Zero Company - Star Wars XCom

Kajiimagi

<Aristocrat╭ರ_•́>
5,893
10,560
Jesus that's one of his best roles ever in the movie still pretty hilarious. The screw that thing is like you posted that gif, and I can hear his voice in my head from that scene. It's good stuff.



Unfortunately the second one was really bad.

When that came out on video we used to walk around the jobsite talking about Willem Dafoe in drag all the time and laughing our asses off. That movie fucking ROCKS ! Anyone who has not seen it : should immediately!
 
  • 1Like
Reactions: 1 user

Kajiimagi

<Aristocrat╭ರ_•́>
5,893
10,560
Hmm so pick this up on sale later in the year after mods have fixed all the issues .


Shark Tank Writing GIF
 

Kirun

Buzzfeed Editor
21,924
19,370
It sucks that the company is having all the monetary issues, because this is the best Star Wars game in a long while. Probably since KotOR 2.
 
  • 4Like
Reactions: 3 users

Raes

Vyemm Raider
3,309
2,742
It sucks that the company is having all the monetary issues, because this is the best Star Wars game in a long while. Probably since KotOR 2.

Not a high bar, and while I think the tactical side could use some work and doesn't really stand up to X-com, I do like it enough, and I really enjoy the story. Minus a couple of mid-tier voice actors...

The studio being broke might explain why Zero Company is always broke too, lol. Speaking of which, I should really just learn to mod and make my own fucking dlc. It can't be that hard.
 

Fight

Ahn'Qiraj Raider
4,879
5,906
One thing I am really missing with this is a traditional Star Wars soundtrack. I am not familiar enough with the clone wars era to know if this soundtrack is inspired by that or if it is just generic sci-fi music. Either way, it could be better. The hard part is getting the Star Wars license, and they got that. So why not embrace it and give us some John Williams bangers? Or even themes from the Andor OST?
 

Penance

Naxxramas 1.0 Raider
10,706
20,478
Game is a solid 7/10 after beating it.

The story felt rushed at the end (for obvious reasons it seems) and the tactical gameplay devolves to buff Cly. I think a solid expac could push this game to an easy 9.
 
  • 3Like
Reactions: 2 users

Talenvor

Molten Core Raider
1,126
298
One thing I am really missing with this is a traditional Star Wars soundtrack. I am not familiar enough with the clone wars era to know if this soundtrack is inspired by that or if it is just generic sci-fi music. Either way, it could be better. The hard part is getting the Star Wars license, and they got that. So why not embrace it and give us some John Williams bangers? Or even themes from the Andor OST?
I wish it had some actual Star Wars music as well. It reminds me of rogue one movie or outlaws game where it sounds like Star Wars but doesn’t have any of the famous songs.
 
  • 1Like
Reactions: 1 user

Raes

Vyemm Raider
3,309
2,742
I wish it had some actual Star Wars music as well. It reminds me of rogue one movie or outlaws game where it sounds like Star Wars but doesn’t have any of the famous songs.

I always get Swtor vibes from the music when playing. So, I checked and and the guy who did the soundtrack for this also did some of the Swtor music, as well as outlaws. I know a lot of the music from the movies is specific to certain scenes or characters.
 
  • 2Like
Reactions: 1 users

Shmoopy

Naxxramas 1.0 Raider
5,247
23,494
Game is a solid 7/10 after beating it.

The story felt rushed at the end (for obvious reasons it seems) and the tactical gameplay devolves to buff Cly. I think a solid expac could push this game to an easy 9.
Yep finally got Cly online and damn should have done it way earlier.
 
  • 3Like
Reactions: 2 users

Cybsled

Naxxramas 1.0 Raider
18,995
15,506
Cly is probably my most elite unit as well. Tel is really good also once you get her leveled up. Her crits will one shot a lot of units as well and force pushing/pulling stuff to instakill or negate cover/pull into overwatch s really powerful
 
  • 2Like
Reactions: 1 users

Raes

Vyemm Raider
3,309
2,742
I'm on my third playthrough and this will be my first time with Cly as one of my main team, instead of Trick. I always use Tel, she definitely pulls her weight, I don't get how some people thinks she's weak. I usually use Jae, final shot is great and pairs well with scout, but I'm thinking a droid would probably be more useful overall. To beat a dead horse, 4 man team SUCKS, it's so annoying.

