"Enter "Dispatch," the debut game from AdHoc studio, created by former Telltale, Ubisoft, and Night School Studio developers. These studios were known for their stellar narrative games; they've taken their talents to make one of the best narrative games of 2025. The typical Telltale formula began to become stale. After the success of "The Walking Dead," Telltale milked the episodic, story-driven adventure structure it relied on dry, and subsequent adaptations sold less and less. But "Dispatch" proves that superhero fatigue can be cured, but also that there's still plenty of room for episodic games when done right."
""Dispatch" follows a hero named Mecha Man (voiced by Aaron Paul), who falls from grace when he is lured into a trap by an ominous villain named Shroud. When Mecha Man's suit and central power core, the Astral Pulse, are destroyed as a result of the ambush, he has no choice but to revert to his civilian moniker, Robert Robertson."
AdHoc studio, formed by former Telltale, Ubisoft, and Night School developers, created Dispatch, a 2025 narrative game praised for strong storytelling. The game centers on Mecha Man, an armored hero whose suit and power core are destroyed, forcing him to adopt his civilian identity, Robert Robertson, and take a call-center manager job at SDN. Robertson manages the Z-Team, a group of former supervillains seeking redemption. Dispatch blends the dysfunctional antihero dynamics of Suicide Squad with the capitalist critique of The Boys, delivers excellent pacing by establishing its premise in the first episode, and revitalizes episodic narrative games.
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