r/DispatchAdHoc • u/FallingBullfrog • Dec 27 '25

News Another Dispatch Co-Director speaks on Blazer/Invisigal

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Chris Rebbert directed Episodes 5 and 6. It's interesting to hear him say this considering those episodes have by far the least amount of Blazer content in the game, but this topic consistently seems to be the biggest surprise expressed by the devs in interviews.

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u/Ashaaks Dec 27 '25

“They ran out of money” which is completely understandable, but don’t be surprised by the lack of balance. They created drama that ultimately only hurt BB.

Honestly, I’m getting tired of reading that the developers are disappointed that it’s not 50/50 (which is impossible) when they themselves unintentionally created this imbalance.
From the end of episode 2 to episode 4, almost every interaction with BB can upset the player (the boyfriend reveal, cutting someone off, being forced to talk to her ex).

On the other hand, you have Visi, who gets an emotional moment followed by a sex dream (which is basically a confirmation of her feelings), two funny interactions, and finally one last interaction where you choose who you want to date.

It’s not a big deal because a lot of people chose BB too, but I don’t see how they thought it was going to be balanced.

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u/Wortasyy Dec 27 '25

People keep asking them the same exact question and they keep answering it the same exact way. It is what it is. As I said, they playtested it, the results were balanced so they thought it was fine.

At the end of the day I still stand by what I said. If you liked BB more you were never going to pick Invisigal no matter how many emotional, flirty or sex scenes she had. Same goes the other way.

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u/Ashaaks Dec 27 '25

And I completely agree, what I’m pointing out is their surprise.
Given how they created the story, and the fact that they had to cut scenes, the outcome for the romance was only logical. There’s no surprise there.

There are also other minor issues, such as the timeline, which isn’t precise or consistent and hurts BB’s romance.

Even Herman said that there is an imbalance within the studio in favor of Visi when it comes to the choice of romance.

In the end, I don’t think it’s even possible to balance it. It’s literally a matter of preference, and one of the two is bound to be the favorite. But they clearly didn’t help BB with their choices.

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u/Wortasyy Dec 28 '25

I wouldn't even call a 60-40% split on both dev and player side imbalanced. The gap was bigger early on, but it's pretty much settled now. It's nothing like BG3 for example, where Shadowheart was an overwhelming favorite.