies. But then the android appears to rewind time and makes a different decision. The scene replays over and over, until the artificial being rescues the girl. The android puts her down … and a sniper then kills him.

The android says at the end, “My name is Conor. This is our story.”