Also feel like an idiot, didn't notice til last night when I was almost done with my second run, that your 2nd spec skills don't get full ranks and cost more, lol.

I really hate the way leveling works, everything about it is retarded.

Edit: Thinking about the leveling and the upgrades, it could be they intended to have like 10(?) more cycles, and scrapped part of the third act cuz they went broke. Would make a lot more sense.
 
Last edited:

Seananigans

Honorary Shit-PhD
<Gold Donor>
16,173
38,097
Yeah, having leveling be through bonds with other characters is a VERY weird way to handle skill progression. It's strange that they made the focus points part of that instead of just the cross training (which is neat).

I can't get a straight answer online. Utility slots, I see you can get an upgrade at Den level 5 to get a second utility slot. Third slot appears to be from an operation reward? But it's mutually exclusive with another weapon mod slot?

So your "maxed out" campaign will either have 3 utility 3 mod, or 2 utility 4 mod? The help tip on weapon mods says the 3 additional mod slots come from Upgrade Facility, Holotable Influence Tab, and "Campaign Rewards." While the helper for utility says Upgrade Facility, and "Operations." So given they're different, I wanted to confirm if indeed this 4th mod slot is mutually exclusive with the 3rd utility slot. If so, that's fucking gay.

Also, the reason I say I can't get a straight answer is because all of the online shit said if you want to run astromech you should pick the utility slot reward. Except the astromech I was gifted came with 3 utility slots. So... what's the deal? Do all astromechs always have 3 utility slots? Or is this first one just magical?
 

Seananigans

Honorary Shit-PhD
<Gold Donor>
16,173
38,097
And yeah... 4 squad members, ugh.

Game needs 6 slots base, campaign upgrades for 7th and 8th slot, and a dedicated Astromech slot in addition. Fuckin' Long War this bitch up.
 

Raes

Vyemm Raider
3,309
2,742
Yeah, having leveling be through bonds with other characters is a VERY weird way to handle skill progression. It's strange that they made the focus points part of that instead of just the cross training (which is neat).

I can't get a straight answer online. Utility slots, I see you can get an upgrade at Den level 5 to get a second utility slot. Third slot appears to be from an operation reward? But it's mutually exclusive with another weapon mod slot?

So your "maxed out" campaign will either have 3 utility 3 mod, or 2 utility 4 mod? The help tip on weapon mods says the 3 additional mod slots come from Upgrade Facility, Holotable Influence Tab, and "Campaign Rewards." While the helper for utility says Upgrade Facility, and "Operations." So given they're different, I wanted to confirm if indeed this 4th mod slot is mutually exclusive with the 3rd utility slot. If so, that's fucking gay.

Also, the reason I say I can't get a straight answer is because all of the online shit said if you want to run astromech you should pick the utility slot reward. Except the astromech I was gifted came with 3 utility slots. So... what's the deal? Do all astromechs always have 3 utility slots? Or is this first one just magical?

Yeah, it's exclusive and yeah, it's definitely gay. It's possible the choice was supposed to be which one you get first, and the second reward didn't make the cut? It's really fucking stupid otherwise. And yes, the droid comes with 3 base. Utility slot is always better on your ops too IMO, more useful than a 4th weapon slot.
 
  • 1Like
Reactions: 1 user

Seananigans

Honorary Shit-PhD
<Gold Donor>
16,173
38,097
Yeah, it's exclusive and yeah, it's definitely gay. It's possible the choice was supposed to be which one you get first, and the second reward didn't make the cut? It's really fucking stupid otherwise. And yes, the droid comes with 3 base. Utility slot is always better on your ops too IMO, more useful than a 4th weapon slot.

Yeah, ok thanks, 3 and 3 seems way more useful than 2 and 4 to me.
 
  • 1Solidarity
Reactions: 1 user

Raes

Vyemm Raider
3,309
2,742
The way bonding works is dumb, how you get bond xp for "interacting" by using a skill on a teammate, but outside Call for Backup, some classes have no skills like that. And Medic can cheese the system. And you have to be religious about using the same team to get them all to level 8 with each other by the final battle, and barely at that.