Uploaded January 2023 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
As it turns out, the Detroit fight scene choreography was mostly done in one take requiring meticulous planning and execution. In the game this performance is then cut up a lot and modified to add in the QTEs. In this video I restored the original one take performance as best as possible. For immersion all UI elements are also removed. This required some heavy modifications including:
-Removing all QTE prompts and interruptions such as from the Mind Palace activating
-Importing the animations from scratch and let them play uninterrupted
-Adding audio to this entire fight scene which now has vastly different timings than the original scene had
-Filming everything using only a single shot so we capture the performances as best as possible
-Re-light the scene so nothing is obscured in darkness
In the process I noticed that several bits from the fight performance are never used in the final game, so this video will also showcase these at the same time.
I might eventually turn this into a video series and start working on other fight scenes to turn them into a one take as well.
As it turns out, the Detroit fight scene choreography was mostly done in one take requiring meticulous planning and execution. In the game this performance is then cut up a lot and modified to add in the QTEs. In this video I restored the original one take performance as best as possible. For immersion all UI elements are also removed. This required some heavy modifications including:
-Removing all QTE prompts and interruptions such as from the Mind Palace activating
-Importing the animations from scratch and let them play uninterrupted
-Adding audio to this entire fight scene which now has vastly different timings than the original scene had
-Filming everything using only a single shot so we capture the performances as best as possible
-Re-light the scene so nothing is obscured in darkness
In the process I noticed that several bits from the fight performance are never used in the final game, so this video will also showcase these at the same time.
I might eventually turn this into a video series and start working on other fight scenes to turn them into a one take as well.

