Why is superhero comedy Dispatch a million-selling success story? It could be that weekly release schedule

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• LiveLM@lemmy.zip ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I guess they’re filling a void left by Telltale games

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  • BertramDitore@lemmy.zip ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Yeah the studio that made it, Adhoc, was founded by Telltale people. I’m glad they’re still making this type of game in an industry that’s weirdly resistant to this kind of storytelling, despite its popularity.

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• BertramDitore@lemmy.zip ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I don’t think it has anything to do with the weekly release schedule, or that was my least favorite thing about it. Maybe that helped sell a few more, but it’s a polished game made from unique IP with a strong story that knows what it is, and an incredible cast of famous voice actors.

  I’m not sure if people realize how huge of a following Critical Role has. They collaborated on the game and did most of the voice acting. I found out about it through them, and I had a blast playing it. It’s short, but packs a punch.

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  • samburwell96@piefed.social ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Do you mean the straightforward meat of the game being a time management Sim? That’s what i realized after like an hour ’oh, its nothing new really, but its solid’. Plus I can’t get over this weird trepidation with critical role. Maybe because of one of those ‘critical role is everywhere’ despite not getting the hype

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    • BertramDitore@lemmy.zip ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Sure, it’s a time management sim insofar as there are time limits on the “daily” minigame, but I’d characterize it more as team/skills coordination and management. And it’s really just a telltale narrative with consequential decision making, broken up by the minigame. I hadn’t ever played a game with those particular minigame mechanics, so maybe I’m missing something.

      Is there trepidation with critical role? How so? I only recently got into watching their tabletop dnd, so I’m a pretty new fan. It’s actually one of those things I’m shocked stayed under my radar for so long…

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• KiwiTB@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Or maybe it’s that it took a game that had already been popular and added a TV show on top.

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  • glimse@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Never heard of this game so I looked it up…what the hell are you talking about?

    It’s a new game with no existing IP. There also isn’t a TV show.

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    • KiwiTB@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      It’s a copy of ‘it’s the Police’ mixed with content from the TV team behind Critical Roles TV show.

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  • fartsparkles@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    What game and what show? I’m confused - I thought this was a new IP?

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