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Dispatch is Twilight for men. Robert is Bella, Blond Blazer is Edward, and Invisagirl is Jacob.

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[-] RamrodBaguette@hexbear.net 2 points 1 day ago

I mean, wasn't part of the drama over Twilight that it was being marketed to pubescent girls and glorified abusive relationships, on top of being run-of-the-mill slop? (Not that whatever Robert has going on with Visi is a healthy, equal relationship)

[-] Parzivus@hexbear.net 26 points 6 days ago

There are a lot of media properties you could describe as "twilight for men" tbh

[-] Alaskaball@hexbear.net 8 points 6 days ago

Like what for example? (Excluding anime or manga because that shits free points)

[-] CliffordBigRedDog@hexbear.net 8 points 5 days ago

Disco Elysium: Kim is Jacob and Jean is Edward

[-] RION@hexbear.net 25 points 6 days ago
[-] Alaskaball@hexbear.net 14 points 6 days ago

invisagirl might actually be the edward of the story

[-] prismatic@ttrpg.network 7 points 5 days ago

they should have turned the gender flipped version into a movie

[-] daniyeg@hexbear.net 10 points 5 days ago

dispatch is just goon coded. sorry but it's true gooners are all over it. personally i liked the animation but the story was just meh.

[-] Kefla@hexbear.net 8 points 5 days ago

I do have a bit of hope that they'll improve as writers (or hire good ones or whatever) and their next game will absolutely kick ass. But yeah, Dispatch's writing is real bottom of the barrel slop. Single digit number of good moments, everything else is like if you took every "comedy" line from a comic book or comic inspired movie and threw them all in a blender

[-] homhom9000@hexbear.net 7 points 5 days ago

It felt like 2000s "I'm not like other girls" "well I'm not like other boys" faux drama. The dispatching part was fun though

[-] invalidusernamelol@hexbear.net 5 points 5 days ago

There's definitely something there, they hid behind the "adult" themes and animation for sure though. If they can expand on the core mechanics and make the story actually branch a bit in the next one I think they'll have a decent format for episodic Telltale style games.

I started replying Wolf Among Us after I finished Dispatch and there's definitely some similar "edgy adult" writing in both.

[-] Evilphd666@hexbear.net 11 points 6 days ago

Not the sparkles! oooaaaaaaauhhh

i finished it the other day and i didn't get the hype. it was fine? story was alright, gameplay was decent i suppose, but really lacking. for a game that's really just a visual novel, the novel part wasn't nearly as strong as i was told.

[-] Alaskaball@hexbear.net 4 points 4 days ago

Well it's short and to the point with a surprisingly decent amount of depth of detail in the worldbuilding, character design, and even internal consistency between episodes. Like the fact that you can spot some of the enemies that were taking potshots at you in ep1 as barflies in ep5 giving you a clue about the bar's gang affiliation before the bar fight itself is just delightful storytelling.

this post was submitted on 30 Dec 2025
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