Reality can be whatever I want and today it’s giving you an android tiefling from Detroit: Become Human and Baldur’s Gate :]]]
As indulgent as this was, I would still like to think this makes SOME sense lore wise? Perhaps the Hells began advancing on their automaton technology for the Blood War, leading to androids nearly indistinguishable from living people. Imagine the weird skin tech from DBH combining with magic and glamours - there’s gotta be some potential there
As for the horns, I wanted them to be kinda elegant - unnaturally pretty maybe - just like the androids in DBH. The LED would be replaced by glowing horn tips which can be broken off and filed down for the deviants that want to appear “normal”. I put a CyberLife symbol in its place simply cuz I was too lazy to find a way to make Connor still look recognizable otherwiselkfjdlsfds mb :,>
Anyway, food for thought :>
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[ Day 6 - Hank Anderson, fresh from the shower, with a towel hanging low on his hips. - for LankaKitten💖]
I am testing this website, aren't I?
You can check out the day 1-9 early up on Patreon!
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DBH: Cut Content - The Pharmacy + John’s Coffee Shop
Here’s a small look into cut content for chapter “On the Run” — specifically the pharmacy where Kara was meant to purchase medicine for Alice and the coffee shop she was meant to visit for breakfast with Alice.
Pictured is the pharmacy in concept art vs. the detailed version in the game, depicted in Fugitives:
The money Kara can steal from Ralph’s place may have been vital to purchase medicine or food for Alice in “On the Run”, unless Kara previously stole from the cashier in “Fugitives”. Didn’t you wonder why Kara never uses Ralph’s money after she stole from him? Most likely she was meant to, but the locations to redeem her cash aren‘t playable anymore.
A model for the cut pharmacist still exists, an MP600. She’s labeled ANDPHARMAW_01. No other android in the game shares her unique likeness:
The detailed coffe shop in the game vs. concept art:
If you stayed at the motel with Alice, meaning Kara previously stole from the cashier, she will suggest going out for breakfast with Alice. Instead of Connor tracking Kara down at the motel, concept art shows the cops were originally supposed to track Kara down at the coffee shop, initiating her stealth sequence.
John’s Coffe is also implied to be a location where the player could spot Riley (Markus’ scrapped love interest) meeting with Leo Manfred for coffee. At the table behind Kara, you can spot Leo in his recolored V-neck and beanie with a girl wearing North’s signature side braid.
Compared to the cut Dragon Pawn Shop in Camden which remained a mostly unfurnished shell, both the pharmacy and coffee shop are polished and high-resolution down to the detailed cupcakes and the small pharmacy labels. The amount of detail to both locations suggest they have been cut late into development, to the point where Ralph’s money and the motel dialogue still exists to reference them.
Why I believe the pharmacy and coffee shop were fully designed but ended up cut:
I imagine if Alice was originally meant to be human, not android, a pharmacy and coffee shop would make sense to seek out and to take care of her needs. As we know, even android Alice gets „ill“ as the journey progresses. The player may have been able to treat her flu early if Alice was human, however there’d be no use in getting medication or food if she‘s android. For that reason, both shops may have been abandoned if Alice was rewritten to be an android.
If Alice was in fact always meant to be android, not human, perhaps the test Players gave negative feedback after purchasing medicine and food for Alice for no reason. Neither of those things will help an android, therefore the test Players would have just wasted time at both locations.
Another reason could be that too many Test Players missed out on getting Alice breakfast and medicine because they didn’t steal money from Ralph or the store. A similar cut happened to Ralph’s place. Kara’s original entryway through a broken window after climbing onto the roof was cut because a lot of Test Players didn’t spot this window. In the end, Quantic Dream made Kara enter through the main door instead, which was originally boarded up as seen in my screenshot.
In the context of Alice being android, do you approve that breakfast at the coffee shop and purchasing medicine were cut? Or would you have preferred these options in the game just for the visuals and world building, even if your purchases were unnecessary?
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