I mentioned previously that I was a little skeptical when I first saw Dispatch, not because of any indicators about its quality—or lack thereof, for that matter—but because I honestly felt the industry as a whole was so burnt out on these kinds of episodic that they quietly died alongside Telltale Games. I guess I didn’t realize how much I would miss something until it was gone, because seeing a new one in 2025 felt genuinely refreshing.
When I sat down with AdHoc Studio a few months ago, both the passion for what they were making and the brief bit of gameplay I got to see sold me on the concept, but sitting down and playing Dispatch sold me on the game. Not only is it a compelling, funny and well-written narrative experience, its core gameplay is so well executed that it could genuinely work as its own standalone game.
As I mentioned a bit in my preview, Dispatch puts players in the relatively normal shoes of Robert Robertson (AKA Mechaman), who, in a confrontation with a... Read more