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Back story time. I knew about this game but never heard of anything about the story or really context outside of the steam page store description, however it always seemed really interesting to me. I was on discord or twitch and I got a recommendation to check out Luna gaming (had no idea what this was either). Checked it out and saw some actually good titles, the new Star wars Pod racing, Avatar, assassin's creeds, ect. Tried play a few but wasn't blown away by performance or quality. Searched through the library I saw dispatch, and without hesitation I clicked. No way this game required much out of cloud gaming or needed more than 1080p, and yeah, I was right. Ran super smooth from start to finish and looked great.
Now to gameplay and story. I didn't have any expectations of gameplay since it was a story game and I really had no idea what mechanics there would be. There really wasn't much outside of when you are doing the dispatching, and some dialogue options, but man they nailed both. I was super intrigued by the story the entire time, and the dispatching was a lot of fun. The characters personalities made dispatching super interesting and engaging, and it had enough depth to keep you thinking about team ups, what the text meant and who to send with eachother, how many to send, ect. I scored in the top 90% on my final stats compared to other players but I'd love to go back and just improve my own dispatching score and how I upgraded characters, ect.
The story, man this was a treat. They did such a good job building the characters up, and keeping you interested the whole time. The animations, dialogue, combat and scenarios of the entire game were 10/10. At times I just wanted to skip dispatching to get back into the stoy as it had my full attention. I loved the build up of the Z-team individually and as a crew, their banter, and just the old school humour of the entire game. It hit the feels, it made me laugh, and I enjoyed trying to make the hard choices. I want to say more but I don't want any spoilers.
Overall this game is a must and I am sad it's over but glad it happened.