Zero Company announced (Turn Based Star Wars Xcom)

[Bob Gray]

So, its been known to be in the works for awhile, but fifteen Xcom 1 & 2 veterans left Firaxis to start up their own studio, and their first game is what Bob Grays dreams are made of. Literallyt 1/4rd of the development team were members of both Xcom 1 & 2 from Firaxis, and the stuff they're saying sounds fantastic. The reveal trailer is mostly cinematic, but theres some gameplay at the end

Yes, Zero Company really is Star Wars XCOM, and it's got the permadeath to prove it

It's ticking all the right boxes.

www.pcgamer.com

The idea of presenting a cinematic, character driven experience while still retaining permadeath (if you want it) seems like an intersting curveball theyve thrown in. But at the end of the day, they could literally reskin Xcom 2 with lightsabers and it would be a day one buy for me. This game will get ALL of my monies. ALL of them.



*Clone Wars setting*
*Permadeath just like Xcom, but with actual characters with stories and narratives., and also you can make your own. Character death will alter the story you're playing*
*1/3rd of the team are Xcom 1 & 2 devs*
*Fucking turn based Jedi!*

Yes, Zero Company really is Star Wars XCOM, and it's got the permadeath to prove it

It's ticking all the right boxes.

www.pcgamer.com

 

[Zer]

Looks interesting, will keep an eye on it

FYI there are Star Wars conversions for XCOM2, if you want something like a taster. The XCOM modding community is awesome

 

[Thrawn33]

(Whiney Luke voice) But I wanna play as the Empire and kill rebel scum....

That would be a fun concept:

Start off leading Storm Troopers (complete with Xcom rookie blaster accuracy!) and building to various elite Imperial units (Storm Commados, Royal Guardsmen, Emperors Hands ect)..add in some random mercenaries/bounty hunters and a few guest characters (Vader...lol) and that be some shit I could get down with.

 

[method115]

(Whiney Luke voice) But I wanna play as the Empire and kill rebel scum....

That would be a fun concept:

Start off leading Storm Troopers (complete with Xcom rookie blaster accuracy!) and building to various elite Imperial units (Storm Commados, Royal Guardsmen, Emperors Hands ect)..add in some random mercenaries/bounty hunters and a few guest characters (Vader...lol) and that be some shit I could get down with.

Would make for a great DLC if the base game does well.

 

[Thrawn33]

Would make for a great DLC if the base game does well.

I don't mind Clone Wars settings, but to me Star Wars will always be (some era of) Rebels/New Republic vs Empire

 

[Bob Gray]

I don't mind Clone Wars settings, but to me Star Wars will always be (some era of) Rebels/New Republic vs Empire

If they have mod tools like Xcom 2 did, thats bound to happen.

Lore wise it'd be kind if hard to do something like this and have a bunch of people with light sabers running around.

 

[Thrawn33]

If they have mod tools like Xcom 2 did, thats bound to happen.

Lore wise it'd be kind if hard to do something like this and have a bunch of people with light sabers running around.

I wouldn't get too hung up on lore in a modded video game.

As far as I'm concerned, I defeated the Rebellion in Tie Fighter

 

[Bob Gray]

I wouldn't get too hung up on lore in a modded video game.

As far as I'm concerned, I defeated the Rebellion in Tie Fighter

Yeah, once i finish a game and move on to mods, lore goes out the windows.

Just another day on your normal Xcom team:

 

[GearSolidMetal]

Everybody is making comparisons to XCom2, but it looks like [from the few seconds of gameplay at the tail end of the trailer] it doesn't have a square-grid system so its far more similar to Gears Tactics.



By the way, if you haven't played Gears Tactics I recommend it. If there ever is an X-Com3 the developer should absolutely 'borrow' many of the advancements of the TRPG genre from this game.