Legendary actor Leslie Nielsen is the star of a new hilarious edit of Detroit: Become Human, published by YouTuber eli_handle_b.wav earlier this week.
Released four years ago, Detroit: Become Human is the latest game from French developer Quantic Dream. Much like the studio's previous projects, it uses a mix of exploration and interactive cutscenes to craft a movie-like experience with a high replay value. It's hence widely regarded as one of the most cinematic games ever, which makes its gameplay footage fairly suitable for this style of parodying.
The two-minute edit combines various set pieces from Detroit: Become Human with scenes from some of Nielsen's most iconic '80s and '90s comedies: The Naked Gun trilogy and Wrongfully Accused, in which he plays the lovably incompetent detective Franklin "Frank" Drebin, as well as his single-season crime comedy series Police Squad! In some of these sequences, the late Canadian-American actor outright replaces the game's three playable characters - Connor, Markus, and Kara. In others, he's just kind of there, stumbling through the science-fiction world of the hit 2018 adventure which boasts lifetime sales of over five million units. The only constant is that contrasting Nielsen's goofiness with the bleak setting of Detroit: Become Human produces consistently hilarious results, regardless of whether he's singing "The Star-Spangled Banner" amid a confused crowd of Androids or participating in the most slapstick shootout imaginable.
The quality of the final result was helped by Sony's ongoing commitment to PlayStation PC ports, as the video was made using a modded Windows version of the game. More specifically, some scenes were recorded using the Injectable Camera mod by Otis_Inf, which allowed the creator to capture otherwise unobtainable gameplay footage. Without that tool, not all gags would have resulted in such a seamless blend of Nielsen's impeccable comedic timing and Quantic Dream's dystopian vision of Detroit.
Nielsen's unexpected Detroit: Become Human adventure serves as a reminder that the next Quantic Dream title still isn't close to release even after years of development. Earlier this year, a spokesperson for the Paris-based studio argued semantics over reports of yet another Star Wars Eclipse delay, stating that the game never had a release date to begin with. As things stand right now, Quantic Dream is in the middle of its longest development cycle yet, with Star Wars Eclipse being unlikely to hit the market for years.
Detroit: Become Human is available on PC and PS4.
