Dispatch season one is out in its entirety, however that isn’t the full story. AdHoc Studio has put out a group of comics that broaden on the world of Dispatch. Nonetheless, followers have seen some, let’s assume, inconsistencies between the Dispatch comics and the occasions introduced in the game. The builders say that the comics are meant to be canon… even when that may create some continuity points.
Certainly one of the issues we requested Dennis Lenart and Nick Herman, two founders of AdHoc Studio, about when we spoke to them was about the Dispatch comics that are a part of the Digital Deluxe version of the game. We identified that the problem titled The Demise of Mecha Man, which confirmed Shroud murdering Robert’s father, portrays the occasions very otherwise than how Shroud explains them in the game.
“I feel there’s an fascinating dialog that has been occurring with our neighborhood about, like, right here’s what Shroud mentioned and right here’s what we see and what’s actual there,” Herman mentioned. “And I really feel bizarre simply saying right here’s what it’s, ? I really feel like simply type of spoiling it or ruining it. However I don’t know. I don’t know. I don’t know what to say right here, to be sincere, as a result of I do know the reply.”
Once we requested if the discrepancy between the occasions says one thing about Shroud as a personality, Herman was equally cagey.
“Sure. [pauses] I imply, I feel the factor that I all the time type of key in on that comedian is extra like Robert’s dad’s method and the way, , Robbie is type of a bully, ? And like, type of created this man that you need to cope with now, and seeing type of Robert’s method, how completely different Robert’s method is to his father’s to coping with Shroud. And conditionally, you’ll be able to mainly go down the identical path your dad did, which is thrashing the shit out of this man. However, yeah, on the Shroud stuff, I really feel like I am simply going to depart that piece unanswered.”
Why had been they so desirous to tease followers with this explicit plot level? As a result of, as Dennis Lenart identified, there may be now a great likelihood that they will revisit the world of Dispatch in upcoming video games. “You by no means know what might occur in the future,” he mentioned.
So, is there a continuity problem in the Dispatch comics? Not so far as the developer is worried.