Addressing this concern, Critical Role CEO Travis Willingham revealed there are ongoing conversations on how to facilitate the co-development of both games, because Critical Role wants to see “Season 2,” as he refers to it, “as quickly as possible.”
“Just like everybody else we wanna see Season 2 stuff as quickly as possible, so there’s a conversation around can we do both, how do we prioritise that stuff, and then also having new conversations with other partners,” said Willingham.
The idea that AdHoc Studio would make another Dispatch game is not a revoliutionary idea, nor would it be the least bit surprising if they did. However, this other mystery game did lead some to believe it would be a while before a follow-up was made, but it seems like that will not be the case.
If work on Dispatch 2 were to begin soon, when would it release? Well, the first game took seven years to make, but this was not seven years of active development. There was a slow pre-production phase, not to mention the game was dramatically reworked at one point in development. Further, there were funding challenges. A sequel is not going to take seven years. To capitalize on the game’s success, AdHoc is going to have to get this sequel out in — at least — three to four years. That said, whether it will be able to do this or not, remains to be seen. In the meantime, fans of the game can look foward to its Nintendo Switch 2 release next month, though it may come with some censorship.
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