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Now that Dispatch‘s first season is officially over and done with, we know from the game’s final stats that the majority of players romanced Invisigal over Blonde Blazer.
As a Telltale-esque choose-your-own-adventure game, Dispatch is full of tough decisions and momentst that can be wildly different depending on how you’ve directed your Robert. There’s one big choice that has absolutely taken all of the air out of the room since Dispatch’s early episodes – whether you romance Invisigal or Blonde Blazer.
Right at the end of Dispatch’s fourth episode, you get the choice to either go on a date with Blonde Blazer or Invisigal, setting up a potential romance with either character that can continue throughout the rest of the season. Both Mandy and Courtney are great fits for Robert in their own way, but the final stats for the season have proven where most players’ love lies.
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As pointed out by Forbes, AdHoc Studios celebrated Dispatch’s final episodes earlier this week by sharing a video that confirmed the seasons’s final stats. Those stats reveal that a whopping 62 percent of players romanced (or “fell for” Invisigal, while only 26 percent ended up with Blonde Blazer. I guess it’s less of a shipping war and more of a shipping squabble.
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If the math isn’t quite mathing for you there, that’s because 7 percent of players fell for both characters (ending in a “it’s complicated” scenario), while 5 percent didn’t fall for anyone. There’s a bunch of other interesting stats shared in the video, and they all make it pretty clear just how hard players fell for Invisigal, as most players forgave her and trusted her time and time again when given the chance.
Speaking as someone who did romance Invisigal and think that she’s the best fit for Robert, I’m still a little shocked at just how low the Blonde Blazer romance percentage is. Maybe it’s just because Invisigal makes it such a stacked competition (especially with how Episode 4 starts and how the game’s main ending is tied to her), but Mandy definitely deserves more love than she seems to be getting from Dispatch players.
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