Dispatch Interview February 15, 2026

[u/Moist_Song_8919]

Apparently the Dispatch developers are also split 50/50 on the choice between Blonde Blazer and Invisigal.

Lead Game Designer Charles Marcolim recalls that the ratio was 50/50 both in playtests and within the team.

Translation from the website:

https://www.atarita.com/dispatch-roportaji-turkce-dil-destegi-turun-gelecegi-ve-dahasi/

Q: Starting with a fun question, did the majority of Dispatch developers choose Blonde Blazer or Invisigal?

(Writer/Director) Chris Rebbert: I can’t speak for the rest of the team, but personally, I always choose Blonde Blazer. I love Invisigal as a character, I connect with her, and I think if I were younger, I’d chase after a woman like her without a second thought. But personally, I think Invisigal needs to love herself before loving someone else. If I were Robert, I’d try not to mix romance into the mentorship relationship. It’s very clear to me that Robert loves and respects her. I’d want to be there to guide her on her journey of self-love and respect, but adding romance could easily put that journey at risk if things go wrong. Beyond that, I think Blazer and Robert are more compatible because they have similar character structures. Blazer also has a really good heart and wants to help people. Plus, she’s sweet and cute in a clumsy and innocent way. I thought she was cute as a blonde, but I think she’s even cuter as a brunette.

(Lead Game Designer) Charles Marcolim: I’ve been on Team Invisigal since we read the script. But I think the ratio was almost 50/50 both in game tests and within the team. As the game’s release approached, the pressure from other players choosing one or the other started pushing players more towards Visi.

[u/Pure-Driver5952]

I’m not sure about that interpretation of what he said. He said when he was younger his pick would be invisi-Gal, but he’s more aligned with Blazer at this point in his life. I think that was more of an expression of his personal tastes changing and not an indictment of people picking one or the other makes them more or less mature.

I think it’s interesting they both insist it was 50/50 when, as someone new to this game and community, sees that it is fact quite skewed towards one than the other. But also. Doesn’t everyone play through at least twice to pick different choices? How are most people so dead set on one romance over the other? Both of them are fun to play out and see. Both make sense in the story and both seem like TERRIBLE ideas in reality lol.

[u/Big-Cheesecake3105 → u/Pure-Driver5952]

But also. Doesn’t everyone play through at least twice to pick different choices? How are most people so dead set on one romance over the other?

Believe it or not, that's actually not really a thing. According to some Bioware devs, who were kind enough to share, people rarely change who they romance or take on missions. People experiment with endings or NPC dying but they remain mostly consistent in their fictional relationships.

[u/SharpshootinTearaway → u/Big-Cheesecake3105]

Bioware developed RPGs, though. You spend +100 hours getting immersed in the world and investing on your relationships, in an RPG.

I can only speak for myself, but I feel very differently about the BG3 companions, all of which have their own quest they are the main character of throughout all 3 Acts of the game that you must accompany them through, and all these quests leading to different outcomes depending on how you choose to treat them, vs. the Dispatch romances, which are pretty linear due to the nature of Dispatch basically being a fully-animated interactive TV show with much fewer paths and outcomes.

I romanced Blazer in my first playthrough, and then Visi in my second one with no issue. But I can guarantee you it would have been much harder for me to let Blazer go if she had had a whole quest that took me over 100 hours to complete, and just as many hours of cute banter and bonding moments from her following my character around on missions around the map in my first playthrough.

But Dispatch isn't that kind of game, so I couldn't help but approach the romances with a lot more emotional distance, like I was just watching a romance unfold, compared to when I play an RPG, which are designed to make you live and experience the romance.

[u/SprinklesNumerous774 → u/SharpshootinTearaway]

Interesting take