r/dispatchgame
Drew the DTLA branch. Hope there’s more of them in S2
I kinda wish Mandy an old woman
I think it’d add to her character a bit more. Mandy would not only be normal, but someone who is out of her prime and (seemingly) hasn’t accomplished much in life. I’m not her character didn’t work without this, but I think it definitely helps explain why she feels so inadequate compared to her Blonde Blazer identity.
It also strengthens the theory that the person Mecha Man Prime died saving was a young Mandy. Making her a massive fan of the Mecha Man legacy and inspiring her to become a hero. It’s a theory I really like personally.
It also gives the player something to genuinely grapple with. The girl you romanced and got to know was older this whole time. I can’t tell if it was meant to be slightly comedic, but the reveal that Blonde Blazer was actually a 5’7 brunette was kinda lackluster. I get that’s the point but idk. Although it might be a dick move to have the player choose between BB and Visi only to reveal AFTERWARDS that she’s an older woman.
Phenomenal.
But I am disappointed.
Dispatch is my very first visual-novel-like game, and I really hoped the in-game actions would have a lot more weight then it really did.
Going after Blonde Blazer, kissing her on the billboard or not doesn't really seem to make a difference in wether I romance her or not, but going to dinner. I say this because the option was still there when I decided to romance Visi.
Giving a hint on me being blue also didn't cause an effect on Prism or Mal reactions when they get to know it, wether I tell them or Chase does.
It also didn't effect how Flambae gets along with us. If we tell him, he comes around. If he discovers it by the end of the game, he doesn't even care.
And at the party, it doesn't matter if you decide to support the team and go raid the warehouse, or if you back off. Visi goes there alone the same, and Chase get's hurt the same. This is my biggest disappointment with the game, there is no way in making this different. I bet I could "not help" Visi, and she would manage either way.
I also did my second run with QTE disabled, and it was so much better, because the QTE have literal 0 effects on the story, which is also A SHAME.
And because all of that, I don't feel like playing a 3rd time to stay single. It barely changes a thing.
All of this aside, I do have compliments for the art style, the story, the setting of ambience, the Voice Acting and MOST IMPORTANTLY, the Characters.
It's really the high point seeing all of them exquisite people interacting. Prism and Mal are my favorites, they made me laugh tons. And it's adorable how they all came to feel like a team. I do felt like the most impactful decision is to tell them we are Mecha Man, because they get to be there on Proto 17, 12 idk. And it just adds another layer to the party scene.
I got so emotionally involved with the chatacters, I raised Golem's charisma first, because Blonde Blazer said he seems lonely, just as I leveled up Water Boy's charisma as well. And this is very weird, because I felt Water Boy looked more confident on the route I chose Phenomaman
And talking about Phenomaman, is he meant to be a parody of Omni Man? They talk the same way, it's hillarius. I hope I just foreshadowed Phenomaman going ballistic in the 2nd season and he is just playing dumb.
My greatest critique is really towards replayability, for a game like this, I think it was a lot more important. There should at least be 1 option where the final battle against Shroud doesn't happen at SDN or a scenario where the heroes don't win for a different set back to 2nd season, since, you know, all the finales are win with some minor changes
I have painted Blonde Blazer (a little nsfw)
Printed and painted by me
3d model designed by ca3d
A coupe apology post
Hey all! So I just finished a third run of dispatch having cut sonar instead of coupe. As you can see she ended up being the strongest hero on my z-team. Using her and punch up got me a lot of successful calls completed.
That being said I admittedly still prefer sonar. NGL, it felt weird fighting him at the end of the game. It didn’t hit as hard as fighting coupe, but I definitely feel bad now having cut her those past two times.
Watching the Dispatch like an actual series after playing it twice 💪😎🥰
is it common to perform better than 100% of people as a dispatcher?
I found out Dispatch has a demo on steam
Should I try it out before considering buying it?
Robert Thragg does unfathomably hard (@samidayal)
Robbie was lowkey asking for it 😭
Refused my shot on the team for the FIFTH time, take MY astral pulse without honouring our deal and nearly KILL me when I wanted to prove myself.
Not saying Elliot was justified in killing him, buuut… 👀
I know I’m kinda taking Shroud’s claims about the astral pulse at face value here. Idk why but I’m inclined to believe him, maybe I just like siding with the underdog in this situation. He isn’t exactly a slouch at inventing stuff either.
Royd Portrait
I edited a together a bust view portrait of Royd for fun. Since he didn't have one in game. Feel free to use it for any template.
My redone Shadowheart is giving me Invisigal from Dispatch vibes
Bonus photo of my Tav, Guinevere, being annoyed at Shart and Astarion’s impromptu post-makeover photo shoot
[Dual Combo!] Week 4 by me
Free for all prompt
Remember when InvisiMech pulled a dual combo after a Punch-up assist? lol
Herm has some good taste (also Robert hanging out with Beef)
How many hours y'all got in the game?
Before I stopped playing it back in January to focus on other games, I had a total of 79 hours