Longtime .NET (VB and C# developer) but now primarily working in iOS land. Also enjoy designer board games, sf and fantasy books, movies, and graphic novels.
This is Star Wars: Fate of the Old Republic, a single player narrative-driven action RPG and spiritual successor to Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic.
Working on KOTOR was a defining experience of my career. This is a dream come true for me and our team of incredible storytellers and game makers @ArcanautStudios.
@geoffkeighley I think there is a glitch...Dispatch is missing from a bunch of categories :) (Seriously tho, since Dispatch was introduced on stage at TGA it would be cool if it could be mentioned on stage again this year since it will never be eligible for game of the year)
My updated review of Dispatch with six episodes done:
✅ The Cast is one of the best ever in a Telltale like game
✅ Choices actually carry weight and differences are more significant
✅ Music choices are just perfect
✅ Dispatch has revived the episodic video game genre
✅ Gets you emotionally invested in the characters and world
✅ Aaron Paul as Robert Robertson and Laura Bailey as Invisigal are the standout performances for me
✅ Game is the best spiritual successor to Telltale Games
✅ Progression feels worth getting
✅ Hacking mini games are adrenaline giving fun and I love the challenge of them being harder every chapter
✅ Must be a GOTY Nominee
✅ Romances are perfect
✅ Animation is beautiful
✅ AdHoc Studio is appearing to be the one to take up old Telltale Games mantle for episodic story games
❌ Episode length is short
❌ Wish they could have exploring segments like Telltale Games
Rating 9.7/10
@thegameawards Dispatch, Dispatch, Dispatch, Dispatch, Dispatch...
...but, unfortunately, only games with overly complex game systems that challenge players reflexes will be considered for game of the year.
...oh, and the game that's actually going to win, Clair Obscur Expedition 33 :)
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